diff --git a/substrate/.gitlab-ci.yml b/substrate/.gitlab-ci.yml
index e7b0093184..d585d688aa 100644
--- a/substrate/.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/substrate/.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -251,20 +251,6 @@ default:
 
 #### stage:                       .pre
 
-skip-if-draft:
-  extends: .kubernetes-env
-  variables:
-    CI_IMAGE: "paritytech/tools:latest"
-  stage: .pre
-  rules:
-    - if: $CI_COMMIT_REF_NAME =~ /^[0-9]+$/ # PRs
-  script:
-    - echo "Commit message is ${CI_COMMIT_MESSAGE}"
-    - echo "Ref is ${CI_COMMIT_REF_NAME}"
-    - echo "pipeline source is ${CI_PIPELINE_SOURCE}"
-    - ./scripts/ci/gitlab/skip_if_draft.sh
-  allow_failure: true
-
 check-crates-publishing-pipeline:
   stage: .pre
   extends:
diff --git a/substrate/scripts/ci/gitlab/skip_if_draft.sh b/substrate/scripts/ci/gitlab/skip_if_draft.sh
deleted file mode 100755
index cf6ea6a5b3..0000000000
--- a/substrate/scripts/ci/gitlab/skip_if_draft.sh
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,14 +0,0 @@
-#!/bin/sh
-url="https://api.github.com/repos/paritytech/substrate/pulls/${CI_COMMIT_REF_NAME}"
-echo "[+] API URL: $url"
-
-draft_state=$(curl -H "Authorization: token ${GITHUB_PR_TOKEN}" "$url" | jq -r .draft)
-echo "[+] Draft state: $draft_state"
-
-if [ "$draft_state" = 'true' ]; then
-  echo "[!] PR is currently a draft, stopping pipeline"
-  exit 1
-else
-  echo "[+] PR is not a draft. Proceeding with CI pipeline"
-  exit 0
-fi