diff --git a/.gitlab/CI/recompile.yml b/.gitlab/CI/recompile.yml
index 07a7682a97..bc4579e191 100644
--- a/.gitlab/CI/recompile.yml
+++ b/.gitlab/CI/recompile.yml
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@
         - ".gitlab-ci.yml"
         - "**/*.yml"
 
+# TODO: appears unused
 # like .recompile-branch but will run on master too
 .recompile:
   rules:
@@ -24,6 +25,8 @@
 .post-merge:
   stage: build
   rules:
+    - if: $CI_PIPELINE_SOURCE == "schedule"
+      when: never
     - if: $CI_COMMIT_REF_NAME =~ /^master$/
       changes:
         - "**/*.{glsl,rs,ron,toml,vox,png}"
diff --git a/.gitlab/CI/release.yml b/.gitlab/CI/release.yml
index c692b1f148..06556fa05c 100644
--- a/.gitlab/CI/release.yml
+++ b/.gitlab/CI/release.yml
@@ -11,11 +11,11 @@
 .release:
   stage: build
   rules:
-    - if: $CI_COMMIT_REF_NAME =~ /^master$/ || $CI_COMMIT_TAG =~ /^v[0-9]+\.[0-9]+\.[0-9]+/ || $CI_COMMIT_REF_NAME =~ /^r[0-9]+\.[0-9]+/
+    - if: $CI_PIPELINE_SOURCE != "schedule" && ($CI_COMMIT_REF_NAME =~ /^master$/ || $CI_COMMIT_TAG =~ /^v[0-9]+\.[0-9]+\.[0-9]+/ || $CI_COMMIT_REF_NAME =~ /^r[0-9]+\.[0-9]+/)
       when: always
     - when: never
 
-# Template to only run if pushes to master or a tag happened
+# Template to only run if pushes to master or a tag happened for scheduled builds
 .release-nightly-tmp-fix-airshipper:
   stage: build-nightly
   rules: