diff --git a/.github/workflows/create-test-matrices/action.yml b/.github/workflows/create-test-matrices/action.yml
index 9765b39093..626700bcb4 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/create-test-matrices/action.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/create-test-matrices/action.yml
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@ runs:
           id: load-host-matrix
           shell: bash
           run: |
-              CONDITION=$(( ${{ inputs.containers }} == "true" ? ".IMAGE?" : ".IMAGE == null" ))
+              CONDITION=$([ ${{ inputs.containers }} == "true" ] ? ".IMAGE?" : ".IMAGE == null" )
               echo 'Select runners (VMs) to run tests on'
               if [[ "${{ github.event_name }}" == "pull_request" || "${{ github.event_name }}" == "push" || "${{ inputs.run-full-matrix }}" == "false" ]]; then
                   echo 'Pick runners marked as '"run": "always"' only - on PR, push or manually triggered job which does not require full matrix'
diff --git a/.github/workflows/node.yml b/.github/workflows/node.yml
index cd764a9cae..e398519daf 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/node.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/node.yml
@@ -75,7 +75,7 @@ jobs:
               with:
                   language-name: node
                   # Run full test matrix if job started by cron or it was explictly specified by a person who triggered the workflow
-                  run-full-matrix: ${{ github.event.inputs.full-matrix == 'true' || github.event_name == 'schedule' || 'false' }}
+                  run-full-matrix: ${{ github.event.inputs.full-matrix == 'true' || github.event_name == 'schedule' }}
                   containers: false
 
     test-node:
@@ -264,7 +264,7 @@ jobs:
         runs-on: ubuntu-latest
         # using `needs` instead of `if` to ensure that same condition applied
         needs: [get-matrices]
-        if: ${{ github.event.inputs.full-matrix == 'true' || github.event_name == 'schedule' || 'false' }}
+        if: ${{ github.event.inputs.full-matrix == 'true' || github.event_name == 'schedule' }}
         outputs:
             engine-matrix-output: ${{ steps.get-matrices.outputs.engine-matrix-output }}
             host-matrix-output: ${{ steps.get-matrices.outputs.host-matrix-output }}