diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab-ci.yml
index 1f7569a014fad876b9452be3fdc6da34d70b8848..6d7c8b1db2ccee04323843cb674cb0bf64991ad2 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -1,12 +1,16 @@
 include:
   - local: ".gitlab/ci/wiki.yml"
     rules:
-      - if: '$CI_PIPELINE_SOURCE == "push" && $CI_COMMIT_REF_NAME == $CI_DEFAULT_BRANCH'
+      - if: '$CI_PIPELINE_SOURCE == "merge_request_event"'
+        when: never
+      - if: '$CI_PIPELINE_SOURCE == "push" && $CI_COMMIT_BRANCH == $CI_DEFAULT_BRANCH'
       - changes:
           - doc/**/*
   - local: ".gitlab/ci/deploy.yml"
     rules:
-      - if: '$CI_PIPELINE_SOURCE == "push" && $CI_COMMIT_REF_NAME == $CI_DEFAULT_BRANCH'
+      - if: '$CI_PIPELINE_SOURCE == "merge_request_event"'
+        when: never
+      - if: '$CI_PIPELINE_SOURCE == "push" && $CI_COMMIT_BRANCH == $CI_DEFAULT_BRANCH'
       - changes:
           # exclude documentation changes from deploy
           - "doc/**/*"