diff --git a/.github/workflows/sync_to_nemo.yaml b/.github/workflows/sync_to_nemo.yaml
index 765da5bf7c20ff1efa79509d348fb6d430f06227..6f659bc9d9f67218c6f56e76516b798617a4094a 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/sync_to_nemo.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/sync_to_nemo.yaml
@@ -23,11 +23,6 @@ jobs:
         run: |
           git remote add gitlab https://oauth2:${{ secrets.GITLAB_TOKEN }}@gitlab.eclipse.org/eclipse-research-labs/nemo-project/nemo-infrastructure-management/federated-meta-network-cluster-controller/multi-domain-l2s-m.git
 
-      - name: Fetch and merge changes from GitLab
-        run: |
-          git fetch gitlab nemo:development
-          git merge gitlab/nemo:development
-
       - name: Push to GitLab
         run: |
           git push gitlab nemo:development