diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab-ci.yml
index 5e90f4a5f0..d8f1f84428 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -50,11 +50,11 @@ variables:
   BIND_STRESS_TEST_OS: linux
   BIND_STRESS_TEST_ARCH: amd64
 
-# Allow all running CI jobs to be automatically canceled when a new
-# version of a branch is pushed.
-#
-# See: https://docs.gitlab.com/ee/ci/pipelines/settings.html#auto-cancel-redundant-pipelines
 default:
+  # Allow all running CI jobs to be automatically canceled when a new
+  # version of a branch is pushed.
+  #
+  # See: https://docs.gitlab.com/ee/ci/pipelines/settings.html#auto-cancel-redundant-pipelines
   interruptible: true
 
 stages:
@@ -218,7 +218,6 @@ stages:
     - autoreconf -fi
   artifacts:
     untracked: true
-    expire_in: "1 day"
 
 .configure: &configure
     - ${CONFIGURE}
@@ -287,7 +286,6 @@ stages:
       artifacts: true
   artifacts:
     untracked: true
-    expire_in: "1 day"
     when: always
 
 .setup_interfaces: &setup_interfaces
@@ -321,7 +319,6 @@ stages:
   <<: *system_test_common
   artifacts:
     untracked: true
-    expire_in: "1 day"
     when: always
     reports:
       junit: junit.xml
@@ -330,7 +327,6 @@ stages:
   <<: *system_test_common
   artifacts:
     untracked: true
-    expire_in: "1 day"
     when: always
 
 .system_test_tsan: &system_test_tsan_job
@@ -343,7 +339,6 @@ stages:
       "$PYTHON" bin/tests/convert-trs-to-junit.py . > "$CI_PROJECT_DIR"/junit.xml
   artifacts:
     untracked: true
-    expire_in: "1 day"
     when: always
     reports:
       junit: junit.xml
@@ -367,7 +362,6 @@ stages:
   <<: *unit_test_common
   artifacts:
     untracked: true
-    expire_in: "1 day"
     when: always
     reports:
       junit: junit.xml
@@ -376,7 +370,6 @@ stages:
   <<: *unit_test_common
   artifacts:
     untracked: true
-    expire_in: "1 day"
     when: always
 
 .unit_test_tsan: &unit_test_tsan_job
@@ -388,7 +381,6 @@ stages:
       "$PYTHON" bin/tests/convert-trs-to-junit.py . > "$CI_PROJECT_DIR"/junit.xml
   artifacts:
     untracked: true
-    expire_in: "1 day"
     when: always
     reports:
       junit: junit.xml
@@ -418,7 +410,6 @@ stages:
     exclude:
       - bind-qa/bind9/respdiff/rspworkdir/data.mdb # Exclude a 10 GB file.
     untracked: true
-    expire_in: "1 day"
     when: always
 
 ### Job Definitions
@@ -450,7 +441,6 @@ misc:
   artifacts:
     paths:
       - checklibs.out
-    expire_in: "1 day"
     when: on_failure
 
 black:
@@ -749,7 +739,6 @@ scan-build:
   artifacts:
     paths:
       - scan-build.reports/
-    expire_in: "1 day"
     when: on_failure
 
 # Jobs for strict OpenSSL 3.x (no deprecated) GCC builds on Debian "sid" (amd64)