diff --git a/lib/spack/spack/ci.py b/lib/spack/spack/ci.py
index ac308045742..170dd1ec456 100644
--- a/lib/spack/spack/ci.py
+++ b/lib/spack/spack/ci.py
@@ -1253,6 +1253,7 @@ def main_script_replacements(cmd):
                 op=lambda cmd: cmd.replace("mirror_prefix", temp_storage_url_prefix),
             )
 
+            cleanup_job["dependencies"] = []
             output_object["cleanup"] = cleanup_job
 
         if (
@@ -1276,6 +1277,7 @@ def main_script_replacements(cmd):
                 if buildcache_destination
                 else remote_mirror_override or remote_mirror_url
             )
+            signing_job["dependencies"] = []
 
             output_object["sign-pkgs"] = signing_job
 
@@ -1296,6 +1298,7 @@ def main_script_replacements(cmd):
             final_job["when"] = "always"
             final_job["retry"] = service_job_retries
             final_job["interruptible"] = True
+            final_job["dependencies"] = []
 
             output_object["rebuild-index"] = final_job
 
diff --git a/share/spack/gitlab/cloud_pipelines/.gitlab-ci.yml b/share/spack/gitlab/cloud_pipelines/.gitlab-ci.yml
index 0c770ee8725..34951a83354 100644
--- a/share/spack/gitlab/cloud_pipelines/.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/share/spack/gitlab/cloud_pipelines/.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -73,6 +73,7 @@ default:
 # Job templates
 ########################################
 .base-job:
+  when: manual
   variables:
     PIPELINE_MIRROR_TEMPLATE: "single-src-protected-mirrors.yaml.in"
     # TODO: We can remove this when we drop the "deprecated" stack