diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab-ci.yml
index a352ab2a688b5e7e32f3576bef142f38f1dd10a8..ff979a0bc1b68e7b9e5e98d1b60cd76fd4bab219 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -35,14 +35,14 @@ variables:
 
 
 #
-# Verify that commit messages are as expected, signed-off, etc.
+# Verify that commit messages are as expected
 #
 check-commits:
   extends:
     - .fdo.ci-fairy
   stage: prep
   script:
-    - ci-fairy check-commits --signed-off-by --junit-xml=results.xml
+    - ci-fairy check-commits --junit-xml=results.xml
   except:
     - master@xorg/app/xfontsel
   variables: