diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab-ci.yml
index 7c7b0bb..ffe6673 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -144,7 +144,7 @@ check-commit:
     - .fdo.ci-fairy
   stage: prep
   script:
-    - ci-fairy -vv check-commits --signed-off-by --junit-xml=results.xml && exit 0 || true
+    - ci-fairy -vv check-commits --junit-xml=results.xml && exit 0 || true
     - echo "Error checking the commit message format. Please verify"
     - exit 1
   except:
diff --git a/.gitlab-ci/ci.template b/.gitlab-ci/ci.template
index 799e06d..0adc3ff 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci/ci.template
+++ b/.gitlab-ci/ci.template
@@ -115,7 +115,7 @@ check-commit:
     - .fdo.ci-fairy
   stage: prep
   script:
-    - ci-fairy -vv check-commits --signed-off-by --junit-xml=results.xml && exit 0 || true
+    - ci-fairy -vv check-commits --junit-xml=results.xml && exit 0 || true
     - echo "Error checking the commit message format. Please verify"
     - exit 1
   except: