diff --git a/.github/workflows/run_tests.yml b/.github/workflows/run_tests.yml
index 2d615fd7d3d9ad3548420b888f3f7db8c39cfba1..a610ad8ac28d807d3419d0844b70b66533ffb203 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/run_tests.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/run_tests.yml
@@ -198,7 +198,7 @@ jobs:
   clippy_linux:
     needs:
     - orchestrate
-    if: needs.orchestrate.outputs.run_tests == 'true' && github.event_name != 'merge_group'
+    if: needs.orchestrate.outputs.run_tests == 'true'
     runs-on: namespace-profile-16x32-ubuntu-2204
     env:
       CC: clang
diff --git a/tooling/xtask/src/tasks/workflows/run_tests.rs b/tooling/xtask/src/tasks/workflows/run_tests.rs
index f9fc8a55831692883afae456f3e656f713696ddb..d6d9cbd1a9be5db158f4367fac28a8c1a80c0d75 100644
--- a/tooling/xtask/src/tasks/workflows/run_tests.rs
+++ b/tooling/xtask/src/tasks/workflows/run_tests.rs
@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@ pub(crate) fn run_tests() -> Workflow {
             .and_not_in_merge_queue()
             .guard(clippy(Platform::Windows, None)),
         should_run_tests
-            .and_not_in_merge_queue()
+            .and_always()
             .guard(clippy(Platform::Linux, None)),
         should_run_tests
             .and_not_in_merge_queue()