diff --git a/ci-operator/config/osac-project/osac-aap/osac-project-osac-aap-main.yaml b/ci-operator/config/osac-project/osac-aap/osac-project-osac-aap-main.yaml
index 04c00358d8c5f..937b2d27ab38a 100644
--- a/ci-operator/config/osac-project/osac-aap/osac-project-osac-aap-main.yaml
+++ b/ci-operator/config/osac-project/osac-aap/osac-project-osac-aap-main.yaml
@@ -83,6 +83,7 @@ tests:
 - as: e2e-vmaas
   capabilities:
   - intranet
+  skip_if_only_changed: ^(README\.md|AGENTS\.md|CLAUDE\.md|docs/.*|samples/.*|charts/.*|\.github/workflows/.*|\.ansible-lint.*|OWNERS|LICENSE)$
   steps:
     dependencies:
       COMPONENT_IMAGE: osac-aap-pr
diff --git a/ci-operator/jobs/osac-project/osac-aap/osac-project-osac-aap-main-presubmits.yaml b/ci-operator/jobs/osac-project/osac-aap/osac-project-osac-aap-main-presubmits.yaml
index 25e86bb90677b..11816d6040780 100644
--- a/ci-operator/jobs/osac-project/osac-aap/osac-project-osac-aap-main-presubmits.yaml
+++ b/ci-operator/jobs/osac-project/osac-aap/osac-project-osac-aap-main-presubmits.yaml
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 presubmits:
   osac-project/osac-aap:
   - agent: kubernetes
-    always_run: true
+    always_run: false
     branches:
     - ^main$
     - ^main-
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@ presubmits:
       pj-rehearse.openshift.io/can-be-rehearsed: "true"
     name: pull-ci-osac-project-osac-aap-main-e2e-vmaas
     rerun_command: /test e2e-vmaas
+    skip_if_only_changed: ^(README\.md|AGENTS\.md|CLAUDE\.md|docs/.*|samples/.*|charts/.*|\.github/workflows/.*|\.ansible-lint.*|OWNERS|LICENSE)$
     spec:
       containers:
       - args: