diff --git a/.zuul.yaml b/.zuul.yaml
index c2ba26d..d432ca2 100644
--- a/.zuul.yaml
+++ b/.zuul.yaml
@@ -454,13 +454,6 @@
       tox_envlist: plugin-sanity-check
     voting: false
     timeout: 5000
-    irrelevant-files:
-      - ^.*\.rst$
-      - ^doc/.*$
-      - ^etc/.*$
-      - ^releasenotes/.*$
-      - ^tempest/hacking/.*$
-      - ^tempest/tests/.*$
     required-projects:
       - opendev.org/airship/tempest-plugin
       - opendev.org/x/almanach