diff --git a/cicd/stages/trigger.yml b/cicd/stages/trigger.yml
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-# these are trigger jobs for the downstream pipeline in Design Viewer Web Service project
-.trigger-common:
-  variables: # these variables are passed to the downstream pipeline
-    QDS_CI_PARENT_PIPELINE_ID: ${CI_PIPELINE_ID}
-    QDS_CI_ARTIFACT_JOB_ID: ${PREVIOUS_JOB_ID}
-    QDS_CI_PARENT_PROJECT_ID: ${CI_PROJECT_ID}
-  needs:
-    - job: build-wasm
-      artifacts: true
-      optional: true
-  trigger:
-    project: design-studio/design-viewer/design-viewer-web-service
-    branch: master
-    strategy: depend
-    forward:
-      yaml_variables: true
-      pipeline_variables: false
-
-trigger-test-deployment:
-  extends: .trigger-common
-  stage: build
-  rules:
-    - if: $CI_COMMIT_TAG == null
-
-trigger-prod-deployment:
-  extends: .trigger-common
-  stage: release
-  rules:
-    - if: $CI_COMMIT_TAG
-  needs:
-    - job: create-release
-  variables:
-    QDS_CI_PARENT_PIPELINE_RELEASE_TAG: $CI_COMMIT_TAG