diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab-ci.yml
index e47e2e6eef..ed35458681 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -512,7 +512,6 @@ misc:
     - sh util/check-categories.sh
     - sh util/check-gitignore.sh
     - sh util/check-trailing-whitespace.sh
-    - if git grep SYSTEMTESTTOP -- ':!.gitlab-ci.yml'; then echo 'Please use relative paths instead of $SYSTEMTESTTOP.'; exit 1; fi
     - bash util/unused-headers.sh
     - bash util/xmllint-html.sh
     # Check dangling symlinks in the repository