diff --git a/.github/workflows/browsers-full.yaml b/.github/workflows/browsers-full.yaml
index f9a1fd7f0..da2089d2b 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/browsers-full.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/browsers-full.yaml
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ on:
 jobs:
   run:
     name: BrowserStack
-    if: github.repository == "qunitjs/qunit" # skip on forks
+    if: ${{ github.repository == "qunitjs/qunit" }} # skip on forks, needs secret
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     env:
       PUPPETEER_DOWNLOAD_PATH: ~/.puppeteer_download
diff --git a/.github/workflows/browsers-quick.yaml b/.github/workflows/browsers-quick.yaml
index f3ae959e3..a48e65faf 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/browsers-quick.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/browsers-quick.yaml
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ on:
 jobs:
   run:
     name: BrowserStack
-    if: github.repository == "qunitjs/qunit" # skip on forks
+    if: ${{ github.repository == "qunitjs/qunit" }} # skip on forks, needs secret
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     env:
       PUPPETEER_DOWNLOAD_PATH: ~/.puppeteer_download
diff --git a/.github/workflows/coverage.yaml b/.github/workflows/coverage.yaml
index 413d75bea..a2bdb3051 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/coverage.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/coverage.yaml
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ on:
 jobs:
   run:
     name: Code coverage
+    if: ${{ github.repository == "qunitjs/qunit" }} # skip on forks, needs secret
     runs-on: ubuntu-20.04
     env:
       PUPPETEER_DOWNLOAD_PATH: ~/.puppeteer_download
diff --git a/.github/workflows/doc-search.yaml b/.github/workflows/doc-search.yaml
index c633c6e61..fb1e3847a 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/doc-search.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/doc-search.yaml
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ on:
 jobs:
   run:
     name: Update search index
-    if: github.repository == "qunitjs/qunit" # skip on forks
+    if: ${{ github.repository == "qunitjs/qunit" }} # skip on forks, needs secret
     runs-on: ubuntu-18.04
     steps:
       - uses: actions/checkout@v2
diff --git a/.github/workflows/spider-check.yaml b/.github/workflows/spider-check.yaml
index a6c1c1c78..a3ed10b12 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/spider-check.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/spider-check.yaml
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ jobs:
     # Includes Python 3
     # https://github.com/actions/virtual-environments/blob/ubuntu20/20210318.0/images/linux/Ubuntu2004-README.md
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
-    if: github.repository == "qunitjs/qunit" # skip on forks
+    if: ${{ github.repository == "qunitjs/qunit" }} # skip on forks, noisy cron and likely stale main branch
     steps:
       - uses: actions/checkout@v2
         with: