diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab-ci.yml
index 9e668e0ba..0dd8ee06e 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -14,8 +14,6 @@ variables:
   POSTGRES_DB: uniworx_test
   POSTGRES_USER: uniworx
   POSTGRES_PASSWORD: uniworx
-  POSTGRES_INITDB_ARGS: "--locale=de_DE --encoding=UTF-8"
-  TZ: Europe/Berlin
 
 stages:
   - setup