diff --git a/build-jobs-ci-test.yml.jinja2 b/build-jobs-ci-test.yml.jinja2
index 10c49c4465ce9d6ef7a08e485f36718e8da4afa3..188233a16a8c2b6f5b71b3f72fca7bd4fe457c9b 100644
--- a/build-jobs-ci-test.yml.jinja2
+++ b/build-jobs-ci-test.yml.jinja2
@@ -214,6 +214,9 @@ deploy-files:
     DEPLOY_TARGET_LINK: Z:/Development/SoftwareStore/Linux-Yocto/Test/${CI_JOB_ID}
   needs:
     - build:files
+  # Disable reading package.env and create empty deploy.env (not needed for this job)
+  before_script:
+    - touch deploy.env
 
 deploy-seco-mx6:
   extends: .deploy_software_store