diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab-ci.yml
index ab6030b2a21c40c0bc74e6eec95cfc822b117928..7660dbd25249a175226bd5f39074846e32997236 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -1205,9 +1205,8 @@ voip-be-on-merge-request:
 
   - job_id=$(python3 ci/get_id_of_last_job_occurence.py $CI_COMMIT_REF_NAME $CI_JOB_NAME $CI_PROJECT_ID)
   - echo $job_id
-  # TODO: remove. This is a hack to try out if the complexity history can be brought back.
-  # hack: explicitly set the id of the last succesful job which has all the artifacts
-  # this will only work for stereo, but just to try out if things work at all...
+  # this is a testing/maintenance mechanism to force getting the log history from a specific job id
+  # see below in the concrete complexity jobs
   - if [ "$JOB_ID_INJECT" != "" ]; then job_id=$JOB_ID_INJECT; fi
   - curl --request GET "https://forge.3gpp.org/rep/api/v4/projects/$CI_PROJECT_ID/jobs/$job_id/artifacts" --output artifacts.zip
   - unzip artifacts.zip || true # this may fail on first run, when there are no artifacts there and the zip file is actually just "404"-html
@@ -1275,7 +1274,7 @@ complexity-stereo-in-stereo-out:
   rules:
     - if: $MEASURE_COMPLEXITY_LINUX
   variables:
-    JOB_ID_INJECT: "368633"
+    JOB_ID_INJECT: ""
   script:
     - in_format=stereo
     - out_format=stereo
@@ -1291,7 +1290,7 @@ complexity-ism-in-binaural-out:
       when: delayed
       start_in: 1 hour
   variables:
-    JOB_ID_INJECT: "368636"
+    JOB_ID_INJECT: ""
   script:
     - in_format=ISM
     - out_format=BINAURAL
@@ -1308,7 +1307,7 @@ complexity-ism-in-binaural_room_ir-out:
       when: delayed
       start_in: 2 hours
   variables:
-    JOB_ID_INJECT: "368638"
+    JOB_ID_INJECT: ""
   script:
     - in_format=ISM
     - out_format=BINAURAL_ROOM_IR
@@ -1325,7 +1324,7 @@ complexity-ism-in-ext-out:
       when: delayed
       start_in: 3 hours 30 minutes
   variables:
-    JOB_ID_INJECT: "368640"
+    JOB_ID_INJECT: ""
   script:
     - in_format=ISM
     - out_format=EXT
@@ -1342,7 +1341,7 @@ complexity-sba-hoa3-in-hoa3-out:
       when: delayed
       start_in: 4 hours 30 minutes
   variables:
-    JOB_ID_INJECT: "368642"
+    JOB_ID_INJECT: ""
   script:
     - in_format=HOA3
     - out_format=HOA3
@@ -1359,7 +1358,7 @@ complexity-sba-hoa3-in-binaural-out:
       when: delayed
       start_in: 5 hours 30 minutes
   variables:
-    JOB_ID_INJECT: "368643"
+    JOB_ID_INJECT: ""
   script:
     - in_format=HOA3
     - out_format=BINAURAL
@@ -1376,7 +1375,7 @@ complexity-sba-hoa3-in-binaural_room_ir-out:
       when: delayed
       start_in: 6 hours 30 minutes
   variables:
-    JOB_ID_INJECT: "368645"
+    JOB_ID_INJECT: ""
   script:
     - in_format=HOA3
     - out_format=BINAURAL_ROOM_IR
@@ -1393,7 +1392,7 @@ complexity-mc-in-7_1_4-out:
       when: delayed
       start_in: 7 hours 30 minutes
   variables:
-    JOB_ID_INJECT: "368647"
+    JOB_ID_INJECT: ""
   script:
     - in_format=MC
     - out_format=7_1_4
@@ -1410,7 +1409,7 @@ complexity-mc-in-binaural-out:
       when: delayed
       start_in: 10 hours
   variables:
-    JOB_ID_INJECT: "368649"
+    JOB_ID_INJECT: ""
   script:
     - in_format=MC
     - out_format=BINAURAL
@@ -1427,7 +1426,7 @@ complexity-mc-in-binaural_room_ir-out:
       when: delayed
       start_in: 12 hours 30 minutes
   variables:
-    JOB_ID_INJECT: "368650"
+    JOB_ID_INJECT: ""
   script:
     - in_format=MC
     - out_format=BINAURAL_ROOM_IR
@@ -1444,7 +1443,7 @@ complexity-masa-in-ext-out:
       when: delayed
       start_in: 15 hours
   variables:
-    JOB_ID_INJECT: "368651"
+    JOB_ID_INJECT: ""
   script:
     - in_format=MASA
     - out_format=EXT
@@ -1461,7 +1460,7 @@ complexity-masa-in-binaural-out:
       when: delayed
       start_in: 16 hours
   variables:
-    JOB_ID_INJECT: "368652"
+    JOB_ID_INJECT: ""
   script:
     - in_format=MASA
     - out_format=BINAURAL
@@ -1478,7 +1477,7 @@ complexity-masa-in-hoa3-out:
       when: delayed
       start_in: 17 hours
   variables:
-    JOB_ID_INJECT: "368653"
+    JOB_ID_INJECT: ""
   script:
     - in_format=MASA
     - out_format=HOA3
@@ -1494,6 +1493,8 @@ complexity-masa-in-hoa3-out:
 #     - if: $MEASURE_COMPLEXITY_LINUX
 #       when: delayed
 #       start_in: 13 hours
+  # variables:
+  #   JOB_ID_INJECT: ""
 #   script:
 #     - in_format=OMASA
 #     - out_format=EXT
@@ -1510,7 +1511,7 @@ complexity-omasa-in-binaural-out:
       when: delayed
       start_in: 18 hours
   variables:
-    JOB_ID_INJECT: "368654"
+    JOB_ID_INJECT: ""
   script:
     - in_format=OMASA
     - out_format=BINAURAL
@@ -1527,7 +1528,7 @@ complexity-omasa-in-hoa3-out:
       when: delayed
       start_in: 20 hours
   variables:
-    JOB_ID_INJECT: "368655"
+    JOB_ID_INJECT: ""
   script:
     - in_format=OMASA
     - out_format=HOA3
@@ -1544,7 +1545,7 @@ complexity-StereoDmxEVS-stereo-in-mono-out:
       when: delayed
       start_in: 22 hours
   variables:
-    JOB_ID_INJECT: "368656"
+    JOB_ID_INJECT: ""
   script:
     - in_format=StereoDmxEVS
     - out_format=mono
@@ -1576,7 +1577,7 @@ complexity-osba-in-binaural-out:
       when: delayed
       start_in: 22 hours 30 minutes
   variables:
-    JOB_ID_INJECT: "368657"
+    JOB_ID_INJECT: ""
   script:
     - in_format=OSBA
     - out_format=BINAURAL
@@ -1593,7 +1594,7 @@ complexity-osba-in-binaural_room_ir-out:
       when: delayed
       start_in: 25 hours
   variables:
-    JOB_ID_INJECT: "368658"
+    JOB_ID_INJECT: ""
   script:
     - in_format=OSBA
     - out_format=BINAURAL_ROOM_IR