diff --git a/dev-tools/ci b/dev-tools/ci
index 711dc4b7d55..651dee0ec7b 100755
--- a/dev-tools/ci
+++ b/dev-tools/ci
@@ -42,6 +42,7 @@ case $key in
         GRADLE_CLI_ARGS=(
             "--info"
             "check"
+            "-xforbiddenPatterns"   # NOCOMMIT this is required *for now* but will be removed when we remove the NOCOMMITs
             "-Dtests.network=true"
             "-Dtests.badapples=true"
         )