diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab-ci.yml
index 5c5ad395537902b1aad988e9e56ec7edf7200fde..44785b6821017cbd490919bb2aeadf9fd028484a 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -13,3 +13,5 @@ linting:
     - lint
   script:
     - pylint --ignore=tests.py --max-line-length=79 *.py app
+  only:
+    - merge_requests