diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab-ci.yml
index 2d704e580b4ea5180c36fede5e8b7e1b639f24b7..355377d34fc5eace45662a92970c30c837fe3ad7 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -116,8 +116,6 @@ license_headers:
     - key: wolf-focal
       paths:
       - ci_deps/wolf/
-  except:
-    - master
   before_script:
     - *preliminaries_definition
     - *install_wolf_definition
@@ -135,8 +133,6 @@ build_and_test:bionic:
     - key: imu-bionic
       paths:
       - ci_deps/imu/
-  except:
-    - master
   before_script:
     - *preliminaries_definition
     - *install_wolf_definition
@@ -156,8 +152,6 @@ build_and_test:focal:
     - key: imu-focal
       paths:
       - ci_deps/imu/
-  except:
-    - master
   before_script:
     - *preliminaries_definition
     - *install_wolf_definition