diff --git a/.pipelines/ci.yml b/.pipelines/ci.yml
index f72a909be8e..5a9a548c761 100644
--- a/.pipelines/ci.yml
+++ b/.pipelines/ci.yml
@@ -28,8 +28,7 @@ variables:
   - name: VERSION
     value: $(TAG)
   - name: PR_TAG
-    value: $[ coalesce(contains(variables, 'System.PullRequest.PullRequestId') && variables['System.PullRequest.PullRequestId'] != '', 
-                       format('pr-{0}-{1}', variables['System.PullRequest.PullRequestId'], variables['System.PullRequest.SourceCommitId']), '') ]
+    value: $[ coalesce(format('pr-{0}-{1}', variables['System.PullRequest.PullRequestId'], variables['System.PullRequest.SourceCommitId']), '') ]
   - name: MASTER_TAG
     value: $[ coalesce(format('master-{0}', variables['Build.SourceVersion']), '') ]
   - name: TAG