diff --git a/.pullapprove.yml b/.pullapprove.yml
index 6800bd3a7e..15dfd30242 100644
--- a/.pullapprove.yml
+++ b/.pullapprove.yml
@@ -1160,8 +1160,6 @@ groups:
   public-api:
     <<: *defaults
     conditions:
-      - *no-groups-above-this-pending
-      - *no-groups-above-this-rejected
       - *can-be-global-approved
       - >
         contains_any_globs(files, [
@@ -1194,8 +1192,6 @@ groups:
   size-tracking:
     <<: *defaults
     conditions:
-      - *no-groups-above-this-pending
-      - *no-groups-above-this-rejected
       - *can-be-global-approved
       - >
         contains_any_globs(files, [
@@ -1222,8 +1218,6 @@ groups:
   circular-dependencies:
     <<: *defaults
     conditions:
-      - *no-groups-above-this-pending
-      - *no-groups-above-this-rejected
       - *can-be-global-approved
       - >
         contains_any_globs(files, [