diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab-ci.yml
index 69702544c0b96aa315258c770632c25afc8b1e01..f4dd6b10a03aa420849316bb5a2c5ffe780899cb 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -53,15 +53,7 @@ build:
     - git pull upstream $UPSTREAM_DEFAULT_BRANCH
     - git push origin $UPSTREAM_BRANCH
     - git push origin --tags
-# checkout to latest tag commit to $TEMP_LATEST_TAG_BRANCH
-    - git checkout $(git describe --tags --abbrev=0)
-    - git checkout -b $TEMP_LATEST_TAG_BRANCH
-# merge $LOCAL_BRANCH with $TEMP_LATEST_TAG_BRANCH & push
-    - git checkout $LOCAL_BRANCH
-    - git merge $TEMP_LATEST_TAG_BRANCH
-    - git push origin $LOCAL_BRANCH
-# remove unwanted local branch & remote
-    - git branch -D $TEMP_LATEST_TAG_BRANCH
+# remove upstream remote
     - git remote remove upstream
 
 update-default-branch:
@@ -71,4 +63,3 @@ update-default-branch:
     UPSTREAM_BRANCH: upstream/master
     UPSTREAM_DEFAULT_BRANCH: main
     UPSTREAM_URL: https://github.com/k9mail/k-9.git
-    TEMP_LATEST_TAG_BRANCH: latest_upstream_tag_branch