diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab-ci.yml
index c28bed6c46b97908cdc5c908b31205b5e10df90f..89036d7d8b1c9272bf7768533bbe11fab79d38e3 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -16,7 +16,6 @@ detect_changes:builder:
   stage: .pre
   rules:
     - changes:
-        - gitlab-ci/docker/*
         - containers/builder/Dockerfile
         - containers/builder/spack.yaml
         - spack/packages/**/*
@@ -27,8 +26,6 @@ detect_changes:release:
   stage: .pre
   rules:
     - changes:
-        - gitlab-ci/docker/*
-        - gitlab-ci/singularity/*
         - containers/release/Dockerfile.in
         - containers/release/configure_release.sh
   script: