diff --git a/build/ci/.build-container.yml b/build/ci/.build-container.yml
index 6871093d850df051df481398adf96361a0a84f6d..b835e8790644249429bd0003220bd5cb4b72482d 100644
--- a/build/ci/.build-container.yml
+++ b/build/ci/.build-container.yml
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 variables:
   DOCKER_TLS_CERTDIR: "/certs"
 
-.build: &build
+build-docker:
   before_script:
     - echo "override global before script"
   stage: build
@@ -9,49 +9,32 @@ variables:
   needs: []
   tags:
     - shell-builder
-  script:
-   - docker login -u $CI_REGISTRY_USER -p $CI_REGISTRY_PASSWORD $CI_REGISTRY
-   - docker build --build-arg GITLAB_USER=$GO_MODULES_USER --build-arg GITLAB_TOKEN=$GO_MODULES_ACCESS_TOKEN --build-arg BUILDARGS=$BUILDARGS -t $DOCKER_IMAGE_SHA .
-   - docker push $DOCKER_IMAGE_SHA
-   - docker tag $DOCKER_IMAGE_SHA $TAG
-   - docker push $TAG
-   - docker build --target installer --build-arg GITLAB_USER=$GO_MODULES_USER --build-arg GITLAB_TOKEN=$GO_MODULES_ACCESS_TOKEN --build-arg BUILDARGS=$BUILDARGS -t registry.code.fbi.h-da.de/cocsn/gosdn:testing_${CI_PIPELINE_ID} .
-   - docker push registry.code.fbi.h-da.de/cocsn/gosdn:testing_${CI_PIPELINE_ID}
 
-build:develop:
-  variables:
-    TAG: $CI_REGISTRY_IMAGE:develop
-    BUILDARGS: -race
   rules:
     - if: $CI_COMMIT_BRANCH == "develop" && $CI_NIGHTLY == null
-  <<: *build
-
-build:nightly:develop:
-  variables:
-    TAG: $CI_REGISTRY_IMAGE:nightly-develop
-    BUILDARGS: -race
-  rules:
+      variables:
+      TAG: $CI_REGISTRY_IMAGE:develop
+      BUILDARGS: -race
     - if: $CI_NIGHTLY == "develop"
-  <<: *build
-
-build:nightly:
-  variables:
-    TAG: $CI_REGISTRY_IMAGE:nightly
-  rules:
+      variables:
+      TAG: $CI_REGISTRY_IMAGE:nightly-develop
+      BUILDARGS: -race
     - if: $CI_NIGHTLY == "mainline"
-  <<: *build
-
-build:merge-request:
-  variables:
-    TAG: $CI_REGISTRY_IMAGE:merge-request
-    BUILDARGS: -race
-  rules:
+      variables:
+      TAG: $CI_REGISTRY_IMAGE:nightly
     - if: $CI_PIPELINE_SOURCE == "merge_request_event"
-  <<: *build
-
-build:latest:
-  variables:
-    TAG: $CI_REGISTRY_IMAGE:latest
-  rules:
+      variables:
+      TAG: $CI_REGISTRY_IMAGE:merge-request
+      BUILDARGS: -race
     - if: $CI_COMMIT_BRANCH == $CI_DEFAULT_BRANCH && $CI_NIGHTLY == null
-  <<: *build
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+      variables:
+      TAG: $CI_REGISTRY_IMAGE:latest
+      
+  script:
+   - docker login -u $CI_REGISTRY_USER -p $CI_REGISTRY_PASSWORD $CI_REGISTRY
+   - docker build --build-arg GITLAB_USER=$GO_MODULES_USER --build-arg GITLAB_TOKEN=$GO_MODULES_ACCESS_TOKEN --build-arg BUILDARGS=$BUILDARGS -t $DOCKER_IMAGE_SHA .
+   - docker push $DOCKER_IMAGE_SHA
+   - docker tag $DOCKER_IMAGE_SHA $TAG
+   - docker push $TAG
+   - docker build --target installer --build-arg GITLAB_USER=$GO_MODULES_USER --build-arg GITLAB_TOKEN=$GO_MODULES_ACCESS_TOKEN --build-arg BUILDARGS=$BUILDARGS -t registry.code.fbi.h-da.de/cocsn/gosdn:testing_${CI_PIPELINE_ID} .
+   - docker push registry.code.fbi.h-da.de/cocsn/gosdn:testing_${CI_PIPELINE_ID}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/build/ci/.containerlab-ci.yml b/build/ci/.containerlab-ci.yml
index 8eced5f530ebe977c9823557dccd6d4d26e11936..f968e0a136f22c954d7d0077fafe1cee99924a86 100644
--- a/build/ci/.containerlab-ci.yml
+++ b/build/ci/.containerlab-ci.yml
@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@ containerlab:deploy:
     - .containerlab_template
     - .containerlab_rules
   stage: apply
-  needs: ["containerlab:template", "build:merge-request", "build:develop"]
+  needs: ["containerlab:template", "build-docker"]
   script:
     - sudo containerlab deploy --topo ${CI_PROJECT_DIR}/${CLAB_NAME}.clab.yml --reconfigure
     - echo "GOSDN_HTTP_PORT=$(docker inspect -f '{{ (index (index .NetworkSettings.Ports "8080/tcp") 0).HostPort }}' clab-${CLAB_NAME}-gosdn)" >> ${CI_PROJECT_DIR}/build.env