diff --git a/.github/scripts/check_diff.py b/.github/scripts/check_diff.py
index 7f3d2b48168..429e141bc87 100644
--- a/.github/scripts/check_diff.py
+++ b/.github/scripts/check_diff.py
@@ -97,8 +97,7 @@ def add_dependents(dirs_to_eval: Set[str], dependents: dict) -> List[str]:
     for dir_ in dirs_to_eval:
         # handle core manually because it has so many dependents
         if "core" in dir_:
-            if not IGNORE_CORE_DEPENDENTS:
-                updated.add(dir_)
+            updated.add(dir_)
             continue
         pkg = "langchain-" + dir_.split("/")[-1]
         updated.update(dependents[pkg])