The present disclosure discloses a method for chip-removing gear manufacturing machining of a workpiece by means of a tool, where a rotation of the tool takes place in generating coupling with a rotation of the workpiece, in particular gear manufacturing machining of a workpiece by skiving, wherein the gear manufacturing machining is carried out in a plurality of machining steps, wherein the center distance and/or a rotational angle between the workpiece and the tool superimposed on the generating coupling is/are changed between two machining steps, so that the tool will cut in the machining steps a respective contour that extends alternately closer to a first and a second flank of the target toothing of the workpiece. According to the present disclosure, the same rotational angle may be used for a plurality of machining steps taking place closer to a second flank.