diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci_pipeline.yml b/.github/workflows/ci_pipeline.yml
index 73f5c1e9b27d776f8c4933d265f1075ecf33179a..dee29be4f420dfa0b540cc8ac792f57086f0eb5a 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci_pipeline.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci_pipeline.yml
@@ -4,9 +4,6 @@ name: CI pipeline for pySDC
 
 on:
   push:
-    branches:
-      - '**'
-      - '!new-release'
   pull_request:
   schedule:
     - cron: '1 5 * * 1'