diff --git a/build-pipeline.yml b/build-pipeline.yml
index 0a286a51b8e50e52bf49c35f053af67a21f60757..e63969689f05515b93c559d67bbaf1b0cb7c6356 100644
--- a/build-pipeline.yml
+++ b/build-pipeline.yml
@@ -264,16 +264,6 @@ workflow:
     - echo "Getting Yocto build artifacts"
     - wget -O artifacts.zip ${BUILD_ARTIFACTS}
     - unzip artifacts.zip
-  after_script:
-    # FIXME: This is necessary because we're using an old build for the build simulation
-    # which does not export these variables, yet. Can be removed as soon as we switch to
-    # a newer release already containing these variables, then they can be read from the
-    # existing build.env from the cache.
-    # yamllint disable-line rule:line-length
-    - export TOOLCHAIN_OUTPUTNAME="seconorth-wayland-glibc-x86_64-seconorth-image-cortexa9t2hf-neon-$MACHINE-toolchain-kirkstone-7.0"
-    # yamllint disable-line rule:line-length
-    - export DISTRO_RELEASE_ARTEFACTS="seconorth-image-$MACHINE.tar.gz seconorth-image-$MACHINE.manifest seconorth-image-$MACHINE.testdata.json fng-install.sh pkg.py"
-    - *save_build_env
   cache:
     - *cache
     # Additionally cache the build artifacts for re-runs of this job in other pipelines
diff --git a/manifest-pipeline-ci-test.yml b/manifest-pipeline-ci-test.yml
index f85e47ab43358bea6fa2103065a9497e8756c07b..764dde86d7d91bf361989d9f7f7d8374f2b75ff0 100644
--- a/manifest-pipeline-ci-test.yml
+++ b/manifest-pipeline-ci-test.yml
@@ -63,12 +63,12 @@ yocto-simulation-pipeline:
     - .yocto-deploy
   variables:
     BUILD_ARTIFACTS_PREFIX: >-
-      https://git.seco.com/seco-ne/yocto/manifest/-/jobs/artifacts/kirkstone/7.0/download?job=build
+      https://git.seco.com/seco-ne/yocto/manifest/-/jobs/artifacts/kirkstone/14.0/download?job=build
     YOCTO_IMAGE: seconorth-image
     YOCTO_DISTRO: seconorth-wayland
     SETUP_SCRIPT: /dev/null
     INSTALL_SCRIPT: fng-install.sh
-    BITBAKE_ENV_COMMAND: echo DISTRO_VERSION="kirkstone-7.0"
+    BITBAKE_ENV_COMMAND: echo DISTRO_VERSION="kirkstone-14.0"
     ARTIFACTS_PATH: build-*/tmp/deploy/images/**/*
     PACKAGE_TYPE: image
     TEST_STAGE: "true"
@@ -85,7 +85,7 @@ sdk-simulation-pipeline:
     - .yocto-deploy
   variables:
     BUILD_ARTIFACTS_PREFIX: >-
-      https://git.seco.com/seco-ne/yocto/manifest/-/jobs/artifacts/kirkstone/7.0/download?job=buildsdk
+      https://git.seco.com/seco-ne/yocto/manifest/-/jobs/artifacts/kirkstone/14.0/download?job=buildsdk
     YOCTO_IMAGE: seconorth-image
     YOCTO_DISTRO: seconorth-wayland
     SETUP_SCRIPT: /dev/null