diff --git a/.buildkite/scripts/dra-workflow.trigger.sh b/.buildkite/scripts/dra-workflow.trigger.sh
index e54348a81ee03..2d62c4880d123 100755
--- a/.buildkite/scripts/dra-workflow.trigger.sh
+++ b/.buildkite/scripts/dra-workflow.trigger.sh
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ source .buildkite/scripts/branches.sh
 
 for BRANCH in "${BRANCHES[@]}"; do
   if [[ "$BRANCH" == "9.0" ]]; then
-    export VERSION_QUALIFIER="rc1"
+    continue
   fi
 
   INTAKE_PIPELINE_SLUG="elasticsearch-intake"