diff --git a/.gitlab/rules.yml b/.gitlab/rules.yml
index 88aa8e6f94..e4267d5316 100644
--- a/.gitlab/rules.yml
+++ b/.gitlab/rules.yml
@@ -62,12 +62,12 @@
 
 .run_only_for_package:
     rules:
-        - if: '$CMAKE_CI_PACKAGE != null && $CMAKE_CI_JOB_UPLOAD_PACKAGE == null'
-          when: on_success
-        - if: '$CMAKE_CI_PACKAGE == "dev" && $CMAKE_CI_JOB_UPLOAD_PACKAGE == "true"'
+        - if: '$CMAKE_CI_PACKAGE == "dev"'
           variables:
               RSYNC_DESTINATION: "dev"
           when: on_success
+        - if: '$CMAKE_CI_PACKAGE != null && $CI_JOB_STAGE != "upload"'
+          when: on_success
         - when: never
 
 .run_only_for_continuous_master:
diff --git a/.gitlab/upload.yml b/.gitlab/upload.yml
index 20ec48368a..a4cbbdee31 100644
--- a/.gitlab/upload.yml
+++ b/.gitlab/upload.yml
@@ -19,9 +19,6 @@
         - test -n "$RSYNC_DESTINATION"
         - rsync -tv --recursive -e "ssh -i $RSYNC_BINARY_KEY -o StrictHostKeyChecking=no -o LogLevel=ERROR" build/ kitware@cmake.org:$RSYNC_DESTINATION/
 
-    variables:
-        CMAKE_CI_JOB_UPLOAD_PACKAGE: "true"
-
 .rsync_upload_help:
     stage: upload
     image: "fedora:34"