diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab-ci.yml
index 50b114bf73364dc5136f07861d54e0a7e2109d01..967ea3637fd8556a7b3473c3aa288d1e8f682527 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -55,7 +55,6 @@ push-merge-request-image-gitlab:
     - mvn deploy -Pgitlab-deploy $MAVEN_DEPLOY_CLI_OPTS $MAVEN_CLI_OPTS
   rules:
     - if: $CI_PIPELINE_SOURCE == 'merge_request_event'
-      # when: never  # Step disabled until gitlab container registry works
 
 push-merge-request-image-nexus:
   stage: publish
@@ -65,7 +64,6 @@ push-merge-request-image-nexus:
     - mvn deploy -Pnexus-deploy $MAVEN_DEPLOY_CLI_OPTS $MAVEN_CLI_OPTS
   rules:
     - if: $CI_PIPELINE_SOURCE == 'merge_request_event'
-  # when: manual
 
 # Snapshot jobs
 push-snapshot-image-gitlab:
@@ -76,8 +74,6 @@ push-snapshot-image-gitlab:
     - mvn deploy -Pgitlab-deploy $MAVEN_DEPLOY_CLI_OPTS $MAVEN_CLI_OPTS
   only:
     - main
-  # rules:
-  #  - when: never  # Step disabled until gitlab container registry works
 
 push-snapshot-image-nexus:
   stage: publish
@@ -98,7 +94,6 @@ push-release-image-gitlab:
     - mvn deploy -Pgitlab-deploy $MAVEN_DEPLOY_CLI_OPTS $MAVEN_CLI_OPTS
   rules:
     - if: $CI_COMMIT_TAG
-      # when: never  # Step disabled until gitlab container registry works
 
 push-release-image-nexus:
   stage: publish