diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab-ci.yml
index 75cdcbcd0fba0fc1ac98cd21d2645881fa5c46e9..20d3791919d158f1a7fd363ba8b25bb992650ccf 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -83,9 +83,8 @@ build:
     - GOOS=windows GOARCH=386 CGO_ENABLED=0 go build -ldflags '-w -s' -o release/client.win32 main.go
     - GOOS=darwin GOARCH=amd64 CGO_ENABLED=0 go build -ldflags '-w -s' -o release/client.darwin64 main.go
     - release/client.linux64 --version
-    - git remote add origin_tags git@gitlab.com:elixxir/client.git
     - git tag $(release/client.linux64 -V | grep "Elixxir Client v"| cut -d ' ' -f3)
-    - GIT_SSH_COMMAND="ssh -i $GIT_TAG_PRIV_KEY" git push origin_tags --tags
+    - git push origin_tags --tags
   artifacts:
     paths:
      - release/