diff --git a/jjb/rtdv3/rtdv3.yaml b/jjb/rtdv3/rtdv3.yaml
index 4a5d8ea..eb0d11a 100644
--- a/jjb/rtdv3/rtdv3.yaml
+++ b/jjb/rtdv3/rtdv3.yaml
@@ -17,6 +17,9 @@
     tox-dir: "docs/"
     doc-dir: "_build/html"
     build-node: centos7-builder-2c-1g
+    # the jjb is very short and filtering docs falsy raises side effects in
+    # ONAP doc
+    gerrit_trigger_file_paths:
     # override the default to allow rechecking a patchset
     gerrit_verify_triggers:
       - patchset-created-event:
@@ -38,5 +41,3 @@
     stream:
       - master:
           branch: '*'
-      - istanbul:
-          branch: 'istanbul'