diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab-ci.yml
index 0f36a781..417398ec 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -1,3 +1,6 @@
+variables:
+  SKIP_E2E_TESTS: "false"
+
 stages:
   - pre 
   - build
@@ -25,5 +28,7 @@ build-layers:
       - artifact: ci/build-pipeline.yaml
         job: generator
     strategy: depend
+    forward:
+      pipeline_variables: true
   rules:
-    - when: on_success
+    - when: on_success
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diff --git a/ci/input_files/build.yaml.tpl b/ci/input_files/build.yaml.tpl
index 599160fb..10ff9984 100644
--- a/ci/input_files/build.yaml.tpl
+++ b/ci/input_files/build.yaml.tpl
@@ -142,6 +142,8 @@ publish-layer-{{ $environment_name }} ({{ $runtime.name }}-{{ $runtime.arch }}):
   tags: ["arch:amd64"]
   image: registry.ddbuild.io/images/docker:20.10-py3
   rules:
+    - if: '$SKIP_E2E_TESTS == "true"'
+      when: never
     - if: '"{{ $environment_name }}" == "sandbox" && $REGION == "{{ $e2e_region }}" && "{{ $runtime.arch }}" == "amd64"'
       when: on_success
     - if: '"{{ $environment_name }}" == "sandbox"'
@@ -247,6 +249,10 @@ e2e-test:
   trigger:
     project: DataDog/serverless-e2e-tests
     strategy: depend
+  rules:
+    - if: '$SKIP_E2E_TESTS == "true"'
+      when: never
+    - when: on_success
   variables:
       LANGUAGES_SUBSET: python
       # These env vars are inherited from the dotenv reports of the publish-layer jobs
@@ -267,6 +273,10 @@ e2e-test-status:
   image: registry.ddbuild.io/images/docker:20.10-py3
   tags: ["arch:amd64"]
   timeout: 3h
+  rules:
+    - if: '$SKIP_E2E_TESTS == "true"'
+      when: never
+    - when: on_success
   script: |
       GITLAB_API_TOKEN=$(aws ssm get-parameter --region us-east-1 --name "ci.${CI_PROJECT_NAME}.serverless-e2e-gitlab-token" --with-decryption --query "Parameter.Value" --out text)
       URL="${CI_API_V4_URL}/projects/${CI_PROJECT_ID}/pipelines/${CI_PIPELINE_ID}/bridges"