diff --git a/azure-pipelines.yml b/azure-pipelines.yml
index c7c8f78d9..3c288f1d6 100644
--- a/azure-pipelines.yml
+++ b/azure-pipelines.yml
@@ -17,130 +17,9 @@ variables:
     value: 14.x
 
 stages:
-  - stage: UnitTests
-    displayName: Run unit tests
-    jobs:
-      - job: unitTests
-        displayName: "Base build and unit tests"
-        strategy:
-          matrix:
-            Node14:
-              NODEVER: 14.x
-            Node16:
-              NODEVER: 16.x
-        steps:
-          - task: NodeTool@0
-            inputs:
-              versionSpec: "$(NODEVER)"
-            displayName: "Install Node.js"
-          - script: |
-              ./scripts/check-package-names.sh
-            displayName: "Check correct usage of Caliper package names"
-          - script: |
-              npm install
-              npm run bootstrap
-            displayName: "Install project dependencies"
-          - script: |
-              ./packages/caliper-publish/publish.js version check
-            displayName: "Check the version consistency of subpackages"
-          - script: |
-              npm test
-            displayName: "Run unit tests"
-
-  - stage: IntegrationTests
-    displayName: Run integration tests
-    condition: and(succeeded(), eq(variables['Build.Reason'], 'PullRequest'))
-    dependsOn: UnitTests
-    jobs:
-      - job: fabricIntegration
-        displayName: "Fabric Integration Test"
-        strategy:
-          matrix:
-            Node14:
-              NODEVER: 14.x
-            Node16:
-              NODEVER: 16.x
-        variables: { BENCHMARK: fabric }
-        steps:
-          - task: NodeTool@0
-            inputs:
-              versionSpec: "$(NODEVER)"
-            displayName: "Install Node.js"
-          - script: |
-              .build/benchmark-integration-test-direct.sh
-
-      - job: ethereumIntegration
-        displayName: "Ethereum Integration Test"
-        strategy:
-          matrix:
-            Node14:
-              NODEVER: 14.x
-            Node16:
-              NODEVER: 16.x
-        variables: { BENCHMARK: ethereum }
-        steps:
-          - task: NodeTool@0
-            inputs:
-              versionSpec: "$(NODEVER)"
-            displayName: "Install Node.js"
-          - script: |
-              .build/benchmark-integration-test-direct.sh
-
-      - job: besuIntegration
-        displayName: "Besu Integration Test"
-        strategy:
-          matrix:
-            Node14:
-              NODEVER: 14.x
-            Node16:
-              NODEVER: 16.x
-        variables: { BENCHMARK: besu }
-        steps:
-          - task: NodeTool@0
-            inputs:
-              versionSpec: "$(NODEVER)"
-            displayName: "Install Node.js"
-          - script: |
-              .build/benchmark-integration-test-direct.sh
-
-      - job: fiscoIntegration
-        displayName: "FISCO BCOS Integration Test"
-        strategy:
-          matrix:
-            Node14:
-              NODEVER: 14.x
-            Node16:
-              NODEVER: 16.x
-        variables: { BENCHMARK: fisco-bcos }
-        steps:
-          - task: NodeTool@0
-            inputs:
-              versionSpec: "$(NODEVER)"
-            displayName: "Install Node.js"
-          - script: |
-              .build/benchmark-integration-test-direct.sh
-
-      - job: generatorIntegration
-        displayName: "Generator Integration Test"
-        strategy:
-          matrix:
-            Node14:
-              NODEVER: 14.x
-            Node16:
-              NODEVER: 16.x
-        variables: { BENCHMARK: generator }
-        steps:
-          - task: NodeTool@0
-            inputs:
-              versionSpec: "$(NODEVER)"
-            displayName: "Install Node.js"
-          - script: |
-              .build/benchmark-integration-test-direct.sh
-
   - stage: Publish
     displayName: Publish Caliper
-    # having a blind succeeded here will not work if a preceding stage was skipped
-    condition: and(not(failed('UnitTests')), eq(variables['Build.Reason'], 'IndividualCI'))
+    condition: eq(variables['Build.Reason'], 'IndividualCI')
     jobs:
       - job: PublishCaliper
         displayName: "Publish Caliper to NPM and DockerHub"