Various aspects of the present disclosure generally relate to wireless communication. In some aspects, a user equipment (UE) may receive, from a base station, a configuration for periodic communications. The UE may determine that the UE has successfully received a respective initial transmission in each transmission cycle of a threshold number of transmission cycles associated with the periodic communications. The UE may deactivate repetitions in one or more transmission cycles based at least in part on the determination. Numerous other aspects are provided.