diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab-ci.yml
index a4c9130395a..2d6c4db49a7 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -1410,6 +1410,8 @@ arm64_a630_vk_sysmem:
     paths:
       - results/
       - serial*.txt
+    exclude:
+      - results/*.shader_cache
 
 .freedreno-test:
   extends:
diff --git a/.gitlab-ci/deqp-runner.sh b/.gitlab-ci/deqp-runner.sh
index 129e4416559..42f6f730e46 100755
--- a/.gitlab-ci/deqp-runner.sh
+++ b/.gitlab-ci/deqp-runner.sh
@@ -266,9 +266,6 @@ DEQP_EXITCODE=$?
 echo "System load: $(cut -d' ' -f1-3 < /proc/loadavg)"
 echo "# of CPU cores: $(cat /proc/cpuinfo | grep processor | wc -l)"
 
-# Remove the shader cache, no need to include in the artifacts.
-find $RESULTS -name \*.shader_cache | xargs rm -f
-
 # junit is disabled, because it overloads gitlab.freedesktop.org to parse it.
 # quiet generate_junit $RESULTS_CSV > $RESULTS/results.xml