diff --git a/.ado/publish.yml b/.ado/publish.yml
index c6272d66237b2c..ecc64ee437300a 100644
--- a/.ado/publish.yml
+++ b/.ado/publish.yml
@@ -55,7 +55,9 @@ extends:
          - job: RNGithubNpmJSPublish
            displayName: NPM Publish React-native-macos
            pool:
-             vmImage: $(vmImageApple)
+             name: cxeiss-ubuntu-20-04-large
+             image: cxe-ubuntu-20-04-1es-pt
+             os: linux
            variables:
              - name: BUILDSECMON_OPT_IN
                value: true
diff --git a/.ado/templates/apple-steps-publish.yml b/.ado/templates/apple-steps-publish.yml
index a5bffdd37e646c..9be7f5e747894a 100644
--- a/.ado/templates/apple-steps-publish.yml
+++ b/.ado/templates/apple-steps-publish.yml
@@ -2,8 +2,6 @@ parameters:
   build_type: ''
 
 steps:
-  - template: /.ado/templates/apple-tools-setup.yml@self
-
   - task: CmdLine@2
     displayName: yarn install (local react-native-macos)
     inputs: