diff --git a/.drone.yml b/.drone.yml
index c9a1e24cba2..0659a398acd 100644
--- a/.drone.yml
+++ b/.drone.yml
@@ -433,18 +433,12 @@ steps:
   image: grafana/build-container:1.4.9
   name: initialize
 - commands:
-  - ./bin/grabpl build-frontend --jobs 8 --edition oss --build-id ${DRONE_BUILD_NUMBER}
-    --no-pull-enterprise
-  depends_on:
-  - initialize
-  environment:
-    NODE_OPTIONS: --max_old_space_size=8192
-  image: grafana/build-container:1.4.9
-  name: build-frontend
-- commands:
+  - yarn packages:build
+  - yarn packages:docsExtract
+  - yarn packages:docsToMarkdown
   - ./scripts/ci-reference-docs-lint.sh ci
   depends_on:
-  - build-frontend
+  - initialize
   image: grafana/build-container:1.4.9
   name: build-frontend-docs
 - commands:
@@ -599,7 +593,7 @@ steps:
   name: trigger-enterprise-downstream
   settings:
     params:
-    - SOURCE_BUILD_NUMBER=${DRONE_BUILD_NUMBER}
+    - SOURCE_BUILD_NUMBER=${DRONE_COMMIT}
     - SOURCE_COMMIT=${DRONE_COMMIT}
     repositories:
     - grafana/grafana-enterprise@main
@@ -809,9 +803,12 @@ steps:
   image: grafana/build-container:1.4.9
   name: publish-frontend-metrics
 - commands:
+  - yarn packages:build
+  - yarn packages:docsExtract
+  - yarn packages:docsToMarkdown
   - ./scripts/ci-reference-docs-lint.sh ci
   depends_on:
-  - build-frontend
+  - initialize
   image: grafana/build-container:1.4.9
   name: build-frontend-docs
 - commands:
@@ -4264,6 +4261,6 @@ kind: secret
 name: gcp_upload_artifacts_key
 ---
 kind: signature
-hmac: b02f6b686b120ff88a1f412a9cab4b3d295783f3e8cabde336b446083fe6433c
+hmac: f209cfff82a4817d7bae67872ce1a34a4a26915451ae35b4f8c9848003b18b91
 
 ...
diff --git a/scripts/drone/pipelines/docs.star b/scripts/drone/pipelines/docs.star
index 2bbe1088a26..6a18241d308 100644
--- a/scripts/drone/pipelines/docs.star
+++ b/scripts/drone/pipelines/docs.star
@@ -27,9 +27,6 @@ ver_mode = 'pr'
 
 def docs_pipelines(edition):
     steps = [download_grabpl_step()] + initialize_step(edition, platform='linux', ver_mode=ver_mode)
-    steps.extend([
-        build_frontend_step(edition=edition, ver_mode=ver_mode),
-    ])
 
     # Insert remaining steps
     steps.extend([
diff --git a/scripts/drone/steps/lib.star b/scripts/drone/steps/lib.star
index 2eb198f7674..5606a53dee9 100644
--- a/scripts/drone/steps/lib.star
+++ b/scripts/drone/steps/lib.star
@@ -189,7 +189,7 @@ def enterprise_downstream_step(edition):
                 'grafana/grafana-enterprise@main',
             ],
             'params': [
-                'SOURCE_BUILD_NUMBER=${DRONE_BUILD_NUMBER}',
+                'SOURCE_BUILD_NUMBER=${DRONE_COMMIT}',
                 'SOURCE_COMMIT=${DRONE_COMMIT}',
             ],
         },
@@ -427,9 +427,12 @@ def build_frontend_docs_step(edition):
         'name': 'build-frontend-docs',
         'image': build_image,
         'depends_on': [
-            'build-frontend'
+            'initialize'
         ],
         'commands': [
+            'yarn packages:build',
+            'yarn packages:docsExtract',
+            'yarn packages:docsToMarkdown',
             './scripts/ci-reference-docs-lint.sh ci',
         ]
     }