diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab-ci.yml
index 5c1db6e65dcc9267689c91a70b21313bc6fb859f..72302d360a1bebf0e4f3a54a10213007692642e0 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -52,128 +52,6 @@ reuse:
     - reuse lint
 
 
-# ===========================================================
-# Testing stage
-# ===========================================================
-
-# make (visual) coverage in gitlab merge request diff's
-coverage:
-  stage: test
-  allow_failure: true
-  script:
-    - pip install pytest-cov coverage
-    - pytest --cov=saqc tests --ignore=tests/fuzzy -Werror
-  after_script:
-    - coverage xml
-  # regex to find the coverage percentage in the job output
-  coverage: '/^TOTAL.+?(\d+\%)$/'
-  artifacts:
-    when: always
-    reports:
-      coverage_report:
-        coverage_format: cobertura
-        path: coverage.xml
-
-
-python38:
-  stage: test
-  image: python:3.8
-  script:
-    - pytest tests -Werror --junitxml=report.xml
-    - python -m saqc --config docs/resources/data/config.csv --data docs/resources/data/data.csv --outfile /tmp/test.csv
-  artifacts:
-    when: always
-    reports:
-      junit: report.xml
-
-
-python39:
-  stage: test
-  image: python:3.9
-  script:
-    - pytest tests -Werror --junitxml=report.xml
-    - python -m saqc --config docs/resources/data/config.csv --data docs/resources/data/data.csv --outfile /tmp/test.csv
-  artifacts:
-    when: always
-    reports:
-      junit: report.xml
-
-
-python310:
-  stage: test
-  image: python:3.10
-  script:
-    - pytest tests -Werror --junitxml=report.xml
-    - python -m saqc --config docs/resources/data/config.csv --data docs/resources/data/data.csv --outfile /tmp/test.csv
-  artifacts:
-    when: always
-    reports:
-      junit: report.xml
-
-python311:
-  stage: test
-  image: python:3.11
-  script:
-    - pytest tests -Werror --junitxml=report.xml
-    - python -m saqc --config docs/resources/data/config.csv --data docs/resources/data/data.csv --outfile /tmp/test.csv
-  artifacts:
-    when: always
-    reports:
-      junit: report.xml
-
-doctest:
-  stage: test
-  script:
-    - cd docs
-    - pip install -r requirements.txt
-    - make doc  # needed for _api tests
-    - make test
-
-
-# ===========================================================
-# Building stage
-# ===========================================================
-# check if we are able to build a wheel
-# and if the import works
-wheel38:
-  stage: build
-  image: python:3.8
-  script:
-    - pip install wheel
-    - pip wheel .
-    - pip install .
-    - python -c 'import saqc; print(f"{saqc.__version__=}")'
-wheel39:
-  stage: build
-  image: python:3.9
-  script:
-    - pip install wheel
-    - pip wheel .
-    - pip install .
-    - python -c 'import saqc; print(f"{saqc.__version__=}")'
-wheel310:
-  stage: build
-  image: python:3.10
-  script:
-    - pip install wheel
-    - pip wheel .
-    - pip install .
-    - python -c 'import saqc; print(f"{saqc.__version__=}")'
-wheel311:
-  stage: build
-  image: python:3.11
-  script:
-    - pip install wheel
-    - pip wheel .
-    - pip install .
-    - python -c 'import saqc; print(f"{saqc.__version__=}")'
-
-docs:
-  stage: build
-  script:
-    - cd docs
-    - pip install -r requirements.txt
-    - make doc
 
 # ===========================================================
 # Extra Pipeline (run with a successful run of all other jobs on develop)