diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab-ci.yml
index c775e5e6f7231f5a69eee5909a62f939f7cd00a8..4e8d4b4ff0780875d69821ec28ac829710ab9959 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -90,15 +90,12 @@ synth-check-programming-files:
 trigger-opc-ua-test:
     stage: hardware
     only:
-        changes:
-            - applications/lofar2/images/lofar2_unb2b_sdp_station_full.tar.gz
-#        - merge_requests
-
-#    rules:
-#        - if: $CI_PIPELINE_SOURCE == 'merge_request_event'
 #        changes:
 #            - applications/lofar2/images/lofar2_unb2b_sdp_station_full.tar.gz
 
+    rules:
+        - if: $CI_PIPELINE_SOURCE == 'merge_request_event'
+
 #  script:
 #      - echo "Found updated programming file. Triggering OPC UA test in SDPTR repo."
     trigger: