diff --git a/.drone.yml b/.drone.yml
index 8870984e76f6..e8b0eaa00c02 100644
--- a/.drone.yml
+++ b/.drone.yml
@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@ pipeline:
       - ./project/scripts/sbt sbt-dotty/scripted
     when:
       # sbt scripted tests are slow and don't run on PRs
-      event: [ push, tag, deployment ]
+      event: [ tag, deployment ]
 
   # DOCUMENTATION:
   documentation: