diff --git a/jobs/osmo-gsm-tester-runner.yml b/jobs/osmo-gsm-tester-runner.yml
index bff2a9b4..814c0c92 100644
--- a/jobs/osmo-gsm-tester-runner.yml
+++ b/jobs/osmo-gsm-tester-runner.yml
@@ -224,6 +224,16 @@
       - copy_artifact:
          repo: osmo-gsm-tester_build-osmocom-bb
       - shell: |
+            # Build the docker image
+            rm -rf docker-playground
+            git clone \
+              --depth=1 \
+              --branch="$DOCKER_PLAYGROUND_BRANCH" \
+              https://gerrit.osmocom.org/docker-playground \
+              docker-playground
+            git -C docker-playground log --oneline
+            make -C docker-playground/osmo-gsm-tester
+
             unlink osmo-gsm-tester/sysmocom/resources.conf || true
 
             ln -s resources.conf.virtual osmo-gsm-tester/sysmocom/resources.conf
@@ -260,3 +270,7 @@
           name: "OSMO_GSM_TESTER_BRANCH"
           default: "master"
           description: "Which branch/sha should be used for testing"
+      - string:
+          name: "DOCKER_PLAYGROUND_BRANCH"
+          default: "master"
+          description: "Which branch/sha should be used for building the osmo-gsm-tester docker container"
diff --git a/scripts/osmo-ci-docker-rebuild.sh b/scripts/osmo-ci-docker-rebuild.sh
index 9c2aae62..f409d455 100755
--- a/scripts/osmo-ci-docker-rebuild.sh
+++ b/scripts/osmo-ci-docker-rebuild.sh
@@ -10,8 +10,3 @@ if [ "$(arch)" = "x86_64" ]; then
 		"debian-bullseye-erlang" \
 		"debian-bullseye-jenkins"
 fi
-
-if [ -d "/var/tmp/osmo-gsm-tester/state" ]; then
-	docker_images_require \
-		"osmo-gsm-tester"
-fi