diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab-ci.yml
index 606b7bb..75f88e1 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -36,6 +36,8 @@ lint:
   rules:
     - if: '$CI_COMMIT_TAG'
       when: never
+    - if: '$CI_PIPELINE_SOURCE == "merge_request_event"'
+      when: never
     - when: on_success
 
 # This is an implicit gitlab stage, with the build.env variables used by either
@@ -81,6 +83,8 @@ rootfs:
     when: never
   - if: '$CI_COMMIT_TAG'
     when: never
+  - if: '$CI_PIPELINE_SOURCE == "merge_request_event"'
+    when: never
   - when: on_success
 
 rootfs:secure:
@@ -115,6 +119,8 @@ image:build:
     when: never
   - if: '$CI_COMMIT_TAG'
     when: never
+  - if: '$CI_PIPELINE_SOURCE == "merge_request_event"'
+    when: never
   - when: on_success
   before_script:
     - pacman -Syu --noconfirm podman
@@ -175,6 +181,8 @@ image:publish:secure:
   rules:
     - if: '$CI_COMMIT_TAG'
       when: never
+    - if: '$CI_PIPELINE_SOURCE == "merge_request_event"'
+      when: never
     - when: on_success
 
 .test-script: &test-script