diff --git a/.gitlab/ci/test.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab/ci/test.gitlab-ci.yml
index 863705448f1c74547b9568287451429dd1809464..3353472d5f4fac9187e10a2c641d573ea0c27b84 100644
--- a/.gitlab/ci/test.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab/ci/test.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -342,9 +342,6 @@ test-deploy-deletes-old-postgres-if-opt-in:
     # make sure old postgres deployment exists
     - auto-deploy deploy
     - ./test/verify-deployment-database production production-postgres
-    # clean up charts/ folder because of https://github.com/helm/helm/issues/7770
-    - rm -rf chart/charts/
-    - auto-deploy download_chart
     # test that the deploy job succeeds
     - export POSTGRES_VERSION='9.6.16'
     - export AUTO_DEVOPS_POSTGRES_CHANNEL=2