diff --git a/.cirrus.yml b/.cirrus.yml
index b03fac2b26b..9ed08d750e2 100644
--- a/.cirrus.yml
+++ b/.cirrus.yml
@@ -194,13 +194,11 @@ precommit_task:
   matrix:
     - name: amd64 smoke test using internal ci systems
       only_if: $CIRRUS_REPO_FULL_NAME != 'freebsd/freebsd-src' || $CIRRUS_BRANCH =~ 'pull/.*'
-      trigger_type: manual
       env:
         TARGET: amd64
         TARGET_ARCH: amd64
     - name: aarch64 smoke test using internal ci systems
       only_if: $CIRRUS_REPO_FULL_NAME != 'freebsd/freebsd-src' || $CIRRUS_BRANCH =~ 'pull/.*'
-      trigger_type: manual
       env:
         TARGET: arm64
         TARGET_ARCH: aarch64
@@ -213,7 +211,7 @@ precommit_task:
     - pkg --version
 
   ci_script:
-    - make -C tests/ci TARGET=${TARGET} TARGET_ARCH=${TARGET_ARCH} CITYPE=smoke ci
+    - make -C tests/ci TARGET=${TARGET} TARGET_ARCH=${TARGET_ARCH} CIENV=cirrus CITYPE=smoke ci
 
   post_script:
     - df -m