diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab-ci.yml
index 22dbd94e3d8b3b69911fb8837fad262d7cdf5aff..eac1306f55463f940947608d7265920dc8c4fa28 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -101,10 +101,7 @@ spotbugs:
     - changes:
       - ./$JAVA_PROJECT_NAME/**/*
       - ./application-kafkastreams-commons/**/*
-      if:
-      - '$DOCKERHUB_ORG != ""'
       when: always
-    - when: manual
 
 deploy-uc1-kstreams-app:
   extends: .deploy