diff --git a/debian/changelog b/debian/changelog
index 44329a0..f2d45e8 100644
--- a/debian/changelog
+++ b/debian/changelog
@@ -12,6 +12,8 @@ desktop-base (13.0.0~pre1) UNRELEASED; urgency=medium
   * Drop obsolete lintian overrides.
   * Bump Standards-Version to 4.7.0, no change required.
   * Switch from debian/compat to debhelper-compat build dependency.
+  * Drop custom gitlab-ci.yml config file and switch to default salsa-ci
+    pipeline.
 
  -- Simon McVittie <smcv@debian.org>  Sun, 18 Aug 2024 09:45:32 +0100
 
diff --git a/debian/gitlab-ci.yml b/debian/gitlab-ci.yml
deleted file mode 100644
index fd74ea7..0000000
--- a/debian/gitlab-ci.yml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,7 +0,0 @@
----
-include:
-  - https://salsa.debian.org/salsa-ci-team/pipeline/raw/master/salsa-ci.yml
-  - https://salsa.debian.org/salsa-ci-team/pipeline/raw/master/pipeline-jobs.yml
-
-variables:
-  RELEASE: 'unstable'