diff --git a/.github/workflows/test-dagger-build.yml b/.github/workflows/test-dagger-build.yml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..4fc12abb409
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/workflows/test-dagger-build.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,28 @@
+name: Test Dagger Build Only
+on:
+  workflow_dispatch:
+  push:
+    branches:
+      - baldm0mma/migrate_11.4.8
+
+jobs:
+  test-dagger-build:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    steps:
+      - name: Checkout code
+        uses: actions/checkout@v4
+        with:
+          path: ./grafana
+          persist-credentials: false
+
+      - name: Test release build command (single architecture)
+        uses: dagger/dagger-for-github@e47aba410ef9bb9ed81a4d2a97df31061e5e842e
+        with:
+          version: "0.9.3"
+          verb: run
+          args: --silent go -C grafana run ./pkg/build/cmd artifacts -a targz:grafana:linux/amd64 --grafana-ref=${{ github.sha }} --build-id=${{ github.run_number }} --version=11.4.8-test
+
+      - name: Check if artifacts were created
+        run: |
+          ls -la dist/
+          echo "Release build completed successfully!"
diff --git a/pkg/build/daggerbuild/frontend/build.go b/pkg/build/daggerbuild/frontend/build.go
index 39c9199482c..9aec71e37d9 100644
--- a/pkg/build/daggerbuild/frontend/build.go
+++ b/pkg/build/daggerbuild/frontend/build.go
@@ -8,9 +8,6 @@ import (
 
 func Build(builder *dagger.Container, version string) *dagger.Directory {
 	public := builder.
-		WithEnvVariable("CI", "true").
-		WithEnvVariable("NX_DAEMON", "false").
-		WithEnvVariable("NX_CACHE_PROJECT_GRAPH", "false").
 		WithExec([]string{"/bin/sh", "-c", fmt.Sprintf("yarn lerna version %s --exact --no-git-tag-version --no-push --force-publish -y", version)}).
 		WithExec([]string{"yarn", "run", "build"}).
 		WithExec([]string{"/bin/sh", "-c", "find /src/public -type d -name node_modules -print0 | xargs -0 rm -rf"}).
@@ -21,9 +18,6 @@ func Build(builder *dagger.Container, version string) *dagger.Directory {
 
 func BuildPlugins(builder *dagger.Container) *dagger.Directory {
 	public := builder.
-		WithEnvVariable("CI", "true").
-		WithEnvVariable("NX_DAEMON", "false").
-		WithEnvVariable("NX_CACHE_PROJECT_GRAPH", "false").
 		WithExec([]string{"yarn", "install", "--immutable"}).
 		WithExec([]string{"/bin/sh", "-c", `if [ -d /src/plugins-bundled ]; then yarn run plugins:build-bundled; else mkdir /src/plugins-bundled; fi`}).
 		WithExec([]string{"/bin/sh", "-c", "find /src/plugins-bundled -type d -name node_modules -print0 | xargs -0 rm -rf"}).
diff --git a/pkg/build/daggerbuild/frontend/storybook.go b/pkg/build/daggerbuild/frontend/storybook.go
index 0713787215b..8aebc9a7238 100644
--- a/pkg/build/daggerbuild/frontend/storybook.go
+++ b/pkg/build/daggerbuild/frontend/storybook.go
@@ -5,9 +5,6 @@ import "dagger.io/dagger"
 // Storybook returns a dagger.Directory which contains the built storybook server.
 func Storybook(builder *dagger.Container, src *dagger.Directory, version string) *dagger.Directory {
 	return builder.
-		WithEnvVariable("CI", "true").
-		WithEnvVariable("NX_DAEMON", "false").
-		WithEnvVariable("NX_CACHE_PROJECT_GRAPH", "false").
 		WithExec([]string{"yarn", "run", "storybook:build"}).
 		Directory("./packages/grafana-ui/dist/storybook")
 }