diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab-ci.yml
index 0a85cecb50196256d7056313affb66cdf472abf9..94348700e0b246858ce9babe8707f164f49f5519 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -48,7 +48,6 @@ variables:
     SPACK_USER_CACHE_PATH: "/tmp/spack_cache_${CI_JOB_ID}"
     SPACK_USER_CONFIG_PATH: "/tmp/spack_user_${CI_JOB_ID}"
     BUILDCACHE: "/work/scitas-ge/richart/ci/buildcache"
-    LOG_LEVEL: 1
 
 .spack_cache:
   cache: