diff --git a/zuul/layout.yaml b/zuul/layout.yaml
index 9434b4aae0..a3ca950968 100755
--- a/zuul/layout.yaml
+++ b/zuul/layout.yaml
@@ -3496,8 +3496,10 @@ jobs:
     queue-name: fuel-ccp
 
   # Don't run nova-lxd tests on trusty.
+  # We can remove these rules when mitaka is EOL'd and we no longer have
+  # the default branch rules for trusty.
   - name: ^gate-nova-lxd-(docs|pep8|python27)-ubuntu-xenial
-    branch: ^(stable/(mitaka|newton)|master)$
+    branch: ^.*$
 
   # Only run nova-tox-functional-py35-ubuntu tests on branch master
   # TODO(gcb): run these tests on future stable branches when the job is voting.