diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab-ci.yml
index 882bcc932f5226c9c21028286cef94f729ed6d33..86f311a8bb80da7d1718898ee1dbbaa13ff300de 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -94,25 +94,25 @@ deploy_results:
   script:
     - echo "deploy results!"
 
-# benchmarks:reconstruction:
-#   stage: trigger
-#   variables:
-#     JUGGLER_DETECTOR: "$JUGGLER_DETECTOR"
-#     JUGGLER_DETECTOR_VERSION: "$JUGGLER_DETECTOR_VERSION"
-#   trigger:
-#     project: EIC/benchmarks/reconstruction_benchmarks
-#     strategy: depend
-#   needs: ["deploy_results"]
+benchmarks:reconstruction:
+  stage: trigger
+  variables:
+    JUGGLER_DETECTOR: "$JUGGLER_DETECTOR"
+    JUGGLER_DETECTOR_VERSION: "$JUGGLER_DETECTOR_VERSION"
+  trigger:
+    project: EIC/benchmarks/reconstruction_benchmarks
+    strategy: depend
+  needs: ["deploy_results"]
 
-# benchmarks:physics:
-#   stage: trigger
-#   variables:
-#     JUGGLER_DETECTOR: "$JUGGLER_DETECTOR"
-#     JUGGLER_DETECTOR_VERSION: "$JUGGLER_DETECTOR_VERSION"
-#   trigger:
-#     project: EIC/benchmarks/physics_benchmarks
-#     strategy: depend
-#   needs: ["deploy_results"]
+benchmarks:physics:
+  stage: trigger
+  variables:
+    JUGGLER_DETECTOR: "$JUGGLER_DETECTOR"
+    JUGGLER_DETECTOR_VERSION: "$JUGGLER_DETECTOR_VERSION"
+  trigger:
+    project: EIC/benchmarks/physics_benchmarks
+    strategy: depend
+  needs: ["deploy_results"]
 
 pages:
   stage: deploy
diff --git a/benchmarks/barrel_ecal/config.yml b/benchmarks/barrel_ecal/config.yml
index ebd66d6b78cb58f86afacb8993050cae0f5b1939..172a18de0cdaa499b44e6d6d806ab38a27a897d2 100644
--- a/benchmarks/barrel_ecal/config.yml
+++ b/benchmarks/barrel_ecal/config.yml
@@ -15,7 +15,6 @@ sim:emcal_barrel_electrons:
   extends: .det_benchmark
   stage: simulate
   script:
-    - export RUN_EXTENDED_BENCHMARK="true"
     - if [[ "$RUN_EXTENDED_BENCHMARK" == "true" ]] ; then bash benchmarks/barrel_ecal/run_emcal_barrel_energy_scan.sh electron ; fi
     - bash benchmarks/barrel_ecal/run_emcal_barrel_particles.sh electron
 
@@ -59,7 +58,6 @@ bench:emcal_barrel_electrons_scan:
   needs:
     - ["sim:emcal_barrel_electrons"]
   script:
-    - export RUN_EXTENDED_BENCHMARK="true"
     - if [[ "$RUN_EXTENDED_BENCHMARK" == "true" ]] ; then root -b -q 'benchmarks/barrel_ecal/scripts/emcal_barrel_energy_scan_analysis.cxx+("electron")' ; fi
 
 bench:emcal_barrel_pi0: