diff --git a/.woodpecker/binaries.yml b/.woodpecker/binaries.yml
index 06ac4928c..bab444fd3 100644
--- a/.woodpecker/binaries.yml
+++ b/.woodpecker/binaries.yml
@@ -2,20 +2,15 @@ depends_on:
   - test
   - web
 
+# TODO: upload build artifacts for pushes to ${CI_REPO_DEFAULT_BRANCH}
+when:
+  event: tag
+
 variables:
   - &golang_image 'golang:1.20.2'
   - &node_image 'node:18-alpine'
-  - &when_path
-      # related config files
-      - ".woodpecker/binaries.yml"
-      - "nfpm/*.yml"
-      # go source code
-      - "**/*.go"
-      - "go.*"
-      # web source code
-      - "web/**"
 
-pipeline: &legacy
+steps:
   build-web:
     group: prepare
     image: *node_image
@@ -24,65 +19,47 @@ pipeline: &legacy
       - corepack enable
       - pnpm install --frozen-lockfile
       - pnpm build
-    when:
-      path: *when_path
 
   vendor:
     group: prepare
     image: *golang_image
     commands:
       - go mod vendor
-    when:
-      path: *when_path
 
   build-server:
     group: build
     image: *golang_image
     commands:
       - make release-server
-    when:
-      path: *when_path
 
   build-agent:
     group: build
     image: *golang_image
     commands:
       - make release-agent
-    when:
-      path: *when_path
 
   build-cli:
     group: build
     image: *golang_image
     commands:
       - make release-cli
-    when:
-      path: *when_path
 
   build-deb-rpm:
     group: bundle
     image: *golang_image
     commands:
       - make bundle
-    when:
-      path: *when_path
 
   checksums:
     image: *golang_image
     commands:
       - make release-checksums
-    when:
-      path: *when_path
-
-  # TODO: upload build artifacts for pushes to ${CI_REPO_DEFAULT_BRANCH}
 
   release-dryrun:
     image: *golang_image
     commands:
     - ls -la dist/*.*
     - cat dist/checksums.txt
-    when:
-      path: *when_path
 
   release:
     image: plugins/github-release
@@ -96,7 +73,3 @@ pipeline: &legacy
         - dist/*.rpm
         - dist/checksums.txt
       title: ${CI_COMMIT_TAG##v}
-    when:
-      event: tag
-
-steps: *legacy
diff --git a/.woodpecker/docker.yml b/.woodpecker/docker.yml
index d00371676..5040adbf8 100644
--- a/.woodpecker/docker.yml
+++ b/.woodpecker/docker.yml
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ variables:
   - &platforms_preview 'linux/arm/v6,linux/arm64/v8,linux/amd64,linux/riscv64,windows/amd64'
   - &platforms_alpine 'linux/arm/v6,linux/arm/v7,linux/arm64/v8,linux/amd64,linux/ppc64le'
 
-pipeline: &legacy
+steps:
   vendor:
     image: *golang_image
     pull: true
@@ -331,5 +331,3 @@ pipeline: &legacy
       tag: [latest-alpine, "${CI_COMMIT_TAG}-alpine"]
     when:
       event: tag
-
-steps: *legacy
diff --git a/.woodpecker/docs.yml b/.woodpecker/docs.yml
index 68ea224c2..110b4470e 100644
--- a/.woodpecker/docs.yml
+++ b/.woodpecker/docs.yml
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ variables:
     - "cli/**"
     - "cmd/cli/**"
 
-pipeline: &legacy
+steps:
   build-cli:
     image: *golang_image
     commands:
@@ -82,5 +82,3 @@ pipeline: &legacy
         path: *when_path
       - cron: update_docs
         event: cron
-
-steps: *legacy
diff --git a/.woodpecker/test.yml b/.woodpecker/test.yml
index 7ddf5c6ed..72872c92a 100644
--- a/.woodpecker/test.yml
+++ b/.woodpecker/test.yml
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ variables:
       # schema changes
       - "pipeline/schema/**"
 
-pipeline: &legacy
+steps:
   vendor:
     image: *golang_image
     group: prepare
@@ -146,5 +146,3 @@ services:
       - MYSQL_ALLOW_EMPTY_PASSWORD=yes
     when:
       path: *when_path
-
-steps: *legacy
diff --git a/.woodpecker/web.yml b/.woodpecker/web.yml
index c9a711acf..310dbdd27 100644
--- a/.woodpecker/web.yml
+++ b/.woodpecker/web.yml
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ variables:
       # web source code
       - "web/**"
 
-pipeline: &legacy
+steps:
   deps:
     image: *node_image
     directory: web/
@@ -66,5 +66,3 @@ pipeline: &legacy
       - pnpm test
     when:
       path: *when_path
-
-steps: *legacy