diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab-ci.yml
index 49f21bc9178c67f1dc9d7aff46fc829bea785a78..13c79d45789521d50ccd1d0b30c341fe54f9468d 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -155,8 +155,6 @@ demo:xenial:
     - key: wolf_and_deps-xenial
       paths:
       - ci_deps
-  except:
-    - master
   before_script:
     - *preliminaries_definition
     - *install_wolf_definition
@@ -177,8 +175,6 @@ demo:bionic:
     - key: wolf_and_deps-bionic
       paths:
       - ci_deps
-  except:
-    - master
   before_script:
     - *preliminaries_definition
     - *install_wolf_definition
@@ -199,8 +195,6 @@ demo:focal:
     - key: wolf_and_deps-focal
       paths:
       - ci_deps
-  except:
-    - master
   before_script:
     - *preliminaries_definition
     - *install_wolf_definition