diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab-ci.yml
index 1ab8b0d683849adf9cee93eafe7a2dd71370a60c..03a422fc78ecb76ac0bae7962cda596acec7e15b 100755
--- a/.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -39,8 +39,6 @@ simple_1:
     refs:
       - develop
       - master
-    changes:
-      - "**/*.md"
   script:
   - nextflow run workflow/main.nf --fastq "$CI_PROJECT_DIR/test_data/hu.v3s1r500/*.fastq.gz" --designFile "$CI_PROJECT_DIR/test_data/hu.v3s1r500/design.csv" --genome 'GRCh38-3.0.0' --kitVersion 'three' --version '3.1.0'
   - pytest -m count310
@@ -66,8 +64,6 @@ simple_2:
       - develop
       - master
       - tags
-    changes:
-      - "**/*.md"
   script:
   - nextflow run workflow/main.nf --fastq "$CI_PROJECT_DIR/test_data/mu.v3s1r500/*.fastq.gz" --designFile "$CI_PROJECT_DIR/test_data/mu.v3s1r500/design.csv" --genome 'mm10-3.0.0' --kitVersion 'three' --version '3.1.0'
   - pytest -m count310
@@ -92,8 +88,6 @@ detailed_1:
   except:
     refs:
       - tags
-    changes:
-      - "**/*.md"
   script:
   - nextflow run workflow/main.nf --fastq "$CI_PROJECT_DIR/test_data/hu.v3s2r10k/*.fastq.gz" --designFile "$CI_PROJECT_DIR/test_data/hu.v3s2r10k/design.csv" --genome 'GRCh38-3.0.0' --kitVersion 'auto' --version '3.1.0'
   - pytest -m count310
@@ -119,8 +113,6 @@ detailed_2:
   except:
     refs:
       - tags
-    changes:
-      - "**/*.md"
   script:
   - nextflow run workflow/main.nf --fastq "$CI_PROJECT_DIR/test_data/hu.v3s2r10k/*.fastq.gz" --designFile "$CI_PROJECT_DIR/test_data/hu.v3s2r10k/design.csv" --genome 'GRCh38-3.0.0' --kitVersion 'auto' --version '3.0.2'
   - pytest -m count302
@@ -145,8 +137,6 @@ detailed_3:
   except:
     refs:
       - tags
-    changes:
-      - "**/*.md"
   script:
   - nextflow run workflow/main.nf --fastq "$CI_PROJECT_DIR/test_data/mu.v3s2r10k/*.fastq.gz" --designFile "$CI_PROJECT_DIR/test_data/mu.v3s2r10k/design.csv" --genome 'mm10-3.0.0' --kitVersion 'three' --version '3.0.1'
   - pytest -m count301
@@ -171,8 +161,6 @@ detailed_4:
   except:
     refs:
       - tags
-    changes:
-      - "**/*.md"
   script:
   - nextflow run workflow/main.nf --fastq "$CI_PROJECT_DIR/test_data/hu.v2s2r10k/*.fastq.gz" --designFile "$CI_PROJECT_DIR/test_data/hu.v2s2r10k/design.csv" --genome 'GRCh38-1.2.0' --kitVersion 'two' --version '2.1.1'
   - pytest -m count211