diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab-ci.yml
index 87bfe56e2852f469adbfa5784128b50e17a8238c..98f9a4c256a873041783c4e6ccd3761d7ea610e5 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -570,9 +570,9 @@ clean_pipeline:
                 "${CI_API_V4_URL}/projects/${CI_PROJECT_ID}/pipelines/${pipeline_id}"
                 | jq -r ".status") ;
         echo "Image $repository:$tag is ${status:-undetermined} (pipeline ${pipeline_id})." ;
-        if [ "$status" == "success" ] ; then echo docker rmi $repository:$tag ; fi ;
-        if [ "$status" == "failed" ] ; then echo docker rmi $repository:$tag ; fi ;
-        if [ "$status" == "canceled" ] ; then echo docker rmi $repository:$tag ; fi ;
+        if [ "$status" == "success" ] ; then docker rmi $repository:$tag ; fi ;
+        if [ "$status" == "failed" ] ; then docker rmi $repository:$tag ; fi ;
+        if [ "$status" == "canceled" ] ; then docker rmi $repository:$tag ; fi ;
       done
     - docker system prune --filter until=24h --force
     - docker images