diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab-ci.yml
index 3145f1cfc2a085f201f15a57bdb673684c07ac89..6e04b98d0d90bd8a98541ce2c129ee19baf72ed1 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ default:
     paths:
       - config/
       - results/
-      - sim_output/
+        # - sim_output/
         #    exclude:
         #      - .git/
         #      - datasets/.git/
diff --git a/ecal/ecal_config.yml b/ecal/ecal_config.yml
index f359b64910c805140211bc0f7293d6dc77366ad2..c661e028b455ccb68adf6681c913192930d380b4 100644
--- a/ecal/ecal_config.yml
+++ b/ecal/ecal_config.yml
@@ -7,7 +7,6 @@ ecal_1_emcal_electrons:
     expire_in: 20 weeks
     paths:
       - results/
-      - sim_output/
   stage: run
   script:
     - bash ecal/emcal_electrons.sh