diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab-ci.yml
index 0109bba679..94904fa2fe 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -13,8 +13,6 @@ nixCache:
 
 .deploy:
   stage: deploy
-  rules:
-    - if: '$CI_COMMIT_BRANCH == $CI_DEFAULT_BRANCH'
   variables:
     SSH_ARGS: ''
   script: './hack/deploy.sh "$DEPLOY_TO" "$SSH_ARGS"'