diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab-ci.yml
index 59662c1..4e3b08b 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -23,7 +23,6 @@ deploy:
   before_script:
     - "command -v ssh-agent >/dev/null || ( apk add --no-cache openssh-client )"
     - eval $(ssh-agent -s)
-    - chmod 400 "$SSH_PRIVATE_KEY"
     - echo "$SSH_PRIVATE_KEY" | tr -d '\r' | ssh-add - > /dev/null
     - mkdir -p ~/.ssh
     - chmod 700 ~/.ssh