removed unnecessary prepare stage

.gitlab-ci.yml

@@ -23,7 +23,6 @@ include:
   image: "registry.gitlab.com/gitlab-org/cluster-integration/auto-deploy-image:v2.12.0"
 
 stages:
-  - prepare
   - build
   - test
   - deploy  # dummy stage to follow the template guidelines
@@ -38,30 +37,6 @@ stages:
   - incremental rollout 100%
   - performance
   - cleanup
-
-prepare_node:
-  stage: prepare
-  image: node:16
-  before_script:
-    - npm i --cache .npm --prefer-offline --no-audit --progress=false
-  script:
-    - npm run prod
-  artifacts:
-    paths:
-      - public/js/
-      - public/css/
-      - public/mix-manifest.json
-  cache:
-    # Reuse existing cache or create new one if package-lock changed
-    key:
-      files:
-        - package-lock.json
-    paths:
-      - .npm
-      - node_modules
-  only:
-    - branches
-    - tags
     
 build:
   services: