diff --git a/templates/gitlab-ci-gcloud-vault.yml b/templates/gitlab-ci-gcloud-vault.yml
index 1726845308eeaef41684b4e62e5a2f870c7fa49d..8a8b94e47e806794b1eb348dbab54a8cf5c6813c 100644
--- a/templates/gitlab-ci-gcloud-vault.yml
+++ b/templates/gitlab-ci-gcloud-vault.yml
@@ -1,10 +1,6 @@
 # =====================================================================================================================
 # === Vault template variant
 # =====================================================================================================================
-variables:
-  # variables have to be explicitly declared in the YAML to be exported to the service
-  VAULT_ROLE_ID: "$VAULT_ROLE_ID"
-  VAULT_SECRET_ID: "$VAULT_SECRET_ID"
 
 .gcp-base:
   services: