diff --git a/jobs/build-charms.yaml b/jobs/build-charms.yaml
index 03f5522da..2610aa0c6 100644
--- a/jobs/build-charms.yaml
+++ b/jobs/build-charms.yaml
@@ -110,8 +110,6 @@
             #!/bin/bash
             set -eux
 
-            . $WORKSPACE/jobs/build-charms/charmcraft-lib.sh
-            
             sudo chown -R jenkins:jenkins /var/lib/jenkins/.config/ || true
 
             IS_FORCE=""
@@ -126,14 +124,6 @@
 
             rm -rf "$WORKSPACE/charms" || true
 
-            # Cleanup old charmcraft containers
-            ci_lxc_delete "$JOB_NAME"
-            
-            # Configure cleanup routine for exit
-            export charmcraft_lxc="$JOB_NAME-$BUILD_NUMBER"
-            trap 'ci_lxc_delete $charmcraft_lxc' EXIT
-            ci_charmcraft_launch $charmcraft_lxc
-
             set +e
 
             EXIT_STATUS=0
diff --git a/jobs/build-charms/builder_local.py b/jobs/build-charms/builder_local.py
index 820fc45dc..5ca33c127 100644
--- a/jobs/build-charms/builder_local.py
+++ b/jobs/build-charms/builder_local.py
@@ -474,6 +474,7 @@ def __init__(self, build_type):
         )
         if response and "Item" in response:
             self.db = response["Item"]
+        self.db["pull_layer_manifest"] = None
 
     def clean(self):
         for each in self.clean_dirs:
@@ -602,7 +603,10 @@ def download(self, layer_name):
         return layer_manifest
 
     def pull_layers(self):
-        """Clone all downstream layers to be processed locally when doing charm builds."""
+        """Clone all downstream layers to be processed locally when doing local charm builds."""
+        layers = self.db.get("pull_layer_manifest")
+        if layers is not None:
+            return layers
         layers_to_pull = [
             layer_name
             for layer in self.layers
@@ -611,8 +615,8 @@ def pull_layers(self):
         ]
         pool = ThreadPool()
         results = pool.map(self.download, layers_to_pull)
-
-        self.db["pull_layer_manifest"] = list(results)
+        self.db["pull_layer_manifest"] = layers = list(results)
+        return layers
 
 
 @unique
@@ -831,8 +835,7 @@ def version_identification(self, source):
             version_id = [{"rev": version, "url": self.entity}] if version else None
         elif self.reactive and source == "local":
             version_id = [
-                {k: curr[k] for k in comparisons}
-                for curr in self.build.db["pull_layer_manifest"]
+                {k: curr[k] for k in comparisons} for curr in self.build.pull_layers()
             ]
 
             # Check the current git cloned charm repo commit and add that to
@@ -915,7 +918,6 @@ def within_channel_bounds(self, to_channels):
 
     def charm_build(self):
         """Perform a build against charm/bundle."""
-        lxc = os.environ.get("charmcraft_lxc")
         ret = SimpleNamespace(ok=False)
         charm_path = Path(self.src_path, f"{self.name}.charm")
         if "override-build" in self.opts:
@@ -927,6 +929,7 @@ def charm_build(self):
                 echo=self.echo,
             )
         elif self.reactive:
+            self.build.pull_layers()
             supported_architectures = (
                 self.opts.get("architectures") or K8S_CHARM_SUPPORT_ARCHES
             )
@@ -942,21 +945,8 @@ def charm_build(self):
                 ret.ok = True
             except sh.ErrorReturnCode as e:
                 self.echo(e.stderr)
-        elif lxc:
-            msg = f"Consider moving {self.name} to launchpad builder"
-            border = "-".join("=" * (len(msg) // 2 + 1))
-            self.echo("\n".join((border, msg, border)))
-            self.echo(f"Building in container {lxc}.")
-            repository = f"https://github.com/{self.downstream}"
-            charmcraft_script = (
-                "#!/bin/bash -eux\n"
-                f"source {Path(__file__).parent / 'charmcraft-lib.sh'}\n"
-                f"ci_charmcraft_pack {lxc} {repository} {self.branch} {self.opts.get('subdir', '')}\n"
-                f"ci_charmcraft_copy {lxc} {charm_path}\n"
-            )
-            ret = script(charmcraft_script, echo=self.echo)
         else:
-            self.echo("No 'charmcraft_lxc' container available")
+            self.echo("charmcraft pack should be performed on launchpad builder")
 
         if not ret.ok:
             self.echo("Failed to build, aborting")
@@ -990,7 +980,7 @@ def push(self, artifact: Artifact):
         self.tag(f"{self.name}-{artifact.rev}")
 
     def tag(self, tag: str) -> bool:
-        """Tag current commit in this repo with a lightweigh tag."""
+        """Tag current commit in this repo with a lightweight tag."""
         tagged = False
         current_sha = self.commit()
         if repo := self.repository:
diff --git a/jobs/build-charms/charmcraft-build.sh b/jobs/build-charms/charmcraft-build.sh
deleted file mode 100755
index f2eaf72af..000000000
--- a/jobs/build-charms/charmcraft-build.sh
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,47 +0,0 @@
-#!/bin/bash -eux
-
-_DIR="${BASH_SOURCE%/*}"
-if [[ ! -d "$_DIR" ]]; then _DIR="$PWD"; fi
-. "$_DIR/charmcraft-lib.sh"
-
-## Requirements
-## - LXD (initialized)
-
-## Configuration
-## - REPOSITORY: Repository to pull the charm code from
-## - BRANCH: Tag to checkout
-## - SUBDIR: Subdirectory under repository where charm exists
-## - RELEASE_TO_EDGE: Release uploaded revision to CharmHub edge
-## - UPLOAD_CHARM: Upload charm to charmhub.io
-## - COPY_CHARM: Copy charm to local path
-## - JOB_NAME: from jenkins
-## - BUILD_NUMBER: from jenkins
-
-
-## Secrets
-## - CHARMCRAFT_AUTH: charmcraft credentials. output of `charmcraft login --export auth; cat auth`
-
-## default optional variables
-JOB_NAME="${JOB_NAME:-unnamed-job}"
-BUILD_NUMBER="${BUILD_NUMBER:-0}"
-SUBDIR="${SUBDIR:-}"
-RELEASE_TO_EDGE="${RELEASE_TO_EDGE:-}"
-UPLOAD_CHARM="${UPLOAD_CHARM:-}"
-COPY_CHARM="${COPY_CHARM:-}"
-
-# Cleanup old containers
-ci_lxc_delete "${JOB_NAME}"
-
-# Configure cleanup routine
-container="${JOB_NAME}-${BUILD_NUMBER}"
-trap 'ci_lxc_delete $container' EXIT
-
-ci_charmcraft_launch $container
-ci_charmcraft_pack $container ${REPOSITORY} ${BRANCH} "${SUBDIR}"
-if [[ "$UPLOAD_CHARM" == 'true' ]]; then
-  ci_charmcraft_release $container $RELEASE_TO_EDGE
-fi
-
-if [[ -n "$COPY_CHARM" ]]; then
-  ci_charmcraft_copy $container $COPY_CHARM
-fi
diff --git a/jobs/build-charms/charmcraft-lib.sh b/jobs/build-charms/charmcraft-lib.sh
deleted file mode 100644
index e2ca230f9..000000000
--- a/jobs/build-charms/charmcraft-lib.sh
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,76 +0,0 @@
-#!/bin/bash
-set -eux
-
-if [[ $0 == $BASH_SOURCE ]]; then
-  echo "$0 should be sourced";
-  exit
-fi
-echo "sourced ${BASH_SOURCE:-$0}"
-source $(dirname ${BASH_SOURCE:-$0})/../../cilib.sh
-
-ci_charmcraft_launch()
-{
-  # Launch local LXD container to publish to charmcraft
-  local charmcraft_lxc=$1
-  ci_lxc_launch ubuntu:20.04 $charmcraft_lxc
-  until sudo lxc shell $charmcraft_lxc -- bash -c "snap install charmcraft --classic --channel=2.x/stable"; do
-    echo 'retrying charmcraft install in 3s...'
-    sleep 3
-  done
-
-  local clone_current="git clone $(git remote -v | grep http | head -n 1 | awk '{print $2}') clone-test"
-  if sudo lxc shell $charmcraft_lxc -- bash -c "$clone_current"; then
-    echo "$charmcraft_lxc can clone a repo"
-  else
-    echo "$charmcraft_lxc can't clone a repo, try setting proxy..."
-    sudo lxc shell $charmcraft_lxc -- bash -c 'git config --global --add http.proxy http://squid.internal:3128'
-    sudo lxc shell $charmcraft_lxc -- bash -c 'git config --global --add https.proxy http://squid.internal:3128'
-    sudo lxc shell $charmcraft_lxc -- bash -c "$clone_current"
-  fi
-  sudo lxc shell $charmcraft_lxc -- bash -c 'rm -rf clone-test'
-
-}
-
-ci_charmcraft_pack()
-{
-  # Build charm
-  local charmcraft_lxc=$1
-  local repository=$2
-  local branch=$3
-  local subdir=${4:-.}
-
-  sudo lxc shell $charmcraft_lxc -- bash -c "rm -rf /root/*"
-  sudo lxc shell $charmcraft_lxc -- bash -c "git clone ${repository} -b ${branch} charm"
-  sudo lxc shell $charmcraft_lxc -- bash -c "cd charm/$subdir; cat version || git rev-parse --short HEAD | tee version"
-  sudo lxc shell $charmcraft_lxc --env CHARMCRAFT_MANAGED_MODE=1 -- bash -c "cd charm; charmcraft pack -v -p $subdir"
-}
-
-ci_charmcraft_release()
-{
-  # Upload to CharmHub, and optionally release
-  local charmcraft_lxc=$1
-  local do_release_to_edge=${2:-}
-  local upload_args=$([[ $do_release_to_edge == 'true' ]] && echo ' --release edge')
-  sudo lxc shell $charmcraft_lxc --env CHARMCRAFT_AUTH="$CHARMCRAFT_AUTH" -- bash -c "cd charm; charmcraft upload *.charm $upload_args"
-}
-
-ci_charmcraft_copy()
-{
-  # Copy charm out of the container to a local directory
-  local charmcraft_lxc=$1
-  local copy_destination=$2
-  for charm in $(sudo lxc exec $charmcraft_lxc -- bash -c "ls /root/charm/*.charm"); do
-    echo "Pulling ${charmcraft_lxc}${charm} to ${copy_destination}"
-    sudo lxc file pull ${charmcraft_lxc}${charm} ${copy_destination}
-  done
-}
-
-ci_charmcraft_promote()
-{
-  # Promote an existing charm revision to a channel
-  local charmcraft_lxc=$1
-  local charm=$2
-  local revision=$3
-  local channel=$4
-  sudo lxc shell $charmcraft_lxc --env CHARMCRAFT_AUTH="$CHARMCRAFT_AUTH" -- bash -c "charmcraft release $charm --revision $revision --channel $channel"
-}
diff --git a/jobs/build-charms/main.py b/jobs/build-charms/main.py
index a4ed69bd6..2cd5c09cd 100644
--- a/jobs/build-charms/main.py
+++ b/jobs/build-charms/main.py
@@ -76,7 +76,6 @@ def build(
         "force": force,
     }
     build_env.clean()
-    build_env.pull_layers()
 
