diff --git a/templates/gitlab-ci-helm-vault.yml b/templates/gitlab-ci-helm-vault.yml
index f8d6e8035385b5bde812222f2a20693c8bab5316..12c26f6d6ce2932987904408d7f0f4fcdcf4d73c 100644
--- a/templates/gitlab-ci-helm-vault.yml
+++ b/templates/gitlab-ci-helm-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"
 
 .helm-base:
   services: