diff --git a/.ci/lib.sh b/.ci/lib.sh
index f9eb6b11c0..d0333e50c3 100755
--- a/.ci/lib.sh
+++ b/.ci/lib.sh
@@ -357,25 +357,25 @@ gen_clean_arch() {
 		delete_containerd_cri_stale_resource
 	fi
 
-	if [[ $CI_JOB != "METRICS" ]]; then
-		#reset k8s service may impact metrics test on x86_64, so limit it to arm64
-		[ $(uname -m) == "aarch64" -a "$(pgrep kubelet)" != "" ] && sudo sh -c 'kubeadm reset -f'
-		info "Remove installed kubernetes packages and configuration"
-		if [ "$ID" == ubuntu ]; then
-			sudo rm -rf /etc/systemd/system/kubelet.service.d
-			sudo apt-get autoremove -y kubeadm kubelet kubectl \
-				$(dpkg -l | awk '{print $2}' | grep -E '^(containerd(.\io)?|docker(\.io|-ce(-cli)?))$')
-		fi
-		# Remove existing k8s related configurations and binaries.
-		sudo sh -c 'rm -rf /opt/cni/bin/*'
-		sudo sh -c 'rm -rf /etc/cni /etc/kubernetes/'
-		sudo sh -c 'rm -rf /var/lib/cni /var/lib/etcd /var/lib/kubelet'
-		sudo sh -c 'rm -rf /run/flannel'
-
-		info "Clean up stale network interface"
-		cleanup_network_interface
+	# reset k8s service may impact metrics test on x86_64
+	[ $(uname -m) != "x86_64" -a "$(pgrep kubelet)" != "" ] && sudo sh -c 'kubeadm reset -f'
+	info "Remove installed kubernetes packages and configuration"
+	if [ "$ID" == ubuntu ]; then
+		sudo rm -rf /etc/systemd/system/kubelet.service.d
+		sudo systemctl daemon-reload
+		sudo apt-get autoremove -y kubeadm kubelet kubectl \
+			$(dpkg -l | awk '{print $2}' | grep -E '^(containerd(.\io)?|docker(\.io|-ce(-cli)?))$')
 	fi
 
+	# Remove existing k8s related configurations and binaries.
+	sudo sh -c 'rm -rf /opt/cni/bin/*'
+	sudo sh -c 'rm -rf /etc/cni /etc/kubernetes/'
+	sudo sh -c 'rm -rf /var/lib/cni /var/lib/etcd /var/lib/kubelet'
+	sudo sh -c 'rm -rf /run/flannel'
+
+	info "Clean up stale network interface"
+	cleanup_network_interface
+
 	if [[ $CI_JOB != "METRICS" ]]; then
 		info "Remove Kata package repo registrations"
 		delete_kata_repo_registrations
diff --git a/.ci/run_metrics_PR_ci.sh b/.ci/run_metrics_PR_ci.sh
index adbab18c3c..6f7facaedb 100755
--- a/.ci/run_metrics_PR_ci.sh
+++ b/.ci/run_metrics_PR_ci.sh
@@ -29,7 +29,8 @@ run() {
 	pushd "$SCRIPT_DIR/../metrics"
 
 	# Cloud hypervisor tests are being affected by kata-containers/kata-containers/issues/1488
-	if [ "${KATA_HYPERVISOR}" != "cloud-hypervisor" ]; then
+	if false;
+	# if [ "${KATA_HYPERVISOR}" != "cloud-hypervisor" ]; then
 		# If KSM is available on this platform, let's run any tests that are
 		# affected by having KSM on/orr first, and then turn it off for the
 		# rest of the tests, as KSM may introduce some extra noise in the
@@ -52,21 +53,21 @@ run() {
 
 	# Run the density tests - no KSM, so no need to wait for settle
 	# (so set a token 5s wait)
-	disable_ksm
-	bash density/memory_usage.sh 20 5
+	# disable_ksm
+	# bash density/memory_usage.sh 20 5
 
 	# Run storage tests
-	bash storage/blogbench.sh
+	# bash storage/blogbench.sh
 
 	# Run the density test inside the container
-	bash density/memory_usage_inside_container.sh
+	# bash density/memory_usage_inside_container.sh
 
 	# Run the time tests
-	bash time/launch_times.sh -i public.ecr.aws/ubuntu/ubuntu:latest -n 20
+	# bash time/launch_times.sh -i public.ecr.aws/ubuntu/ubuntu:latest -n 20
 
 	# Skip: Issue: https://github.com/kata-containers/tests/issues/3203
 	# Run the cpu statistics test
-	# bash network/cpu_statistics_iperf.sh
+	bash network/cpu_statistics_iperf.sh
 
 	popd
 }