diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab-ci.yml
index 9257f91a97b7fa8e1cc8b5f296afb5910d63fef3..c3fb56d28481d7c453bc1a29b14bae51408d1c8a 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -17,8 +17,6 @@ phpunit:
     - export COMPOSER_CACHE_DIR=$(pwd)/storage/composer
     # basically we are ignoring the composer.lock in tests
     - composer update --no-interaction --ansi
-    - echo zend_extension=xdebug.so > /etc/php*/conf.d/51_xdebug.ini
-    - echo xdebug.mode=coverage >> /etc/php*/conf.d/51_xdebug.ini
   script:
     - |
       php -dzend_extension=xdebug.so -dxdebug.mode=coverage