diff --git a/.github/actions/e2e/action.yml b/.github/actions/e2e/action.yml
index ea3516f..72a0131 100644
--- a/.github/actions/e2e/action.yml
+++ b/.github/actions/e2e/action.yml
@@ -4,6 +4,9 @@ inputs:
   test-name:
     description: 'Individual test to run'
     required: true
+  chart-path:
+    description: 'Path to the chart to test'
+    required: true
   replicated-api-token:
     description: 'Replicated API token for C11y matrix'
     required: false
@@ -25,8 +28,7 @@ runs:
     - name: Run test
       working-directory: e2e/${{ inputs.test-name }}
       env:
-        CHART_URL: oci://ttl.sh/automated-${{ github.run_id }}/admin-console
-        CHART_VERSION: 0.0.0-main
+        CHART_PATH: ${{ inputs.chart-path }}
       run: ./run.sh
       shell: bash
 
diff --git a/.github/workflows/pull-request.yaml b/.github/workflows/pull-request.yaml
index 9847800..f78a7e7 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/pull-request.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/pull-request.yaml
@@ -8,13 +8,17 @@ jobs:
   build:
     name: Build
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    outputs:
+      chart-path: ${{ steps.build.outputs.chart-path }}
     steps:
     - name: Checkout
       uses: actions/checkout@v4
-    - name: ttl.sh
-      env:
-        GITHUB_USER: automated-${{ github.run_id }}
-      run: make build-ttl.sh
+    - name: build local
+      id: build
+      run: |
+        KOTS_TAG=$(gh release view --repo replicatedhq/kots --json tagName -q .tagName)
+        ./scripts/build-local.sh "$KOTS_TAG"
+        echo "chart-path=admin-console-${KOTS_TAG#v}.tgz" >> "$GITHUB_OUTPUT"
 
   e2e:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
@@ -31,6 +35,7 @@ jobs:
     - uses: ./.github/actions/e2e
       with:
         test-name: ${{ matrix.test }}
+        chart-path: ${{ needs.build.outputs.chart-path }}
         replicated-api-token: ${{ secrets.C11Y_MATRIX_TOKEN }}
 
   # this job will validate that all the tests passed
diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
deleted file mode 100644
index c49e41d..0000000
--- a/Makefile
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,3 +0,0 @@
-.PHONY: build-ttl.sh
-build-ttl.sh:
-	./scripts/build-ttl.sh
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diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 9461716..dd53c4f 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ Run build-local.sh script located in the scripts directory of this repository to
 The input parameter is the kots version to package
 
 ```
-./scripts/build-local.sh 1.75.0
+./scripts/build-local.sh v1.75.0
 ```
 
 To build a chart that uses ttl images, run the build-ttl.sh script located in the scripts directory.
diff --git a/e2e/s3-to-rqlite/run.sh b/e2e/s3-to-rqlite/run.sh
index 9bb5851..151524f 100755
--- a/e2e/s3-to-rqlite/run.sh
+++ b/e2e/s3-to-rqlite/run.sh
@@ -20,14 +20,14 @@ curl -LO "https://github.com/replicatedhq/kots/releases/latest/download/kots_lin
 kubectl kots install s3-to-rqlite \
   --namespace s3-to-rqlite \
   --shared-password=password \
-  --license-file=license.yaml
+  --license-file=license.yaml \
+  --no-port-forward
 
 # wait for the app to be ready
 ../shared/wait-for-app.sh s3-to-rqlite
 
 # upgrade the chart
-helm upgrade -i s3-to-rqlite "$CHART_URL" \
-  --version "$CHART_VERSION" \
+helm upgrade -i s3-to-rqlite "$CHART_PATH" \
   --namespace s3-to-rqlite \
   --wait
 
diff --git a/scripts/build-local.sh b/scripts/build-local.sh
index 2f64180..4bc2871 100755
--- a/scripts/build-local.sh
+++ b/scripts/build-local.sh
@@ -2,20 +2,21 @@
 
 set -e
 
-export CURRENT_USER=${GITHUB_USER:-$(id -u -n)}
-export KOTS_VERSION=$1
-export KOTS_TAG=v${KOTS_VERSION}
+if [ -z "$1" ]; then
+  echo "Usage: $0 <kots-tag>"
+  exit 1
+fi
+
+export KOTS_TAG=$1
 export KOTSADM_REGISTRY=kotsadm # docker.io is implicit
-export CHART_VERSION=${KOTS_VERSION}
+export CHART_VERSION=${KOTS_TAG#v}
 
-curl -O -L https://raw.githubusercontent.com/replicatedhq/kots/${KOTS_TAG}/.image.env
+curl -O -L https://raw.githubusercontent.com/replicatedhq/kots/"${KOTS_TAG}"/.image.env
 export $(cat .image.env | sed 's/#.*//g' | xargs)
 
 envsubst < Chart.yaml.tmpl > Chart.yaml
 envsubst < values.yaml.tmpl > values.yaml
 
 rm -f admin-console-*.tgz
-export CHART_NAME=`helm package . | rev | cut -d/ -f1 | rev`
-helm push $CHART_NAME oci://ttl.sh/${CURRENT_USER}
-
+helm package .
 rm -f Chart.yaml values.yaml .image.env
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