diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab-ci.yml
index 2431be21bd3476bfd56df0f41db04d80db2eec99..8e3e702ff3ef61135f60bedebd82539a9eea5074 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -65,6 +65,8 @@ create geotiff storage:
     - cp $kubekorner_k3s_config .
     - kubeconfig=$(basename $kubekorner_k3s_config)
     - ./helpers/create_pvc.sh "$ns" "production/geotiff-pvc.yaml" "$kubeconfig"
+  # this job doesn't actually need any artifacts from previous jobs
+  dependencies: []
   rules:
     - changes:
         - production/geotiff-pvc.yaml
diff --git a/helpers/create_pvc.sh b/helpers/create_pvc.sh
index 04930f0402ec264e02ec601c96fca4595556e2cf..bb619792ac59c3dcf6819b1d19515d2c9ec3fcf6 100755
--- a/helpers/create_pvc.sh
+++ b/helpers/create_pvc.sh
@@ -26,6 +26,4 @@ if [[ $CI_PIPELINE_SOURCE == "pipeline" ]]; then
     fi
 fi
 
-docker run --rm -v $(pwd):/apps -w /apps alpine/k8s:1.18.2 kubectl $EXTRA_ARGS replace -f $pvc
-#docker run --rm -v $(pwd):/apps -w /apps alpine/k8s:1.18.2 kubectl $EXTRA_ARGS apply -f $pvc
-#kubectl $EXTRA_ARGS replace -f $pvc
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+kubectl $EXTRA_ARGS replace -f $pvc
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