diff --git a/.buildkite/pull_requests.json b/.buildkite/pull_requests.json
index de7f0197c100c..20785e92be1b5 100644
--- a/.buildkite/pull_requests.json
+++ b/.buildkite/pull_requests.json
@@ -20,15 +20,12 @@
       "skip_target_branches": ["6.8", "7.11", "7.12"],
       "enable_skippable_commits": true,
       "skip_ci_on_only_changed": [
-        "^dev_docs/",
         "^docs/",
         "^rfcs/",
         "^\\.github/",
         "\\.md$",
-        "\\.mdx$",
         "^api_docs/.+\\.devdocs\\.json$",
         "^\\.backportrc\\.json$",
-        "^nav-kibana-dev\\.docnav\\.json$",
         "^src/dev/prs/kibana_qa_pr_list\\.json$",
         "^\\.buildkite/pull_requests\\.json$",
         "^\\.devcontainer/"