     entities = []
     for charm_map in build_env.job_list:
diff --git a/tests/unit/build_charms/test_charms.py b/tests/unit/build_charms/test_charms.py
index 502d52447..47c3a6cd4 100644
--- a/tests/unit/build_charms/test_charms.py
+++ b/tests/unit/build_charms/test_charms.py
@@ -294,24 +294,12 @@ def test_build_entity_charm_build(
 
     # Operator Charms, build with charmcraft container
     charm_entity.reactive = False
-    os.environ["charmcraft_lxc"] = "unnamed-job-0"
-    charm_entity.artifacts = []
-    charm_entity.charm_build()
-    charm_cmd.build.assert_not_called()
-    mock_script.assert_called_once_with(
-        "#!/bin/bash -eux\n"
-        f"source {CHARMCRAFT_LIB_SH}\n"
-        f"ci_charmcraft_pack unnamed-job-0 https://github.com/{charm_entity.downstream} main \n"
-        f"ci_charmcraft_copy unnamed-job-0 {K8S_CI_CHARM}/k8s-ci-charm.charm\n",
-        echo=charm_entity.echo,
-    )
-    mock_script.reset_mock()
-
-    # Operator Charms, fail build without charmcraft container
-    del os.environ["charmcraft_lxc"]
     with pytest.raises(builder_local.BuildException):
         charm_entity.artifacts = []
         charm_entity.charm_build()
+    charm_cmd.build.assert_not_called()
+    mock_script.assert_not_called()
+    mock_script.reset_mock()
 
 
 def test_build_entity_upload(
@@ -706,7 +694,6 @@ def test_build_command(mock_build_env, mock_build_entity, main):
         "to_channel": "edge",
         "force": True,
     }
-    mock_build_env.pull_layers.assert_called_once_with()
     mock_build_env.save.assert_called_once_with()
 
     entity.echo.assert_has_calls(