diff --git a/.buildkite/pipelines/artifacts.yml b/.buildkite/pipelines/artifacts.yml
index eac479d4d450f..7df298691dab8 100644
--- a/.buildkite/pipelines/artifacts.yml
+++ b/.buildkite/pipelines/artifacts.yml
@@ -51,17 +51,6 @@ steps:
         - exit_status: '*'
           limit: 1
 
-  - command: .buildkite/scripts/steps/artifacts/cloud.sh
-    label: 'Cloud Deployment'
-    agents:
-      queue: n2-2
-    timeout_in_minutes: 30
-    if: "build.env('RELEASE_BUILD') == null || build.env('RELEASE_BUILD') == '' || build.env('RELEASE_BUILD') == 'false'"
-    retry:
-      automatic:
-        - exit_status: '*'
-          limit: 1
-
   - wait
 
   - command: .buildkite/scripts/steps/artifacts/publish.sh
diff --git a/.buildkite/scripts/steps/artifacts/env.sh b/.buildkite/scripts/steps/artifacts/env.sh
index ea2850ff9a38a..7dafb620bdd9d 100755
--- a/.buildkite/scripts/steps/artifacts/env.sh
+++ b/.buildkite/scripts/steps/artifacts/env.sh
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ if [[ "$RELEASE_BUILD" == "true" ]]; then
   WORKFLOW="staging"
 else
   FULL_VERSION="$QUALIFIER_VERSION-SNAPSHOT"
-  BUILD_ARGS="--version-qualifier=$VERSION_QUALIFIER"
+  BUILD_ARGS="--skip-docker-cloud --version-qualifier=$VERSION_QUALIFIER"
   WORKFLOW="snapshot"
 fi
 
diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 588c185b17a0b..848938d5f0ad2 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -98,4 +98,4 @@ elastic-agent-*
 fleet-server-*
 elastic-agent.yml
 fleet-server.yml
-
+/packages/kbn-synthetic-package-map/synthetic-packages.json