diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab-ci.yml
index 85be668b..f297cf40 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -20,7 +20,6 @@ variables:
     # psql password authentication
     PGPASSWORD: $POSTGRES_PASSWORD
 
-
 cache:
     paths:
         - vendor/python
@@ -31,10 +30,10 @@ before_script:
     - mkdir -p vendor/{python,pip,apt}
     - apt-get update -q && apt-get -o dir::cache::archives="vendor/apt" install -yqq postgresql-client
     - sed -E 's/^REDIS_HOST.*/REDIS_HOST = "redis"/' cof/settings/secret_example.py > cof/settings/secret.py
+    - sed -i.bak -E 's;^REDIS_PASSWD = .*$;REDIS_PASSWD = "";' cof/settings/secret.py
     # Remove the old test database if it has not been done yet
     - psql --username=$POSTGRES_USER --host=$DBHOST -c "DROP DATABASE IF EXISTS test_$POSTGRES_DB"
     - pip install --cache-dir vendor/pip -t vendor/python -r requirements.txt
-    - redis-cli config set requirepass $REDIS_PASSWD || true
 
 test:
     stage: test