diff --git a/.github/workflows/tests.yml b/.github/workflows/tests.yml
index 44042c17..6920d812 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/tests.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/tests.yml
@@ -50,7 +50,6 @@ jobs:
             go.sum
       - name: Build
         run: GOARCH=${{ matrix.go-arch }} LEDGER_ENABLED=false make build
-        if: env.GIT_DIFF
 
   split-test-files:
     runs-on: self-hosted
@@ -102,11 +101,9 @@ jobs:
       - uses: actions/download-artifact@v3
         with:
           name: "${{ github.sha }}-${{ matrix.part }}"
-        if: env.GIT_DIFF
       - name: test & coverage report creation
         run: |
           cat pkgs.txt.part.${{ matrix.part }} | xargs go test -mod=readonly -timeout 30m -coverprofile=${{ matrix.part }}profile.out -covermode=atomic -tags='ledger test_ledger_mock goleveldb'
-        if: env.GIT_DIFF
       - uses: actions/upload-artifact@v3
         with:
           name: "${{ github.sha }}-${{ matrix.part }}-coverage"
@@ -126,22 +123,17 @@ jobs:
       - uses: actions/download-artifact@v3
         with:
           name: "${{ github.sha }}-00-coverage"
-        if: env.GIT_DIFF
       - uses: actions/download-artifact@v3
         with:
           name: "${{ github.sha }}-01-coverage"
-        if: env.GIT_DIFF
       - uses: actions/download-artifact@v3
         with:
           name: "${{ github.sha }}-02-coverage"
-        if: env.GIT_DIFF
       - uses: actions/download-artifact@v3
         with:
           name: "${{ github.sha }}-03-coverage"
-        if: env.GIT_DIFF
       - run: |
           cat ./*profile.out | grep -v "mode: atomic" >> coverage.txt
-        if: env.GIT_DIFF
       - name: filter out DONTCOVER
         run: |
           excludelist="$(find ./ -type f -name '*.go' | xargs grep -l 'DONTCOVER')"
@@ -153,12 +145,10 @@ jobs:
             echo "Excluding ${filename} from coverage report..."
             sed -i.bak "/$(echo $filename | sed 's/\//\\\//g')/d" coverage.txt
           done
-        if: env.GIT_DIFF
       - uses: codecov/codecov-action@v3.1.0
         with:
           token: ${{ secrets.CODECOV_TOKEN }}
           file: ./coverage.txt
-        if: env.GIT_DIFF
 
   test-integration:
     runs-on: self-hosted
@@ -181,11 +171,9 @@ jobs:
       - uses: actions/download-artifact@v3
         with:
           name: "${{ github.sha }}-${{ matrix.part }}"
-        if: env.GIT_DIFF
       - name: test & coverage report creation
         run: |
           xargs --arg-file=pkgs.txt.part.${{ matrix.part }} go test -mod=readonly -json -timeout 30m -tags='cli_test goleveldb' | tee ${{ matrix.part }}-integration-output.txt
-        if: env.GIT_DIFF
       - uses: actions/upload-artifact@v3
         with:
           name: "${{ github.sha }}-${{ matrix.part }}-integration-output"
@@ -206,27 +194,21 @@ jobs:
       - uses: actions/download-artifact@v3
         with:
           name: "${{ github.sha }}-00-integration-output"
-        if: env.GIT_DIFF
       - uses: actions/download-artifact@v3
         with:
           name: "${{ github.sha }}-01-integration-output"
-        if: env.GIT_DIFF
       - uses: actions/download-artifact@v3
         with:
           name: "${{ github.sha }}-02-integration-output"
-        if: env.GIT_DIFF
       - uses: actions/download-artifact@v3
         with:
           name: "${{ github.sha }}-03-integration-output"
-        if: env.GIT_DIFF
       - uses: actions/cache@v3.0.5
         with:
           path: ~/go/bin
           key: ${{ runner.os }}-go-tparse-binary
-        if: env.GIT_DIFF
       - name: Generate integration test report
         run: cat ./*-integration-output.txt | ~/go/bin/tparse
-        if: env.GIT_DIFF
 
   test-integration-multi-node:
     runs-on: self-hosted
@@ -249,11 +231,9 @@ jobs:
       - uses: actions/download-artifact@v3
         with:
           name: "${{ github.sha }}-${{ matrix.part }}"
-        if: env.GIT_DIFF
       - name: test report creation
         run: |
           xargs --arg-file=pkgs.txt.part.${{ matrix.part }} go test -mod=readonly -json -timeout 30m -tags='cli_multi_node_test goleveldb' | tee ${{ matrix.part }}-integration-multi-node-output.txt
-        if: env.GIT_DIFF
       - uses: actions/upload-artifact@v3
         with:
           name: "${{ github.sha }}-${{ matrix.part }}-integration-multi-node-output"
@@ -274,27 +254,21 @@ jobs:
       - uses: actions/download-artifact@v3
         with:
           name: "${{ github.sha }}-00-integration-multi-node-output"
-        if: env.GIT_DIFF
       - uses: actions/download-artifact@v3
         with:
           name: "${{ github.sha }}-01-integration-multi-node-output"
-        if: env.GIT_DIFF
       - uses: actions/download-artifact@v3
         with:
           name: "${{ github.sha }}-02-integration-multi-node-output"
-        if: env.GIT_DIFF
       - uses: actions/download-artifact@v3
         with:
           name: "${{ github.sha }}-03-integration-multi-node-output"
-        if: env.GIT_DIFF
       - uses: actions/cache@v3.0.5
         with:
           path: ~/go/bin
           key: ${{ runner.os }}-go-tparse-binary
-        if: env.GIT_DIFF
       - name: Generate multi node integration test report
         run: cat ./*-integration-multi-node-output.txt | ~/go/bin/tparse
-        if: env.GIT_DIFF
 
   test-localnet-blocks:
     runs-on: self-hosted