diff --git a/.github/workflows/workload_checks.yml b/.github/workflows/workload_checks.yml
index 19dc0690d24ee..c333a6014f6e8 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/workload_checks.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/workload_checks.yml
@@ -85,97 +85,97 @@ jobs:
   ## BUILD
   ##
 
-  build-target:
-    name: Build target Vector container
-    runs-on: [linux, ubuntu-20.04-4core]
-    needs:
-      - compute-metadata
-    steps:
-      - uses: colpal/actions-clean@v1
-
-      - uses: actions/checkout@v3
-
-      - uses: actions/checkout@v3
-        with:
-          ref: ${{ needs.compute-metadata.outputs.target-sha }}
-          path: target-vector
-
-      - name: Set up Docker Buildx
-        id: buildx
-        uses: docker/setup-buildx-action@v3.0.0
-
-      - name: Build 'vector' target image
-        uses: docker/build-push-action@v5.0.0
-        with:
-          context: target-vector/
-          cache-from: type=gha
-          cache-to: type=gha,mode=max
-          file: regression/Dockerfile
-          builder: ${{ steps.buildx.outputs.name }}
-          outputs: type=docker,dest=${{ runner.temp }}/target-image.tar
-          tags: |
-            vector:${{ needs.compute-metadata.outputs.target-sha }}
-
-      - name: Upload image as artifact
-        uses: actions/upload-artifact@v3
-        with:
-          name: target-image
-          path: "${{ runner.temp }}/target-image.tar"
-
-  confirm-valid-credentials:
-    name: Confirm AWS credentials are minimally valid
-    runs-on: ubuntu-22.04
-    needs:
-      - compute-metadata
-    steps:
-      - name: Configure AWS Credentials
-        uses: aws-actions/configure-aws-credentials@v4.0.0
-        with:
-          aws-access-key-id: ${{ secrets.SINGLE_MACHINE_PERFORMANCE_BOT_ACCESS_KEY_ID }}
-          aws-secret-access-key: ${{ secrets.SINGLE_MACHINE_PERFORMANCE_BOT_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY }}
-          aws-region: us-west-2
-
-      - name: Download SMP binary
-        run: |
-          aws s3 cp s3://smp-cli-releases/v${{ needs.compute-metadata.outputs.smp-version }}/x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu/smp ${{ runner.temp }}/bin/smp
-
-  upload-target-image-to-ecr:
-    name: Upload target images to ECR
-    runs-on: ubuntu-22.04
-    needs:
-      - compute-metadata
-      - confirm-valid-credentials
-      - build-target
-    steps:
-      - name: 'Download target image'
-        uses: actions/download-artifact@v3
-        with:
-          name: target-image
-
-      - name: Load target image
-        run: |
-          docker load --input target-image.tar
-
-      - name: Configure AWS Credentials
-        uses: aws-actions/configure-aws-credentials@v4.0.0
-        with:
-          aws-access-key-id: ${{ secrets.SINGLE_MACHINE_PERFORMANCE_BOT_ACCESS_KEY_ID }}
-          aws-secret-access-key: ${{ secrets.SINGLE_MACHINE_PERFORMANCE_BOT_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY }}
-          aws-region: us-west-2
-
-      - name: Login to Amazon ECR
-        id: login-ecr
-        uses: aws-actions/amazon-ecr-login@v1
-
-      - name: Docker Login to ECR
-        uses: docker/login-action@v2
-        with:
-          registry: ${{ steps.login-ecr.outputs.registry }}
-
-      - name: Tag & push target image
-        run: |
-          docker tag vector:${{ needs.compute-metadata.outputs.target-sha }} ${{ steps.login-ecr.outputs.registry }}/${{ secrets.SINGLE_MACHINE_PERFORMANCE_TEAM_ID }}-vector:${{ needs.compute-metadata.outputs.target-sha }}
-          docker push ${{ steps.login-ecr.outputs.registry }}/${{ secrets.SINGLE_MACHINE_PERFORMANCE_TEAM_ID }}-vector:${{ needs.compute-metadata.outputs.target-sha }}
+#  build-target:
+#    name: Build target Vector container
+#    runs-on: [linux, ubuntu-20.04-4core]
+#    needs:
+#      - compute-metadata
+#    steps:
+#      - uses: colpal/actions-clean@v1
+#
