diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.d/buildtest-template.yml b/.gitlab-ci.d/buildtest-template.yml
index 39da7698b09..13fa4f4a4fc 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci.d/buildtest-template.yml
+++ b/.gitlab-ci.d/buildtest-template.yml
@@ -95,7 +95,6 @@
   cache:
     key: "${CI_JOB_NAME}-cache"
     paths:
-      - ${CI_PROJECT_DIR}/avocado-cache
       - ${CI_PROJECT_DIR}/functional-cache
     policy: pull-push
   artifacts:
@@ -109,16 +108,6 @@
     reports:
       junit: build/tests/results/latest/results.xml
   before_script:
-    - mkdir -p ~/.config/avocado
-    - echo "[datadir.paths]" > ~/.config/avocado/avocado.conf
-    - echo "cache_dirs = ['${CI_PROJECT_DIR}/avocado-cache']"
-           >> ~/.config/avocado/avocado.conf
-    - echo -e '[job.output.testlogs]\nstatuses = ["FAIL", "INTERRUPT"]'
-           >> ~/.config/avocado/avocado.conf
-    - if [ -d ${CI_PROJECT_DIR}/avocado-cache ]; then
-        du -chs ${CI_PROJECT_DIR}/*-cache ;
-      fi
-    - export AVOCADO_ALLOW_UNTRUSTED_CODE=1
     - export QEMU_TEST_ALLOW_UNTRUSTED_CODE=1
     - export QEMU_TEST_CACHE_DIR=${CI_PROJECT_DIR}/functional-cache
   after_script:
diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.d/buildtest.yml b/.gitlab-ci.d/buildtest.yml
index 00f4bfcd9f3..431bc07d8fb 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci.d/buildtest.yml
+++ b/.gitlab-ci.d/buildtest.yml
@@ -29,8 +29,7 @@ functional-system-alpine:
       artifacts: true
   variables:
     IMAGE: alpine
-    MAKE_CHECK_ARGS: check-avocado check-functional
-    AVOCADO_TAGS: arch:avr arch:loongarch64 arch:mips64 arch:mipsel
+    MAKE_CHECK_ARGS: check-functional
 
 build-system-ubuntu:
   extends:
@@ -60,8 +59,7 @@ functional-system-ubuntu:
       artifacts: true
   variables:
     IMAGE: ubuntu2204
-    MAKE_CHECK_ARGS: check-avocado check-functional
-    AVOCADO_TAGS: arch:alpha arch:microblazeel arch:mips64el
+    MAKE_CHECK_ARGS: check-functional
 
 build-system-debian:
   extends:
@@ -92,8 +90,7 @@ functional-system-debian:
       artifacts: true
   variables:
     IMAGE: debian
-    MAKE_CHECK_ARGS: check-avocado check-functional
-    AVOCADO_TAGS: arch:arm arch:i386 arch:riscv64 arch:sh4 arch:sparc arch:xtensa
+    MAKE_CHECK_ARGS: check-functional
 
 crash-test-debian:
   extends: .native_test_job_template
@@ -155,9 +152,7 @@ functional-system-fedora:
       artifacts: true
   variables:
     IMAGE: fedora
-    MAKE_CHECK_ARGS: check-avocado check-functional
-    AVOCADO_TAGS: arch:microblaze arch:mips arch:xtensa arch:m68k
-      arch:riscv32 arch:ppc arch:sparc64
+    MAKE_CHECK_ARGS: check-functional
 
 crash-test-fedora:
   extends: .native_test_job_template
@@ -278,9 +273,7 @@ functional-system-centos:
       artifacts: true
   variables:
     IMAGE: centos9
-    MAKE_CHECK_ARGS: check-avocado check-functional
-    AVOCADO_TAGS: arch:ppc64 arch:or1k arch:s390x arch:x86_64 arch:rx
-      arch:sh4
+    MAKE_CHECK_ARGS: check-functional
 
 build-system-opensuse:
   extends:
@@ -309,8 +302,7 @@ functional-system-opensuse:
       artifacts: true
   variables:
     IMAGE: opensuse-leap
-    MAKE_CHECK_ARGS: check-avocado check-functional
-    AVOCADO_TAGS: arch:s390x arch:x86_64 arch:aarch64
+    MAKE_CHECK_ARGS: check-functional
 
 #
 # Flaky tests. We don't run these by default and they are allow fail
@@ -338,10 +330,9 @@ functional-system-flaky:
   allow_failure: true
   variables:
     IMAGE: debian
-    MAKE_CHECK_ARGS: check-avocado check-functional
+    MAKE_CHECK_ARGS: check-functional
     QEMU_JOB_OPTIONAL: 1
     QEMU_TEST_FLAKY_TESTS: 1
-    AVOCADO_TAGS: flaky
 
 # This jobs explicitly disable TCG (--disable-tcg), KVM is detected by
 # the configure script. The container doesn't contain Xen headers so
@@ -482,8 +473,8 @@ clang-user:
 # Since slirp callbacks are used in QEMU Timers, we cannot use libslirp with
 # CFI builds, and thus have to disable it here.
 #
-# Split in three sets of build/check/avocado to limit the execution time of each
-# job
+# Split in three sets of build/check/functional to limit the execution time
+# of each job
 build-cfi-aarch64:
   extends:
     - .native_build_job_template
@@ -520,7 +511,7 @@ functional-cfi-aarch64:
       artifacts: true
   variables:
     IMAGE: fedora
-    MAKE_CHECK_ARGS: check-avocado check-functional
+    MAKE_CHECK_ARGS: check-functional
 
 build-cfi-ppc64-s390x:
   extends:
@@ -558,7 +549,7 @@ functional-cfi-ppc64-s390x:
       artifacts: true
   variables:
     IMAGE: fedora
-    MAKE_CHECK_ARGS: check-avocado check-functional
+    MAKE_CHECK_ARGS: check-functional
 
 build-cfi-x86_64:
   extends:
@@ -592,7 +583,7 @@ functional-cfi-x86_64:
       artifacts: true
   variables:
     IMAGE: fedora
-    MAKE_CHECK_ARGS: check-avocado check-functional
+    MAKE_CHECK_ARGS: check-functional
 
 tsan-build:
   extends: .native_build_job_template
