diff --git a/ci-operator/config/openshift-service-mesh/federation/openshift-service-mesh-federation-master.yaml b/ci-operator/config/openshift-service-mesh/federation/openshift-service-mesh-federation-master.yaml
index f5c519bfb680..0352713c0498 100644
--- a/ci-operator/config/openshift-service-mesh/federation/openshift-service-mesh-federation-master.yaml
+++ b/ci-operator/config/openshift-service-mesh/federation/openshift-service-mesh-federation-master.yaml
@@ -28,12 +28,6 @@ resources:
       cpu: "2"
       memory: 2Gi
 tests:
-- as: build
-  commands: |
-    make build
-  container:
-    from: src
-  timeout: 20m0s
 - as: unit-test
   commands: |
     make test
diff --git a/ci-operator/jobs/openshift-service-mesh/federation/openshift-service-mesh-federation-master-presubmits.yaml b/ci-operator/jobs/openshift-service-mesh/federation/openshift-service-mesh-federation-master-presubmits.yaml
index 66c22268c682..823b4af2f72e 100644
--- a/ci-operator/jobs/openshift-service-mesh/federation/openshift-service-mesh-federation-master-presubmits.yaml
+++ b/ci-operator/jobs/openshift-service-mesh/federation/openshift-service-mesh-federation-master-presubmits.yaml
@@ -1,61 +1,5 @@
 presubmits:
   openshift-service-mesh/federation:
-  - agent: kubernetes
-    always_run: true
-    branches:
-    - ^master$
-    - ^master-
-    cluster: build01
-    context: ci/prow/build
-    decorate: true
-    decoration_config:
-      skip_cloning: true
-      timeout: 20m0s
-    labels:
-      ci.openshift.io/generator: prowgen
-      pj-rehearse.openshift.io/can-be-rehearsed: "true"
-    name: pull-ci-openshift-service-mesh-federation-master-build
-    rerun_command: /test build
-    spec:
-      containers:
-      - args:
-        - --gcs-upload-secret=/secrets/gcs/service-account.json
-        - --image-import-pull-secret=/etc/pull-secret/.dockerconfigjson
-        - --report-credentials-file=/etc/report/credentials
-        - --target=build
-        command:
-        - ci-operator
-        image: ci-operator:latest
-        imagePullPolicy: Always
-        name: ""
-        resources:
-          requests:
-            cpu: 10m
-        volumeMounts:
-        - mountPath: /secrets/gcs
-          name: gcs-credentials
-          readOnly: true
-        - mountPath: /secrets/manifest-tool
-          name: manifest-tool-local-pusher
-          readOnly: true
-        - mountPath: /etc/pull-secret
-          name: pull-secret
-          readOnly: true
-        - mountPath: /etc/report
-          name: result-aggregator
-          readOnly: true
-      serviceAccountName: ci-operator
-      volumes:
-      - name: manifest-tool-local-pusher
-        secret:
-          secretName: manifest-tool-local-pusher
-      - name: pull-secret
-        secret:
-          secretName: registry-pull-credentials
-      - name: result-aggregator
-        secret:
-          secretName: result-aggregator
-    trigger: (?m)^/test( | .* )build,?($|\s.*)
   - agent: kubernetes
     always_run: true
     branches: