diff --git a/vars/backendServicePipeline.groovy b/vars/backendServicePipeline.groovy
index fb3a34aa32b6577d13cc5454b3c2de9c71a323e0..551571fbd5ef4c23887cf98e64e1a7009408c752 100644
--- a/vars/backendServicePipeline.groovy
+++ b/vars/backendServicePipeline.groovy
@@ -25,17 +25,6 @@ def call(String repo, String branch) {
       }
     }
 
-    stage("build docs") {
-      steps {
-        sh """
-            git config --add --global url."git@gitlab.com:".insteadOf https://gitlab.cs.umd.edu
-            curl -LJ -o swag.tar.gz https://github.com/swaggo/swag/releases/download/v1.7.4/swag_1.7.4_Linux_x86_64.tar.gz
-            tar -xf swag.tar.gz             
-            ./swag init --parseDependency --parseDepth 2
-        """ 
-      }
-    }
-
     stage('build') {
       steps {
         sh """