diff --git a/doc/source/airskiff.rst b/doc/source/airskiff.rst
index aa74a0c0c..506ffb152 100644
--- a/doc/source/airskiff.rst
+++ b/doc/source/airskiff.rst
@@ -97,10 +97,10 @@ Restart your shell session
 At this point, restart your shell session to complete adding ``$USER`` to the
 ``docker`` group.
 
-Build Airship components
-~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+Clone Dependencies
+~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
 
-.. literalinclude:: ../../tools/deployment/airskiff/developer/005-make-airship.sh
+.. literalinclude:: ../../tools/deployment/airskiff/developer/005-clone-dependencies.sh
     :language: shell
     :lines: 1,18-
 
@@ -108,7 +108,7 @@ Alternatively, this step can be performed by running the script directly:
 
 .. code-block:: shell
 
-  ./tools/deployment/airskiff/developer/005-make-airship.sh
+  ./tools/deployment/airskiff/developer/005-clone-dependencies.sh
 
 Deploy Kubernetes with KubeADM
 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
diff --git a/tools/deployment/airskiff/developer/005-make-airship.sh b/tools/deployment/airskiff/developer/005-clone-dependencies.sh
similarity index 79%
rename from tools/deployment/airskiff/developer/005-make-airship.sh
rename to tools/deployment/airskiff/developer/005-clone-dependencies.sh
index 19d2eb45d..bfe1fb799 100755
--- a/tools/deployment/airskiff/developer/005-make-airship.sh
+++ b/tools/deployment/airskiff/developer/005-clone-dependencies.sh
@@ -17,31 +17,22 @@
 
 set -xe
 
-# NOTE(drewwalters96): Build Airship components locally, for use as a
-#   as a development environment.
-
 CURRENT_DIR="$(pwd)"
 : "${INSTALL_PATH:="../"}"
+: "${OSH_INFRA_COMMIT:="ef3adc4d0e5d26e74590d2f78400f7e1d800dbcb"}"
 
 cd ${INSTALL_PATH}
+
+# Clone Airship projects
 git clone https://git.openstack.org/openstack/airship-armada.git
-cd airship-armada && make images
-
-cd ${INSTALL_PATH}
 git clone https://git.openstack.org/openstack/airship-deckhand.git
-cd airship-deckhand && make
-
-cd ${INSTALL_PATH}
-git clone https://git.openstack.org/openstack/airship-shipyard.git
-cd airship-shipyard && make
-
-cd ${INSTALL_PATH}
 git clone https://git.openstack.org/openstack/airship-pegleg.git
+git clone https://git.openstack.org/openstack/airship-shipyard.git
 
 # Clone dependencies
 git clone https://git.openstack.org/openstack/openstack-helm-infra.git
 
 cd openstack-helm-infra
-git checkout ef3adc4d0e5d26e74590d2f78400f7e1d800dbcb
+git checkout "${OSH_INFRA_COMMIT}"
 
 cd "${CURRENT_DIR}"
diff --git a/tools/deployment/airskiff/manifests/airship.yaml b/tools/deployment/airskiff/manifests/airship.yaml
index 97c12ec9d..f35a1f003 100644
--- a/tools/deployment/airskiff/manifests/airship.yaml
+++ b/tools/deployment/airskiff/manifests/airship.yaml
@@ -283,12 +283,6 @@ data:
     labels:
       release_group: airship-shipyard
   values:
-    images:
-      tags:
-        shipyard:         'quay.io/airshipit/shipyard:untagged'
-        shipyard_db_sync: 'quay.io/airshipit/shipyard:untagged'
-        airflow:          'quay.io/airshipit/airflow:untagged'
-        airflow_db_sync:  'quay.io/airshipit/airflow:untagged'
     pod:
       replicas:
         shipyard:
diff --git a/tools/gate/playbooks/airskiff-deploy-gate.yaml b/tools/gate/playbooks/airskiff-deploy-gate.yaml
index d796413d5..3ed296fe8 100644
--- a/tools/gate/playbooks/airskiff-deploy-gate.yaml
+++ b/tools/gate/playbooks/airskiff-deploy-gate.yaml
@@ -21,27 +21,6 @@
         chdir: "{{ zuul.project.src_dir }}"
       become: yes
 
-    - name: Build Armada
-      shell: |
-        make images
-      args:
-        chdir: "{{ zuul.projects['git.openstack.org/openstack/airship-armada'].src_dir }}"
-      become: yes
-
-    - name: Build Deckhand
-      shell: |
-        make
-      args:
-        chdir: "{{ zuul.projects['git.openstack.org/openstack/airship-deckhand'].src_dir }}"
-      become: yes
-
-    - name: Build Shipyard
-      shell: |
-        make
-      args:
-        chdir: "{{ zuul.projects['git.openstack.org/openstack/airship-shipyard'].src_dir }}"
-      become: yes
-
     - name: Deploy Kubernetes with KubeADM
       shell: |
         ./tools/deployment/airskiff/developer/010-deploy-k8s.sh