diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab-ci.yml
index 88113d3e45f7be8869c741e0ba8b65e1aebf2e7c..90af36a95ac3f6ffa705d61348690c6999c6f7f5 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 variables:
   CORE_BUILD_SUBDIR: legal-core
   AZURE_COVERAGE_THRESHOLD: 80
+  AZURE_SKIP_COVERAGE: true
 
   AWS_BUILD_SUBDIR: provider/legal-aws/build-aws
   AWS_TEST_SUBDIR: testing/legal-test-aws
@@ -216,6 +217,10 @@ azure_containerize:
 azure_test:
   image: community.opengroup.org:5555/osdu/platform/deployment-and-operations/base-containers-azure/azure-maven17:v0.0.1
 
+azure_code_coverage:
+  variables:
+    AZURE_SKIP_COVERAGE: true
+
 aws-test-java:
   image: $CI_REGISTRY/osdu/platform/deployment-and-operations/base-containers-aws/aws-maven/aws-maven:v2.0