diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab-ci.yml
index 33122febb51481967b02d61c54b83d9d2be26c32..178d7681cfe6571acdd086916872c6ed976ecfa8 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -83,33 +83,5 @@ deeplabcut-2202-builddeploy:
 ## Quality control
 #####################
 
-fastqc-0119cv7-builddeploy:
-  extends: .templateBuildDeploy
-  variables:
-    BASENAME: fastqc
-    TAG: 0119cv7
-    RECIPE_PATH: recipes/quality-control/fastqc
-  only:
-    changes:
-      - recipes/quality-control/fastqc/Singularity.fastqc-0119cv7
-
-
-fastqc-0119cv8-builddeploy:
-  extends: .templateBuildDeploy
-  variables:
-    BASENAME: fastqc
-    TAG: 0119cv8
-    RECIPE_PATH: recipes/quality-control/fastqc
-  only:
-    changes:
-      - recipes/quality-control/fastqc/Singularity.fastqc-0119cv8
-
-fastqc-0119cv6-builddeploy:
-  extends: .templateBuildDeploy
-  variables:
-    BASENAME: fastqc
-    TAG: 0119cv6
-    RECIPE_PATH: recipes/quality-control/fastqc
-  only:
-    changes:
-      - recipes/quality-control/fastqc/Singularity.fastqc-0119cv6
+include:
+  - local: "yaml-files/quality-controls/fastqc-deploy.yaml"
diff --git a/yaml-files/quality-control/fastqc-deploy.yaml b/yaml-files/quality-control/fastqc-deploy.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..b2b883984f34c04c4abb57a385acc4b15bcd1981
--- /dev/null
+++ b/yaml-files/quality-control/fastqc-deploy.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,30 @@
+fastqc-0119cv7-builddeploy:
+  extends: .templateBuildDeploy
+  variables:
+    BASENAME: fastqc
+    TAG: 0119cv7
+    RECIPE_PATH: recipes/quality-control/fastqc
+  only:
+    changes:
+      - recipes/quality-control/fastqc/Singularity.fastqc-0119cv7
+
+
+fastqc-0119cv8-builddeploy:
+  extends: .templateBuildDeploy
+  variables:
+    BASENAME: fastqc
+    TAG: 0119cv8
+    RECIPE_PATH: recipes/quality-control/fastqc
+  only:
+    changes:
+      - recipes/quality-control/fastqc/Singularity.fastqc-0119cv8
+
+fastqc-0119cv6-builddeploy:
+  extends: .templateBuildDeploy
+  variables:
+    BASENAME: fastqc
+    TAG: 0119cv6
+    RECIPE_PATH: recipes/quality-control/fastqc
+  only:
+    changes:
+      - recipes/quality-control/fastqc/Singularity.fastqc-0119cv6