diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab-ci.yml
index dc4222f23e20952a414d8c26d1aea72934ba7466..35570d523688b096ced628db0e577ccf87c0dd5d 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -1220,16 +1220,6 @@ voip-be-on-merge-request:
   - curl --request GET "https://forge.3gpp.org/rep/api/v4/projects/$CI_PROJECT_ID/jobs/$job_id/artifacts" --output artifacts_ref.zip
   - unzip -j artifacts_ref.zip "*latest_WMOPS.csv"
 
-  ### 2. part: setup specific for BASOP repo
-  # hack for using the reference encoder -> need to build manually to make script use ref enc and BASOP dec
-  - mkdir COMPLEXITY
-  - cp IVAS_cod_ref COMPLEXITY/IVAS_cod
-  # build branch code aain with instrumentation
-  - make clean
-  - bash scripts/prepare_instrumentation.sh -p BASOP -m MEM_ONLY
-  - make -j -C $INSTR_DIR
-  - cp $INSTR_DIR/IVAS_dec COMPLEXITY/IVAS_dec
-
 .complexity-measurements-prepare-artifacts:
   &complexity-measurements-prepare-artifacts # prepare artifacts -> move to public directory
   - public_dir="$CI_JOB_NAME-public"