diff --git a/playbooks/releasenotes/post.yaml b/playbooks/releasenotes/post.yaml
index 6931e833..549a8f55 100644
--- a/playbooks/releasenotes/post.yaml
+++ b/playbooks/releasenotes/post.yaml
@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 - hosts: all
   roles:
     - role: fetch-tox-output
-      tox_envlist: releasenotes
     - role: fetch-sphinx-output
       sphinx_output_src: "{{ zuul.project.src_dir }}/doc/build/html/"
       zuul_executor_dest: "{{ zuul.executor.log_root }}"
diff --git a/zuul.d/jobs.yaml b/zuul.d/jobs.yaml
index 0e127842..2a6384be 100644
--- a/zuul.d/jobs.yaml
+++ b/zuul.d/jobs.yaml
@@ -391,6 +391,8 @@
       - ^releasenotes/.*
       - ^tox.ini
       - ^.*requirements.txt$
+    vars:
+      tox_envlist: releasenotes
 
 - job:
     name: legacy-base