diff --git a/tools/build/onos-release b/tools/build/onos-release
index f8ff1c5f16..774b0dea22 100755
--- a/tools/build/onos-release
+++ b/tools/build/onos-release
@@ -27,7 +27,6 @@ onos-validate-change-version
 
 # Build ONOS & deploy to staging repo using the release profile.
 onos-buck build onos
-onos-buck test
 time onos-buck-publish
 
 # Build ONOS docs