diff --git a/.gitlab-ci/test-source-dep.yml b/.gitlab-ci/test-source-dep.yml
index 63ff6fd7bbd..c03649f8626 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci/test-source-dep.yml
+++ b/.gitlab-ci/test-source-dep.yml
@@ -76,7 +76,7 @@
   rules:
     - !reference [.no_scheduled_pipelines-rules, rules]
     # Run only on pre-merge pipelines from Marge
-    - if: '$GITLAB_USER_LOGIN != "marge-bot" || $CI_COMMIT_BRANCH'
+    - if: $MESA_CI_PERFORMANCE_ENABLED == null
       when: never
   # Allow the merge to complete even before the job completes (since it won't
   # even start until the separate script triggers on it).