diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab-ci.yml
index 872d7620..6767d1f6 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -5,7 +5,6 @@ linux:
       entrypoint: ["env", "-u", "DOCKER_HOST"]
       command: ["dockerd-entrypoint.sh"]
   variables:
-    DOCKER_HOST: tcp://docker:2375/
     DOCKER_DRIVER: overlay2
     # See https://github.com/docker-library/docker/pull/166
     DOCKER_TLS_CERTDIR: ""
diff --git a/examples/gitlab-minimal.yml b/examples/gitlab-minimal.yml
index d96b3faa..07cf1052 100644
--- a/examples/gitlab-minimal.yml
+++ b/examples/gitlab-minimal.yml
@@ -6,7 +6,6 @@ linux:
       entrypoint: ["env", "-u", "DOCKER_HOST"]
       command: ["dockerd-entrypoint.sh"]
   variables:
-    DOCKER_HOST: tcp://docker:2375/
     DOCKER_DRIVER: overlay2
     # See https://github.com/docker-library/docker/pull/166
     DOCKER_TLS_CERTDIR: ""
diff --git a/examples/gitlab-with-qemu.yml b/examples/gitlab-with-qemu.yml
index b6804f90..16cb34e1 100644
--- a/examples/gitlab-with-qemu.yml
+++ b/examples/gitlab-with-qemu.yml
@@ -6,7 +6,6 @@ linux:
       entrypoint: ["env", "-u", "DOCKER_HOST"]
       command: ["dockerd-entrypoint.sh"]
   variables:
-    DOCKER_HOST: tcp://docker:2375/
     DOCKER_DRIVER: overlay2
     # See https://github.com/docker-library/docker/pull/166
     DOCKER_TLS_CERTDIR: ""