diff --git a/.drone.yml b/.drone.yml
index 9af5f9fb069..b1127562195 100644
--- a/.drone.yml
+++ b/.drone.yml
@@ -542,37 +542,6 @@ steps:
     NODE_OPTIONS: --max_old_space_size=8192
   image: node:18.12.0-alpine
   name: build-frontend-packages
-- commands:
-  - git clone "https://$${GITHUB_TOKEN}@github.com/grafana/grafana-enterprise.git"
-    --depth=1
-  - cd grafana-enterprise
-  - git fetch origin "refs/tags/*:refs/tags/*" --quiet
-  - if git show-ref --tags $${TEST_TAG} --quiet; then git tag -d $${TEST_TAG} && git
-    push --delete origin $${TEST_TAG}; fi
-  - git tag $${TEST_TAG} && git push origin $${TEST_TAG}
-  - cd -
-  - git fetch https://$${GITHUB_TOKEN}@github.com/grafana/grafana.git "refs/tags/*:refs/tags/*"
-    --quiet && git fetch --quiet
-  - if git show-ref --tags $${TEST_TAG} --quiet; then git tag -d $${TEST_TAG} && git
-    push --delete https://$${GITHUB_TOKEN}@github.com/grafana/grafana.git $${TEST_TAG};
-    fi
-  - git tag $${TEST_TAG} && git push https://$${GITHUB_TOKEN}@github.com/grafana/grafana.git
-    $${TEST_TAG}
-  environment:
-    GITHUB_TOKEN:
-      from_secret: github_token
-    TEST_TAG: v0.0.0-test
-  failure: ignore
-  image: alpine/git:2.40.1
-  name: trigger-test-release
-  when:
-    branch: main
-    paths:
-      include:
-      - .drone.yml
-      - pkg/build/**
-    repo:
-    - grafana/grafana
 - failure: ignore
   image: grafana/drone-downstream
   name: trigger-enterprise-downstream
@@ -4661,6 +4630,6 @@ kind: secret
 name: gcr_credentials
 ---
 kind: signature
-hmac: efc8706531a40b72753d483d3d8a7ba4941b5f54e0b21a68bcf47556a97a9ede
+hmac: 8713a4d7924e053d6b27acf7beec75ab6c1a85dc279f19c1819f989f7b015861
 
 ...
diff --git a/scripts/drone/pipelines/build.star b/scripts/drone/pipelines/build.star
index 753275befaa..88b5ed8e52a 100644
--- a/scripts/drone/pipelines/build.star
+++ b/scripts/drone/pipelines/build.star
@@ -18,7 +18,6 @@ load(
     "store_storybook_step",
     "test_a11y_frontend_step",
     "trigger_oss",
-    "trigger_test_release",
     "update_package_json_version",
     "upload_cdn_step",
     "upload_packages_step",
@@ -70,7 +69,6 @@ def build_e2e(trigger, ver_mode):
         build_steps.extend(
             [
                 build_frontend_package_step(),
-                trigger_test_release(),
                 enterprise_downstream_step(ver_mode = ver_mode),
             ],
         )
diff --git a/scripts/drone/steps/lib.star b/scripts/drone/steps/lib.star
index cab5d5f0c75..b1d414c8f97 100644
--- a/scripts/drone/steps/lib.star
+++ b/scripts/drone/steps/lib.star
@@ -1133,40 +1133,6 @@ def verify_gen_jsonnet_step():
         ],
     }
 
-def trigger_test_release():
-    return {
-        "name": "trigger-test-release",
-        "image": images["git"],
-        "environment": {
-            "GITHUB_TOKEN": from_secret("github_token"),
-            "TEST_TAG": "v0.0.0-test",
-        },
-        "commands": [
-            'git clone "https://$${GITHUB_TOKEN}@github.com/grafana/grafana-enterprise.git" --depth=1',
-            "cd grafana-enterprise",
-            'git fetch origin "refs/tags/*:refs/tags/*" --quiet',
-            "if git show-ref --tags $${TEST_TAG} --quiet; then git tag -d $${TEST_TAG} && git push --delete origin $${TEST_TAG}; fi",
-            "git tag $${TEST_TAG} && git push origin $${TEST_TAG}",
-            "cd -",
-            'git fetch https://$${GITHUB_TOKEN}@github.com/grafana/grafana.git "refs/tags/*:refs/tags/*" --quiet && git fetch --quiet',
-            "if git show-ref --tags $${TEST_TAG} --quiet; then git tag -d $${TEST_TAG} && git push --delete https://$${GITHUB_TOKEN}@github.com/grafana/grafana.git $${TEST_TAG}; fi",
-            "git tag $${TEST_TAG} && git push https://$${GITHUB_TOKEN}@github.com/grafana/grafana.git $${TEST_TAG}",
-        ],
-        "failure": "ignore",
-        "when": {
-            "paths": {
-                "include": [
-                    ".drone.yml",
-                    "pkg/build/**",
-                ],
-            },
-            "repo": [
-                "grafana/grafana",
-            ],
-            "branch": "main",
-        },
-    }
-
 def end_to_end_tests_deps():
     return [
         "end-to-end-tests-dashboards-suite",