diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab-ci.yml
index 2e56e0218e..253b039eb8 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -1,13 +1,14 @@
+stages:
+  - build
+
 nixCache:
+  stage: build
   image: "nixos/nix:latest"
   script:
     - "mkdir -p ops/secrets"
     - "cp ${OPS_SECRETS_DEFAULT_NIX} ops/secrets/default.nix"
-    - "test -d cache || mkdir cache"
-    - "test -f cache/nix.closure && nix-store --import < cache/nix.closure"
-    - "nix build -vv -f ./ci-root.nix --substituters \"https://cache.nixos.org s3://lukegb-nix-cache?endpoint=storage.googleapis.com&trusted=1\""
-    - "nix-store --export $(nix-store -qR ./result) > cache/nix.closure"
-    - "nix copy -vv --to 's3://lukegb-nix-cache?endpoint=storage.googleapis.com' ./result"
+    - "nix build -v -f ./ci-root.nix --substituters \"https://cache.nixos.org s3://lukegb-nix-cache?endpoint=storage.googleapis.com&trusted=1\""
+    - "nix copy -v --to 's3://lukegb-nix-cache?endpoint=storage.googleapis.com' ./result"
   cache:
     key: one-key-to-rule-them-all
     paths: