diff --git a/support/misc/gitlab-ci.yml.in b/support/misc/gitlab-ci.yml.in
index 47e72c3213..3ac988a519 100644
--- a/support/misc/gitlab-ci.yml.in
+++ b/support/misc/gitlab-ci.yml.in
@@ -3,11 +3,8 @@
         - python3 -m pytest -v utils/checkpackagelib/
 
 .check-DEVELOPERS_base:
-    # get-developers should print just "No action specified"; if it prints
-    # anything else, it's a parse error.
-    # The initial ! is removed by YAML so we need to quote it.
     script:
-        - "! utils/get-developers | grep -v 'No action specified'"
+        - utils/get-developers -v
 
 .check-flake8_base:
     script: