diff --git a/images/.utils/gitlab-ci.yaml b/images/.utils/gitlab-ci.yaml
index 0a074f53f53c7491add087edc0f547de944ff2fc..58a42f51b7428e66ae707c0b0065cbb382683ed9 100644
--- a/images/.utils/gitlab-ci.yaml
+++ b/images/.utils/gitlab-ci.yaml
@@ -3,15 +3,12 @@ include:
 
 container-build:
   extends: .earthly-cloud
-  variables:
-    EARTHLY_USE_INLINE_CACHE: "true"
   script:
     - earthly +images ${BUILD_ARGS}
   rules:
     - if: '$CI_COMMIT_BRANCH == $CI_DEFAULT_BRANCH && $CI_PIPELINE_SOURCE == "push"'
       variables:
         EARTHLY_PUSH: "true"
-        EARTHLY_SAVE_INLINE_CACHE: "true"
         BUILD_ARGS: "--latest=true"
       changes:
         paths: