diff --git a/docs/docs/20-usage/20-pipeline-syntax.md b/docs/docs/20-usage/20-pipeline-syntax.md
index 6d908044e..276e4df6f 100644
--- a/docs/docs/20-usage/20-pipeline-syntax.md
+++ b/docs/docs/20-usage/20-pipeline-syntax.md
@@ -303,12 +303,6 @@ when:
 
 #### `event`
 
-:::info
-**By default steps are filtered by following event types:**
-
-`push`, `pull_request`, `tag`, `deployment`, `manual`.
-:::
-
 Available events: `push`, `pull_request`, `tag`, `deployment`, `cron`, `manual`
 
 Execute a step if the build event is a `tag`:
diff --git a/docs/docs/20-usage/45-cron.md b/docs/docs/20-usage/45-cron.md
index a668c246e..d954cb2ca 100644
--- a/docs/docs/20-usage/45-cron.md
+++ b/docs/docs/20-usage/45-cron.md
@@ -2,11 +2,6 @@
 
 To configure cron jobs you need at least push access to the repository.
 
-:::warning
-By default pipelines triggered by cron jobs wont execute any steps in pipelines, as they are not part of the default event filter and you explicitly need to set a `event: cron` filter.
-Read more at: [pipeline-syntax#event](./20-pipeline-syntax.md#event)
-:::
-
 ## Add a new cron job
 
 1. To create a new cron job adjust your pipeline config(s) and add the event filter to all steps you would like to run by the cron job:
diff --git a/pipeline/frontend/yaml/constraint/constraint.go b/pipeline/frontend/yaml/constraint/constraint.go
index 4ffea58e9..1a1fd63f4 100644
--- a/pipeline/frontend/yaml/constraint/constraint.go
+++ b/pipeline/frontend/yaml/constraint/constraint.go
@@ -142,8 +142,6 @@ func (when *When) UnmarshalYAML(value *yaml.Node) error {
 func (c *Constraint) Match(m metadata.Metadata, global bool) (bool, error) {
 	match := true
 	if !global {
-		c.SetDefaultEventFilter()
-
 		// apply step only filters
 		match = c.Matrix.Match(m.Workflow.Matrix)
 	}
@@ -184,19 +182,6 @@ func (c *Constraint) Match(m metadata.Metadata, global bool) (bool, error) {
 	return match, nil
 }
 
-// SetDefaultEventFilter set default e event filter if not event filter is already set
-func (c *Constraint) SetDefaultEventFilter() {
-	if c.Event.IsEmpty() {
-		c.Event.Include = []string{
-			metadata.EventPush,
-			metadata.EventPull,
-			metadata.EventTag,
-			metadata.EventDeploy,
-			metadata.EventManual,
-		}
-	}
-}
-
 // IsEmpty return true if a constraint has no conditions
 func (c List) IsEmpty() bool {
 	return len(c.Include) == 0 && len(c.Exclude) == 0
diff --git a/pipeline/frontend/yaml/constraint/constraint_test.go b/pipeline/frontend/yaml/constraint/constraint_test.go
index 227ee5e95..0e92be18e 100644
--- a/pipeline/frontend/yaml/constraint/constraint_test.go
+++ b/pipeline/frontend/yaml/constraint/constraint_test.go
@@ -477,12 +477,6 @@ func TestConstraints(t *testing.T) {
 			with: metadata.Metadata{Curr: metadata.Pipeline{Event: metadata.EventPush}, Sys: metadata.System{Host: "beta.agent.tld"}},
 			want: false,
 		},
-		{
-			desc: "filter cron by default constraint",
-			conf: "{}",
-			with: metadata.Metadata{Curr: metadata.Pipeline{Event: metadata.EventCron}},
-			want: false,
-		},
 		{
 			desc: "filter cron by matching name",
 			conf: "{ event: cron, cron: job1 }",
@@ -495,14 +489,6 @@ func TestConstraints(t *testing.T) {
 			with: metadata.Metadata{Curr: metadata.Pipeline{Event: metadata.EventCron, Cron: "job1"}},
 			want: false,
 		},
-		{
-			desc: "no constraints, event gets filtered by default event filter",
-			conf: "",
-			with: metadata.Metadata{
-				Curr: metadata.Pipeline{Event: "non-default"},
-			},
-			want: false,
-		},
 		{
 			desc: "filter with build-in env passes",
 			conf: "{ branch: ${CI_REPO_DEFAULT_BRANCH} }",