diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
index a80cde18..6ac8b9a3 100644
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -73,14 +73,15 @@ jobs:
         distributions: "sdist bdist_wheel "
         on:
           all_branches: true
+          tags: false
           condition: $TRAVIS_BRANCH =~ ^release-candidate-*
-          condition: $TRAVIS_TAG = ""
       - provider: pypi
         user: drasmuss
         password: $PYPI_TOKEN
         distributions: "sdist bdist_wheel "
         on:
           all_branches: true
+          tags: true
           condition: $TRAVIS_TAG =~ ^v[0-9]*
 
 before_install:
diff --git a/CHANGES.rst b/CHANGES.rst
index 6c7d6273..e0385bea 100644
--- a/CHANGES.rst
+++ b/CHANGES.rst
@@ -22,6 +22,12 @@ Release History
 0.9.1 (unreleased)
 ==================
 
+**Fixed**
+
+- Fixed deployment tag conditional check in ``.travis.yml`` template. (`#83`_)
+
+.. _#83: https://github.com/nengo/nengo-bones/pull/83
+
 
 0.9.0 (January 28, 2020)
 ========================
diff --git a/nengo_bones/templates/.travis.yml.template b/nengo_bones/templates/.travis.yml.template
index b87ddd7c..280cd44b 100644
--- a/nengo_bones/templates/.travis.yml.template
+++ b/nengo_bones/templates/.travis.yml.template
@@ -54,14 +54,15 @@ jobs:
         distributions: "{% for dist in deploy_dists %}{{ dist }} {%+ endfor %}"
         on:
           all_branches: true
+          tags: false
           condition: $TRAVIS_BRANCH =~ ^release-candidate-*
-          condition: $TRAVIS_TAG = ""
       - provider: pypi
         user: {{ pypi_user }}
         password: $PYPI_TOKEN
         distributions: "{% for dist in deploy_dists %}{{ dist }} {%+ endfor %}"
         on:
           all_branches: true
+          tags: true
           condition: $TRAVIS_TAG =~ ^v[0-9]*
   {% endif %}