diff --git a/.buildkite/pipeline.yml b/.buildkite/pipeline.yml
index 3057aaf9..3f1090d0 100644
--- a/.buildkite/pipeline.yml
+++ b/.buildkite/pipeline.yml
@@ -5,156 +5,15 @@ steps:
     steps:
       - label: "Julia {{matrix.julia}}"
         plugins:
-          - JuliaCI/julia#v1:
-              version: "{{matrix.julia}}"
-          - JuliaCI/julia-test#v1:
-              test_args: "--quickfail"
-          - JuliaCI/julia-coverage#v1:
-              codecov: true
-              dirs:
-                - src
-                - lib
-                - examples
+          - maleadt/external-buildkite#3026b85:
+              version: './buildkite.version'
+              repo_url: 'https://github.com/JuliaCI/julia-buildkite.git'
+              folder: '.buildkite2'
         agents:
-          queue: "juliaecosystem"
+          queue: "juliatest"
           os: "macos"
           arch: "aarch64"
-        if: |
-          build.message =~ /\[only tests\]/ ||
-          build.message =~ /\[only julia\]/ ||
-          build.message !~ /\[only/ &&
-            build.message !~ /\[skip tests\]/ &&
-            build.message !~ /\[skip julia\]/
-        timeout_in_minutes: 60
         matrix:
           setup:
             julia:
               - "1.10"
-              - "1.11"
-              - "nightly"
-          adjustments:
-            - with:
-                julia: "nightly"
-              soft_fail: true
-
-  # special tests
-  - group: ":floppy_disk: Storage Modes"
-    depends_on: "julia"
-    steps:
-      - label: "{{matrix.storage}} array storage"
-        plugins:
-          - JuliaCI/julia#v1:
-              version: "1.11"
-          - JuliaCI/julia-test#v1:
-              test_args: "--quickfail"
-        agents:
-          queue: "juliaecosystem"
-          os: "macos"
-          arch: "aarch64"
-        if: |
-          build.message =~ /\[only tests\]/ ||
-          build.message =~ /\[only storage\]/ ||
-          build.message !~ /\[only/ && !build.pull_request.draft &&
-            build.message !~ /\[skip tests\]/ &&
-            build.message !~ /\[skip storage\]/
-        timeout_in_minutes: 60
-        matrix:
-          setup:
-            storage:
-              - "shared"
-              - "managed"
-        commands: |
-          echo -e "[Metal]\ndefault_storage = \"{{matrix.storage}}\"" >LocalPreferences.toml
-
-  # special tests
-  - group: ":eyes: Special"
-    depends_on: "julia"
-    steps:
-      - label: "API validation"
-        soft_fail: true
-        plugins:
-          - JuliaCI/julia#v1:
-              version: "1.11"
-          - JuliaCI/julia-test#v1:
-              # test_args: "--quickfail"
-              test_args: ""
-              # Don't quickfail to see which ones fail
-          - JuliaCI/julia-coverage#v1:
-              codecov: true
-              dirs:
-                - src
-                - lib
-                - examples
-        env:
-          MTL_DEBUG_LAYER: '1'
-          MTL_SHADER_VALIDATION: '1'
-        agents:
-          queue: "juliaecosystem"
-          os: "macos"
-          arch: "aarch64"
-          macos_version: "15.0"
-        if: |
-          build.message =~ /\[only tests\]/ ||
-          build.message =~ /\[only validation\]/ ||
-          build.message =~ /\[only special\]/ ||
-          build.message !~ /\[only/ && !build.pull_request.draft &&
-            build.message !~ /\[skip tests\]/ &&
-            build.message !~ /\[skip validation\]/ &&
-            build.message !~ /\[skip special\]/
-        timeout_in_minutes: 60
-      - label: "Opaque pointers"
-        plugins:
-          - JuliaCI/julia#v1:
-              version: "1.11"
-          - JuliaCI/julia-test#v1:
-              test_args: "--quickfail"
-          - JuliaCI/julia-coverage#v1:
-              codecov: true
-              dirs:
-                - src
-                - lib
-                - examples
-        env:
-          JULIA_LLVM_ARGS: '--opaque-pointers'
-        agents:
-          queue: "juliaecosystem"
-          os: "macos"
-          arch: "aarch64"
-        if: |
-          build.message =~ /\[only tests\]/ ||
-          build.message =~ /\[only special\]/ ||
-          build.message !~ /\[only/ && !build.pull_request.draft &&
-            build.message !~ /\[skip tests\]/ &&
-            build.message !~ /\[skip special\]/
-        timeout_in_minutes: 60
-
-  - wait: ~
-
-  - group: ":racehorse: Benchmarks"
-    steps:
-      - label: "Benchmarks"
-        plugins:
-          - JuliaCI/julia#v1:
-              version: "1.11"
-        command: |
-          julia --project=perf -e '
-            using Pkg
-
-            println("--- :julia: Instantiating project")
-            Pkg.develop([PackageSpec(path=pwd())])
-            Pkg.instantiate()
-            push!(LOAD_PATH, @__DIR__)
-
-            println("+++ :julia: Benchmarking")
-            include("perf/runbenchmarks.jl")'
-        artifact_paths:
-          - "benchmarkresults.json"
-        agents:
-          queue: "juliaecosystem"
-          os: "macos"
-          arch: "aarch64"
-        if: |
-          build.message =~ /\[only benchmarks\]/ ||
-          build.message !~ /\[only/ && !build.pull_request.draft &&
-            build.message !~ /\[skip benchmarks\]/
-        timeout_in_minutes: 30