diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab-ci.yml
index 5f4d607c..3f67361a 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -8,10 +8,8 @@ before_script:
 - apt-get install -yqq
 
 #install php depandancies
-- docker-php-ext-install mysqli mbstring pdo pdo_mysql curl json intl gd xml zip bz2 opcache pcntl tidy
+- docker-php-ext-install mbstring  xml
 
-# Enable php extensions
-- docker-php-ext-enable pdo_mysql tidy
 #  Install composer package manager
 - curl --location --output /usr/local/bin/composer https://getcomposer.org/download/latest-stable/composer.phar
 - chmod +x /usr/local/bin/composer
@@ -19,12 +17,8 @@ before_script:
 #jobs
 build_job:
   stage: build
-  image: php:7.4
   script:
-    - apt-get update && apt-get install -y unzip 
-    - apt-get install -y php-xml
-    - curl -sS https://getcomposer.org/installer | php
-    - composer.phar install --ignore-platform-reqs
+    - composer install --ignore-platform-reqs
   rules:
     - if: '$CI_COMMIT_BRANCH =~ /.*/'