diff --git a/.gitlab/ci/docs.yml b/.gitlab/ci/docs.yml
index 150f59d044..44bc335dcb 100644
--- a/.gitlab/ci/docs.yml
+++ b/.gitlab/ci/docs.yml
@@ -196,7 +196,6 @@ deploy_docs_production:
     DOCS_DEPLOY_SERVER_USER: "$DOCS_PROD_SERVER_USER"
     DOCS_DEPLOY_PATH: "$DOCS_PROD_PATH"
     DOCS_DEPLOY_URL_BASE: "https://docs.espressif.com/projects/esp-idf"
-    DEPLOY_STABLE: 1
 
 check_doc_links:
   extends: