diff --git a/tools/devops/automation/build-pipeline.yml b/tools/devops/automation/build-pipeline.yml
index 940649b2d823..d9486bea8627 100644
--- a/tools/devops/automation/build-pipeline.yml
+++ b/tools/devops/automation/build-pipeline.yml
@@ -22,6 +22,10 @@ parameters:
   type: string
   default: 'latest'
 
+- name: enableDotnet
+  type: boolean
+  default: true
+
 # We are doing some black magic. We have several templates that 
 # are executed with different parameters. 
 #
@@ -218,6 +222,7 @@ stages:
         keyringPass: $(xma-password)
         gitHubToken: ${{ variables['GitHub.Token'] }}
         xqaCertPass: $(xqa--certificates--password)
+        enableDotnet: ${{ parameters.enableDotnet }}
 
 - ${{ if eq(parameters.runDeviceTests, true) }}:
   - ${{ if and(ne(variables['Build.Reason'], 'Schedule'), or(eq(variables['Build.Reason'], 'IndividualCI'), eq(variables['Build.Reason'], 'Manual'))) }}:
diff --git a/tools/devops/automation/templates/build/build.yml b/tools/devops/automation/templates/build/build.yml
index 9d868ae6fcf0..16ce4eeb3384 100644
--- a/tools/devops/automation/templates/build/build.yml
+++ b/tools/devops/automation/templates/build/build.yml
@@ -23,6 +23,10 @@ parameters:
 - name: xqaCertPass
   type: string
 
+- name: enableDotnet
+  type: boolean
+  default: false
+
 steps:
 - checkout: self          # https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/devops/pipelines/yaml-schema?view=azure-devops&tabs=schema#checkout
   clean: true             # Executes: git clean -ffdx && git reset --hard HEAD
@@ -274,13 +278,21 @@ steps:
       CONFIGURE_FLAGS="--enable-xamarin"
     fi
 
-    CONFIGURE_FLAGS="$CONFIGURE_FLAGS --enable-dotnet --enable-dotnet-windows --enable-install-source"
+    if [[ "$EnableDotNet" == "True" ]]; then
+      echo "Enabling dotnet builds."
+      CONFIGURE_FLAGS="$CONFIGURE_FLAGS --enable-dotnet --enable-dotnet-windows"
+    fi
+
+    CONFIGURE_FLAGS="$CONFIGURE_FLAGS --enable-install-source"
+    echo "Configuration falgs are '$CONFIGURE_FLAGS'"
 
     cd $(Build.SourcesDirectory)/xamarin-macios/
     ./configure $CONFIGURE_FLAGS
     echo $(cat $(Build.SourcesDirectory)/xamarin-macios/configure.inc)
   env:
     IsPR: $(configuration.IsPR)
+    ${{ if eq(parameters.enableDotnet, true) }}:
+      EnableDotNet: 'True'
   displayName: "Configure build"
   timeoutInMinutes: 5
 
@@ -312,11 +324,14 @@ steps:
   timeoutInMinutes: 180
 
 # build nugets
-- template: build-nugets.yml
+- ${{ if eq(parameters.enableDotnet, true) }}:
+  - template: build-nugets.yml
 
 # only sign an notarize in no PR executions
 - ${{ if ne(parameters.isPR, 'True') }}:
   - template: sign-and-notarized.yml
+    parameters:
+      enableDotnet: ${{ parameters.enableDotnet }}
 
