diff --git a/ci/gitlab-ci/ci-scripts/ici-functions.sh b/ci/gitlab-ci/ci-scripts/ici-functions.sh
index e9aae235eaddabab31b522216be9c4bbf546d989..deec6df8f7a8959ade80f68b87b371fbf559dfe0 100644
--- a/ci/gitlab-ci/ci-scripts/ici-functions.sh
+++ b/ci/gitlab-ci/ci-scripts/ici-functions.sh
@@ -61,13 +61,6 @@ ici_prepare_build() {
         ../scripts/config --file .config --module CONFIG_$opt
     done
 
-    if [ -n "$KCI_KCONFIGS_DISABLE" ] || [ -n "$KCI_KCONFIGS_ENABLE" ] ||
-       [ -n "$KCI_KCONFIGS_MODULE" ]; then
-        # execude olddefconfig only if we changed the default config, otherwise,
-        # let it raise warnings if any
-        make -C "$ICI_KERNEL_DIR" O=$(pwd) olddefconfig
-    fi
-
     popd
 }