diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab-ci.yml
index 5cd270169ff595aa442b2fabed634f14482cea41..f5388f777080ddd8e42092ec8f2522a4ce12d673 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -22,10 +22,9 @@ workflow:
     # Upgrade pip
     - unset PYTHONPATH
     - ${PYTHON_ROOT}/bin/pip3 install -q --no-cache-dir --upgrade pip
+    - ln -s pip3 ${PYTHON_ROOT}/bin/pip
     # Fix python shebang to make it independent of install path
     - grep -I -r -l  "^#\!.*/bin/python.*$" ${PYTHON_ROOT}  | xargs sed -i '1c\#\!/usr/bin/env python'
-    # Clean pycache
-    - find ${PYTHON_ROOT} -iname __pycache__ -print0 | xargs -0 rm -rf
   artifacts:
     name: ${NAME}
     paths: