diff --git a/example.gitlab-ci.yml b/example.gitlab-ci.yml
index d1c92e52a26ba5510287528765382b2ebd710c44..953d1ac22e52d0a8ced0fe0c7f620a4886861ade 100644
--- a/example.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/example.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -1,5 +1,4 @@
 variables:
-   AUTH_USER: hpc_username
    SLURM_NODELIST: "phinally"
    SLURM_CONSTRAINT: "hwperf"
    SLURM_TIMELIMIT: "30"