diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab-ci.yml
index 8dd337fa534c15ff261d8ea706df4acd6b4480c6..a94d25204c3d2dce067068fc1501714adb050b70 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -158,7 +158,6 @@ deploy_docker_test_image:
       when: manual
     - if: '$CI_COMMIT_TAG || $CI_COMMIT_BRANCH == "master"'
       when: never
-    - if: $CI_MERGE_REQUEST_ID
     - when: manual
   variables:
     DOCKERFILE_PATH: "docker/Dockerfile"