diff --git a/.github/workflows/build.yml b/.github/workflows/build.yml
deleted file mode 100644
index d42357f57f..0000000000
--- a/.github/workflows/build.yml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,16 +0,0 @@
-name: Build SRW
-on: [push]
-jobs:
-  Explore-GitHub-Actions:
-    runs-on: [self-hosted, ncar]
-    steps:
-      - run: echo "🎉 The job was automatically triggered by a ${{ github.event_name }} event."
-      - run: echo "🐧 This job is now running on a ${{ runner.os }} server hosted by GitHub!"
-      - run: echo "🔎 The name of your branch is ${{ github.ref }} and your repository is ${{ github.repository }}."
-      - name: Check out repository code
-        uses: actions/checkout@v2
-      - run: |
-             cd ufs-srweather-app
-             ./manage_externals/checkout_externals
-             ./devbuild.sh -p=cheyenne -c=intel
-      - run: echo "🍏 This job's status is ${{ job.status }}."
diff --git a/.github/workflows/python_func_tests.yaml b/.github/workflows/python_func_tests.yaml
index c35291fe11..f9faf765f2 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/python_func_tests.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/python_func_tests.yaml
@@ -1,10 +1,17 @@
 name: Python functional tests
 on:
   push:
+    branches:
+      - develop
+      - 'release/*'
     paths:
       - ush/*retrieve_data.py
       - parm/data_locations.yml
   pull_request:
+    branches:
+      - develop
+      - 'release/*'
+  workflow_dispatch:
 
 env:
   CI: true
diff --git a/.github/workflows/python_unittests.yaml b/.github/workflows/python_unittests.yaml
index 7c76288a8d..34eb54648c 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/python_unittests.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/python_unittests.yaml
@@ -1,5 +1,15 @@
 name: Python unittests
-on: [push, pull_request, workflow_dispatch]
+on:
+  push:
+    branches:
+      - develop
+      - 'release/*'
+  pull_request:
+    branches:
+      - develop
+      - 'release/*'
+  workflow_dispatch:
+
 defaults:
   run:
     shell: bash