diff --git a/.github/workflows/build.yml b/.github/workflows/build.yml
index debc77e873..b3cae278c9 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/build.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/build.yml
@@ -68,7 +68,7 @@ jobs:
     secrets: inherit
 
   build:
-    if: needs.files-changed.outputs.backend == 'true' && false
+    if: needs.files-changed.outputs.backend == 'true'
     needs: [files-changed, gradle-cache-prime]
     permissions:
       actions: read
@@ -83,7 +83,7 @@ jobs:
     # releases (v2.0.0 / v2.5.0 / v2.10.0) and verifies admin login still
     # works after Hibernate's ddl-auto=update migrates the schema. Gated on
     # the `project` filter so doc-only PRs skip this ~5-minute job.
-    if: needs.files-changed.outputs.project == 'true' && false
+    if: needs.files-changed.outputs.project == 'true'
     needs: [files-changed, gradle-cache-prime]
     permissions:
       contents: read
@@ -91,7 +91,7 @@ jobs:
     secrets: inherit
 
   check-generateOpenApiDocs:
-    if: needs.files-changed.outputs.openapi == 'true' && false
+    if: needs.files-changed.outputs.openapi == 'true'
     needs: [files-changed, gradle-cache-prime]
     permissions:
       contents: read
@@ -99,7 +99,7 @@ jobs:
     secrets: inherit
 
   frontend-validation:
-    if: needs.files-changed.outputs.frontend == 'true' && false
+    if: needs.files-changed.outputs.frontend == 'true'
     needs: [files-changed]
     permissions:
       contents: read
@@ -112,7 +112,7 @@ jobs:
   # whole-suite sweep (nightly.yml) still covers stories a change affects without
   # touching them directly.
   frontend-a11y:
-    if: needs.files-changed.outputs.frontend == 'true' && false
+    if: needs.files-changed.outputs.frontend == 'true'
     needs: [files-changed]
     permissions:
       contents: read
@@ -120,7 +120,7 @@ jobs:
     secrets: inherit
 
   playwright-e2e:
-    if: needs.files-changed.outputs.frontend == 'true' && false
+    if: needs.files-changed.outputs.frontend == 'true'
     needs: [files-changed]
     permissions:
       contents: read
@@ -128,7 +128,7 @@ jobs:
     secrets: inherit
 
   playwright-e2e-live:
-    if: needs.files-changed.outputs.frontend == 'true' && false
+    if: needs.files-changed.outputs.frontend == 'true'
     needs: [files-changed, gradle-cache-prime]
     permissions:
       contents: read
@@ -136,7 +136,7 @@ jobs:
     secrets: inherit
 
   playwright-e2e-enterprise:
-    if: needs.files-changed.outputs.proprietary == 'true' && false
+    if: needs.files-changed.outputs.proprietary == 'true'
     needs: [files-changed, gradle-cache-prime]
     permissions:
       contents: read
@@ -146,7 +146,7 @@ jobs:
       use_shared_cache: true
 
   check-licence:
-    if: needs.files-changed.outputs.build == 'true' && false
+    if: needs.files-changed.outputs.build == 'true'
     needs: [files-changed, gradle-cache-prime]
     permissions:
       contents: read
@@ -154,7 +154,7 @@ jobs:
     secrets: inherit
 
   docker-compose-tests:
-    if: needs.files-changed.outputs.project == 'true' && false
+    if: needs.files-changed.outputs.project == 'true'
     needs: [files-changed, gradle-cache-prime]
     permissions:
       actions: write
@@ -173,7 +173,7 @@ jobs:
       contains(fromJSON('["success", "skipped"]'), needs.gradle-cache-prime.result) &&
       contains(fromJSON('["success", "skipped"]'), needs.build.result) &&
       contains(fromJSON('["success", "skipped"]'), needs.check-generateOpenApiDocs.result) &&
-      contains(fromJSON('["success", "skipped"]'), needs.check-licence.result) && false
+      contains(fromJSON('["success", "skipped"]'), needs.check-licence.result)
     needs:
       [
         files-changed,
@@ -210,7 +210,7 @@ jobs:
       use_shared_cache: true
 
   ai-engine:
-    if: needs.files-changed.outputs.engine == 'true' && false
+    if: needs.files-changed.outputs.engine == 'true'
     needs: [files-changed]
     permissions:
       contents: read
@@ -224,7 +224,7 @@ jobs:
   # generators, generated files, generation tasks) rather than the broad
   # frontend filter, so a CSS-only PR does not pay for a backend build.
   generated-models:
-    if: needs.files-changed.outputs.generated-models == 'true' && false
+    if: needs.files-changed.outputs.generated-models == 'true'
     needs: [files-changed, gradle-cache-prime]
     permissions:
       contents: read