diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab-ci.yml
index f4b5cee65707de3a1dd93af728b8de41f89a69a7..12e44eafb82356cf540f04b097c9ad8510cc85a1 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -6,8 +6,6 @@ stages:
 
 build:
   stage: build
-  rules:
-    - if: $MANUALBUILD
 
   before_script:
     - apt-get install -y -qq libnetcdf-dev libnetcdff-dev libeccodes-dev netcdf-bin