diff --git a/zuul.d/base.yaml b/zuul.d/base.yaml
index cc1479b..7ee20dc 100644
--- a/zuul.d/base.yaml
+++ b/zuul.d/base.yaml
@@ -82,7 +82,7 @@
               image_is_advanced: true
               available_type_drivers: flat,geneve,vlan,gre,local,vxlan
               provider_net_base_segm_id: 1
-    irrelevant-files: &tempest-irrelevant-files
+    irrelevant-files:
       - ^(test-|)requirements.txt$
       - ^releasenotes/.*$
       - ^doc/.*$