diff --git a/.drone.yml b/.drone.yml
index 35f83d28a..7ce8f4ca7 100644
--- a/.drone.yml
+++ b/.drone.yml
@@ -75,10 +75,6 @@ steps:
         path: /dieselcli
     commands:
       - cargo build
-    # just to disable this temporarily
-    when:
-      ref:
-        - refs/tags/*
 
   - name: run federation tests
     image: node:15-alpine3.12