diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab-ci.yml
index 4eabdcfd1ca..2efba253285 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -391,8 +391,6 @@ sanity:
     when: on_failure
     reports:
       junit: check-*.xml
-  tags:
-    - placeholder-job
 
 
 mr-label-maker-test:
diff --git a/.gitlab-ci/build/gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab-ci/build/gitlab-ci.yml
index 38638bdfc11..fa4731ad519 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci/build/gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab-ci/build/gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -832,5 +832,3 @@ python-artifacts:
   timeout: 10m
   script:
     - .gitlab-ci/prepare-artifacts-python.sh
-  tags:
-    - placeholder-job
diff --git a/.gitlab-ci/test/gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab-ci/test/gitlab-ci.yml
index d148eb4bd58..d6c5462ead8 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci/test/gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab-ci/test/gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -31,8 +31,6 @@
   timeout: 10m
   script:
     - git diff --color=always --exit-code  # Fails if there are diffs
-  tags:
-    - placeholder-job
 
 rustfmt:
   extends:
@@ -118,8 +116,6 @@ yaml-toml-shell-py-test:
       when: on_success
     - changes: *lint_files
       when: manual
-  tags:
-    - placeholder-job
 
 .test-gl:
   extends: