diff --git a/.ci/azureml-notebook-smoketest.yml b/.ci/azure-pipeline-azureml-notebook-test.yml
similarity index 87%
rename from .ci/azureml-notebook-smoketest.yml
rename to .ci/azure-pipeline-azureml-notebook-test.yml
index 2a3612e..146bbd5 100644
--- a/.ci/azureml-notebook-smoketest.yml
+++ b/.ci/azure-pipeline-azureml-notebook-test.yml
@@ -4,9 +4,9 @@
 variables:
 - group: AzureMLConfig
 - name  : 'resource_group'
-  value : 'smoketest'
+  value : 'amlnotebookrg'
 - name  : 'workspace_name'
-  value : 'smoketestws'
+  value : 'amlnotebookws'
 - name  : 'workspace_region'
   value : 'eastus2'
 trigger: none
@@ -27,7 +27,6 @@ steps:
 - bash: |
     conda env create -f environment.yml
     pip install paramiko==2.4.2
-    pip install azureml-sdk
     source activate cv
     conda env list
     echo Login Azure Account
@@ -38,8 +37,8 @@ steps:
 - bash: |
     source activate cv
     python -m ipykernel install --user --name cv --display-name "cv"
-    pytest -q --subscription_id=$(subscriptionid) --resource_group=$(resource_group) --workspace_name=$(workspace_name) --workspace_region=$(workspace_region) tests/smoke/test_azureml_notebooks.py
-  displayName: 'Install azureml sdk and run azure ml smoke tests'
+    pytest -q --subscription_id=$(subscriptionid) --resource_group=$(resource_group) --workspace_name=$(workspace_name) --workspace_region=$(workspace_region) -m azuremlnotebooks
+  displayName: 'Run AzureML notebook tests'
 
 
 - bash: |
diff --git a/tests/smoke/test_azureml_notebooks.py b/tests/smoke/test_azureml_notebooks.py
index 111d961..2c482fa 100644
--- a/tests/smoke/test_azureml_notebooks.py
+++ b/tests/smoke/test_azureml_notebooks.py
@@ -1,29 +1,24 @@
 # Copyright (c) Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved.
 # Licensed under the MIT License.
 
-# This test is based on the test suite implemented for Recommenders project
-# https://github.com/Microsoft/Recommenders/tree/master/tests
-
-import os
-import glob
 import papermill as pm
 import pytest
-import shutil
 
-# Unless manually modified, python3 should be
+# Unless manually modified, cv should be
 # the name of the current jupyter kernel
 # that runs on the activated conda environment
 KERNEL_NAME = "cv"
 OUTPUT_NOTEBOOK = "output.ipynb"
 
-@pytest.mark.azureml_notebook_test
+
+@pytest.mark.azuremlnotebooks
 def test_20_notebook_run(
     classification_notebooks,
     subscription_id,
     resource_group,
     workspace_name,
-    workspace_region
-    ):
+    workspace_region,
+):
     notebook_path = classification_notebooks["20_azure_workspace_setup"]
     pm.execute_notebook(
         notebook_path,
@@ -33,20 +28,23 @@ def test_20_notebook_run(
             subscription_id=subscription_id,
             resource_group=resource_group,
             workspace_name=workspace_name,
-            workspace_region=workspace_region
+            workspace_region=workspace_region,
         ),
         kernel_name=KERNEL_NAME,
     )
 
 
-@pytest.mark.azureml_notebook_test
+@pytest.mark.azuremlnotebooks
 def test_21_notebook_run(
     classification_notebooks,
     subscription_id,
     resource_group,
     workspace_name,
-    workspace_region):
-    notebook_path = classification_notebooks["21_deployment_on_azure_container_instances"]
+    workspace_region,
+):
+    notebook_path = classification_notebooks[
+        "21_deployment_on_azure_container_instances"
+    ]
     pm.execute_notebook(
         notebook_path,
         OUTPUT_NOTEBOOK,
@@ -55,18 +53,23 @@ def test_21_notebook_run(
             subscription_id=subscription_id,
             resource_group=resource_group,
             workspace_name=workspace_name,
-            workspace_region=workspace_region),
+            workspace_region=workspace_region,
+        ),
         kernel_name=KERNEL_NAME,
     )
 
-@pytest.mark.azureml_notebook_test
+
+@pytest.mark.azuremlnotebooks
 def test_22_notebook_run(
     classification_notebooks,
     subscription_id,
     resource_group,
     workspace_name,
-    workspace_region):
-    notebook_path = classification_notebooks["22_deployment_on_azure_kubernetes_service"]
+    workspace_region,
+):
+    notebook_path = classification_notebooks[
+        "22_deployment_on_azure_kubernetes_service"
+    ]
     pm.execute_notebook(
         notebook_path,
         OUTPUT_NOTEBOOK,
@@ -75,17 +78,20 @@ def test_22_notebook_run(
             subscription_id=subscription_id,
             resource_group=resource_group,
             workspace_name=workspace_name,
-            workspace_region=workspace_region),
+            workspace_region=workspace_region,
+        ),
         kernel_name=KERNEL_NAME,
     )
 
-@pytest.mark.azureml_notebook_test
+
+@pytest.mark.azuremlnotebooks
 def test_23_notebook_run(
     classification_notebooks,
     subscription_id,
     resource_group,
     workspace_name,
-    workspace_region):
+    workspace_region,
+):
     notebook_path = classification_notebooks["23_aci_aks_web_service_testing"]
     pm.execute_notebook(
         notebook_path,
@@ -95,6 +101,7 @@ def test_23_notebook_run(
             subscription_id=subscription_id,
             resource_group=resource_group,
             workspace_name=workspace_name,
-            workspace_region=workspace_region),
+            workspace_region=workspace_region,
+        ),
         kernel_name=KERNEL_NAME,
     )