diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab-ci.yml
index 2f0f6957f8249988669c950785b912eb0e6304ac..99e8765f51a41ffc007a8f7c06e8ed2ca03f2df6 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -1,279 +1,131 @@
-.functions: &functions |
-  function get_tag_for {
-    local container_name=$1
-    local container_tag
-    if [[ ${container_name} =~ "kubernetes" ]] ; then
-      container_tag=$KUBE_TAG
-    elif [ ${container_name} == "docker-centos" ] ; then
-      container_tag=$DOCKER_TAG
-    else
-      echo "Container: ${container_name} is not defined."
-      exit 1
-    fi
-    echo ${container_tag}-${RELEASE}
-  }
-
-  function build_base_images {
-    # keep kubernetes-node and kubernetes-master images by running a container,
-    # so that the cleanup script doesn't remove them
-
-    docker pull registry.fedoraproject.org/fedora:rawhide
-    docker run -d registry.fedoraproject.org/fedora:rawhide sleep 3600
-
-    docker build --rm -t kubernetes-node:rawhide kubernetes-node/
-    docker run -d kubernetes-node:rawhide sleep 3600
-
-    docker build --rm -t kubernetes-master:rawhide kubernetes-master/
-    docker run -d kubernetes-master:rawhide sleep 3600
-  }
-
-  function check_if_image_exists {
-    # check in the container tag already exists.
-    set +e
-    docker pull gitlab-registry.cern.ch/"$CI_PROJECT_NAMESPACE"/"$CI_PROJECT_NAME"/"$CONTAINER":"${TAG}"
-    if [ $? -eq 0 ] ; then
-      echo "Please update the cern-release file adding a new tag for""${CONTAINER}"" or release."
-      exit 1
-    fi
-    set -e
-  }
-
 stages:
-  - deploy
   - image_sync
-before_script:
-  - export CONTAINERS="kubernetes-apiserver kubernetes-scheduler kubernetes-controller-manager kubernetes-kubelet kubernetes-proxy"
-  - export IMAGE_PREFIX=gitlab-registry.cern.ch/"$CI_PROJECT_NAMESPACE"/"$CI_PROJECT_NAME"/
-  - source cern-release
-  - set -e
-  - *functions
-deploy branch:
-  stage: deploy
-  image: gitlab-registry.cern.ch/cloud/fedora-buildah:rawhide
-  script:
-    - curl -o kubernetes-apiserver/kubectl -O https://storage.googleapis.com/kubernetes-release/release/${KUBE_TAG}/bin/linux/amd64/kubectl
-    - for CONTAINER in $CONTAINERS ; do
-    -   TAG=$(get_tag_for ${CONTAINER})
-    -   buildah --storage-driver vfs bud --isolation chroot  -t "${IMAGE_PREFIX}""${CONTAINER}":"$CI_COMMIT_SHA" "${CONTAINER}"
-    -   buildah --storage-driver vfs push --creds gitlab-ci-token:$CI_BUILD_TOKEN "${IMAGE_PREFIX}""${CONTAINER}":"$CI_COMMIT_SHA" docker://"${IMAGE_PREFIX}""${CONTAINER}":"$CI_COMMIT_SHA"
-    -   buildah --storage-driver vfs rmi "${IMAGE_PREFIX}""${CONTAINER}":"$CI_COMMIT_SHA"
-    - done
-  except:
-    - tags
-    - cern-master
-    - cern-qa
-    - schedules
-    - /^cron.*$/
-
-# The token is required to be written in a file and not evaluate the curl request since it containes
-# the protected password variable.
-deploy tag:
-  stage: deploy
-  image: gitlab-registry.cern.ch/cloud/fedora-buildah:rawhide
-  script:
-    - if [ ${CI_COMMIT_TAG} -ne ${RELEASE} ] ; then
-    -   echo "Release ${RELEASE} in cern-release file doesn't match CI_COMMIT_TAG ${CI_COMMIT_TAG} ."
-    -   exit 1
-    - fi
-    - for CONTAINER in $CONTAINERS ; do
-    -   TAG=$(get_tag_for ${CONTAINER})
-    -   buildah --storage-driver vfs pull "${IMAGE_PREFIX}${CONTAINER}:${CI_COMMIT_SHA}"
-    -   DIGEST=$(skopeo inspect "docker://${IMAGE_PREFIX}${CONTAINER}:${CI_COMMIT_SHA}" | jq .Digest -r |  grep -oE '[0-9a-f]{64}')
-    - >-
-        curl
-        --silent
-        --user svcbuild:${SVCBUILD_PASSWORD}
-        -H "Accept: application/json"
-        -d account=
-        -d client_id=docker
-        -d offline_token=true
-        -d service=container_registry
-        -d scope=repository:${CI_PROJECT_NAMESPACE}/${CI_PROJECT_NAME}/${CONTAINER}:*
-        -G https://gitlab.cern.ch/jwt/auth | jq .token -r > token.txt
-    - TOKEN=$(cat token.txt)
-    - >-
-        curl
-        --silent
-        -X DELETE
-        -H "Accept: application/vnd.docker.distribution.manifest.v2+json"
-        -H "Authorization: Bearer ${TOKEN}"
-        -G https://gitlab-registry.cern.ch/v2/${CI_PROJECT_NAMESPACE}/${CI_PROJECT_NAME}/${CONTAINER}/manifests/sha256:${DIGEST}
-    -   buildah --storage-driver vfs tag ${IMAGE_PREFIX}${CONTAINER}:${CI_COMMIT_SHA} ${IMAGE_PREFIX}${CONTAINER}:${TAG}
-    -   buildah --storage-driver vfs push --creds gitlab-ci-token:$CI_BUILD_TOKEN ${IMAGE_PREFIX}${CONTAINER}:${TAG} docker://${IMAGE_PREFIX}${CONTAINER}:${TAG}
-    - done
-  only:
-    - tags
-  except:
-    - schedules
-    - /^cron.*$/
 
 tiller_sync:
   stage: image_sync
   image: gitlab-registry.cern.ch/cloud/fedora-buildah:rawhide
   script:
     - ./sync_image.sh "gcr.io/kubernetes-helm/tiller:canary"
-  only:
-    - schedules
 
 traefik_sync:
   stage: image_sync
   image: gitlab-registry.cern.ch/cloud/fedora-buildah:rawhide
   script:
     - ./sync_image.sh "docker.io/library/traefik:alpine"
-  only:
-    - schedules
 
 draino_sync:
   stage: image_sync
   image: gitlab-registry.cern.ch/cloud/fedora-buildah:rawhide
   script:
     - ./sync_image.sh "docker.io/planetlabs/draino:latest"
-  only:
-    - schedules
 
 node-problem-detector_sync:
   stage: image_sync
   image: gitlab-registry.cern.ch/cloud/fedora-buildah:rawhide
   script:
     - ./sync_image.sh "k8s.gcr.io/node-problem-detector:v0.6.2"
-  only:
-    - schedules
 
 cluster-autoscaler_sync:
   stage: image_sync
   image: gitlab-registry.cern.ch/cloud/fedora-buildah:rawhide
   script:
     - ./sync_image.sh "gitlab-registry.cern.ch/cloud/autoscaler/cluster-autoscaler:v1.15.2"
-  only:
-    - schedules
 
 metrics-server_sync:
   stage: image_sync
   image: gitlab-registry.cern.ch/cloud/fedora-buildah:rawhide
   script:
     - ./sync_image.sh "gcr.io/google_containers/metrics-server-amd64:v0.3.1"
-  only:
-    - schedules
 
 prometheus_alertmanager_sync:
   stage: image_sync
   image: gitlab-registry.cern.ch/cloud/fedora-buildah:rawhide
   script:
     - ./sync_image.sh "quay.io/prometheus/alertmanager:latest"
-  only:
-    - schedules
 
 prometheus_prometheus-operator_sync:
   stage: image_sync
   image: gitlab-registry.cern.ch/cloud/fedora-buildah:rawhide
   script:
     - ./sync_image.sh "quay.io/coreos/prometheus-operator:latest"
-  only:
-    - schedules
 
 prometheus_configmap-reload_sync:
   stage: image_sync
   image: gitlab-registry.cern.ch/cloud/fedora-buildah:rawhide
   script:
     - ./sync_image.sh "quay.io/coreos/configmap-reload:latest"
-  only:
-    - schedules
 
 prometheus_prometheus-config-reloader_sync:
   stage: image_sync
   image: gitlab-registry.cern.ch/cloud/fedora-buildah:rawhide
   script:
     - ./sync_image.sh "quay.io/coreos/prometheus-config-reloader:master"
-  only:
-    - schedules
 
