diff --git a/.github/workflows/book.yml b/.github/workflows/book.yml
index 00f7ef71..d9df2b58 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/book.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/book.yml
@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
 name: Build documentation
+
 on:
   push:
-    branches:
-      - main
+    branches: [main]
 
 jobs:
   deploy:
diff --git a/.github/workflows/docker.yaml b/.github/workflows/docker.yaml
index 8d0d7426..5a2255af 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/docker.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/docker.yaml
@@ -5,8 +5,6 @@ on:
     tags:
       - "*"
   pull_request:
-    branches:
-      - "main"
     paths:
       - "Dockerfile"
 
diff --git a/.github/workflows/rust.yaml b/.github/workflows/rust.yaml
index 503ec371..22096d41 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/rust.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/rust.yaml
@@ -2,16 +2,8 @@ name: Rust build, test, and generate specification
 
 on:
   push:
-    paths-ignore:
-      - ".github/**"
-      - "!.github/workflows/rust.yaml"
-      - ".vscode/**"
-      - "doc/**"
-      - ".gitignore"
-      - "LICENSE"
-      - "README"
-  pull_request:
     branches: [main]
+  pull_request:
 
 env:
   CARGO_TERM_COLOR: always