diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab-ci.yml
index ea2639b41..126ed8194 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -12,7 +12,6 @@
 
 stages:
     - test
-    - deploy
     - build-doc
     - deploy-doc
 
@@ -22,17 +21,6 @@ test:php-7.2:
     <<: *test_definition
     script: php vendor/bin/phpunit
 
-deploy-packagist:    
-    stage: deploy    
-    image: chill/ci-image:php-7.2
-    before_script:        
-        # test that PACKAGIST USERNAME and PACKAGIST_TOKEN variable are set        
-        - if [ -z ${PACKAGIST_USERNAME+x} ]; then echo "Please set PACKAGIST_USERNAME variable"; exit -1;  fi        
-        - if [ -z ${PACKAGIST_TOKEN+x} ]; then echo "Please set PACKAGIST_TOKEN variable";  exit -1; fi    
-    script:        
-        - STATUSCODE=$(curl -XPOST -H'content-type:application/json' "https://packagist.org/api/update-package?username=$PACKAGIST_USERNAME&apiToken=$PACKAGIST_TOKEN" -d"{\"repository\":{\"url\":\"$CI_PROJECT_URL.git\"}}" --silent --output /dev/stderr --write-out "%{http_code}")        
-        - if [ $STATUSCODE = "202" ]; then exit 0; else exit $STATUSCODE; fi
-
 # deploy documentation
 api-doc-build:
    stage: build-doc