diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab-ci.yml
index 2bf8cef1e5eecef13b22bf776f30fc1c7918014a..7693c17927973b1eb10371f582ec44868d634461 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -2,7 +2,6 @@ image: python:3.11-bullseye
 
 stages:
   - build
-  - format
   - test-jobs
   - test-tasks
 
@@ -21,23 +20,11 @@ build-env:
   - cd build/
   - poetry config virtualenvs.in-project true
   - poetry install --no-root
-  - poetry run pip install poetry
+  # - poetry run pip install poetry
   artifacts:
     paths:
       - $POETRY_CACHE_DIR/virtualenvs/
 
-format:
-  stage: format
-  script:
-    - export VIRTUALENV_NAME=$(ls $POETRY_CACHE_DIR/virtualenvs)
-    - echo $VIRTUALENV_NAME
-    - source $POETRY_CACHE_DIR/virtualenvs/$VIRTUALENV_NAME/bin/activate
-    - which poetry  # Check if poetry is in the PATH
-    - poetry run pre-commit install
-    - poetry run yapf -i -r -p .
-    - poetry run ruff .
-    - poetry run ruff . --fix
-
 test-jobs:
   stage: test-jobs
   script:
diff --git a/build/pyproject.toml b/build/pyproject.toml
index 1126f1a56c7b09d7c4830a829e55eb264756f52c..1404e08e3e97579f346dcf6ac0e249e656da72dc 100644
--- a/build/pyproject.toml
+++ b/build/pyproject.toml
@@ -9,8 +9,6 @@ readme = "README.md"
 python = ">=3.10"
 numpy = "~1.24"
 pytest = "^7.4.4"
-pre-commit = "^3.3.1"
-
 
 [build-system]
 requires = ["poetry-core"]