diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab-ci.yml
index 0553a5ff..5bab84bf 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-image: debian
+image: ${SYSREPO_CICD_IMAGE}
 
 variables:
   GIT_SUBMODULE_STRATEGY: recursive
@@ -7,20 +7,6 @@ stages:
   - build
   - test
 
-# install libraries
-before_script:
-  - apt-get update
-  - apt-get -y install clang cmake git libpcre2-dev libcmocka0 libcmocka-dev valgrind libnl-3-200 libnl-3-dev libnl-genl-3-dev libnl-nf-3-dev
-  - apt-get -y install python3 python3-pip
-  - git clone https://github.com/CESNET/libyang.git
-  - git clone https://github.com/sysrepo/sysrepo.git
-  - git clone https://github.com/telekom/sysrepo-plugins-common.git
-  - cd libyang; git checkout devel; mkdir build; cd build; cmake .. -DCMAKE_C_COMPILER=clang; make -j install; cd ../../
-  - cd sysrepo; git checkout devel; mkdir build; cd build; cmake .. -DCMAKE_C_COMPILER=clang; make -j install; cd ../../
-  - cd sysrepo-plugins-common; git submodule init; git submodule update; mkdir build; cd build; cmake .. -DCMAKE_C_COMPILER=clang; make -j install; cd ../..
-  - pip3 install libyang
-  - pip3 install Jinja2
-
 build:default:
   stage: build