diff --git a/.Rbuildignore b/.Rbuildignore
index 66d42c5..4b9b324 100644
--- a/.Rbuildignore
+++ b/.Rbuildignore
@@ -4,4 +4,6 @@
 \.github/
 metadata.yaml
 
-src/sample_interval.cpp
\ No newline at end of file
+src/sample_interval.cpp
+
+.cicd-env
diff --git a/.cicd-env b/.cicd-env
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..7c22c2d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.cicd-env
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+VALIDATE_R="false"
+IGNORE_NAMED_TESTS="bllinter.test_all.CommonTestCase.test_public_private"
diff --git a/.github/workflows/CICD-base.yaml b/.github/workflows/CICD-base.yaml
index cfbfccd..910e0b2 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/CICD-base.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/CICD-base.yaml
@@ -22,5 +22,3 @@ jobs:
       # Run CICD-base
       - name: CICD-base
         uses: docker://ghcr.io/uclahs-cds/cicd-base:latest
-        env:
-          VALIDATE_R: false