diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab-ci.yml
index 97c86df79..b465ee315 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -168,7 +168,6 @@ run-experiment:
     - apt-get install -y octave
     # Grab the data set
     - apt-get install -y curl
-    - mkdir data
     - cd data
     - curl https://zenodo.org/record/1172670/files/L2_signal_samples.tar.xz --output L2_signal_samples.tar.xz
     - tar xvfJ L2_signal_samples.tar.xz