diff --git a/.gitlab-ci-pages.yml b/.gitlab-ci-pages.yml
index 3f99565f70ebae286894fc98aa3cbca77228d0bf..1c271bd16bf3ae2e07c869ce6ac3716f6d0b7bfa 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci-pages.yml
+++ b/.gitlab-ci-pages.yml
@@ -18,6 +18,4 @@ pages:
   # and only if DEPLOY_PAGES is set (which is set in the separate private pages repo)
   only:
     variables:
-      - $CI_COMMIT_TAG =~ /^v.*$/
-      - $DEPLOY_PAGES
-
+      - $CI_COMMIT_TAG =~ /^v.*$/ && $DEPLOY_PAGES