diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci.yaml b/.github/workflows/ci.yaml
index c1014b1..2d60a51 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci.yaml
@@ -67,7 +67,7 @@ jobs:
     strategy:
       fail-fast: true
       matrix:
-        bases:          
+        bases:
           - ubuntu@22.04
     name: Integration tests (LXD) | ${{ matrix.bases }}
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
@@ -79,10 +79,17 @@ jobs:
     steps:
       - name: Checkout
         uses: actions/checkout@v4
+        with:
+          path: main
+      - name: Fetch slurmctld
+        uses: actions/checkout@v4
+        with:
+          repository: charmed-hpc/slurmctld-operator
+          path: slurmctld-operator
       - name: Setup operator environment
         uses: charmed-kubernetes/actions-operator@main
         with:
           provider: lxd
           juju-channel: 3.1/stable
       - name: Run tests
-        run: tox run -e integration -- --charm-base=${{ matrix.bases }}
+        run: cd main && tox run -e integration -- --charm-base=${{ matrix.bases }} --use-local
diff --git a/tests/integration/conftest.py b/tests/integration/conftest.py
index 148c6d2..bb64c01 100644
--- a/tests/integration/conftest.py
+++ b/tests/integration/conftest.py
@@ -73,23 +73,3 @@ async def slurmctld_charm(request, ops_test: OpsTest) -> Union[str, Path]:
             )
 
     return "slurmctld"
-
-
-@pytest.fixture(scope="module")
-async def slurmdbd_charm(request, ops_test: OpsTest) -> Union[str, Path]:
-    """Pack slurmdbd charm to use for integration tests when --use-local is specified.
-
-    Returns:
-        `str` "slurmdbd" if --use-local not specified or if SLURMDBD_DIR does not exist.
-    """
-    if request.config.option.use_local:
-        logger.info("Using local slurmdbd operator rather than pulling from Charmhub")
-        if SLURMDBD_DIR.exists():
-            return await ops_test.build_charm(SLURMDBD_DIR)
-        else:
-            logger.warning(
-                f"{SLURMDBD_DIR} not found. "
-                f"Defaulting to latest/edge slurmdbd operator from Charmhub"
-            )
-
-    return "slurmdbd"
diff --git a/tests/integration/test_charm.py b/tests/integration/test_charm.py
index bfa1eef..2204b70 100644
--- a/tests/integration/test_charm.py
+++ b/tests/integration/test_charm.py
@@ -35,14 +35,12 @@
 @pytest.mark.skip_if_deployed
 @pytest.mark.order(1)
 async def test_build_and_deploy(
-    ops_test: OpsTest, charm_base: str, slurmd_charm, slurmctld_charm, slurmdbd_charm
+    ops_test: OpsTest, charm_base: str, slurmd_charm, slurmctld_charm
 ) -> None:
     """Test that the slurmd charm can stabilize against slurmctld, slurmdbd and MySQL."""
-    logger.info(f"Deploying {SLURMD} against {SLURMCTLD}, {SLURMDBD}, and {DATABASE}")
+    logger.info(f"Deploying {SLURMD} against {SLURMCTLD}")
     # Pack charms and download NHC resource for slurmd operator.
-    slurmd, slurmctld, slurmdbd = await asyncio.gather(
-        slurmd_charm, slurmctld_charm, slurmdbd_charm
-    )
+    slurmd, slurmctld = await asyncio.gather(slurmd_charm, slurmctld_charm)
     # Deploy the test Charmed SLURM cloud.
     await asyncio.gather(
         ops_test.model.deploy(
@@ -58,33 +56,9 @@ async def test_build_and_deploy(
             num_units=1,
             base=charm_base,
         ),
-        ops_test.model.deploy(
-            str(slurmdbd),
-            application_name=SLURMDBD,
-            channel="edge" if isinstance(slurmdbd, str) else None,
-            num_units=1,
-            base=charm_base,
-        ),
-        ops_test.model.deploy(
-            ROUTER,
-            application_name=f"{SLURMDBD}-{ROUTER}",
-            channel="dpe/edge",
-            num_units=0,
-            base=charm_base,
-        ),
-        ops_test.model.deploy(
-            DATABASE,
-            application_name=DATABASE,
-            channel="8.0/edge",
-            num_units=1,
-            base="ubuntu@22.04",
-        ),
     )
     # Set relations for charmed applications.
     await ops_test.model.integrate(f"{SLURMD}:{SLURMCTLD}", f"{SLURMCTLD}:{SLURMD}")
-    await ops_test.model.integrate(f"{SLURMDBD}:{SLURMCTLD}", f"{SLURMCTLD}:{SLURMDBD}")
-    await ops_test.model.integrate(f"{SLURMDBD}-{ROUTER}:backend-database", f"{DATABASE}:database")
-    await ops_test.model.integrate(f"{SLURMDBD}:database", f"{SLURMDBD}-{ROUTER}:database")
     # Reduce the update status frequency to accelerate the triggering of deferred events.
     async with ops_test.fast_forward():
         await ops_test.model.wait_for_idle(apps=[SLURMD], status="active", timeout=1000)
diff --git a/tox.ini b/tox.ini
index bc09f5c..fd54f39 100644
--- a/tox.ini
+++ b/tox.ini
@@ -78,5 +78,5 @@ commands =
         -s \
         --tb native \
         --log-cli-level=INFO \
-        {[vars]tst_path}integration \
+        {[vars]tst_path}/integration \
         {posargs}