diff --git a/build/azure-pipelines/product-build-ado-ci.yml b/build/azure-pipelines/product-build-ado-ci.yml
index 575b534cb527..5ab1b394449c 100644
--- a/build/azure-pipelines/product-build-ado-ci.yml
+++ b/build/azure-pipelines/product-build-ado-ci.yml
@@ -456,12 +456,6 @@ extends:
           variables:
             BUILDSECMON_OPT_IN: true
           jobs:
-            - ${{ if eq(parameters.VSCODE_BUILD_MACOS, true) }}:
-              - template: build/azure-pipelines/darwin/product-build-darwin-cli.yml@self
-                parameters:
-                  VSCODE_ARCH: x64
-                  VSCODE_CHECK_ONLY: true
-                  VSCODE_QUALITY: ${{ variables.VSCODE_QUALITY }}
             - ${{ if eq(parameters.VSCODE_BUILD_MACOS_ARM64, true) }}:
               - template: build/azure-pipelines/darwin/product-build-darwin-cli.yml@self
                 parameters:
diff --git a/build/azure-pipelines/product-build-template.yml b/build/azure-pipelines/product-build-template.yml
index e403caa496c1..c088fdcbb1ac 100644
--- a/build/azure-pipelines/product-build-template.yml
+++ b/build/azure-pipelines/product-build-template.yml
@@ -420,12 +420,6 @@ stages:
           variables:
             BUILDSECMON_OPT_IN: true
           jobs:
-            - ${{ if eq(parameters.VSCODE_BUILD_MACOS, true) }}:
-              - template: darwin/product-build-darwin-cli.yml@self
-                parameters:
-                  VSCODE_ARCH: x64
-                  VSCODE_CHECK_ONLY: ${{ variables.VSCODE_CIBUILD }}
-                  VSCODE_QUALITY: ${{ variables.VSCODE_QUALITY }}
             - ${{ if eq(parameters.VSCODE_BUILD_MACOS_ARM64, true) }}:
               - template: darwin/product-build-darwin-cli.yml@self
                 parameters:
diff --git a/build/azure-pipelines/product-build.yml b/build/azure-pipelines/product-build.yml
index 9153e3042987..1999b8b2c9dd 100644
--- a/build/azure-pipelines/product-build.yml
+++ b/build/azure-pipelines/product-build.yml
@@ -671,12 +671,6 @@ extends:
           variables:
             BUILDSECMON_OPT_IN: true
           jobs:
-            - ${{ if eq(parameters.VSCODE_BUILD_MACOS, true) }}:
-              - template: build/azure-pipelines/darwin/product-build-darwin-cli.yml@self
-                parameters:
-                  VSCODE_ARCH: x64
-                  VSCODE_CHECK_ONLY: ${{ variables.VSCODE_CIBUILD }}
-                  VSCODE_QUALITY: ${{ variables.VSCODE_QUALITY }}
             - ${{ if eq(parameters.VSCODE_BUILD_MACOS_ARM64, true) }}:
               - template: build/azure-pipelines/darwin/product-build-darwin-cli.yml@self
                 parameters:
diff --git a/build/lib/test/testCheckpointTemplates.test.ts b/build/lib/test/testCheckpointTemplates.test.ts
index c33fd45433fc..98658ec1b5ea 100644
--- a/build/lib/test/testCheckpointTemplates.test.ts
+++ b/build/lib/test/testCheckpointTemplates.test.ts
@@ -531,7 +531,7 @@ suite('Product test checkpoint templates', () => {
 		})));
 	});
 
-	test('macOS CI includes a CLI job for each selected architecture', () => {
+	test('macOS CI includes only the ARM64 CLI job', () => {
 		const pipelineFiles = ['product-build.yml', 'product-build-ado-ci.yml', 'product-build-template.yml'];
 		const observed = pipelineFiles.map(file => {
 			const stage = records(readTemplate(file)).find(record => record.stage === 'macOS');
@@ -555,7 +555,6 @@ suite('Product test checkpoint templates', () => {
 			return {
 				file,
 				cliJobs: [
-					{ when: '${{ if eq(parameters.VSCODE_BUILD_MACOS, true) }}', arch: 'x64', checkOnly },
 					{ when: '${{ if eq(parameters.VSCODE_BUILD_MACOS_ARM64, true) }}', arch: 'arm64', checkOnly },
 				],
 			};