diff --git a/.gitlab-ci/traces.yml b/.gitlab-ci/traces.yml
index 1ec7603407f..87db9e94856 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci/traces.yml
+++ b/.gitlab-ci/traces.yml
@@ -1,6 +1,5 @@
 traces-db:
-  gitlab-project-url: "https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/gfx-ci/tracie/traces-db"
-  commit: "d3b1efe0cd69ef6ae40a29a14ed733ee0ba0cb4c"
+  download-url: "https://minio-packet.freedesktop.org/mesa-tracie-public/"
 
 traces:
   - path: glmark2/desktop-blur-radius=5:effect=blur:passes=1:separable=true:windows=4.rdc
diff --git a/.gitlab-ci/tracie/tracie.py b/.gitlab-ci/tracie/tracie.py
index 59016cae164..b09bf4a9014 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci/tracie/tracie.py
+++ b/.gitlab-ci/tracie/tracie.py
@@ -36,55 +36,9 @@ def replay(trace_path, device_name):
         log_file = files[0]
         return hashlib.md5(Image.open(image_file).tobytes()).hexdigest(), image_file, log_file
 
-def gitlab_download_metadata(project_url, repo_commit, trace_path):
-    url = parse.urlparse(project_url)
-
-    url_path = url.path
-    if url_path.startswith("/"):
-        url_path = url_path[1:]
-
-    gitlab_api_url = url.scheme + "://" + url.netloc + "/api/v4/projects/" + parse.quote_plus(url_path)
-
-    r = requests.get(gitlab_api_url + "/repository/files/%s/raw?ref=%s" % (parse.quote_plus(trace_path), repo_commit))
-    metadata_raw = r.text.strip().split('\n')
-    metadata = dict(line.split(' ', 1) for line in metadata_raw[1:])
-    oid = metadata["oid"][7:] if metadata["oid"].startswith('sha256:') else metadata["oid"]
-    size = int(metadata['size'])
-
-    return oid, size
-
-def gitlfs_download_trace(repo_url, repo_commit, trace_path, oid, size):
-    headers = {
-        "Accept": "application/vnd.git-lfs+json",
-        "Content-Type": "application/vnd.git-lfs+json"
-    }
-    json = {
-        "operation": "download",
-        "transfers": [ "basic" ],
-        "ref": { "name": "refs/heads/%s" % repo_commit },
-        "objects": [
-            {
-                "oid": oid,
-                "size": size
-            }
-        ]
-    }
-
-    r = requests.post(repo_url + "/info/lfs/objects/batch", headers=headers, json=json)
-    url = r.json()["objects"][0]["actions"]["download"]["href"]
-    open(TRACES_DB_PATH + trace_path, "wb").write(requests.get(url).content)
-
-def checksum(filename, hash_factory=hashlib.sha256, chunk_num_blocks=128):
-    h = hash_factory()
-    with open(filename,'rb') as f:
-        for chunk in iter(lambda: f.read(chunk_num_blocks*h.block_size), b''):
-            h.update(chunk)
-    return h.hexdigest()
-
-def gitlab_ensure_trace(project_url, repo_commit, trace):
+def gitlab_ensure_trace(project_url, trace):
     trace_path = TRACES_DB_PATH + trace['path']
     if project_url is None:
-        assert(repo_commit is None)
         if not os.path.exists(trace_path):
             print("{} missing".format(trace_path))
             sys.exit(1)
@@ -93,18 +47,16 @@ def gitlab_ensure_trace(project_url, repo_commit, trace):
     os.makedirs(os.path.dirname(trace_path), exist_ok=True)
 
     if os.path.exists(trace_path):
-        local_oid = checksum(trace_path)
+        return
 
-    remote_oid, size = gitlab_download_metadata(project_url, repo_commit, trace['path'])
+    print("[check_image] Downloading trace %s" % (trace['path']), end=" ", flush=True)
+    download_time = time.time()
+    r = requests.get(project_url + trace['path'])
+    open(trace_path, "wb").write(r.content)
+    print("took %ds." % (time.time() - download_time), flush=True)
 
-    if not os.path.exists(trace_path) or local_oid != remote_oid:
-        print("[check_image] Downloading trace %s" % (trace['path']), end=" ", flush=True)
-        download_time = time.time()
-        gitlfs_download_trace(project_url + ".git", repo_commit, trace['path'], remote_oid, size)
-        print("took %ds." % (time.time() - download_time), flush=True)
-
-def gitlab_check_trace(project_url, repo_commit, device_name, trace, expectation):
-    gitlab_ensure_trace(project_url, repo_commit, trace)
+def gitlab_check_trace(project_url, device_name, trace, expectation):
+    gitlab_ensure_trace(project_url, trace)
 
     result = {}
     result[trace['path']] = {}
@@ -145,11 +97,9 @@ def run(filename, device_name):
         y = yaml.safe_load(f)
 
     if "traces-db" in y:
-        project_url = y["traces-db"]["gitlab-project-url"]
-        commit_id = y["traces-db"]["commit"]
+        project_url = y["traces-db"]["download-url"]
     else:
         project_url = None
-        commit_id = None
 
     traces = y['traces'] or []
     all_ok = True
@@ -157,7 +107,7 @@ def run(filename, device_name):
     for trace in traces:
         for expectation in trace['expectations']:
             if expectation['device'] == device_name:
-                ok, result = gitlab_check_trace(project_url, commit_id,
+                ok, result = gitlab_check_trace(project_url,
                                                 device_name, trace,
                                                 expectation)
                 all_ok = all_ok and ok