 prometheus_hyperkube_sync:
   stage: image_sync
   image: gitlab-registry.cern.ch/cloud/fedora-buildah:rawhide
   script:
     - ./sync_image.sh "gcr.io/google-containers/hyperkube:v1.11.8"
-  only:
-    - schedules
 
 prometheus_prometheus_sync:
   stage: image_sync
   image: gitlab-registry.cern.ch/cloud/fedora-buildah:rawhide
   script:
     - ./sync_image.sh "quay.io/prometheus/prometheus:latest"
-  only:
-    - schedules
 
 kubernetes-dashboard_sync:
   stage: image_sync
   image: gitlab-registry.cern.ch/cloud/fedora-buildah:rawhide
   script:
     - ./sync_image.sh "gcr.io/google-containers/kubernetes-dashboard-amd64:v1.10.1"
-  only:
-    - schedules
 
 openstack-cloud-controller-manager_sync:
   stage: image_sync
   image: gitlab-registry.cern.ch/cloud/fedora-buildah:rawhide
   script:
     - ./sync_image.sh "docker.io/k8scloudprovider/openstack-cloud-controller-manager:v0.2.0"
-  only:
-    - schedules
 
 cluster-proportional-autoscaler-amd64_sync:
   stage: image_sync
   image: gitlab-registry.cern.ch/cloud/fedora-buildah:rawhide
   script:
     - ./sync_image.sh "gcr.io/google_containers/cluster-proportional-autoscaler-amd64:1.1.2"
-  only:
-    - schedules
 
 k8s-keystone-auth_sync:
   stage: image_sync
   image: gitlab-registry.cern.ch/cloud/fedora-buildah:rawhide
   script:
     - ./sync_image.sh "docker.io/k8scloudprovider/k8s-keystone-auth:1.13.0"
-  only:
-    - schedules
 
 kubernetes-apiserver_sync:
   stage: image_sync
   image: gitlab-registry.cern.ch/cloud/fedora-buildah:rawhide
   script:
     - ./sync_image.sh "docker.io/openstackmagnum/kubernetes-apiserver:v1.14.1"
-  only:
-    - schedules
 
 kubernetes-controller-manager_sync:
   stage: image_sync
   image: gitlab-registry.cern.ch/cloud/fedora-buildah:rawhide
   script:
     - ./sync_image.sh "docker.io/openstackmagnum/kubernetes-controller-manager:v1.14.1"
-  only:
-    - schedules
 
 kubernetes-scheduler_sync:
   stage: image_sync
   image: gitlab-registry.cern.ch/cloud/fedora-buildah:rawhide
   script:
     - ./sync_image.sh "docker.io/openstackmagnum/kubernetes-scheduler:v1.14.1"
-  only:
-    - schedules
 
 kubernetes-kubelet_sync:
   stage: image_sync
   image: gitlab-registry.cern.ch/cloud/fedora-buildah:rawhide
   script:
     - ./sync_image.sh "docker.io/openstackmagnum/kubernetes-kubelet:v1.14.1"
-  only:
-    - schedules
 
 kubernetes-proxy_sync:
   stage: image_sync
   image: gitlab-registry.cern.ch/cloud/fedora-buildah:rawhide
   script:
     - ./sync_image.sh "docker.io/openstackmagnum/kubernetes-proxy:v1.14.1"
-  only:
-    - schedules
 
 flannel_ds_sync:
   stage: image_sync
@@ -281,125 +133,93 @@ flannel_ds_sync:
   script:
     - ./sync_image.sh "quay.io/coreos/flannel:v0.10.0-amd64"
     - ./sync_image.sh "docker.io/openstackmagnum/flannel:v0.9.0"
-  only:
-    - schedules
 
 flannel_cni_ds_sync:
   stage: image_sync
   image: gitlab-registry.cern.ch/cloud/fedora-buildah:rawhide
   script:
     - ./sync_image.sh "quay.io/coreos/flannel-cni:v0.3.0"
-  only:
-    - schedules
 
 coredns_sync:
   stage: image_sync
   image: gitlab-registry.cern.ch/cloud/fedora-buildah:rawhide
   script:
     - ./sync_image.sh "docker.io/coredns/coredns:1.3.1"
-  only:
-    - schedules
 
 helm_client_sync:
   stage: image_sync
   image: gitlab-registry.cern.ch/cloud/fedora-buildah:rawhide
   script:
     - ./sync_image.sh "docker.io/openstackmagnum/helm-client:dev"
-  only:
-    - schedules
 
 k8s.gcr.io/defaultbackend_sync:
   stage: image_sync
   image: gitlab-registry.cern.ch/cloud/fedora-buildah:rawhide
   script:
     - ./sync_image.sh "k8s.gcr.io/defaultbackend:1.4"
-  only:
-    - schedules
 
 quay.io/kubernetes-ingress-controller/nginx-ingress-controller_sync:
   stage: image_sync
   image: gitlab-registry.cern.ch/cloud/fedora-buildah:rawhide
   script:
     - ./sync_image.sh "quay.io/kubernetes-ingress-controller/nginx-ingress-controller:0.23.0"
-  only:
-    - schedules
 
 quay.io/k8scsi/csi-provisioner_sync:
   stage: image_sync
   image: gitlab-registry.cern.ch/cloud/fedora-buildah:rawhide
   script:
     - ./sync_image.sh "quay.io/k8scsi/csi-provisioner:v1.3.0"
-  only:
-    - schedules
 
 quay.io/k8scsi/csi-attacher_sync:
   stage: image_sync
   image: gitlab-registry.cern.ch/cloud/fedora-buildah:rawhide
   script:
     - ./sync_image.sh "quay.io/k8scsi/csi-attacher:v1.2.0"
-  only:
-    - schedules
 
 quay.io/k8scsi/csi-node-driver-registrar_sync:
   stage: image_sync
   image: gitlab-registry.cern.ch/cloud/fedora-buildah:rawhide
   script:
     - ./sync_image.sh "quay.io/k8scsi/csi-node-driver-registrar:v1.1.0"
-  only:
-    - schedules
 
 quay.io/cephcsi/cephcsi_sync:
   stage: image_sync
   image: gitlab-registry.cern.ch/cloud/fedora-buildah:rawhide
   script:
     - ./sync_image.sh "quay.io/cephcsi/cephcsi:canary"
-  only:
-    - schedules
 
 docker.io/calico/typha_sync:
   stage: image_sync
   image: gitlab-registry.cern.ch/cloud/fedora-buildah:rawhide
   script:
     - ./sync_image.sh "docker.io/calico/typha:latest"
-  only:
-    - schedules
 
 docker.io/calico/node_sync:
   stage: image_sync
   image: gitlab-registry.cern.ch/cloud/fedora-buildah:rawhide
   script:
     - ./sync_image.sh "docker.io/calico/node:latest"
-  only:
-    - schedules
 
 docker.io/calico/cni_sync:
   stage: image_sync
   image: gitlab-registry.cern.ch/cloud/fedora-buildah:rawhide
   script:
     - ./sync_image.sh "docker.io/calico/cni:latest"
-  only:
-    - schedules
 
 docker.io/directxman12/k8s-prometheus-adapter-amd64:
   stage: image_sync
   image: gitlab-registry.cern.ch/cloud/fedora-buildah:rawhide
   script:
     - ./sync_image.sh "docker.io/directxman12/k8s-prometheus-adapter-amd64:latest"
-  only:
-    - schedules
 
 docker.io/openstackmagnum/heat-container-agent:
   stage: image_sync
   image: gitlab-registry.cern.ch/cloud/fedora-buildah:rawhide
   script:
     - ./sync_image.sh "docker.io/openstackmagnum/heat-container-agent:train-dev"
-  only:
-    - schedules
 
 gcr.io/google-containers/fluentd-elasticsearch:
   stage: image_sync
   image: gitlab-registry.cern.ch/cloud/fedora-buildah:rawhide
   script:
     - ./sync_image.sh "gcr.io/google-containers/fluentd-elasticsearch:v2.4.0"
-  only:
-    - schedules
diff --git a/cern-release b/cern-release
deleted file mode 100755
index 134007cd3de82de5bb8e51109f3ae13d3d6c055b..0000000000000000000000000000000000000000
--- a/cern-release
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,3 +0,0 @@
-KUBE_TAG="v1.13.3"
-DOCKER_TAG="17.09-1"
-RELEASE="12"