diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab-ci.yml
index 80f9269b89..be9cfad106 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -48,6 +48,7 @@ publish_smoketest_runner:
 
 smoketest_play:
   stage: smoketest_play
+  resource_group: playground
   dependencies:
     - publish_smoketest_runner
     - publish_deployer
@@ -65,6 +66,7 @@ smoketest_play:
 
 smoketest_staging:
   stage: smoketest_staging
+  resource_group: staging
   dependencies:
     - publish_smoketest_runner
     - publish_deployer
diff --git a/automated_detection_testing/requirements.txt b/automated_detection_testing/requirements.txt
index 3f6951af15..20a9903175 100644
--- a/automated_detection_testing/requirements.txt
+++ b/automated_detection_testing/requirements.txt
@@ -5,13 +5,6 @@ aspy.yaml==1.3.0
 atomicwrites==1.4.0
 attackcti==0.3.4.3
 attrs==20.3.0
-azure-common==1.1.26
-azure-core==1.12.0
-azure-identity==1.5.0
-azure-mgmt-compute==19.0.0
-azure-mgmt-core==1.2.2
-azure-mgmt-network==18.0.0
-azure-mgmt-resource==16.0.0
 bcrypt==3.2.0
 boto3==1.17.30
 botocore==1.20.30
@@ -41,8 +34,6 @@ mysql-connector-python==8.0.23
 nodeenv==1.3.4
 ntlm-auth==1.5.0
 packaging==20.9
-packer.py==0.3.0
-paramiko==2.7.2
 path==15.1.2
 path.py==12.5.0
 pexpect==4.8.0
diff --git a/bin/ssa-end-to-end-testing/k8s-deployer/k8s/components/smoketest.jsonnet b/bin/ssa-end-to-end-testing/k8s-deployer/k8s/components/smoketest.jsonnet
index 190c39c013..38185080a2 100644
--- a/bin/ssa-end-to-end-testing/k8s-deployer/k8s/components/smoketest.jsonnet
+++ b/bin/ssa-end-to-end-testing/k8s-deployer/k8s/components/smoketest.jsonnet
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ local job = {
         },
     },
     spec: {
-        activeDeadlineSeconds: 600,
+        activeDeadlineSeconds: 1800,
         ttlSecondsAfterFinished: 100,
         template: {
             metadata: {