diff --git a/.github/workflows/build-kata-static-tarball-amd64.yaml b/.github/workflows/build-kata-static-tarball-amd64.yaml
index fdc71aec0d..27a00c11da 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/build-kata-static-tarball-amd64.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/build-kata-static-tarball-amd64.yaml
@@ -183,7 +183,6 @@ jobs:
           RELEASE: ${{ inputs.stage == 'release' && 'yes' || 'no' }}
 
       - name: store-artifact shim-v2
-        if: ${{ matrix.stage != 'release' }}
         uses: actions/upload-artifact@v4
         with:
           name: kata-artifacts-amd64-shim-v2${{ inputs.tarball-suffix }}
diff --git a/.github/workflows/build-kata-static-tarball-arm64.yaml b/.github/workflows/build-kata-static-tarball-arm64.yaml
index a5e8ee9a0d..a4df332892 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/build-kata-static-tarball-arm64.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/build-kata-static-tarball-arm64.yaml
@@ -123,7 +123,6 @@ jobs:
           RELEASE: ${{ inputs.stage == 'release' && 'yes' || 'no' }}
 
       - name: store-artifact shim-v2
-        if: ${{ inputs.stage != 'release' }}
         uses: actions/upload-artifact@v4
         with:
           name: kata-artifacts-arm64-shim-v2${{ inputs.tarball-suffix }}
diff --git a/.github/workflows/build-kata-static-tarball-ppc64le.yaml b/.github/workflows/build-kata-static-tarball-ppc64le.yaml
index 9f4891d41d..79e7ad5b78 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/build-kata-static-tarball-ppc64le.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/build-kata-static-tarball-ppc64le.yaml
@@ -129,7 +129,6 @@ jobs:
           RELEASE: ${{ inputs.stage == 'release' && 'yes' || 'no' }}
 
       - name: store-artifact shim-v2
-        if: ${{ inputs.stage != 'release' }}
         uses: actions/upload-artifact@v4
         with:
           name: kata-artifacts-ppc64le-shim-v2${{ inputs.tarball-suffix }}
diff --git a/.github/workflows/build-kata-static-tarball-s390x.yaml b/.github/workflows/build-kata-static-tarball-s390x.yaml
index 97eed6e0d7..693f81a478 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/build-kata-static-tarball-s390x.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/build-kata-static-tarball-s390x.yaml
@@ -203,7 +203,6 @@ jobs:
           RELEASE: ${{ inputs.stage == 'release' && 'yes' || 'no' }}
 
       - name: store-artifact shim-v2
-        if: ${{ inputs.stage != 'release' }}
         uses: actions/upload-artifact@v4
         with:
           name: kata-artifacts-s390x-shim-v2${{ inputs.tarball-suffix }}