diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab-ci.yml
index 0993f43537b6461ed58d92904f220dedbfb15676..3d34166bbadb90a2a40200dec7c4a9ff44b2fda3 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -163,8 +163,6 @@ demo:bionic:
     - key: wolf_and_deps-bionic
       paths:
       - ci_deps
-  except:
-    - master
   before_script:
     - *preliminaries_definition
     - *install_wolf_definition
@@ -185,8 +183,6 @@ demo:focal:
     - key: wolf_and_deps-focal
       paths:
       - ci_deps
-  except:
-    - master
   before_script:
     - *preliminaries_definition
     - *install_wolf_definition