diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab-ci.yml
index 0f9c325d421ba6ff7a16d8ee9bd9ad92c21f7bf8..0be1befc8536801ca39e4b8caa6b8fb9ee6e53c1 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -18,7 +18,6 @@ pages:
     ## also install the dev version
     - cd public
     - git clone -b 7.0.0 --depth 1 https://github.com/root-project/jsroot.git dev
-    - cp .htaccess dev/.
     - cp -r macros dev/.
     - cd dev 
     - ln -s index.htm index.html