diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci.yml b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
index 672cd3c9f5..fcee8aac9b 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
@@ -6,13 +6,6 @@ on:
   pull_request:
     branches: [ master, 3.18.x, 3.15.x ]
 
-  # run this workflow on push/merge activity
-  # pull_request activity won't detect changes
-  # in the upstream branch before we merge
-  push:
-    branches: [ master, 3.18.x, 3.15.x ]
-
-
 jobs:
   unit_tests:
     uses: ./.github/workflows/unit_tests.yml