diff --git a/.gitlab/ci/rules.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab/ci/rules.gitlab-ci.yml
index c9854fad2b66521d3f9866012a7331d27af6a281..0d6c81c9624b89d6d4987e52824286de1b446b13 100644
--- a/.gitlab/ci/rules.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab/ci/rules.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -1369,7 +1369,6 @@
     - <<: *if-merge-request-labels-skip-undercoverage
       allow_failure: true
     - <<: *if-merge-request-labels-run-all-rspec
-    - <<: *if-merge-request-approved
     - <<: *if-merge-request
       changes: *backend-patterns