diff --git a/private-modules.yml b/private-modules.yml
index 07b86c56160e06cd1299a911af4144e29dc0926d..a4fca1981e719c9a2494fbac9521540946ca70e2 100644
--- a/private-modules.yml
+++ b/private-modules.yml
@@ -5,51 +5,38 @@ default:
 
 workflow:
   rules:
-    - if: $CI_PIPELINE_SOURCE == "merge_request_event" && $CI_MERGE_REQUEST_TARGET_BRANCH_NAME == "develop"
-      variables:
-        PRIVATE_MODULE_TESTS: "false"
-        PRIVATE_MODULE_BUILD: "true"
-      when: always
-    - if: $CI_PIPELINE_SOURCE == "merge_request_event" && $CI_MERGE_REQUEST_TARGET_BRANCH_NAME == "main"
-      variables:
-        PRIVATE_MODULE_TESTS: "false"
-        PRIVATE_MODULE_BUILD: "true"
-      when: always
-    - if: $CI_COMMIT_BRANCH == "develop" || $CI_COMMIT_BRANCH =~ "/^feature\/.*/"
-      variables:
-        PRIVATE_MODULE_TESTS: "true"
-        PRIVATE_MODULE_BUILD: "true"
-      when: always
+    - if: $CI_PIPELINE_SOURCE == "merge_request_event"
+    - if: $CI_COMMIT_BRANCH == "main" || $CI_COMMIT_BRANCH == "develop" || $CI_COMMIT_BRANCH =~ "/^feature\/.*/"
     - if: $CI_COMMIT_TAG
-      variables:
-        PRIVATE_MODULE_TESTS: "false"
-        PRIVATE_MODULE_BUILD: "true"
-      when: always
-    - when: never
 
 include:
   - remote: https://git.drupalcode.org/project/gitlab_templates/-/raw/1.0.x/includes/include.drupalci.main.yml
     rules:
-      - if: $PRIVATE_MODULE_TESTS == "true"
-        when: always
+      - if: $CI_PIPELINE_SOURCE == "merge_request_event"
+        when: never
+      - if: $CI_COMMIT_TAG
+        when: never
   - remote: https://git.drupalcode.org/project/gitlab_templates/-/raw/1.0.x/includes/include.drupalci.variables.yml
     rules:
-      - if: $PRIVATE_MODULE_TESTS == "true"
-        when: always
+      - if: $CI_PIPELINE_SOURCE == "merge_request_event"
+        when: never
+      - if: $CI_COMMIT_TAG
+        when: never
   - remote: https://git.drupalcode.org/project/gitlab_templates/-/raw/1.0.x/includes/include.drupalci.workflows.yml
     rules:
-      - if: $PRIVATE_MODULE_TESTS == "true"
-        when: always
+      - if: $CI_PIPELINE_SOURCE == "merge_request_event"
+        when: never
+      - if: $CI_COMMIT_TAG
+        when: never
   - local: private-modules-overrides.yml
     rules:
-      - if: $PRIVATE_MODULE_TESTS == "true"
-        when: always
+      - if: $CI_PIPELINE_SOURCE == "merge_request_event"
+        when: never
+      - if: $CI_COMMIT_TAG
+        when: never
   - project: gitlab-ci-cd/general
     ref: main
     file: '/mixins.yml'
   - project: 'gitlab-ci-cd/composer-packages'
     ref: main
     file: '/composer-packages.yml'
-    rules:
-      - if: $PRIVATE_MODULE_BUILD == "true"
-        when: always