diff --git a/.github/workflows/github_actions_archs.yml b/.github/workflows/github_actions_archs.yml
index 196ea7b829..086aa05ff2 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/github_actions_archs.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/github_actions_archs.yml
@@ -2,6 +2,8 @@ name: NWChem_CI_archs
 
 on:
   push:
+    paths-ignore:
+      - .gitlab-ci.yml
   pull_request:
   release:
   schedule:
diff --git a/.github/workflows/lint_python.yml b/.github/workflows/lint_python.yml
index c5486de17e..249349c71a 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/lint_python.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/lint_python.yml
@@ -1,5 +1,9 @@
 name: lint_python
-on: [pull_request, push]
+on:
+  push:
+    paths-ignore:
+      - .gitlab-ci.yml
+  pull_request:
 jobs:
   lint_python:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest