diff --git a/.azure-pipelines/advanced-test.yml b/.azure-pipelines/advanced-test.yml
index e2342630f..7f4167071 100644
--- a/.azure-pipelines/advanced-test.yml
+++ b/.azure-pipelines/advanced-test.yml
@@ -12,3 +12,4 @@ variables:
 
 stages:
   - template: templates/stages/test-and-package-stage.yml
+  - template: templates/stages/notify-failure-stage.yml
diff --git a/.azure-pipelines/templates/jobs/standard-tests-jobs.yml b/.azure-pipelines/templates/jobs/standard-tests-jobs.yml
index 6c6269cd3..c01308cbc 100644
--- a/.azure-pipelines/templates/jobs/standard-tests-jobs.yml
+++ b/.azure-pipelines/templates/jobs/standard-tests-jobs.yml
@@ -12,8 +12,3 @@ jobs:
       vmImage: $(IMAGE_NAME)
     steps:
       - template: ../steps/tox-steps.yml
-  - job: test_sphinx_builds
-    pool:
-      vmImage: ubuntu-20.04
-    steps:
-      - template: ../steps/sphinx-steps.yml