diff --git a/.github/workflows/cluster-it-1c1d1a.yml b/.github/workflows/cluster-it-1c1d1a.yml
deleted file mode 100644
index 121bc37c49578..0000000000000
--- a/.github/workflows/cluster-it-1c1d1a.yml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,64 +0,0 @@
-name: Cluster IT - 1C1D1A
-
-on:
-  push:
-    branches:
-      - master
-      - 'rel/1.*'
-      - 'rc/1.*'
-      - 'dev/1.*'
-    paths-ignore:
-      - 'docs/**'
-      - 'site/**'
-  pull_request:
-    branches:
-      - master
-      - 'rel/1.*'
-      - 'rc/1.*'
-      - 'dev/1.*'
-    paths-ignore:
-      - 'docs/**'
-      - 'site/**'
-  # allow manually run the action:
-  workflow_dispatch:
-
-concurrency:
-  group: ${{ github.workflow }}-${{ github.ref }}
-  cancel-in-progress: true
-
-env:
-  MAVEN_OPTS: -Dhttp.keepAlive=false -Dmaven.wagon.http.pool=false -Dmaven.wagon.http.retryHandler.class=standard -Dmaven.wagon.http.retryHandler.count=3
-  MAVEN_ARGS: --batch-mode --no-transfer-progress
-  DEVELOCITY_ACCESS_KEY: ${{ secrets.GE_ACCESS_TOKEN }}
-
-jobs:
-  AINode:
-    strategy:
-      fail-fast: false
-      max-parallel: 15
-      matrix:
-        os: [ ubuntu-latest ]
-    runs-on: ${{ matrix.os }}
-
-    steps:
-      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
-      - name: Build AINode
-        shell: bash
-        run: mvn clean package -DskipTests -P with-ainode
-      - name: IT Test
-        shell: bash
-        run: |
-          mvn clean verify \
-          -P with-integration-tests \
-          -DskipUTs \
-          -DintegrationTest.forkCount=2 \
-          -pl integration-test \
-          -am \
-          -PAIClusterIT
-      - name: Upload Artifact
-        if: failure()
-        uses: actions/upload-artifact@v4
-        with:
-          name: cluster-log-ainode-${{ matrix.os }}
-          path: integration-test/target/ainode-logs
-          retention-days: 30
diff --git a/integration-test/pom.xml b/integration-test/pom.xml
index 43b60fc371b23..620df0857a27b 100644
--- a/integration-test/pom.xml
+++ b/integration-test/pom.xml
@@ -544,7 +544,13 @@
                 <activeByDefault>false</activeByDefault>
             </activation>
             <properties>
-                <integrationTest.excludedGroups/>
+                <!-- Temporarily exclude all AINode (AIClusterIT) integration tests.
+                     includedGroups is intentionally kept as AIClusterIT so this profile stays
+                     scoped to the AINode tests only - leaving it empty would make failsafe run
+                     every IT in this module. The matching excludedGroups then skips them, and
+                     because excludedGroups takes precedence over includedGroups, no AINode test
+                     is executed even when this profile is activated. -->
+                <integrationTest.excludedGroups>org.apache.iotdb.itbase.category.AIClusterIT</integrationTest.excludedGroups>
                 <integrationTest.includedGroups>org.apache.iotdb.itbase.category.AIClusterIT</integrationTest.includedGroups>
                 <integrationTest.launchNodeInSameJVM>false</integrationTest.launchNodeInSameJVM>
                 <integrationTest.randomSelectWriteNode>false</integrationTest.randomSelectWriteNode>