diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab-ci.yml
index 72bc6b6c..4cf8fea2 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -113,19 +113,6 @@ test_style:
     variables:
       - $PKG_ONLY == "1"
 
-check_release:
-  stage: test
-  needs: []
-  only:
-    refs:
-      - main
-  script:
-    - apt-get -y install git python3
-    - (head -n 1 ./debian/changelog && git tag) | ./debian/check_release.py
-  except:
-    variables:
-      - $PKG_ONLY == "1"
-
 pages:
   stage: deploy
   needs:
diff --git a/debian/check_release.py b/debian/check_release.py
deleted file mode 100755
index 7eb64fcb..00000000
--- a/debian/check_release.py
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,11 +0,0 @@
-#!/usr/bin/env python3
-
-"""Checks tag before release.
-Feed it the first changelog line, and then all available tags.
-"""
-
-import re, sys
-version = re.findall("\\((.*)\\)", input())[0]
-tag = 'v' + re.findall("([0-9]+\\.[0-9]+\\.[0-9]+).*", version)[0]
-if tag not in map(str.strip, sys.stdin.readlines()):
-    raise Exception("Changelog's current version doesn't have a tag. Push the tag!")