diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab-ci.yml
index dc1bc57efd..43c3c82f02 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -1947,6 +1947,8 @@ publish:
   variables:
     SSH_SCRIPT_CLIENT: |-
       ssh "${STAGING_USER_ACTIONS}@${STAGING_HOST}" "publish ${CI_COMMIT_TAG}"
+  after_script:
+    - if [ "${CI_JOB_STATUS}" = "success" ]; then "$CI_PROJECT_DIR"/bind9-qa/releng/manage_distros_token.py delete; fi
   artifacts:
     paths:
       - publish-${CI_COMMIT_TAG}.log