diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci.yml b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
index a992129773e29..b51105750c82c 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
@@ -60,9 +60,8 @@ jobs:
             env: {}
           - name: x86_64-gnu-tools
             tidy: false
-            env:
-              CI_ONLY_WHEN_SUBMODULES_CHANGED: 1
             os: ubuntu-20.04-xl
+            env: {}
     timeout-minutes: 600
     runs-on: "${{ matrix.os }}"
     steps:
diff --git a/src/ci/github-actions/ci.yml b/src/ci/github-actions/ci.yml
index c0a1341ebca5c..3c128c0ca251b 100644
--- a/src/ci/github-actions/ci.yml
+++ b/src/ci/github-actions/ci.yml
@@ -307,8 +307,6 @@ jobs:
           - name: x86_64-gnu-tools
             <<: *job-linux-xl
             tidy: false
-            env:
-              CI_ONLY_WHEN_SUBMODULES_CHANGED: 1
 
   auto:
     permissions:
diff --git a/src/ci/scripts/should-skip-this.sh b/src/ci/scripts/should-skip-this.sh
index 85d772253808a..48127166ad080 100755
--- a/src/ci/scripts/should-skip-this.sh
+++ b/src/ci/scripts/should-skip-this.sh
@@ -1,46 +1,11 @@
 #!/bin/bash
-# Set the SKIP_JOB environment variable if this job is supposed to only run
-# when submodules are updated and they were not. The following time consuming
-# tasks will be skipped when the environment variable is present.
+# Set the SKIP_JOB environment variable if this job is not supposed to run on the current builder.
 
 set -euo pipefail
 IFS=$'\n\t'
 
 source "$(cd "$(dirname "$0")" && pwd)/../shared.sh"
 
-if [[ -n "${CI_ONLY_WHEN_SUBMODULES_CHANGED-}" ]]; then
-    git fetch "https://github.com/$GITHUB_REPOSITORY" "$GITHUB_BASE_REF"
-    BASE_COMMIT="$(git merge-base FETCH_HEAD HEAD)"
-
-    echo "Searching for toolstate changes between $BASE_COMMIT and $(git rev-parse HEAD)"
-
-    if git diff "$BASE_COMMIT" | grep --quiet "^index .* 160000"; then
-        # Submodules pseudo-files inside git have the 160000 permissions, so when
-        # those files are present in the diff a submodule was updated.
-        echo "Submodules were updated"
-    elif ! (git diff --quiet "$BASE_COMMIT" -- \
-             src/tools/clippy src/tools/rustfmt src/tools/miri \
-             library/std/src/sys); then
-        # There is not an easy blanket search for subtrees. For now, manually list
-        # the subtrees.
-        # Also run this when the platform-specific parts of std change, in case
-        # that breaks Miri.
-        echo "Tool subtrees were updated"
-    elif ! (git diff --quiet "$BASE_COMMIT" -- \
-             tests/rustdoc-gui \
-             src/librustdoc \
-             src/ci/docker/host-x86_64/x86_64-gnu-tools/Dockerfile \
-             src/ci/docker/host-x86_64/x86_64-gnu-tools/browser-ui-test.version \
-             src/tools/rustdoc-gui); then
-        # There was a change in either rustdoc or in its GUI tests.
-        echo "Rustdoc was updated"
-    else
-        echo "Not executing this job since no submodules nor subtrees were updated"
-        ciCommandSetEnv SKIP_JOB 1
-        exit 0
-    fi
-fi
-
 if [[ -n "${CI_ONLY_WHEN_CHANNEL-}" ]]; then
     if [[ "${CI_ONLY_WHEN_CHANNEL}" = "$(cat src/ci/channel)" ]]; then
         echo "The channel is the expected one"