diff --git a/.github/workflows/run_notebooks.yml b/.github/workflows/run_notebooks.yml
index 03e8e1b220598..424c795a93fea 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/run_notebooks.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/run_notebooks.yml
@@ -55,6 +55,3 @@ jobs:
           LANGSMITH_API_KEY: ${{ secrets.LANGSMITH_API_KEY }}
         run: |
           ./docs/scripts/execute_notebooks.sh
-
-      - name: Stop services
-        run: make stop-services
diff --git a/docs/scripts/prepare_notebooks_for_ci.py b/docs/scripts/prepare_notebooks_for_ci.py
index d7ebc626b068f..92f7c3e455ee1 100644
--- a/docs/scripts/prepare_notebooks_for_ci.py
+++ b/docs/scripts/prepare_notebooks_for_ci.py
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 """Preprocess notebooks for CI. Currently adds VCR cassettes and optionally removes pip install cells."""
 
+import json
 import logging
 import os
 
@@ -7,7 +8,7 @@
 import nbformat
 
 logger = logging.getLogger(__name__)
-NOTEBOOK_DIRS = ("docs/docs/how-tos","docs/docs/tutorials")
+NOTEBOOK_DIRS = ("docs/docs/tutorials",)
 DOCS_PATH = os.path.dirname(os.path.dirname(os.path.abspath(__file__)))
 CASSETTES_PATH = os.path.join(DOCS_PATH, "cassettes")
 
@@ -24,6 +25,9 @@
     "docs/docs/tutorials/sql_qa.ipynb",  # Requires Chinook db locally
 ]
 
+with open(os.path.join(DOCS_PATH, "notebooks_no_execution.json"), "w") as f:
+    json.dump(NOTEBOOKS_NO_EXECUTION, f)
+
 
 def comment_install_cells(notebook: nbformat.NotebookNode) -> nbformat.NotebookNode:
     for cell in notebook.cells: