diff --git a/.drone.yml b/.drone.yml
index 88919a4..794470b 100644
--- a/.drone.yml
+++ b/.drone.yml
@@ -106,6 +106,10 @@ steps:
     BRANCH: ${DRONE_COMMIT_BRANCH}
   commands:
   - bash staging_tests.sh
+  when:
+    branch:
+      exclude:
+      - master
 
 - name: deploy live
   image: sinlead/drone-kubectl