diff --git a/buildspec.yml b/buildspec.yml
index 18d70b0..d17f58f 100644
--- a/buildspec.yml
+++ b/buildspec.yml
@@ -33,60 +33,3 @@ phases:
 
       # run unit tests
       - tox -e py36,py37,py38 test/unit
-
-      # define tags
-      - GENERIC_CPU_TAG="$FRAMEWORK_VERSION-mxnet-cpu-$BUILD_ID"
-      - DLC_CPU_TAG="$FRAMEWORK_VERSION-dlc-cpu-$BUILD_ID"
-      - DLC_GPU_TAG="$FRAMEWORK_VERSION-dlc-gpu-$BUILD_ID"
-      - DLC_EIA_TAG="$EIA_FRAMEWORK_VERSION-dlc-eia-$BUILD_ID"
-
-      # run local CPU integration tests (build and push the image to ECR repo)
-      - test_cmd="IGNORE_COVERAGE=- tox -e py36 -- test/integration/local --build-image --push-image --dockerfile-type mxnet.cpu --region $AWS_DEFAULT_REGION --docker-base-name $ECR_REPO --aws-id $ACCOUNT --framework-version $FRAMEWORK_VERSION --processor cpu --tag $GENERIC_CPU_TAG"
-      - execute-command-if-has-matching-changes "$test_cmd" "test/" "src/*.py" "setup.py" "setup.cfg" "buildspec.yml" "artifacts/*"
-      - test_cmd="IGNORE_COVERAGE=- tox -e py36 -- test/integration/local --build-image --push-image --dockerfile-type dlc.cpu --region $AWS_DEFAULT_REGION --docker-base-name $ECR_REPO --aws-id $ACCOUNT --framework-version $FRAMEWORK_VERSION --processor cpu --tag $DLC_CPU_TAG"
-      - execute-command-if-has-matching-changes "$test_cmd" "test/" "src/*.py" "setup.py" "setup.cfg" "buildspec.yml" "artifacts/*"
-
-      # launch remote GPU instance
-      - prefix='ml.'
-      - instance_type=${GPU_INSTANCE_TYPE#"$prefix"}
-      - create-key-pair
-      - launch-ec2-instance --instance-type $instance_type --ami-name dlami-ubuntu
-
-      # build GPU images because they are too big and take too long to build as part of the test
-      - python3.6 setup.py sdist
-      - build_dir="test/container/$FRAMEWORK_VERSION"
-      - $(aws ecr get-login --registry-ids $DLC_ACCOUNT --no-include-email --region $AWS_DEFAULT_REGION)
-      - docker build -f "$build_dir/Dockerfile.dlc.gpu" -t $PREPROD_IMAGE:$DLC_GPU_TAG --build-arg region=$AWS_DEFAULT_REGION .
-      # push images to ECR
-      - $(aws ecr get-login --registry-ids $ACCOUNT --no-include-email --region $AWS_DEFAULT_REGION)
-      - docker push $PREPROD_IMAGE:$DLC_GPU_TAG
-
-      # run GPU local integration tests
-      - printf "$SETUP_CMDS" > $SETUP_FILE
-      - dlc_cmd="IGNORE_COVERAGE=- tox -e py36 -- test/integration/local --region $AWS_DEFAULT_REGION --docker-base-name $ECR_REPO --aws-id $ACCOUNT --framework-version $FRAMEWORK_VERSION --processor gpu --tag $DLC_GPU_TAG"
-      - test_cmd="remote-test --github-repo $GITHUB_REPO --test-cmd \"$dlc_cmd\" --setup-file $SETUP_FILE --pr-number \"$PR_NUM\""
-      - execute-command-if-has-matching-changes "$test_cmd" "test/" "src/*.py" "setup.py" "setup.cfg" "buildspec.yml" "artifacts/*"
-
-      # run CPU sagemaker integration tests
-      - test_cmd="IGNORE_COVERAGE=- tox -e py36 -- test/integration/sagemaker --region $AWS_DEFAULT_REGION --docker-base-name $ECR_REPO --aws-id $ACCOUNT --framework-version $FRAMEWORK_VERSION --processor cpu --instance-type $CPU_INSTANCE_TYPE --tag $GENERIC_CPU_TAG"
-      - execute-command-if-has-matching-changes "$test_cmd" "test/" "src/*.py" "setup.py" "setup.cfg" "buildspec.yml" "artifacts/*"
-      - test_cmd="IGNORE_COVERAGE=- tox -e py36 -- test/integration/sagemaker --region $AWS_DEFAULT_REGION --docker-base-name $ECR_REPO --aws-id $ACCOUNT --framework-version $FRAMEWORK_VERSION --processor cpu --instance-type $CPU_INSTANCE_TYPE --tag $DLC_CPU_TAG"
-      - execute-command-if-has-matching-changes "$test_cmd" "test/" "src/*.py" "setup.py" "setup.cfg" "buildspec.yml" "artifacts/*"
-
-      # run GPU sagemaker integration tests
-      - test_cmd="IGNORE_COVERAGE=- tox -e py36 -- test/integration/sagemaker --region $AWS_DEFAULT_REGION --docker-base-name $ECR_REPO --aws-id $ACCOUNT --framework-version $FRAMEWORK_VERSION --processor gpu --instance-type $GPU_INSTANCE_TYPE --tag $DLC_GPU_TAG"
-      - execute-command-if-has-matching-changes "$test_cmd" "test/" "src/*.py" "setup.py" "setup.cfg" "buildspec.yml" "artifacts/*"
-
-      # run EIA tests
-      - test_cmd="IGNORE_COVERAGE=- tox -e py36 -- test/integration/sagemaker/test_elastic_inference.py --build-image --push-image --dockerfile-type dlc.eia --region $AWS_DEFAULT_REGION --docker-base-name $ECR_REPO --aws-id $ACCOUNT --framework-version $EIA_FRAMEWORK_VERSION --processor cpu --instance-type $CPU_INSTANCE_TYPE --tag $DLC_EIA_TAG  --accelerator-type $EI_ACCELERATOR_TYPE"
-      - execute-command-if-has-matching-changes "$test_cmd" "test/" "src/*.py" "setup.py" "setup.cfg" "buildspec.yml" "artifacts/*"
-
-    finally:
-      # shut down remote GPU instance
-      - cleanup-gpu-instances
-      - cleanup-key-pairs
-
-      # remove ECR image
-      - aws ecr batch-delete-image --repository-name $ECR_REPO --region $AWS_DEFAULT_REGION --image-ids imageTag=$GENERIC_CPU_TAG
-      - aws ecr batch-delete-image --repository-name $ECR_REPO --region $AWS_DEFAULT_REGION --image-ids imageTag=$DLC_CPU_TAG
-      - aws ecr batch-delete-image --repository-name $ECR_REPO --region $AWS_DEFAULT_REGION --image-ids imageTag=$DLC_GPU_TAG