diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab-ci.yml
index 09d7e112ebf0059b49b3be7c9242fe6e3863705c..3816b714500f9494717a8e6a007bc8cee94826e7 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -481,8 +481,6 @@ benchmarks:detector:nightly:
 clean_internal_tag:
   image: alpine/curl
   stage: finalize
-  needs:
-    - version
   when: always
   script:
     - |
@@ -495,8 +493,6 @@ clean_internal_tag:
 clean_unstable_mr:
   extends: .docker
   stage: finalize
-  needs:
-    - version
   tags:
     - docker-new
   when: always