diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci.yml b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
index aa8ff2938c98..cb7f4339003e 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
@@ -92,10 +92,10 @@ jobs:
             - 'tests/test_sets/**'
 
   docs-snippets:
-    needs: [unit-tests, docs-changes, doc-checks, ci-is-on-main-repo]
+    needs: [unit-tests, doc-checks, ci-is-on-main-repo]
     # run on non-draft PRs with docs changes
     if: |
-      (github.event.pull_request.draft == false && needs.docs-changes.outputs.docs == 'true') ||
+      (github.event.pull_request.draft == false) ||
       (github.event_name == 'push' && contains(github.ref, 'refs/tags/'))
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     strategy: