diff --git a/templates/extract.yml b/templates/extract.yml
index 378def067d9a7321a0f61a889dec7abfe01068f7..a5e6995303b07d885b58cf85d0f5a5dc5ab1bf30 100644
--- a/templates/extract.yml
+++ b/templates/extract.yml
@@ -13,8 +13,5 @@ extract-script:
     paths:
       - script.sh
   rules:
-    # exclude merge requests
-    - if: $CI_MERGE_REQUEST_ID
-      when: never
     # enabled if $GITLAB_CI_FILES is set
     - if: $GITLAB_CI_FILES
diff --git a/templates/validation.yml b/templates/validation.yml
index 86f412f8eb4f6da203dc7e3523b3cb432b766499..2003777ade803a185e7b8c529847ab0666aaf2ee 100644
--- a/templates/validation.yml
+++ b/templates/validation.yml
@@ -54,8 +54,5 @@ gitlab-ci-lint:
   script:
     - ci_lint
   rules:
-    # exclude merge requests
-    - if: $CI_MERGE_REQUEST_ID
-      when: never
     # enabled if $GITLAB_TOKEN and GITLAB_CI_FILES are set
     - if: '$GITLAB_TOKEN && $GITLAB_CI_FILES'