 - template: generate-workspace-info.yml@templates
   parameters:
diff --git a/tools/devops/automation/templates/build/configure.yml b/tools/devops/automation/templates/build/configure.yml
index 563080676bb4..cf1a223189d5 100644
--- a/tools/devops/automation/templates/build/configure.yml
+++ b/tools/devops/automation/templates/build/configure.yml
@@ -1,6 +1,12 @@
 # This job will parse all the labels present in a PR, will set
 # the tags for the build AND will set a number of configuration
 # variables to be used by the rest of the projects
+parameters:
+
+- name: enableDotnet
+  type: boolean
+  default: false
+
 steps:
 - checkout: self          # https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/devops/pipelines/yaml-schema?view=azure-devops&tabs=schema#checkout
   clean: true             # Executes: git clean -ffdx && git reset --hard HEAD
@@ -24,6 +30,12 @@ steps:
     if ($buildReason -eq "Schedule") {
         $tags.Add("cronjob")
     }
+    if ($Env:ENABLE_DOTNET -eq "True") {
+      Write-Host "dotnet will be enabled for the build because ENABLE_DOTNET was '$Env:ENABLE_DOTNET'"
+    } else {
+      Write-Host "dotnet will be disabled for the build because ENABLE_DOTNET was '$Env:ENABLE_DOTNET'"
+    }
+
 
     if ($buildReason -eq "PullRequest" -or (($buildReason -eq "Manual") -and ($buildSourceBranchName -eq "merge")) ) {
       Write-Host "Configuring build from PR."
@@ -57,7 +69,8 @@ steps:
       # decide if we add the run-dotnet-tests label (if not present) this is done only for main
       # we can use $ref for that :)
       $xharnessLabels = $tags -join ","
-      if ($ref -eq "main" -and -not ("run-dotnet-tests" -in $xharnessLabels)) {
+      if ($Env:ENABLE_DOTNET -eq "True" -and -not ("run-dotnet-tests" -in $xharnessLabels)) {
+        Write-Host "Adding label run-dotnet-tests to xharness."
         $tags.Add("run-dotnet-tests")
         if ($xharnessLabels -eq "") {
           $xharnessLabels = "run-dotnet-tests"
@@ -102,6 +115,8 @@ steps:
     BUILD_REVISION: $(Build.SourceVersion)
     GITHUB_TOKEN: $(GitHub.Token)
     ACCESSTOKEN: $(AzDoBuildAccess.Token)
+    ${{ if eq(parameters.enableDotnet, true) }}:
+      ENABLE_DOTNET: "True"
   name: labels
   displayName: 'Configure build'
 
diff --git a/tools/devops/automation/templates/build/sign-and-notarized.yml b/tools/devops/automation/templates/build/sign-and-notarized.yml
index 55b6bb3e5dbc..de458c9ac961 100644
--- a/tools/devops/automation/templates/build/sign-and-notarized.yml
+++ b/tools/devops/automation/templates/build/sign-and-notarized.yml
@@ -5,6 +5,10 @@ parameters:
   type: string
   default: 'Real'
 
+- name: enableDotnet
+  type: boolean
+  default: false
+
 steps:
 
 - bash: |
@@ -86,36 +90,37 @@ steps:
     zipSources: false  # we do not use the feature and makes the installation to last 10/12 mins instead of < 1 min
   env:
     SYSTEM_ACCESSTOKEN: $(System.AccessToken)
+ 
+- ${{ if eq(parameters.enableDotnet, true) }}:
+  - pwsh : |
+      # Get the list of files to sign
+      $msiFiles = Get-ChildItem -Path $(Build.SourcesDirectory)/package/ -Filter "*.msi"
+
+      # Add those files to an array
+      $SignFiles = @()
+      foreach($msi in $msiFiles) {
+          Write-Host "$($msi.FullName)"
+          $SignFiles += @{ "SrcPath"="$($msi.FullName)"}
+      }
 
-- pwsh : |
-    # Get the list of files to sign
-    $msiFiles = Get-ChildItem -Path $(Build.SourcesDirectory)/package/ -Filter "*.msi"
-
-    # Add those files to an array
-    $SignFiles = @()
-    foreach($msi in $msiFiles) {
-        Write-Host "$($msi.FullName)"
-        $SignFiles += @{ "SrcPath"="$($msi.FullName)"}
-    }
+      Write-Host "$msiFiles"
 
-    Write-Host "$msiFiles"
+      # array of dicts
+      $SignFileRecord = @(
+        @{
+          "Certs" = "400";
+          "SignFileList" = $SignFiles;
+        }
+      )
 
