diff --git a/templates/gitlab-ci-helm.yml b/templates/gitlab-ci-helm.yml
index cba42a4f07ed5673749f8139d31326dd3bf4530c..bb2a0c72b18fced3704ee69b6773e75d2794a1d8 100644
--- a/templates/gitlab-ci-helm.yml
+++ b/templates/gitlab-ci-helm.yml
@@ -1016,7 +1016,7 @@ helm-production:
     # if $AUTODEPLOY_TO_PROD: auto
     - if: $AUTODEPLOY_TO_PROD
     # else if PUBLISH_ON_PROD enabled: auto (because the publish job was blocking)
-    - if: '$PUBLISH_ON_PROD == "true" || $PUBLISH_ON_PROD == "yes"'
+    - if: '$PUBLISH_ON_PROD == "true"'
     # else: manual, blocking
     - if: $CI_COMMIT_REF_NAME # useless test, just to prevent GitLab warning
       when: manual