diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab-ci.yml
index 1f75ba723a..4c88aa6ac2 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -7,10 +7,6 @@ stages:
 default:
   retry:
     max: 2
-    when:
-      - runner_system_failure
-      - unknown_failure
-      - api_failure
 
 .docker-env:                       &docker-env
   image:                           "paritytech/ci-linux:staging"