diff --git a/.woodpecker/test.yml b/.woodpecker/test.yml
index c18868519..4629deb72 100644
--- a/.woodpecker/test.yml
+++ b/.woodpecker/test.yml
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ variables:
         - "go.*"
         # schema changes
         - "pipeline/schema/**"
-      event: [pull_request, tag, deployment]
+      event: [pull_request, tag]
 
 steps:
   vendor:
@@ -25,7 +25,8 @@ steps:
     group: prepare
     commands:
       - go mod vendor
-    when: *when
+    when:
+      - path: *when_path
 
   lint-pipeline:
     image: *golang_image
@@ -64,9 +65,12 @@ steps:
   lint-editorconfig:
     image: mstruebing/editorconfig-checker:2.7.2
     group: test
+    when:
+      - event: [pull_request, tag]
 
   lint-license-header:
     image: *golang_image
+    group: test
     commands:
       - go install github.com/google/addlicense@latest
       - "addlicense -check -ignore \"vendor/**\" **/*.go"
@@ -80,7 +84,8 @@ steps:
       - make test-server
       - make test-cli
       - make test-lib
-    when: *when
+    when:
+      - path: *when_path
 
   sqlite:
     image: *golang_image
@@ -89,7 +94,8 @@ steps:
       - WOODPECKER_DATABASE_DRIVER=sqlite3
     commands:
       - make test-server-datastore-coverage
-    when: *when
+    when:
+      - path: *when_path
 
   postgres:
     image: *golang_image
@@ -123,7 +129,8 @@ steps:
         - datastore-coverage.out
       token:
         from_secret: codecov_token
-    when: *when
+    when:
+      - path: *when_path
     failure: ignore
 
 services: