diff --git a/backend/src/v2/test/scripts/ci-env.sh b/backend/src/v2/test/scripts/ci-env.sh
index d6aba1fbf56..ce81136520f 100644
--- a/backend/src/v2/test/scripts/ci-env.sh
+++ b/backend/src/v2/test/scripts/ci-env.sh
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ PROJECT="${PROJECT:-kfp-ci}"
 GCS_ROOT="gs://${PROJECT}/${COMMIT_SHA}/v2-sample-test"
 GCR_ROOT="gcr.io/${PROJECT}/${COMMIT_SHA}/v2-sample-test"
 # This is kfp-ci endpoint.
-HOST=http://localhost:8888
+HOST=${HOST:-"https://$(curl https://raw.githubusercontent.com/kubeflow/testing/master/test-infra/kfp/endpoint)"}
 
 if [[ -z "${PULL_NUMBER}" ]]; then
   KFP_PACKAGE_PATH='git+https://github.com/kubeflow/pipelines\#egg=kfp&subdirectory=sdk/python'
diff --git a/samples/v2/new_producer_consumer_param_test.py b/samples/v2/new_producer_consumer_param_test.py
deleted file mode 100644
index e014ad5aa56..00000000000
--- a/samples/v2/new_producer_consumer_param_test.py
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,53 +0,0 @@
-# Copyright 2021 The Kubeflow Authors
-#
-# Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
-# you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
-# You may obtain a copy of the License at
-#
-#      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
-#
-# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
-# distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
-# WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
-# See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
-# limitations under the License.
-"""Hello world v2 engine pipeline."""
-
-from __future__ import annotations
-
-import unittest
-import kfp
-from producer_consumer_param import producer_consumer_param_pipeline
-
-_MINUTE = 60  # seconds
-
-
-class HelloWorldTest(unittest.TestCase):
-
-    def test(self):
-        client = kfp.Client(host="http://localhost:8888")
-        experiment = 'An experiment with Kubeflow Pipelines v2 sample test runs.'
-        client.create_experiment(
-            name='v2_sample_test',
-            description=experiment
-        )
-
-        run_result = client.create_run_from_pipeline_func(
-            pipeline_func=producer_consumer_param_pipeline,
-            experiment_name=experiment,
-        )
-
-        run_response = run_result.wait_for_run_completion(5 * _MINUTE)
-
-        client.get_run(run_response.run_id)
-
-        from pprint import pprint
-        pprint(run_response.run_details)
-        print("Run details page URL:")
-        print(f"http://localhost:8080/#/runs/details/{run_response.run_id}")
-
-        self.assertEqual(run_response.state, "SUCCEEDED")
-
-
-if __name__ == '__main__':
-    unittest.main()
diff --git a/samples/v2/sample_test.py b/samples/v2/sample_test.py
index 8e255f887b1..d34599a3c18 100644
--- a/samples/v2/sample_test.py
+++ b/samples/v2/sample_test.py
@@ -50,6 +50,8 @@ def test(self):
             TestCase(pipeline_func=two_step_pipeline_containerized.two_step_pipeline_containerized),
             TestCase(pipeline_func=component_with_optional_inputs.pipeline),
             TestCase(pipeline_func=pipeline_with_env.pipeline_with_env),
+
+            # The following tests are not working. Tracking issue: https://github.com/kubeflow/pipelines/issues/11053
             # TestCase(pipeline_func=pipeline_with_importer.pipeline_with_importer),
             # TestCase(pipeline_func=pipeline_with_volume.pipeline_with_volume),
             # TestCase(pipeline_func=pipeline_with_secret_as_volume.pipeline_secret_volume),