diff --git a/.github/workflows/chipyard-run-tests.yml b/.github/workflows/chipyard-run-tests.yml
index 78bca006..560cd142 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/chipyard-run-tests.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/chipyard-run-tests.yml
@@ -1,13 +1,7 @@
 name: chipyard-ci-process
 
 on:
-  # run ci when pushing to dev, master, and main only
-  push:
-    branches:
-      - dev
-      - master
-      - main
-  # run ci on pull requests targeting dev, master, main only
+  # run ci on pull requests targeting dev, master, main only (since the ci runs on the merge commit)
   pull_request:
     branches:
       - dev