-    # array of dicts
-    $SignFileRecord = @(
-      @{
-        "Certs" = "400";
-        "SignFileList" = $SignFiles;
+      $SignFileList = @{
+          "SignFileRecordList" = $SignFileRecord
       }
-    )
-
-    $SignFileList = @{
-        "SignFileRecordList" = $SignFileRecord
-    }
 
-    # Write the json to a file
-    ConvertTo-Json -InputObject $SignFileList -Depth 5 | Out-File -FilePath $(Build.ArtifactStagingDirectory)/MsiFiles2Notarize.json -Force
-    dotnet $Env:MBSIGN_APPFOLDER/ddsignfiles.dll /filelist:$(Build.ArtifactStagingDirectory)/MsiFiles2Notarize.json
-  displayName: 'Sign .msi'
+      # Write the json to a file
+      ConvertTo-Json -InputObject $SignFileList -Depth 5 | Out-File -FilePath $(Build.ArtifactStagingDirectory)/MsiFiles2Notarize.json -Force
+      dotnet $Env:MBSIGN_APPFOLDER/ddsignfiles.dll /filelist:$(Build.ArtifactStagingDirectory)/MsiFiles2Notarize.json
+    displayName: 'Sign .msi'
 
 - bash: |
     security unlock-keychain -p $PRODUCTSIGN_KEYCHAIN_PASSWORD builder.keychain
diff --git a/tools/devops/automation/templates/build/stage.yml b/tools/devops/automation/templates/build/stage.yml
index 563debee22db..18f24c3208b1 100644
--- a/tools/devops/automation/templates/build/stage.yml
+++ b/tools/devops/automation/templates/build/stage.yml
@@ -21,6 +21,10 @@ parameters:
 - name: xqaCertPass
   type: string
 
+- name: enableDotnet
+  type: boolean
+  default: false
+
 jobs:
 - job: configure
   displayName: 'Configure build'
@@ -95,6 +99,7 @@ jobs:
       keyringPass: ${{ parameters.keyringPass }}
       gitHubToken: ${{ parameters.gitHubToken }}
       xqaCertPass: ${{ parameters.xqaCertPass }}
+      enableDotnet: ${{ parameters.enableDotnet }}
 
 - job: upload_azure_blob
   displayName: 'Upload packages to Azure'
@@ -115,6 +120,8 @@ jobs:
       clean: all
   steps:
   - template: upload-azure.yml
+    parameters:
+      enableDotnet: ${{ parameters.enableDotnet }}
 
 - job: upload_vsdrops
   displayName: 'Upload test results to VSDrops'
diff --git a/tools/devops/automation/templates/build/upload-azure.yml b/tools/devops/automation/templates/build/upload-azure.yml
index 0bdc93ecf44c..f43384cde9b7 100644
--- a/tools/devops/automation/templates/build/upload-azure.yml
+++ b/tools/devops/automation/templates/build/upload-azure.yml
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+parameters:
+- name: enableDotnet
+  type: boolean
+  default: false
+
 steps:
 
 - checkout: self
@@ -164,7 +169,7 @@ steps:
        Set-GitHubStatus -Status "error" -Description "msbuild.zip not found." -Context "msbuild.zip"
     }
 
-    if ($Env:SkipNugets -ne "True") {
+    if ($Env:ENABLE_DOTNET -eq "True" -and  $Env:SkipNugets -ne "True") {
       $nugets = Get-ChildItem -Path $pkgsPath -Filter *.nupkg -File -Name
       Write-Host $nugets 
       Write-Host "nuget count is $($nugets.Count)"
@@ -196,4 +201,6 @@ steps:
     GITHUB_TOKEN: $(GitHub.Token)
     ACCESSTOKEN: $(System.AccessToken)
     STORAGE_URI: $(Parameters.outputStorageUri)
+    ${{ if eq(parameters.enableDotnet, true) }}:
+      ENABLE_DOTNET: "True"
   displayName: 'Set GithubStatus'