diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab-ci.yml
index 4f58ca87..652b8dcc 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -46,10 +46,8 @@ variables:
 #Link and Install all required dependencies
 workflow:
   rules:
-    - if: '$CI_PIPELINE_SOURCE == "merge_request_event"'
-    - if: '$CI_COMMIT_BRANCH && $CI_OPEN_MERGE_REQUESTS'
-      when: never
     - if: '$CI_COMMIT_BRANCH == "main"'
+    - if: '$CI_COMMIT_BRANCH =~ /^pr-[0-9]+$/'
 
 install:
   image: node:20-alpine
@@ -153,10 +151,10 @@ test:live:setup:
   needs: []
   timeout: 15m
   rules:
-    - if: $CI_COMMIT_BRANCH == $CI_DEFAULT_BRANCH && '$CI_MERGE_REQUEST_ID'
+    - if: $CI_COMMIT_BRANCH == $CI_DEFAULT_BRANCH
       when: on_success
       allow_failure: false
-    - if: ($CI_COMMIT_BRANCH == "next" || $CI_COMMIT_BRANCH =~ /^pr-[0-9]+$/) && '$CI_MERGE_REQUEST_ID'
+    - if: ($CI_COMMIT_BRANCH == "next" || $CI_COMMIT_BRANCH =~ /^pr-[0-9]+$/)
       when: manual
       allow_failure: true
   variables: