diff --git a/jenkins/jobs/ceilometer.yaml b/jenkins/jobs/ceilometer.yaml
index 63eafe94ba..c82aa33922 100644
--- a/jenkins/jobs/ceilometer.yaml
+++ b/jenkins/jobs/ceilometer.yaml
@@ -234,7 +234,9 @@
           s+="gnocchi-api"
           export ENABLE_SERVICES="$s"
 
-          export PROJECTS="openstack/aodh openstack/gnocchi"
+          # Do not include gnocchi in projects as devstack-gate can only handle branches at
+          # global level rather per project. We'll let devstack plugins do proper work
+          export PROJECTS="openstack/aodh"
           export DEVSTACK_LOCAL_CONFIG="enable_plugin ceilometer git://git.openstack.org/openstack/ceilometer"
           export DEVSTACK_LOCAL_CONFIG+=$'\n'"enable_plugin aodh git://git.openstack.org/openstack/aodh"
           export DEVSTACK_LOCAL_CONFIG+=$'\n'"enable_plugin gnocchi git://git.openstack.org/openstack/gnocchi $gnocchi_branch"