diff --git a/.drone.jsonnet b/.drone.jsonnet
index 227a77277e1..60463b6446a 100644
--- a/.drone.jsonnet
+++ b/.drone.jsonnet
@@ -221,7 +221,6 @@ local build(arch, deb_arch) = {
     trigger: {
       event: [
         "push",
-        "pull_request",
         "tag"
       ]
     },
diff --git a/.syncloud/config/snapd.service b/.syncloud/config/snapd.service
index 41e98b4c7c0..bc39e6f5107 100644
--- a/.syncloud/config/snapd.service
+++ b/.syncloud/config/snapd.service
@@ -16,6 +16,9 @@ OnFailure=snapd.failure.service
 # (https://bugs.launchpad.net/snapd/+bug/1709536)
 #Nice=-5
 OOMScoreAdjust=-900
+# Syncloud runs no serial vault, so skip snapd device registration (avoids the
+# perpetual "Initialize device" error from the trusted-baked account-key)
+ExecStartPre=/bin/sh -c 'mkdir -p /run/snapd && touch /run/snapd/noregister'
 ExecStart=/usr/lib/snapd/snapd
 #Environment=LD_LIBRARY_PATH=/usr/lib/snapd/lib
 Environment=SNAPPY_FORCE_API_URL=https://api.store.syncloud.org SNAPD_CONFIGURE_HOOK_TIMEOUT=2h