diff --git a/containers/Dockerfile b/containers/Dockerfile
index 994ded82..e53848ac 100644
--- a/containers/Dockerfile
+++ b/containers/Dockerfile
@@ -32,9 +32,6 @@ RUN dnf update && dnf install -y --setopt=install_weak_deps=False \
     git python39 jq yq gettext wget which &&\
     dnf clean all
 
-# Install azure cli
-RUN rpm --import https://packages.microsoft.com/keys/microsoft.asc && dnf install -y https://packages.microsoft.com/config/rhel/9.0/packages-microsoft-prod.rpm && dnf install -y azure-cli
-
 # copy oc client binary from oc-build image
 COPY --from=oc-build /tmp/oc/oc /usr/bin/oc
 
diff --git a/containers/Dockerfile-ppc64le b/containers/Dockerfile-ppc64le
index 92fcf22d..875e5deb 100644
--- a/containers/Dockerfile-ppc64le
+++ b/containers/Dockerfile-ppc64le
@@ -2,15 +2,10 @@
 
 FROM ppc64le/centos:8
 
-FROM mcr.microsoft.com/azure-cli:latest as azure-cli
-
 LABEL org.opencontainers.image.authors="Red Hat OpenShift Chaos Engineering"
 
 ENV KUBECONFIG /root/.kube/config
 
-# Copy azure client binary from azure-cli image
-COPY --from=azure-cli /usr/local/bin/az /usr/bin/az
-
 # Install dependencies
 RUN yum install -y git python39 python3-pip jq gettext wget && \
     python3.9 -m pip install -U pip && \
diff --git a/docs/cloud_setup.md b/docs/cloud_setup.md
index 3b9cf13e..278560d5 100644
--- a/docs/cloud_setup.md
+++ b/docs/cloud_setup.md
@@ -27,14 +27,12 @@ After creating the service account you will need to enable the account using the
 
 ## Azure
 
-**NOTE**: For Azure node killing scenarios, make sure [Azure CLI](https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/cli/azure/install-azure-cli?view=azure-cli-latest) is installed.
-
-You will also need to create a service principal and give it the correct access, see [here](https://docs.openshift.com/container-platform/4.5/installing/installing_azure/installing-azure-account.html) for creating the service principal and setting the proper permissions.
+**NOTE**: You will need to create a service principal and give it the correct access, see [here](https://docs.openshift.com/container-platform/4.5/installing/installing_azure/installing-azure-account.html) for creating the service principal and setting the proper permissions.
 
 To properly run the service principal requires “Azure Active Directory Graph/Application.ReadWrite.OwnedBy” api permission granted and “User Access Administrator”.
 
 Before running you will need to set the following:
-1. Login using ```az login```
+1. ```export AZURE_SUBSCRIPTION_ID=<subscription_id>```
 
 2. ```export AZURE_TENANT_ID=<tenant_id>```
 
diff --git a/kraken/node_actions/az_node_scenarios.py b/kraken/node_actions/az_node_scenarios.py
index bcec871a..43e973af 100644
--- a/kraken/node_actions/az_node_scenarios.py
+++ b/kraken/node_actions/az_node_scenarios.py
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 
 import time
-import yaml
+import os
 import kraken.invoke.command as runcommand
 import logging
 import kraken.node_actions.common_node_functions as nodeaction
@@ -17,9 +17,9 @@ def __init__(self):
         # Acquire a credential object using CLI-based authentication.
         credentials = DefaultAzureCredential()
         logging.info("credential " + str(credentials))
-        az_account = runcommand.invoke("az account list -o yaml")
-        az_account_yaml = yaml.safe_load(az_account, Loader=yaml.FullLoader)
-        subscription_id = az_account_yaml[0]["id"]
+        # az_account = runcommand.invoke("az account list -o yaml")
+        # az_account_yaml = yaml.safe_load(az_account, Loader=yaml.FullLoader)
+        subscription_id = os.getenv("AZURE_SUBSCRIPTION_ID")
         self.compute_client = ComputeManagementClient(credentials, subscription_id)
 
     # Get the instance ID of the node