diff --git a/.github/workflows/bk-ci.yml b/.github/workflows/bk-ci.yml
index 0106da05b33..6c40881bd54 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/bk-ci.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/bk-ci.yml
@@ -242,7 +242,9 @@ jobs:
         run: mvn -B -nsu clean install -Pdocker -DskipTests
 
       - name: Run metadata driver tests
-        run: mvn -B -nsu -f metadata-drivers/pom.xml test -DintegrationTests
+        # Exclude jetcd-core-shaded from integration tests, as it’s a POM-only project used internally,
+        # and maven prioritizes workspace artifacts during testing.
+        run: mvn -B -nsu -f metadata-drivers/pom.xml -pl '!jetcd-core-shaded' test -DintegrationTests
 
       - name: Run all integration tests (except backward compatibility tests)
         run: |
diff --git a/metadata-drivers/etcd/pom.xml b/metadata-drivers/etcd/pom.xml
index 3dfbdcde1ed..bb03d5b853f 100644
--- a/metadata-drivers/etcd/pom.xml
+++ b/metadata-drivers/etcd/pom.xml
@@ -37,7 +37,6 @@
       <groupId>org.apache.bookkeeper.metadata.drivers</groupId>
       <artifactId>jetcd-core-shaded</artifactId>
       <version>${project.version}</version>
-      <classifier>shaded</classifier>
       <exclusions>
         <exclusion>
           <groupId>io.etcd</groupId>
diff --git a/metadata-drivers/jetcd-core-shaded/pom.xml b/metadata-drivers/jetcd-core-shaded/pom.xml
index 2b8e855aa22..cd995f66cfd 100644
--- a/metadata-drivers/jetcd-core-shaded/pom.xml
+++ b/metadata-drivers/jetcd-core-shaded/pom.xml
@@ -132,54 +132,6 @@
                   <file>${project.basedir}/dependency-reduced-pom.xml</file>
                 </transformer>
               </transformers>
-              <!-- required for IntelliJ support -->
-              <shadedArtifactAttached>true</shadedArtifactAttached>
-              <shadedClassifierName>shaded</shadedClassifierName>
-            </configuration>
-          </execution>
-        </executions>
-      </plugin>
-      <!-- required for IntelliJ support, for some reason shadedArtifactAttached isn't sufficient alone -->
-      <plugin>
-        <groupId>org.codehaus.mojo</groupId>
-        <artifactId>build-helper-maven-plugin</artifactId>
-        <executions>
-          <execution>
-            <id>attach-shaded-jar</id>
-            <phase>package</phase>
-            <goals>
-              <goal>attach-artifact</goal>
-            </goals>
-            <configuration>
-              <artifacts>
-                <artifact>
-                  <file>${project.build.directory}/${project.artifactId}-${project.version}-shaded.jar</file>
-                  <type>jar</type>
-                  <classifier>shaded</classifier>
-                </artifact>
-              </artifacts>
-            </configuration>
-          </execution>
-        </executions>
-      </plugin>
-      <!-- required for running tests with "mvn -f metadata-drivers/pom.xml test -DintegrationTests" -->
-      <plugin>
-        <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
-        <artifactId>maven-antrun-plugin</artifactId>
-        <version>${maven-antrun-plugin.version}</version>
-        <executions>
-          <execution>
-            <id>unpack-shaded-jar</id>
-            <phase>package</phase>
-            <goals>
-              <goal>run</goal>
-            </goals>
-            <configuration>
-              <target>
-                <unzip src="${project.build.directory}/${project.artifactId}-${project.version}-shaded.jar"
-                       dest="${project.build.outputDirectory}"
-                       overwrite="true" />
-              </target>
             </configuration>
           </execution>
         </executions>