diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab-ci.yml
index bbe4197a41..30371b94dc 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -66,7 +66,7 @@ variables:
   fi
   if [[ "$SETUP_TOOLS" == "1" || "$CI_JOB_STAGE" != "target_test" ]]; then
   tools/idf_tools.py --non-interactive install && eval "$(tools/idf_tools.py --non-interactive export)" || exit 1
-    if [[ ! -z "$OOCD_DISTRO_URL" ]]; then
+    if [[ ! -z "$OOCD_DISTRO_URL" && "$CI_JOB_STAGE" == "target_test" ]]; then
     echo "Using custom OpenOCD from ${OOCD_DISTRO_URL}"
     wget $OOCD_DISTRO_URL
     ARCH_NAME=$(basename $OOCD_DISTRO_URL)