diff --git a/.github/actions/artifacts_build/action.yml b/.github/actions/artifacts_build/action.yml
index 84d989a0..dd82982d 100644
--- a/.github/actions/artifacts_build/action.yml
+++ b/.github/actions/artifacts_build/action.yml
@@ -80,15 +80,6 @@ runs:
       env:
         AWS_REGION: ${{ inputs.aws-region }}
 
-    # Per https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AmazonECR/latest/public/docker-pull-ecr-image.html, it is possible to
-    # make unauthorized calls to get public ECR images (needed to build the ADOT Node docker image), but
-    # it can fail if you previously authenticated to a public repo. Adding this step to log out, so we
-    # ensure we can make unauthenticated call. This is important for making the pr_build workflow run on
-    # PRs created from forked repos.
-    - name: Logout of public AWS ECR
-      shell: bash
-      run: docker logout public.ecr.aws
-
     - name: Build and push image according to input
       uses: docker/build-push-action@v5
       with:
diff --git a/.github/workflows/pr-build.yml b/.github/workflows/pr-build.yml
index bea72cfd..83819f4b 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/pr-build.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/pr-build.yml
@@ -38,6 +38,15 @@ jobs:
         run: npm ci
       - name: Compile all NPM projects
         run: npm run compile
+      - name: Build Tarball and Image Files
+        uses: ./.github/actions/artifacts_build
+        with:
+          image_uri_with_tag: pr-build/${{ matrix.node }}
+          push_image: false
+          load_image: true
+          node_version: ${{ matrix.node }}
+          package_name: aws-distro-opentelemetry-node-autoinstrumentation
+          os: ubuntu-latest
       - name: Build Lambda Layer
         run: npm run build-lambda
       - name: Unit tests (Full)