diff --git a/.github/workflows/docker_publish.yml b/.github/workflows/docker_publish.yml
index a66fb32131..1aca3b9085 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/docker_publish.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/docker_publish.yml
@@ -7,12 +7,10 @@ on:
     paths:
       - 'docker/*'
       - '.github/workflows/docker_publish.yml'
-      - '.github/actions/build-test/action.yml'
   push:
     paths:
       - 'docker/*'
       - '.github/workflows/docker_publish.yml'
-      - '.github/actions/build-test/action.yml'
 
 env:
   DOCKER_IMAGE_BASENAME: ghcr.io/${{ github.repository_owner }}/pyne_ubuntu_22.04_py3