diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab-ci.yml
index ce33a84f4499dc1858633a231ac0cb6ca4969c5e..d437d3d6e3c970daae873a93e4ec6f2a546914a2 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -10,7 +10,6 @@ stages:
 variables:
   FAILFASTCI_NAMESPACE: 'kargo-ci'
   GITLAB_REPOSITORY: 'kargo-ci/kubernetes-sigs-kubespray'
-  # DOCKER_HOST: tcp://localhost:2375
   ANSIBLE_FORCE_COLOR: "true"
   MAGIC: "ci check this"
   TEST_ID: "$CI_PIPELINE_ID-$CI_BUILD_ID"
@@ -45,8 +44,6 @@ before_script:
 
 .testcases: &testcases
   <<: *job
-  services:
-    - docker:dind
   before_script:
     - update-alternatives --install /usr/bin/python python /usr/bin/python3 1
     - ./tests/scripts/rebase.sh
diff --git a/.gitlab-ci/packet.yml b/.gitlab-ci/packet.yml
index 0202733d939ff5d93521ad2b18145c0ca4df2075..c07b1add5151fec3e88546f144b1001e5efb3d62 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci/packet.yml
+++ b/.gitlab-ci/packet.yml
@@ -102,9 +102,11 @@ packet_centos7-calico-ha:
   when: manual
 
 packet_centos7-calico-ha-once-localhost:
-  stage: deploy-part2
+  stage: unit-tests
   extends: .packet
-  when: manual
+  when: on_success
+  services:
+    - docker:18.09.9-dind
 
 packet_centos7-kube-ovn:
   stage: deploy-part2