diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab-ci.yml
index 4a8ffbdd7f3e7a7145442f4e36d2fa07818c8bca..04bd40b89eee15cca52570ff1c4175f777a13a19 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -83,9 +83,7 @@ synth-check-programming-files:
 
 
 ###############################################################################
-# Hardware stage
-# . for some reason we cannot use tags + trigger together. So this will be
-#   run on the shared Gitlab runner - which is fine.
+# Trigger hardware test only on merge request
 ###############################################################################
 trigger-opc-ua-test:
     stage: hardware
@@ -94,9 +92,6 @@ trigger-opc-ua-test:
 #            - applications/lofar2/images/lofar2_unb2b_sdp_station_full.tar.gz
         - merge_requests
 
-
-#  script:
-#      - echo "Found updated programming file. Triggering OPC UA test in SDPTR repo."
     trigger:
         project: LOFAR2.0/sdptr
         branch: L2SDP-571