1 files changed, 1 insertions, 5 deletions
diff --git a/lib/ci/gitlab_ci_yaml_processor.rb b/lib/ci/gitlab_ci_yaml_processor.rb
index c0f2a258836..436b0127c3d 100644
--- a/lib/ci/gitlab_ci_yaml_processor.rb
+++ b/lib/ci/gitlab_ci_yaml_processor.rb
@@ -67,9 +67,9 @@ module Ci
       @image = @ci_config.image
       @after_script = @ci_config.after_script
       @services = @ci_config.services
+      @variables = @ci_config.variables
 
       @stages = @config[:stages] || @config[:types]
-      @variables = @config[:variables] || {}
       @cache = @config[:cache]
       @jobs = {}
 
@@ -126,10 +126,6 @@ module Ci
         raise ValidationError, "stages should be an array of strings"
       end
 
-      unless @variables.nil? || validate_variables(@variables)
-        raise ValidationError, "variables should be a map of key-value strings"
-      end
-
       validate_global_cache! if @cache
     end