diff --git a/.cirrus.yml b/.cirrus.yml
index 970ab3ae4..e8b70de6d 100644
--- a/.cirrus.yml
+++ b/.cirrus.yml
@@ -12,20 +12,3 @@ FreeBSD_task:
     - ./haproxy -vv
     - ldd haproxy
     - env VTEST_PROGRAM=../vtest/vtest gmake reg-tests REGTESTS_TYPES=default,bug,devel || (for folder in /tmp/*regtest*/vtc.*; do cat $folder/INFO $folder/LOG; done && exit 1)
-
-centos_6_task:
-  container:
-    image: centos:centos6
-  only_if: $CIRRUS_BRANCH =~ 'master|next'
-  script:
-    - yum install -q -y gcc git openssl-devel pcre-devel epel-release socat
-    - yum install -q -y python34
-    - git clone https://github.com/VTest/VTest.git ../vtest
-    # Special flags due to: https://github.com/vtest/VTest/issues/12
-    - make -C ../vtest FLAGS="-O2 -s -Wall -lrt"
-    - make CC=cc V=1 TARGET=linux-glibc-legacy USE_ZLIB=1 USE_PCRE=1 USE_OPENSSL=1
-    - ./haproxy -vv
-    - ldd haproxy
-    # remove some reg-tests (CentOS 6 does not support alpn)
-    - rm reg-tests/{connection/proxy_protocol_random_fail,checks/tcp-check-ssl,connection/proxy_protocol_send_unique_id_alpn}.vtc
-    - env VTEST_PROGRAM=../vtest/vtest make reg-tests REGTESTS_TYPES=default,bug,devel || (for folder in /tmp/*regtest*/vtc.*; do cat $folder/INFO $folder/LOG; done && exit 1)