diff --git a/.gitlab/ci/pipelines/before_merging.yml b/.gitlab/ci/pipelines/before_merging.yml
index 49e3bde4257e4f07f51d11631fb6ea2966f24c13..c1ab4e2254c2321057d5a5b41bb8087bf5b140c1 100644
--- a/.gitlab/ci/pipelines/before_merging.yml
+++ b/.gitlab/ci/pipelines/before_merging.yml
@@ -260,19 +260,8 @@ oc.build:static-x86_64-linux-binaries:
   tags:
   - gcp
   rules:
-  - changes:
-    - .gitlab-ci.yml
-    - .gitlab/**/*
-    - brassaia/**/*
-    - data-encoding/**/*
-    - etherlink/**/*
-    - irmin/**/*
-    - michelson_test_scripts/**/*
-    - resto/**/*
-    - src/**/*
-    - tezt/**/*
-    - tzt_reference_test_suite/**/*
-    when: on_success
+  - when: manual
+    allow_failure: true
   needs:
   - oc.docker:ci:amd64
   - trigger
@@ -9264,19 +9253,8 @@ tezt:static-binaries:
   tags:
   - gcp
   rules:
-  - changes:
-    - .gitlab-ci.yml
-    - .gitlab/**/*
-    - brassaia/**/*
-    - data-encoding/**/*
-    - etherlink/**/*
-    - irmin/**/*
-    - michelson_test_scripts/**/*
-    - resto/**/*
-    - src/**/*
-    - tezt/**/*
-    - tzt_reference_test_suite/**/*
-    when: on_success
+  - when: manual
+    allow_failure: true
   needs:
   - oc.docker:ci:amd64
   - select_tezts
diff --git a/ci/bin/code_verification.ml b/ci/bin/code_verification.ml
index 9751c5e93d38168876879f10964bdaffe70f7cc9..aefb1e899a850832f64bcc475c5f5bad08980078 100644
--- a/ci/bin/code_verification.ml
+++ b/ci/bin/code_verification.ml
@@ -617,7 +617,7 @@ let jobs pipeline_type =
            of pipelines. So we start this job as early as possible,
            without waiting for sanity_ci. *)
       ~dependencies:dependencies_needs_start
-      ~rules:(make_rules ~changes:changeset_octez ())
+      ~rules:(make_rules ~manual:Yes ())
       ()
   in
   let build =
@@ -1474,7 +1474,7 @@ let jobs pipeline_type =
                  Artifacts job_static_x86_64_experimental;
                  Artifacts job_tezt_fetch_records;
                ])
-          ~rules
+          ~rules:(make_rules ~dependent:true ~manual:Yes ())
           ~before_script:(before_script ["mv octez-binaries/x86_64/octez-* ."])
           ()
       in