diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci.yml b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
index b8e7e807a9..962b9898a7 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
@@ -8,9 +8,6 @@ on:
     tags:
       - "v[0-9]+.[0-9]+.[0-9]+*"
   pull_request:
-    branches:
-      - main
-      - release-*
 
 defaults:
   run:
diff --git a/.github/workflows/conformance.yml b/.github/workflows/conformance.yml
index 9536cd83ba..cd61ef4355 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/conformance.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/conformance.yml
@@ -8,9 +8,6 @@ on:
     tags:
       - "v[0-9]+.[0-9]+.[0-9]+*"
   pull_request:
-    branches:
-      - main
-      - release-*
   schedule:
     - cron: "0 4 * * *" # run every day at 4am UTC
 
diff --git a/.github/workflows/lint.yml b/.github/workflows/lint.yml
index 623834141f..8837b7b0d4 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/lint.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/lint.yml
@@ -5,12 +5,6 @@ on:
     branches:
       - main
   pull_request:
-    branches:
-      - main
-    types:
-      - opened
-      - reopened
-      - synchronize
 
 concurrency:
   group: ${{ github.ref_name }}-lint
diff --git a/.yamllint.yaml b/.yamllint.yaml
index f3306bcd95..685be0f800 100644
--- a/.yamllint.yaml
+++ b/.yamllint.yaml
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ yaml-files:
 ignore:
   - deploy/helm-chart/templates/
   - deploy/helm-chart/crds/
+  - .github/workflows/
 
 rules:
   braces: enable