diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab-ci.yml
index aa13ff04b3fb1aca4e72397bd4cdc6121456af45..84c3b2c02538f33da1e7356df5ffce503b677b66 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