diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.d/cirrus.yml b/.gitlab-ci.d/cirrus.yml
index 816d89cc2a..e7f1f83c2c 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci.d/cirrus.yml
+++ b/.gitlab-ci.d/cirrus.yml
@@ -19,7 +19,6 @@
   # as there's often a 5-10 minute delay before Cirrus CI
   # actually starts the task
   timeout: 80m
-  allow_failure: true
   script:
     - source .gitlab-ci.d/cirrus/$NAME.vars
     - sed -e "s|[@]CI_REPOSITORY_URL@|$CI_REPOSITORY_URL|g"