diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab-ci.yml
index 331a1e2f4dceefc3c42b8f69c15f88d1cf42a908..86e1273b5e4914dce2694d12e7235171ad0aed4b 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -1,6 +1,5 @@
 stages:
     - build
-    - build-integration-test
     - test
     - analyze
     - build-latest
@@ -85,16 +84,6 @@ build-binaries:
         - docker login -u $CI_DEPENDENCY_PROXY_USER -p $CI_DEPENDENCY_PROXY_PASSWORD $CI_DEPENDENCY_PROXY_SERVER
         - docker login -u $QKDN_REPO_USERNAME -p $QKDN_REPO_TOKEN $CI_REGISTRY
 
-patch-qkdn-controller:
-    script:
-        - docker buildx build --push -t ${DQ_QUANT_INTEGRATION_REGISTRY_PATH}/qkdn-controller:${CI_COMMIT_REF_SLUG} -f integration-tests/Dockerfiles/integration.Dockerfile --build-arg "BASEIMAGE=$DQ_REGISTRY_PATH" integration-tests
-    <<: *build-integration-test
-
-patch-routing-app:
-    script:
-        - docker buildx build --push -t ${DQ_QUANT_INTEGRATION_REGISTRY_PATH}/routing-app:${CI_COMMIT_REF_SLUG} -f integration-tests/Dockerfiles/integration.Dockerfile --build-arg "BASEIMAGE=$DQ_REGISTRY_PATH/routing-app:qkdn-main" integration-tests
-    <<: *build-integration-test
-
 # Build latest stage
 
 .build-latest: &build-latest
@@ -176,7 +165,7 @@ unit-tests:
 integration-test-aes:
     tags:
         - shell
-    needs: ["patch-qkdn-controller", "patch-routing-app"]
+    needs: []
     variables:
         DEPENDENCY_PROXY: ${CI_DEPENDENCY_PROXY_GROUP_IMAGE_PREFIX}/
     before_script:
@@ -193,7 +182,7 @@ integration-test-aes:
 integration-test-otp:
     tags:
         - shell
-    needs: ["patch-qkdn-controller", "patch-routing-app"]
+    needs: []
     variables:
         DEPENDENCY_PROXY: ${CI_DEPENDENCY_PROXY_GROUP_IMAGE_PREFIX}/
     before_script: