diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab-ci.yml
index 5fd0440..55151ae 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -16,7 +16,6 @@ stages:
     FDO_UPSTREAM_REPO: upower/power-profiles-daemon
     FDO_DISTRIBUTION_VERSION: 41
     FDO_DISTRIBUTION_TAG: '2025-01-01.0'
-    TMPDIR: $CI_BUILDS_DIR/tmpdir
 
 .ppd.fedora.build:
   extends:
@@ -63,7 +62,6 @@ stages:
                 upower
                 polkit-libs
     FDO_DISTRIBUTION_EXEC: |
-      mkdir -m 700 $TMPDIR -p;
       dnf install -y --setopt=protected_packages= "dnf-command(debuginfo-install)";
       dnf debuginfo-install -y $DEBUG_DEPS;