diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab-ci.yml
index fcbf5f9..2360447 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -130,7 +130,6 @@ metrics-perlmutter:
         - export NERSC_HOST=`cat /etc/clustername`
         - module load python
         - module load darshan
-        - export LD_PRELOAD="$DARSHAN_BASE_DIR/lib/libdarshan.so"
         - echo "h5bench SYNC"
         - cd ${H5BENCH_BUILD_PATH}/perlmutter-metrics
         - export LD_LIBRARY_PATH=$HDF5_DIR/lib:$LD_LIBRARY_PATH