diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab-ci.yml
index 4cc07ce9a3..0a399af419 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -187,7 +187,9 @@ fdroid build:
 # group, therefore needs the trigger without secrets, there would be
 # no support for virustotal, github downloads, exodus privacy checks,
 # etc.  That means it has to be triggered from the lint: job, which
-# runs in the fork's CI.
+# runs in the fork's CI. The trigger-issuebot job adds the env var
+# FROM_CI_MERGE_REQUEST_IID which is required to have this job be
+# triggered.
 #
 # This job has to be called 'pages' because it deploys the JSON API
 # to GitLab Pages.
@@ -195,7 +197,7 @@ pages:
   image: registry.gitlab.com/fdroid/ci-images-client:latest
   only:
     variables:
-      - $FROM_CI_MERGE_REQUEST_IID && $CI_PROJECT_PATH != "fdroid/fdroiddata" && $CI_COMMIT_BRANCH != "master"
+      - $FROM_CI_MERGE_REQUEST_IID
   artifacts:
     paths:
       - metadata/