diff --git a/src/intel/ci/gitlab-ci.yml b/src/intel/ci/gitlab-ci.yml
index e25d2254229..1586da3b2db 100644
--- a/src/intel/ci/gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/src/intel/ci/gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -179,7 +179,6 @@ anv-tgl-vk:
     - .anv-tgl-test
   variables:
     DEQP_SUITE: anv-tgl-vk
-    DEQP_VER: vk
     DEQP_FRACTION: 2 # temporarily drop network load
     VK_DRIVER: intel
   parallel: 6 # 15 - 3 zink - 3 post-merge perf + headroom