diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab-ci.yml
index 59d7606b..7a7770a8 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -480,9 +480,6 @@ freebsd:13.0@container-clean:
     - if ! [[ -z $SUITE_NAMES ]]; then SUITES=$(echo $SUITE_NAMES | sed 's/\([^ ]*\)/libinput-test-suite-\1/g'); fi
     - echo "Testing $SUITES"
     - export MESON_TEST_ARGS="$MESON_TEST_ARGS $SUITES"
-  retry:
-    max: 2
-    when: script_failure
 
 
 .fedora:36@test-suite-vm:
diff --git a/.gitlab-ci/ci.template b/.gitlab-ci/ci.template
index 0bba64ae..d7522638 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci/ci.template
+++ b/.gitlab-ci/ci.template
@@ -364,9 +364,6 @@ check-commit:
     - if ! [[ -z $SUITE_NAMES ]]; then SUITES=$(echo $SUITE_NAMES | sed 's/\([^ ]*\)/libinput-test-suite-\1/g'); fi
     - echo "Testing $SUITES"
     - export MESON_TEST_ARGS="$MESON_TEST_ARGS $SUITES"
-  retry:
-    max: 2
-    when: script_failure
 
 
 {# qemu tests are only done for the latest version of any distribution #}