diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab-ci.yml
index 5750cd95f2d094f0bf658d6207f87962b4fd1bde..e8097e1e00c492604020adec9036e38eaa427600 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -4,11 +4,9 @@ variables:
   bootstrap: "-B boot-21d.lisp"
 
 linux-runner:
-  image: ubuntu:16.04
   tags:
     - linux
   before_script:
-    - apt-get update -qq && apt-get install -y wget bzip2 make gcc gcc-multilib time bc git
     - wget -nv $download_url/cmucl-$version-linux.tar.bz2
     - wget -nv $download_url/cmucl-$version-linux.extra.tar.bz2
     - mkdir snapshot