diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab-ci.yml
index 1e6caa5aff..24f300aace 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ include:
         make -j"$JOBS" $MAKE_CHECK_ARGS ;
       fi
 
-.native_test_job_template: &native_test_job_definition
+.native_test_job_template:
   stage: test
   image: $CI_REGISTRY_IMAGE/qemu/$IMAGE:latest
   script:
@@ -99,7 +99,7 @@ build-system-alpine:
       - build
 
 check-system-alpine:
-  <<: *native_test_job_definition
+  extends: .native_test_job_template
   needs:
     - job: build-system-alpine
       artifacts: true
@@ -108,7 +108,7 @@ check-system-alpine:
     MAKE_CHECK_ARGS: check
 
 acceptance-system-alpine:
-  <<: *native_test_job_definition
+  extends: .native_test_job_template
   needs:
     - job: build-system-alpine
       artifacts: true
@@ -133,7 +133,7 @@ build-system-ubuntu:
       - build
 
 check-system-ubuntu:
-  <<: *native_test_job_definition
+  extends: .native_test_job_template
   needs:
     - job: build-system-ubuntu
       artifacts: true
@@ -142,7 +142,7 @@ check-system-ubuntu:
     MAKE_CHECK_ARGS: check
 
 acceptance-system-ubuntu:
-  <<: *native_test_job_definition
+  extends: .native_test_job_template
   needs:
     - job: build-system-ubuntu
       artifacts: true
@@ -167,7 +167,7 @@ build-system-debian:
       - build
 
 check-system-debian:
-  <<: *native_test_job_definition
+  extends: .native_test_job_template
   needs:
     - job: build-system-debian
       artifacts: true
@@ -176,7 +176,7 @@ check-system-debian:
     MAKE_CHECK_ARGS: check
 
 acceptance-system-debian:
-  <<: *native_test_job_definition
+  extends: .native_test_job_template
   needs:
     - job: build-system-debian
       artifacts: true
@@ -202,7 +202,7 @@ build-system-fedora:
       - build
 
 check-system-fedora:
-  <<: *native_test_job_definition
+  extends: .native_test_job_template
   needs:
     - job: build-system-fedora
       artifacts: true
@@ -211,7 +211,7 @@ check-system-fedora:
     MAKE_CHECK_ARGS: check
 
 acceptance-system-fedora:
-  <<: *native_test_job_definition
+  extends: .native_test_job_template
   needs:
     - job: build-system-fedora
       artifacts: true
@@ -237,7 +237,7 @@ build-system-centos:
       - build
 
 check-system-centos:
-  <<: *native_test_job_definition
+  extends: .native_test_job_template
   needs:
     - job: build-system-centos
       artifacts: true
@@ -246,7 +246,7 @@ check-system-centos:
     MAKE_CHECK_ARGS: check
 
 acceptance-system-centos:
-  <<: *native_test_job_definition
+  extends: .native_test_job_template
   needs:
     - job: build-system-centos
       artifacts: true
@@ -270,7 +270,7 @@ build-system-opensuse:
       - build
 
 check-system-opensuse:
-  <<: *native_test_job_definition
+  extends: .native_test_job_template
   needs:
     - job: build-system-opensuse
       artifacts: true
@@ -279,7 +279,7 @@ check-system-opensuse:
     MAKE_CHECK_ARGS: check
 
 acceptance-system-opensuse:
-  <<: *native_test_job_definition
+  extends: .native_test_job_template
   needs:
     - job: build-system-opensuse
       artifacts: true
@@ -512,7 +512,7 @@ build-cfi-aarch64:
       - build
 
 check-cfi-aarch64:
-  <<: *native_test_job_definition
+  extends: .native_test_job_template
   needs:
     - job: build-cfi-aarch64
       artifacts: true
@@ -521,7 +521,7 @@ check-cfi-aarch64:
     MAKE_CHECK_ARGS: check
 
 acceptance-cfi-aarch64:
-  <<: *native_test_job_definition
+  extends: .native_test_job_template
   needs:
     - job: build-cfi-aarch64
       artifacts: true
@@ -549,7 +549,7 @@ build-cfi-ppc64-s390x:
       - build
 
 check-cfi-ppc64-s390x:
-  <<: *native_test_job_definition
+  extends: .native_test_job_template
   needs:
     - job: build-cfi-ppc64-s390x
       artifacts: true
@@ -558,7 +558,7 @@ check-cfi-ppc64-s390x:
     MAKE_CHECK_ARGS: check
 
 acceptance-cfi-ppc64-s390x:
-  <<: *native_test_job_definition
+  extends: .native_test_job_template
   needs:
     - job: build-cfi-ppc64-s390x
       artifacts: true
@@ -586,7 +586,7 @@ build-cfi-x86_64:
       - build
 
 check-cfi-x86_64:
-  <<: *native_test_job_definition
+  extends: .native_test_job_template
   needs:
     - job: build-cfi-x86_64
       artifacts: true
@@ -595,7 +595,7 @@ check-cfi-x86_64:
     MAKE_CHECK_ARGS: check
 
 acceptance-cfi-x86_64:
-  <<: *native_test_job_definition
+  extends: .native_test_job_template
   needs:
     - job: build-cfi-x86_64
       artifacts: true
@@ -633,7 +633,7 @@ build-deprecated:
 # We split the check-tcg step as test failures are expected but we still
 # want to catch the build breaking.
 check-deprecated:
-  <<: *native_test_job_definition
+  extends: .native_test_job_template
   needs:
     - job: build-deprecated
       artifacts: true