diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab-ci.yml
index 9c269549badef7193ada4d63b82fead0f276598d..2b7cd78e0a1172566533b6474cd5e4c23276e195 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -11,7 +11,6 @@ include:
 variables:
   SONAR_PROJECT_KEY: config
   SONAR_TOKEN: 11922a8e774494f51e1d2f0e695949e4073e7df8
-  NPM_TOKEN: ZMh1NzlklUTNNvt573Imgw==
   NPM_REGISTRY: https://it-devops-01:4873
 
 cache:
@@ -44,7 +43,5 @@ test:
 publish to local npm:
   stage: publish
   script:
-    - npm config set @br:registry https://it-devops-01:4873
-    - echo '//it-devops-01:4873/:_authToken="ZMh1NzlklUTNNvt573Imgw=="'>.npmrc
-    - cat .npmrc
+    - echo '//it-devops-01:4873/:_authToken="foobar"'>.npmrc
     - npm publish --registry https://it-devops-01:4873