diff --git a/tests/mooncake-ci-test/install.sh b/tests/mooncake-ci-test/install.sh
index b37c7528ed13d3161ea29b3da135a3ccc7d51d47..2b03a227b214324c5ad375016dda9d892bfe8e4d 100644
--- a/tests/mooncake-ci-test/install.sh
+++ b/tests/mooncake-ci-test/install.sh
@@ -47,13 +47,18 @@ extract_src()
             patch_file="${TONE_BM_BUILD_DIR}/pr-${PR_ID}.patch"
             
             if curl --fail -L -o "${patch_file}" "${patch_url}"; then
-                cd "${TONE_BM_BUILD_DIR}/Mooncake"
-                git apply "${patch_file}"
-                if [ $? -ne 0 ]; then
-                    echo "ERROR: Failed to apply patch from ${patch_url}"
-                    exit 1
+                if grep -q "^diff --git a/scripts/tone_tests/" "${patch_file}"; then
+                    echo "Patch contains changes to scripts/tone_tests/, applying..."
+                    cd "${TONE_BM_BUILD_DIR}/Mooncake"
+                    git apply -v "${patch_file}"
+                    if [ $? -ne 0 ]; then
+                        echo "ERROR: Failed to apply patch from ${patch_url}"
+                        exit 1
+                    fi
+                    cd - > /dev/null
+                else
+                    echo "Patch does not contain changes to scripts/tone_tests/, skipping..."
                 fi
-                cd - > /dev/null
             else
                 echo "ERROR: Failed to download patch from ${patch_url}"
                 exit 1