diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab-ci.yml
index d90702095d359590487e202e344f2a20c021a351..460b638d9f2c8f3fd09d40bf001356d0a4719c8c 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -163,8 +163,6 @@ publish espidf library:
   stage: deploy
   image: espressif/idf:v5.1.2
   script:
-    # Remove library.json because we don't need it
-    - rm ${LIB_FOLDER}/library.json
     - compote component upload --namespace ${PUBLISH_NAMESPACE} --name ${LIB_NAME} --project-dir ${LIB_FOLDER}
   only:
     - tags