diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab-ci.yml
index 0925663cf6..27bfe5d591 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -135,7 +135,7 @@ stages:
   stage: precheck
 
 .autoconf: &autoconf_job
-  <<: *default_triggering_rules
+  <<: *release_branch_triggering_rules
   <<: *debian_sid_amd64_image
   stage: precheck
   script:
@@ -265,7 +265,6 @@ stages:
 # Jobs in the precheck stage
 
 autoreconf:sid:amd64:
-  <<: *release_branch_triggering_rules
   <<: *autoconf_job
 
 misc:sid:amd64: