diff --git a/airbyte-ci/connectors/pipelines/pipelines/airbyte_ci/connectors/consts.py b/airbyte-ci/connectors/pipelines/pipelines/airbyte_ci/connectors/consts.py
index 5c9708fdad18..b094d5c00be8 100644
--- a/airbyte-ci/connectors/pipelines/pipelines/airbyte_ci/connectors/consts.py
+++ b/airbyte-ci/connectors/pipelines/pipelines/airbyte_ci/connectors/consts.py
@@ -12,14 +12,10 @@ class CONNECTOR_TEST_STEP_ID(str, Enum):
     BUILD_NORMALIZATION = "build_normalization"
     BUILD_TAR = "build_tar"
     BUILD = "build"
-    CHECK_BASE_IMAGE = "check_base_image"
-    CHECK_PYTHON_REGISTRY_PUBLISH_CONFIGURATION = "check_python_registry_publish_configuration"
     INTEGRATION = "integration"
     AIRBYTE_LIB_VALIDATION = "airbyte_lib_validation"
-    METADATA_VALIDATION = "metadata_validation"
     QA_CHECKS = "qa_checks"
     UNIT = "unit"
-    VERSION_FOLLOW_CHECK = "version_follow_check"
     VERSION_INC_CHECK = "version_inc_check"
     TEST_ORCHESTRATOR = "test_orchestrator"
     DEPLOY_ORCHESTRATOR = "deploy_orchestrator"
diff --git a/airbyte-ci/connectors/pipelines/pipelines/helpers/execution/run_steps.py b/airbyte-ci/connectors/pipelines/pipelines/helpers/execution/run_steps.py
index 845f5d2c38a2..25858476700e 100644
--- a/airbyte-ci/connectors/pipelines/pipelines/helpers/execution/run_steps.py
+++ b/airbyte-ci/connectors/pipelines/pipelines/helpers/execution/run_steps.py
@@ -208,7 +208,10 @@ def _filter_skipped_steps(steps_to_evaluate: STEP_TREE, skip_steps: List[str], r
 
         else:
             steps_to_run.append(step_to_eval)
-
+    if not steps_to_run:
+        raise InvalidStepConfiguration(
+            "No steps were queued to run. You may have skipped all steps, or selected --only on an invalid step."
+        )
     return steps_to_run, results