diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab-ci.yml
index ab931edada5b36b860c0f81a94cf1ba4a6f9bf13..4448ee6db253042062e1213f6d695d8076c94db9 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -25,7 +25,6 @@ before_script:
   - source venv/bin/activate
   # hack because of bug in setuptools (Optimal would be 'pip install .' but install_requires in setup.cfg not read. See https://github.com/pypa/setuptools/issues/456)
   - python -c "import configparser; config = configparser.ConfigParser(); config.read('setup.cfg'); deps = config['metadata']['install_requires'].split('\n'); import subprocess; subprocess.call(['pip', 'install'] + [x for x in deps if x])"
-  - pip install matplotlib
 
 test:
   script:
diff --git a/public/.gitkeep b/public/.gitkeep
new file mode 100644
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