diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab-ci.yml
index 00ab79ce6221a89665c25e9a6c601109549c060c..e4b181abd856206398700c6285174ee4dd3316ba 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -9,7 +9,6 @@ variables:
 # Definition of our build pipeline order
 stages:
   - build
-  - docker
   - deploy
   - pypi
 
@@ -63,23 +62,6 @@ stages:
     key: "macosx-cache"
 
 
-# Docker host based testing (must be run inside dind or docker-enabled host)
-.docker_test_linux_template: &linux_docker_job
-  stage: docker
-  before_script:
-    # safe keep artifacts as before_build.sh will erase those...
-    - mv ${CONDA_ROOT}/conda-bld .
-    - ./_ci/install.sh _ci master #updates ci support scripts
-    - ./_ci/before_build.sh
-    - mv conda-bld ${CONDA_ROOT}
-    - ./scripts/before_test.sh
-  script:
-    - export BEAT_DOCKER_TESTS=true
-    - BOB_TEST_ONLY=true ./_ci/build.sh
-  after_script:
-    - ./_ci/after_build.sh
-
-
 build_linux_36:
   <<: *linux_build_job
   variables:
@@ -100,17 +82,6 @@ build_macosx_36:
     PYTHON_VERSION: "3.6"
 
 
-# Docker host based testing
-docker_linux_36:
-  <<: *linux_docker_job
-  variables:
-    PYTHON_VERSION: "3.6"
-  dependencies:
-    - build_linux_36
-  tags:
-    - docker-build
-
-
 # Deploy targets
 .deploy_template: &deploy_job
   stage: deploy
diff --git a/conda/meta.yaml b/conda/meta.yaml
index ca26dc15de766e1d68350bf41ba0088e7e3565d3..41dad405f83681d76cbc4ce1475a0df4de8774b9 100644
--- a/conda/meta.yaml
+++ b/conda/meta.yaml
@@ -53,10 +53,9 @@ test:
 
   commands:
     - worker --help
-    - if [ -n "${BEAT_DOCKER_TESTS}" ]; then nosetests --with-coverage --cover-package={{ name }} -sv {{ name }}; fi
-    - if [ -z "${BEAT_DOCKER_TESTS}" ]; then nosetests --with-coverage --cover-package={{ name }} -sv {{ name }} --exclude=".*test_docker.*"; fi
-    - if [ -z "${BEAT_DOCKER_TESTS}" ]; then sphinx-build -aEW {{ project_dir }}/doc {{ project_dir }}/sphinx; fi
-    - if [ -z "${BEAT_DOCKER_TESTS}" ]; then sphinx-build -aEb doctest {{ project_dir }}/doc sphinx; fi
+    - nosetests --with-coverage --cover-package={{ name }} -sv {{ name }}
+    - sphinx-build -aEW {{ project_dir }}/doc {{ project_dir }}/sphinx
+    - sphinx-build -aEb doctest {{ project_dir }}/doc sphinx
     - conda inspect linkages -p $PREFIX {{ name }}  # [not win]
     - conda inspect objects -p $PREFIX {{ name }}  # [osx]