diff --git a/.woodpecker.star b/.woodpecker.star
index 2f139ee041..2681a9a2d6 100644
--- a/.woodpecker.star
+++ b/.woodpecker.star
@@ -2245,6 +2245,11 @@ def build():
     ]
 
 def skipIfUnchanged(ctx, type):
+    ## FIXME: the 'exclude' feature (https://woodpecker-ci.org/docs/usage/workflow-syntax#path) does not seem to provide
+    # what we need. It seems to skip the build as soon as one of the changed files matches an exclude pattern, we only
+    # want to skip of ALL changed files match. So skip this condition for now:
+    return []
+
     if "full-ci" in ctx.build.title.lower() or ctx.build.event == "tag" or ctx.build.event == "cron":
         return []