diff --git a/jenkins/jobs/aodh.yaml b/jenkins/jobs/aodh.yaml
index 4ed7d07e66..86dbd059f8 100644
--- a/jenkins/jobs/aodh.yaml
+++ b/jenkins/jobs/aodh.yaml
@@ -57,6 +57,7 @@
           export DEVSTACK_GATE_TEMPEST_REGEX="^aodh\."
           export DEVSTACK_GATE_TEMPEST_ALL_PLUGINS=1
           export PROJECTS="openstack/aodh $PROJECTS"
+          export AODH_BACKEND={backend}
           export DEVSTACK_LOCAL_CONFIG="enable_plugin aodh git://git.openstack.org/openstack/aodh"
           if [ "{backend}" = "postgresql" ] ; then
               export DEVSTACK_GATE_POSTGRES=1
@@ -64,19 +65,6 @@
           if [ "x{network}" = "x-neutron" ] ; then
               export DEVSTACK_GATE_NEUTRON=1
           fi
-
-          function gate_hook {{
-              cd /opt/stack/new/aodh/devstack/gate
-              ./gate_hook.sh {backend}
-          }}
-          export -f gate_hook
-
-          function post_test_hook {{
-              cd /opt/stack/new/aodh/aodh/tests/functional/hooks
-              ./post_test_hook.sh {backend}
-          }}
-          export -f post_test_hook
-
           cp devstack-gate/devstack-vm-gate-wrap.sh ./safe-devstack-vm-gate-wrap.sh
           ./safe-devstack-vm-gate-wrap.sh