diff --git a/scm-ui/e2e-tests/cypress.json b/scm-ui/e2e-tests/cypress.json
index 03e8546581..fc4d8586ac 100644
--- a/scm-ui/e2e-tests/cypress.json
+++ b/scm-ui/e2e-tests/cypress.json
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
 {
-  "baseUrl": "http://localhost:8081/scm"
+  "baseUrl": "http://localhost:8081/scm",
+  "videoUploadOnPasses": false
 }
diff --git a/scm-ui/e2e-tests/package.json b/scm-ui/e2e-tests/package.json
index f4b6898bc9..b2214d9496 100644
--- a/scm-ui/e2e-tests/package.json
+++ b/scm-ui/e2e-tests/package.json
@@ -8,10 +8,12 @@
   "private": false,
   "scripts": {
     "headless": "cypress run",
-    "ci": "cypress run --reporter junit --reporter-options \"mochaFile=../target/cypress-reports/TEST-[hash].xml\""
+    "ci": "node src/index.js"
+  },
+  "dependencies": {
+    "cypress": "^4.12.0"
   },
   "devDependencies": {
-    "cypress": "^4.12.0",
     "eslint-plugin-cypress": "^2.11.1"
   },
   "prettier": "@scm-manager/prettier-config",
diff --git a/scm-ui/e2e-tests/src/index.js b/scm-ui/e2e-tests/src/index.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..a7650f549f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/scm-ui/e2e-tests/src/index.js
@@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+const cypress = require("cypress");
+const fs = require("fs");
+const path = require("path");
+
+const options = {
+  reporter: "junit",
+  reporterOptions: {
+    mochaFile: path.join("..", "target", "cypress-reports", "TEST-[hash].xml")
+  }
+};
+
+cypress
+  .run(options)
+  .then(results => {
+    results.runs.forEach(run => {
+      // remove videos of successful runs
+      if (!run.shouldUploadVideo) {
+        fs.unlinkSync(run.video);
+      }
+    });
+  })
+  .catch(err => console.error(err));