diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab-ci.yml
index 9637a4bfb2..afaffcb647 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -2148,8 +2148,6 @@ rpms-copr:
 # autodetected ones.
 .printing_press_job: &printing_press_job
   <<: *manual_release_job_qa
-  variables:
-    GIT_DEPTH: 1
   script:
     - >
       "$CI_PROJECT_DIR"/bind9-qa/releng/printing_press_mr.py --document "${DOCUMENT}" --metadata "$CI_PROJECT_DIR"/bind9-qa/releng/metadata.json ${FORCE_CVE_IDS:+--force-cve-ids ${FORCE_CVE_IDS}} ${FORCE_SECURITY_RELEASES:+--force-security-releases ${FORCE_SECURITY_RELEASES}}
@@ -2265,8 +2263,6 @@ merge-tag:
 
 update-stable-tag:
   <<: *manual_release_job_qa
-  variables:
-    GIT_DEPTH: 1
   needs:
     # TODO: if necessary, update job name after pushing tags from within CI is implemented
     - job: publish