diff --git a/substrate/.gitlab-ci.yml b/substrate/.gitlab-ci.yml
index 9619e60043..d29fb27ec4 100644
--- a/substrate/.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/substrate/.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -119,6 +119,11 @@ default:
     - if: $CI_COMMIT_REF_NAME == "tags"
     - if: $CI_COMMIT_REF_NAME =~ /^v[0-9]+\.[0-9]+.*$/              # i.e. v1.0, v2.1rc1
 
+.nightly-pipeline:                 &nightly-pipeline
+  rules:
+    # this job runs only on nightly pipeline with the mentioned variable, against `master` branch
+    - if: $CI_COMMIT_REF_NAME == "master" && $CI_PIPELINE_SOURCE == "schedule" && $PIPELINE == "nightly"
+
 #### stage:                       .pre
 
 skip-if-draft:
@@ -199,17 +204,7 @@ test-prometheus-alerting-rules:
 cargo-deny:
   stage:                           test
   <<:                              *docker-env
-  rules:
-    - if: $CI_PIPELINE_SOURCE == "pipeline"
-      when: never
-    - changes:
-      - "Cargo.lock"
-      - "**/Cargo.toml"
-    - if: $CI_PIPELINE_SOURCE == "web"
-    - if: $CI_PIPELINE_SOURCE == "schedule"
-    - if: $CI_COMMIT_REF_NAME == "master"
-    - if: $CI_COMMIT_REF_NAME == "tags"
-    - if: $CI_COMMIT_REF_NAME =~ /^v[0-9]+\.[0-9]+.*$/              # i.e. v1.0, v2.1rc1
+  <<:                              *nightly-pipeline
   script:
     - cargo deny check --hide-inclusion-graph -c .maintain/deny.toml
   after_script:
@@ -654,9 +649,7 @@ deploy-prometheus-alerting-rules:
 
 trigger-simnet:
   stage:                           deploy
-  rules:
-    # this job runs only on nightly pipeline with the mentioned variable, against `master` branch
-    - if: $CI_COMMIT_REF_NAME == "master" && $CI_PIPELINE_SOURCE == "schedule" && $PIPELINE == "nightly"
+  <<:                              *nightly-pipeline
   needs:
     - job:                         publish-docker-substrate
   trigger: