diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab-ci.yml
index ac425ccffc7a58a66ec11f2175a2f2e99987ee5d..362be83ffe8b1e250f0c23514910a2772f67b253 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -146,7 +146,6 @@ release:singularity:
       when: on_success
     - if: '$CI_PIPELINE_SOURCE == "merge_request_event" && $CI_MERGE_REQUEST_SOURCE_BRANCH != "develop"'
       when: manual
-  needs: ["release:stable"]
   script:
      - cp containers/release/${SINGULARITY_DEF} eic.def
      - /bin/bash .gitlabci/setup.sh