diff --git a/mbed-tls-restricted-pr-ci-testing.yaml b/mbed-tls-restricted-pr-ci-testing.yaml
index ed598e5..76a8381 100644
--- a/mbed-tls-restricted-pr-ci-testing.yaml
+++ b/mbed-tls-restricted-pr-ci-testing.yaml
@@ -68,6 +68,9 @@
         discover-pr-forks-strategy: both
         discover-pr-forks-trust: permission
         head-filter-regex: 'PR-7959-(head|merge)|gh-readonly-queue/dev/bensze01/merge-queue-test/.*'
+        status-checks:
+          skip: true
+          skip-branch-source-notifications: true
         property-strategies:
           all-branches:
           - pipeline-branch-durability-override: performance-optimized