diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab-ci.yml
index 85c984f0b2f059a593554e483bc309d515eb833c..51fe917b92606a8add4f9f31ebc5a48196ee8389 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