diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab-ci.yml
index 43e232f8e48af45e98d57cd2b7d24172bf0d0215..a3edf0297ffe829f1cc1360f3dc3d31b3b0b552e 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -1,9 +1,7 @@
 default:
   before_script:
     - set -e
-    # env -0 | sort -z | tr '\0' '\n': Sort env output alphabetically, keeping multiline variables intact
-    # egrep: Remove sensitive information from the output of env
-    #- env -0 | sort -z | tr '\0' '\n' | egrep -ve '^(DOCKER_AUTH_CONFIG|GOOGLE_APPLICATION_CREDENTIALS)=.*'
+    # DANGER don't use `set -x` or print the environment via e.g. `env` in pipeline runs, this might leak credentials (has leaked them)
   interruptible: true
   tags:
     - 1cpu-4gb # build on smaller machine