+#      - uses: actions/checkout@v3
+#
+#      - uses: actions/checkout@v3
+#        with:
+#          ref: ${{ needs.compute-metadata.outputs.target-sha }}
+#          path: target-vector
+#
+#      - name: Set up Docker Buildx
+#        id: buildx
+#        uses: docker/setup-buildx-action@v3.0.0
+#
+#      - name: Build 'vector' target image
+#        uses: docker/build-push-action@v5.0.0
+#        with:
+#          context: target-vector/
+#          cache-from: type=gha
+#          cache-to: type=gha,mode=max
+#          file: regression/Dockerfile
+#          builder: ${{ steps.buildx.outputs.name }}
+#          outputs: type=docker,dest=${{ runner.temp }}/target-image.tar
+#          tags: |
+#            vector:${{ needs.compute-metadata.outputs.target-sha }}
+#
+#      - name: Upload image as artifact
+#        uses: actions/upload-artifact@v3
+#        with:
+#          name: target-image
+#          path: "${{ runner.temp }}/target-image.tar"
+#
+#  confirm-valid-credentials:
+#    name: Confirm AWS credentials are minimally valid
+#    runs-on: ubuntu-22.04
+#    needs:
+#      - compute-metadata
+#    steps:
+#      - name: Configure AWS Credentials
+#        uses: aws-actions/configure-aws-credentials@v4.0.0
+#        with:
+#          aws-access-key-id: ${{ secrets.SINGLE_MACHINE_PERFORMANCE_BOT_ACCESS_KEY_ID }}
+#          aws-secret-access-key: ${{ secrets.SINGLE_MACHINE_PERFORMANCE_BOT_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY }}
+#          aws-region: us-west-2
+#
+#      - name: Download SMP binary
+#        run: |
+#          aws s3 cp s3://smp-cli-releases/v${{ needs.compute-metadata.outputs.smp-version }}/x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu/smp ${{ runner.temp }}/bin/smp
+#
+#  upload-target-image-to-ecr:
+#    name: Upload target images to ECR
+#    runs-on: ubuntu-22.04
+#    needs:
+#      - compute-metadata
+#      - confirm-valid-credentials
+#      - build-target
+#    steps:
+#      - name: 'Download target image'
+#        uses: actions/download-artifact@v3
+#        with:
+#          name: target-image
+#
+#      - name: Load target image
+#        run: |
+#          docker load --input target-image.tar
+#
+#      - name: Configure AWS Credentials
+#        uses: aws-actions/configure-aws-credentials@v4.0.0
+#        with:
+#          aws-access-key-id: ${{ secrets.SINGLE_MACHINE_PERFORMANCE_BOT_ACCESS_KEY_ID }}
+#          aws-secret-access-key: ${{ secrets.SINGLE_MACHINE_PERFORMANCE_BOT_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY }}
+#          aws-region: us-west-2
+#
+#      - name: Login to Amazon ECR
+#        id: login-ecr
+#        uses: aws-actions/amazon-ecr-login@v1
+#
+#      - name: Docker Login to ECR
+#        uses: docker/login-action@v2
+#        with:
+#          registry: ${{ steps.login-ecr.outputs.registry }}
+#
+#      - name: Tag & push target image
+#        run: |
+#          docker tag vector:${{ needs.compute-metadata.outputs.target-sha }} ${{ steps.login-ecr.outputs.registry }}/${{ secrets.SINGLE_MACHINE_PERFORMANCE_TEAM_ID }}-vector:${{ needs.compute-metadata.outputs.target-sha }}
+#          docker push ${{ steps.login-ecr.outputs.registry }}/${{ secrets.SINGLE_MACHINE_PERFORMANCE_TEAM_ID }}-vector:${{ needs.compute-metadata.outputs.target-sha }}
 
   ##
   ## SUBMIT
@@ -224,7 +224,8 @@ jobs:
         run: |
           chmod +x ${{ runner.temp }}/bin/smp
 
-          TARGET_IMAGE =${{ steps.login-ecr.outputs.registry }}/${{ secrets.SINGLE_MACHINE_PERFORMANCE_TEAM_ID }}-vector:${{ needs.compute-metadata.outputs.target-sha }}
+#          TARGET_IMAGE =${{ steps.login-ecr.outputs.registry }}/${{ secrets.SINGLE_MACHINE_PERFORMANCE_TEAM_ID }}-vector:${{ needs.compute-metadata.outputs.target-sha }}
+          TARGET_IMAGE=timberio/vector:nightly-debian
           CURRENT_DATE=$(date --utc '+%Y_%m_%d')
 
           RUST_LOG="info,aws_config::profile::credentials=error"