diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab-ci.yml
index d9cc9373439b474b29db79e92b6ebe653bad73b3..d2423ba9dc39c9d935c1d16b971396ce7d11e789 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -54,7 +54,6 @@ stages:
       --preset=all_make
       -DBUILD_WARNINGS_AS_ERRORS=ON
       -DCMAKE_CUDA_ARCHITECTURES=60
-      -DBUILD_VF_GKS=ON
     - make -j4
     - ccache --show-stats
 
@@ -102,7 +101,7 @@ msvc_16:
     - cd $CI_PROJECT_DIR
     - md -force $env:BUILD_FOLDER
     - cd $env:BUILD_FOLDER
-    - cmake .. --preset=all_msvc -DCMAKE_CUDA_ARCHITECTURES=61 -DBUILD_WARNINGS_AS_ERRORS=ON -DBUILD_VF_GKS=ON
+    - cmake .. --preset=all_msvc -DCMAKE_CUDA_ARCHITECTURES=61 -DBUILD_WARNINGS_AS_ERRORS=ON
     - MSBuild.exe VirtualFluids.sln /property:Configuration=$env:BUILD_CONFIGURATION /verbosity:minimal /maxcpucount:4
 
   cache: