diff --git a/backports/.Base.gitlab-ci.yml b/backports/.Base.gitlab-ci.yml
index 3dc690c61c0abb64d275c1e2f47dce24cad56a09..88eeb33cf2fb9913b69bc1f145dd76234934b550 100644
--- a/backports/.Base.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/backports/.Base.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ variables:
   needs: []
   allow_failure: true
   rules:
-    - if: '"$CI_SERVER_HOST" == "gitlab.com"'
+    - if: '$CI_SERVER_HOST == "gitlab.com"'
   image: alpine:3.19
   script:
     - |
diff --git a/backports/OpenTofu/Base.gitlab-ci.yml b/backports/OpenTofu/Base.gitlab-ci.yml
index 1f30ec612792f9ef9aa1a9a26012b3f361770708..fe84f94df605b03100555b7bfd0ec289a15f781b 100644
--- a/backports/OpenTofu/Base.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/backports/OpenTofu/Base.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ variables:
   needs: []
   allow_failure: true
   rules:
-    - if: '"$CI_SERVER_HOST" == "gitlab.com"'
+    - if: '$CI_SERVER_HOST == "gitlab.com"'
   image: alpine:3.19
   script:
     - |