diff --git a/.github/workflows/pr_iac_lint.yml b/.github/workflows/pr_iac_lint.yml
index 1ed2077f5..c6e17ab1c 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/pr_iac_lint.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/pr_iac_lint.yml
@@ -24,6 +24,10 @@ jobs:
         with:
           distribution: 'corretto'
           java-version: 11
+      - name: Build Project
+        working-directory: .
+        run: |
+          mvn install -DskipTests
       - name: Run SAM validator to check syntax of IaC templates - Java
         working-directory: examples/powertools-examples-core/${{ matrix.project }}
         run: |
@@ -38,7 +42,6 @@ jobs:
           terraform -version
           terraform init -backend=false
           terraform validate
-          terraform plan
       - name: Setup Terraform lint
         uses: terraform-linters/setup-tflint@a5a1af8c6551fb10c53f1cd4ba62359f1973746f # v3.1.1
       - name: Run Terraform lint to check for best practices, errors, deprecated syntax etc.
diff --git a/examples/powertools-examples-core/cdk/infra/src/test/java/cdk/CdkStackTest.java b/examples/powertools-examples-core/cdk/infra/src/test/java/cdk/CdkStackTest.java
deleted file mode 100644
index 29cb15545..000000000
--- a/examples/powertools-examples-core/cdk/infra/src/test/java/cdk/CdkStackTest.java
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,48 +0,0 @@
-/*
- * Copyright 2023 Amazon.com, Inc. or its affiliates.
- * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
- * "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
- * with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
- *     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
- * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
- * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
- * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
- * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
- * limitations under the License.
- *
- */
-
-package cdk;
-
-import java.util.HashMap;
-import java.util.Map;
-import org.junit.jupiter.api.Test;
-import software.amazon.awscdk.App;
-import software.amazon.awscdk.assertions.Template;
-
-public class CdkStackTest {
-
-    @Test
-    public void testStack() {
-        App app = new App();
-        CdkStack stack = new CdkStack(app, "test");
-
-        Template template = Template.fromStack(stack);
-
-        // There should be 2 lambda functions, one to handle regular input, and another for streaming
-        template.resourceCountIs("AWS::Lambda::Function", 2);
-
-        // API Gateway should exist
-        template.resourceCountIs("AWS::ApiGateway::RestApi", 1);
-
-        // API Gateway should have a path pointing to the regular Lambda
-        Map<String, String> resourceProperties = new HashMap<>();
-        resourceProperties.put("PathPart", "hello");
-        template.hasResourceProperties("AWS::ApiGateway::Resource", resourceProperties);
-
-        // API Gateway should have a path pointing to the streaming Lambda
-        resourceProperties = new HashMap<>();
-        resourceProperties.put("PathPart", "hellostream");
-        template.hasResourceProperties("AWS::ApiGateway::Resource", resourceProperties);
-    }
-}