diff --git a/build/ci/.deploy-k8s.yml b/build/ci/.deploy-k8s.yml
index c3734515ffaf7182009987f128750698b5ad87d5..dd58a3d43ade85123dc35e7f3110ee16963f5250 100644
--- a/build/ci/.deploy-k8s.yml
+++ b/build/ci/.deploy-k8s.yml
@@ -38,6 +38,10 @@ deploy:develop:
 
 k8s:destroy:
   image: bitnami/kubectl:latest
+  rules:
+    - if: $CI_COMMIT_BRANCH == "develop"
+    - if: $CI_COMMIT_BRANCH == $CI_DEFAULT_BRANCH
+    - if: $CI_PIPELINE_SOURCE == "merge_request_event"
   before_script:
     - echo "override global before script"
   stage: .post