diff --git a/includes/build-jobs.yml b/includes/build-jobs.yml
index 0fc5b68c613647b2ce6a05bb4114e3956e4ef2fe..508705e991bb26a81afe0d512131f8da9d4224f1 100644
--- a/includes/build-jobs.yml
+++ b/includes/build-jobs.yml
@@ -24,8 +24,6 @@ build-codec-linux-make:
 # ensure that codec builds on linux with cmake
 build-codec-linux-cmake:
   rules:
-    - if: $CI_MERGE_REQUEST_TITLE =~ /^(\[Draft\]|\(Draft\)|Draft:)/
-      when: never
     - if: $MANUAL_PIPELINE_TYPE == 'long-term-logs' || $MANUAL_PIPELINE_TYPE == 'backup-long-term-logs' || $MANUAL_PIPELINE_TYPE == 'ivas-conformance-linux' || $UPDATE_PAGES
       when: never
     - if: $CI_PIPELINE_SOURCE == 'push' && $CI_COMMIT_BRANCH == $CI_DEFAULT_BRANCH
@@ -48,8 +46,6 @@ build-codec-linux-cmake:
 # ensure that codec builds on linux with instrumentation active
 build-codec-linux-instrumented-make:
   rules:
-    - if: $CI_MERGE_REQUEST_TITLE =~ /^(\[Draft\]|\(Draft\)|Draft:)/
-      when: never
     - if: $MANUAL_PIPELINE_TYPE == 'long-term-logs' || $MANUAL_PIPELINE_TYPE == 'backup-long-term-logs' || $UPDATE_PAGES
       when: never
     - if: $MEASURE_COMPLEXITY_LINUX || $MANUAL_PIPELINE_TYPE == 'complexity'
@@ -75,8 +71,6 @@ build-codec-linux-instrumented-make:
 # make sure that the codec builds with msan, asan and usan
 build-codec-sanitizers-linux:
   rules:
-    - if: $CI_MERGE_REQUEST_TITLE =~ /^(\[Draft\]|\(Draft\)|Draft:)/
-      when: never
     - if: $MANUAL_PIPELINE_TYPE == 'long-term-logs' || $MANUAL_PIPELINE_TYPE == 'backup-long-term-logs' || $UPDATE_PAGES
       when: never
     - if: $MANUAL_PIPELINE_TYPE == 'sanitizer'
@@ -102,8 +96,6 @@ build-codec-linux-debugging-make:
   extends:
     - .build-job-linux
   rules:
-    - if: $CI_MERGE_REQUEST_TITLE =~ /^(\[Draft\]|\(Draft\)|Draft:)/
-      when: never
     - if: $MANUAL_PIPELINE_TYPE == 'long-term-logs' || $MANUAL_PIPELINE_TYPE == 'backup-long-term-logs' || $UPDATE_PAGES
       when: never
     - if: $MANUAL_PIPELINE_TYPE == 'pytest-compare-enc-dmx'
diff --git a/main-basop.yml b/main-basop.yml
index 5ce2fa932521b8f8c3f6aeff319fea03f012dea7..97d22019d766b646571209b275998c7de840ef61 100644
--- a/main-basop.yml
+++ b/main-basop.yml
@@ -202,23 +202,6 @@ workflow:
       when: never
     - when: never
 
-.rules-merge-request-no-draft:
-  rules:
-    - if: $CI_MERGE_REQUEST_TITLE =~ /^(\[Draft\]|\(Draft\)|Draft:)/
-      when: never
-    - if: $CI_PIPELINE_SOURCE == 'merge_request_event'
-    - if: $CI_PIPELINE_SOURCE == 'push'
-      when: never
-    - when: never
-
-.rules-merge-request-to-main-no-draft:
-  rules:
-    - if: $CI_MERGE_REQUEST_TITLE =~ /^(\[Draft\]|\(Draft\)|Draft:)/
-      when: never
-    - if: $CI_PIPELINE_SOURCE == 'merge_request_event' && $CI_MERGE_REQUEST_TARGET_BRANCH_NAME == "main"
-    - if: $CI_PIPELINE_SOURCE == 'push'
-      when: never
-
 .rules-pytest-to-ref-pre:
   rules:
     - if: $CI_PIPELINE_SOURCE == 'web' && $MANUAL_PIPELINE_TYPE == "ivas-conformance-linux"
@@ -453,7 +436,7 @@ workflow:
 .check-be-job:
   extends:
     - .test-job-linux
-    - .rules-merge-request-to-main-no-draft
+    - .rules-merge-request-to-main
     - .test-job-linux-compares-to-fixed-target
   before_script:
     - !reference [ .test-job-linux, before_script ]
@@ -842,20 +825,6 @@ workflow:
 # verification jobs
 # ---------------------------------------------------------------
 
-# fail pipeline in the final stage for pipelines on Draft MRs
-# this also only runs on Draft MRs, so should always fail
-fail-pipeline-if-in-draft:
-  rules:
-    - if: $CI_PIPELINE_SOURCE == 'merge_request_event' && $CI_MERGE_REQUEST_TITLE =~ /^(\[Draft\]|\(Draft\)|Draft:)/
-    - if: $CI_PIPELINE_SOURCE == 'push'
-      when: never
-  stage: postvalidate
-  tags:
-    - ivas-linux
-  script:
-    - echo "Your MR is still in Draft state, set it to ready to be mergable, then retrigger the pipeline."
-    - exit 1
-
 check-for-parallel-branch-in-float-repo:
   extends:
     - .rules-merge-request-to-main
@@ -897,7 +866,7 @@ branch-is-up-to-date-with-target-pre:
 branch-is-up-to-date-with-target-post:
   extends:
     - .job-linux
-    - .rules-merge-request-no-draft
+    - .rules-merge-request
   stage: postvalidate
   tags:
     - ivas-linux
@@ -1159,7 +1128,7 @@ renderer-pytest-on-merge-request:
   extends:
     - .test-job-linux-needs-testv-dir
     - .test-job-linux-compares-to-fixed-target
-    - .rules-merge-request-no-draft
+    - .rules-merge-request
   timeout: "90 minutes"
   tags:
     - ivas-linux
@@ -1224,7 +1193,7 @@ ivas-pytest-on-merge-request:
   extends:
     - .test-job-linux-needs-testv-dir
     - .test-job-linux-compares-to-fixed-target
-    - .rules-merge-request-no-draft
+    - .rules-merge-request
   stage: compare
   timeout: "50 minutes"
   parallel:
@@ -1301,7 +1270,7 @@ split-rendering-pytest-on-merge-request:
   extends:
     - .test-job-linux-needs-testv-dir
     - .test-job-linux-compares-to-fixed-target
-    - .rules-merge-request-no-draft
+    - .rules-merge-request
   tags:
     - ivas-linux-fast
   timeout: "60 minutes"
@@ -1392,7 +1361,7 @@ split-rendering-pytest-on-merge-request:
 .check-first-frame-is-sid:
   extends:
     - .test-job-linux-needs-testv-dir
-    - .rules-merge-request-to-main-no-draft
+    - .rules-merge-request-to-main
   stage: test
   needs: ["build-codec-linux-make"]
   script:
@@ -1409,7 +1378,7 @@ split-rendering-pytest-on-merge-request:
 .check-bitexactness-hrtf-rom-and-file:
   extends:
     - .test-job-linux
-    - .rules-merge-request-no-draft
+    - .rules-merge-request
   stage: test
   needs: ["build-codec-linux-make"]
   timeout: "5 minutes"
@@ -1437,7 +1406,7 @@ split-rendering-pytest-on-merge-request:
 .ivas-interop-on-merge-request:
   extends:
     - .test-job-linux-needs-testv-dir
-    - .rules-merge-request-to-main-no-draft
+    - .rules-merge-request-to-main
     - .test-job-linux-compares-to-fixed-target
   stage: test
   timeout: "20 minutes"
@@ -1487,7 +1456,7 @@ split-rendering-pytest-on-merge-request:
 split-rendering-smoke-test:
   extends:
     - .test-job-linux
-    - .rules-merge-request-no-draft
+    - .rules-merge-request
   needs: ["build-codec-linux-make"]
   stage: test
   script:
@@ -1510,7 +1479,7 @@ split-rendering-smoke-test:
 lc3-wrapper-unit-test:
   extends:
     - .test-job-linux
-    - .rules-merge-request-no-draft
+    - .rules-merge-request
   needs: ["build-codec-linux-cmake"]
   stage: test
   script:
@@ -1529,7 +1498,7 @@ lc3-wrapper-unit-test:
 .renderer-smoke-test:
   extends:
     - .test-job-linux
-    - .rules-merge-request-to-main-no-draft
+    - .rules-merge-request-to-main
   needs: ["build-codec-linux-make"]
   stage: test
   script:
@@ -1642,7 +1611,7 @@ lc3-wrapper-unit-test:
   stage: test
   needs: ["build-codec-sanitizers-linux"]
   extends:
-    - .rules-merge-request-no-draft
+    - .rules-merge-request
     - .test-job-linux
   artifacts:
     name: "mr-$CI_MERGE_REQUEST_IID--sha-$CI_COMMIT_SHORT_SHA--job-$CI_JOB_NAME--results"