diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab-ci.yml
index d0df481b11..07f2fd9de8 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -178,13 +178,22 @@ fdroid lint config:
     - export fdroidserver=$CI_PROJECT_DIR/fdroidserver
     - *install_fdroid_server
   rules:
-    - if: $CI_PIPELINE_SOURCE == "merge_request_event" || $CI_PIPELINE_SOURCE == "push"
+    - if: $CI_PIPELINE_SOURCE == "merge_request_event"
       changes:
         paths:
           - .gitlab-ci.yml
           - config.yml
           - config/*.yml
           - config/*/*.yml
+    # only check pushes to fdroids own repo
+    - if: $CI_PIPELINE_SOURCE == "push" && $CI_PROJECT_PATH == "fdroid/fdroiddata"
+      changes:
+        compare_to: 'refs/heads/master'
+        paths:
+          - .gitlab-ci.yml
+          - config.yml
+          - config/*.yml
+          - config/*/*.yml
   script:
     - fdroid lint config/*.yml config/*/*.yml
     # TODO once config.yml is added to fdroiddata, add it to the line above