diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab-ci.yml
index af66852563ab1270c84013ed19ae2e1e13a25786..6f8e6eada75ee0f05e747b122b6392434611d445 100755
--- a/.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -25,13 +25,6 @@ astrocyte_check:
 
 simple_1FC:
   stage: simple
-  only:
-    - branches
-  except:
-    changes:
-      - "**/*.md"
-    refs:
-      - tags
   script:
     - nextflow run workflow/main.nf --bcl "test_data/simple1/*.tar.gz" --designFile "test_data/simple1/cellranger-tiny-bcl-simple-1_2_0.csv"
     - pytest -m simple1
@@ -49,9 +42,6 @@ simple_1FC:
 
 simple_2FC:
   stage: simple
-  except:
-    changes:
-      - "**/*.md"
   script:
     - nextflow run workflow/main.nf --bcl "test_data/simple2/*.tar.gz" --designFile "test_data/simple2/cellranger-tiny-bcl-simple-1_2_0.csv"
     - pytest -m simple2
diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 028df455cc3d95ec454842224e2de46c9191a164..ac70b82426b9016dd26af6e6b2a88e3a59931f5e 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -5,7 +5,6 @@
 
 **Background**
 * Add CI artifacts
-* Add Except md to CI
 
 *Known Bugs*
 * cellranger mkfastq will not accept spaces in path for run param even if quoted, issue raised on 10XGenomics/cellranger github issue [#31](https://github.com/10XGenomics/cellranger/issues/31)