diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab-ci.yml
index 3fd60a4098057aa5b70274f26ac3364e0fddd7af..ce0850164c8ea1120d29b7323c4da5324f9435c8 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -473,25 +473,6 @@ jug_xl:singularity:nightly:
     - mkdir build
     - singularity pull build/${BUILD_IMAGE}.sif docker://${CI_REGISTRY_IMAGE}/${BUILD_IMAGE}:${NIGHTLY_TAG}
 
-## trigger juggler rebuild on nightly schedule to ensure both images remain in sync
-juggler:main:
-  stage: deploy
-  rules:
-    - if: '$NIGHTLY != "0" && $CI_COMMIT_BRANCH == "master"'
-      when: on_success
-    - when: never
-  needs:
-    - version
-    - jug_xl:nightly
-  variables:
-    TRIGGERED_BY_NIGHTLY: 1
-    JUGGLER_VERSION: main
-    DETECTOR_VERSION: master
-    IP6_VERSION: master
-  trigger:
-    project: EIC/juggler
-  allow_failure: true
-
 benchmarks:reconstruction:
   stage: benchmarks
   rules:
@@ -506,7 +487,6 @@ benchmarks:reconstruction:
   trigger:
     project: EIC/benchmarks/reconstruction_benchmarks
     strategy: depend
-  ## for now allow failure, as we need to update those pipelines
   allow_failure: false
   
 benchmarks:physics: