diff --git a/build-yocto.yml b/build-yocto.yml
index 836a52b80fa02e793cd74ac980addaea7b609328..43d55e5b504716f3a35d585472b096b9d9201a5c 100644
--- a/build-yocto.yml
+++ b/build-yocto.yml
@@ -134,6 +134,11 @@
     - .infrastructure
     - .package
   rules:
+    # FIXME: This is a workaround to prevent customer releases being uploaded to our
+    # public FTP area. It should be removed as soon as we support uploading to different
+    # FTP target folders.
+    - if: $HIDE_FTP_UPLOAD_STAGE
+      when: never
     - if: $CI_COMMIT_TAG
       when: manual
       allow_failure: true