diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab-ci.yml
index 15299f933d0fea466cd051eb22723ed0d274888b..2f702917e1f2233b3e43953e2f3a7e9e589131be 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -88,7 +88,6 @@ lint:
 
 format:
   stage: test
-  needs: lint
   before_script:
     - source .venv/bin/activate
     - pip install autopep8