diff --git a/.gitlab/ci/lint.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab/ci/lint.gitlab-ci.yml
index 3696567b8..5a8351413 100644
--- a/.gitlab/ci/lint.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab/ci/lint.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -3,6 +3,14 @@
 ########################################
 # later we must fix lint and format-check jobs and remove "allow_failure"
 
+actionsmap:
+  stage: lint
+  image: "before-install"
+  needs: []
+  script:
+    - python -c 'import yaml; yaml.safe_load(open("share/actionsmap.yml"))'
+    - python -c 'import yaml; yaml.safe_load(open("share/actionsmap-portal.yml"))'
+
 lint311:
   stage: lint
   image: "before-install"
diff --git a/.gitlab/ci/test.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab/ci/test.gitlab-ci.yml
index e676b860e..72b067970 100644
--- a/.gitlab/ci/test.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab/ci/test.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -48,14 +48,6 @@
 #    reports:
 #      junit: report.xml
 
-test-actionmap:
-  extends: .test-stage
-  script:
-    - python3 -m pytest tests/test_actionmap.py
-#  only:
-#    changes:
-#      - share/actionsmap.yml
-
 test-helpers:
   extends: .test-stage
   script:
diff --git a/tests/test_actionmap.py b/tests/test_actionmap.py
deleted file mode 100644
index e482bdfe1..000000000
--- a/tests/test_actionmap.py
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,5 +0,0 @@
-import yaml
-
-
-def test_yaml_syntax():
-    yaml.safe_load(open("share/actionsmap.yml"))