diff --git a/plugins/azure-devops/src/components/EntityPageAzurePipelines/EntityPageAzurePipelines.tsx b/plugins/azure-devops/src/components/EntityPageAzurePipelines/EntityPageAzurePipelines.tsx
index 02a61a9a9a..95d1a365b9 100644
--- a/plugins/azure-devops/src/components/EntityPageAzurePipelines/EntityPageAzurePipelines.tsx
+++ b/plugins/azure-devops/src/components/EntityPageAzurePipelines/EntityPageAzurePipelines.tsx
@@ -16,21 +16,13 @@
 
 import { BuildTable } from '../BuildTable/BuildTable';
 import React from 'react';
-import { getAnnotationValuesFromEntity } from '../../utils/getAnnotationValuesFromEntity';
 import { useBuildRuns } from '../../hooks/useBuildRuns';
 import { useEntity } from '@backstage/plugin-catalog-react';
 
 export const EntityPageAzurePipelines = (props: { defaultLimit?: number }) => {
   const { entity } = useEntity();
 
-  const { project, repo, definition } = getAnnotationValuesFromEntity(entity);
-
-  const { items, loading, error } = useBuildRuns(
-    project,
-    props.defaultLimit,
-    repo,
-    definition,
-  );
+  const { items, loading, error } = useBuildRuns(entity, props.defaultLimit);
 
   return <BuildTable items={items} loading={loading} error={error} />;
 };
diff --git a/plugins/azure-devops/src/hooks/useBuildRuns.test.tsx b/plugins/azure-devops/src/hooks/useBuildRuns.test.tsx
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..409602eec4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/plugins/azure-devops/src/hooks/useBuildRuns.test.tsx
@@ -0,0 +1,126 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright 2021 The Backstage Authors
+ *
+ * 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.
+ */
+
+import React from 'react';
+import { renderHook, waitFor } from '@testing-library/react';
+import { Entity } from '@backstage/catalog-model';
+import { BuildRun } from '@backstage/plugin-azure-devops-common';
+import { TestApiProvider } from '@backstage/test-utils';
+import { AzureDevOpsApi, azureDevOpsApiRef } from '../api';
+import { useBuildRuns } from './useBuildRuns';
+
+describe('useBuildRuns', () => {
+  const azureDevOpsApiMock = {
+    getBuildRuns: jest.fn(),
+  };
+  const azureDevOpsApi =
+    azureDevOpsApiMock as Partial<AzureDevOpsApi> as AzureDevOpsApi;
+
+  const Wrapper = (props: { children?: React.ReactNode }) => (
+    <TestApiProvider apis={[[azureDevOpsApiRef, azureDevOpsApi]]}>
+      {props.children}
+    </TestApiProvider>
+  );
+
+  it('should provide an array of BuildRun', async () => {
+    const entity: Entity = {
+      apiVersion: 'backstage.io/v1alpha1',
+      kind: 'Component',
+      metadata: {
+        namespace: 'default',
+        name: 'project-repo',
+        annotations: {
+          'dev.azure.com/project-repo': 'projectName/repoName',
+        },
+      },
+    };
+    const buildRuns: BuildRun[] = [
+      {
+        id: 1,
+        title: 'title-1',
+        source: 'awanlin',
+        link: 'https://dev.azure.com/org/project/repo',
+      },
+      {
+        id: 2,
+        title: 'title-2',
+        source: 'awanlin',
+        link: 'https://dev.azure.com/org/project/repo',
+      },
+      {
+        id: 3,
+        title: 'title-3',
+        source: 'awanlin',
+        link: 'https://dev.azure.com/org/project/repo',
+      },
+    ];
+    azureDevOpsApiMock.getBuildRuns.mockResolvedValue({
+      items: buildRuns,
+    });
+    const { result } = renderHook(() => useBuildRuns(entity), {
+      wrapper: Wrapper,
+    });
+
+    expect(result.current.loading).toEqual(true);
+
+    await waitFor(() => {
+      expect(result.current).toEqual({
+        error: undefined,
+        items: buildRuns,
+        loading: false,
+      });
+    });
+  });
+
+  it('should return throw when annotation missing', async () => {
+    const entity: Entity = {
+      apiVersion: 'backstage.io/v1alpha1',
+      kind: 'Component',
+      metadata: {
+        namespace: 'default',
+        name: 'project-repo',
+      },
+    };
+
+    expect(() =>
+      renderHook(() => useBuildRuns(entity), {
+        wrapper: Wrapper,
+      }),
+    ).toThrow('Value for annotation "dev.azure.com/project" was not found');
+  });
+
+  it('should return throw when annotation invalid', async () => {
+    const entity: Entity = {
+      apiVersion: 'backstage.io/v1alpha1',
+      kind: 'Component',
+      metadata: {
+        namespace: 'default',
+        name: 'project-repo',
+        annotations: {
+          'dev.azure.com/project-repo': 'fake',
+        },
+      },
+    };
+
+    expect(() =>
+      renderHook(() => useBuildRuns(entity), {
+        wrapper: Wrapper,
+      }),
+    ).toThrow(
+      'Invalid value for annotation "dev.azure.com/project-repo"; expected format is: <project-name>/<repo-name>, found: "fake"',
+    );
+  });
+});
diff --git a/plugins/azure-devops/src/hooks/useBuildRuns.ts b/plugins/azure-devops/src/hooks/useBuildRuns.ts
index ae0273de44..2b70ea63a5 100644
--- a/plugins/azure-devops/src/hooks/useBuildRuns.ts
+++ b/plugins/azure-devops/src/hooks/useBuildRuns.ts
@@ -23,12 +23,12 @@ import { AZURE_DEVOPS_DEFAULT_TOP } from '../constants';
 import { azureDevOpsApiRef } from '../api';
 import { useApi } from '@backstage/core-plugin-api';
 import useAsync from 'react-use/lib/useAsync';
+import { getAnnotationValuesFromEntity } from '../utils';
+import { Entity } from '@backstage/catalog-model';
 
 export function useBuildRuns(
-  projectName: string,
+  entity: Entity,
   defaultLimit?: number,
-  repoName?: string,
-  definitionName?: string,
 ): {
   items?: BuildRun[];
   loading: boolean;
@@ -42,8 +42,9 @@ export function useBuildRuns(
   const api = useApi(azureDevOpsApiRef);
 
   const { value, loading, error } = useAsync(() => {
-    return api.getBuildRuns(projectName, repoName, definitionName, options);
-  }, [api, projectName, repoName, definitionName]);
+    const { project, repo, definition } = getAnnotationValuesFromEntity(entity);
+    return api.getBuildRuns(project, repo, definition, options);
+  }, [api]);
 
   return {
     items: value?.items,
diff --git a/plugins/azure-devops/src/hooks/useGitTags.ts b/plugins/azure-devops/src/hooks/useGitTags.ts
index 13c7118934..8a2fb2825d 100644
--- a/plugins/azure-devops/src/hooks/useGitTags.ts
+++ b/plugins/azure-devops/src/hooks/useGitTags.ts
@@ -28,11 +28,11 @@ export function useGitTags(entity: Entity): {
   error?: Error;
 } {
   const api = useApi(azureDevOpsApiRef);
-  const { project, repo } = getAnnotationValuesFromEntity(entity);
 
-  const { value, loading, error } = useAsync(async () => {
-    return await api.getGitTags(project, repo as string);
-  }, [api, project, repo]);
+  const { value, loading, error } = useAsync(() => {
+    const { project, repo } = getAnnotationValuesFromEntity(entity);
+    return api.getGitTags(project, repo as string);
+  }, [api]);
 
   return {
     items: value?.items,
diff --git a/plugins/azure-devops/src/hooks/usePullRequests.ts b/plugins/azure-devops/src/hooks/usePullRequests.ts
index c4223871f2..de886919eb 100644
--- a/plugins/azure-devops/src/hooks/usePullRequests.ts
+++ b/plugins/azure-devops/src/hooks/usePullRequests.ts
@@ -44,11 +44,11 @@ export function usePullRequests(
   };
 
   const api = useApi(azureDevOpsApiRef);
-  const { project, repo } = getAnnotationValuesFromEntity(entity);
 
-  const { value, loading, error } = useAsync(async () => {
-    return await api.getPullRequests(project, repo as string, options);
-  }, [api, project, repo, top, status]);
+  const { value, loading, error } = useAsync(() => {
+    const { project, repo } = getAnnotationValuesFromEntity(entity);
+    return api.getPullRequests(project, repo as string, options);
+  }, [api, top, status]);
 
   return {
     items: value?.items,
diff --git a/plugins/azure-devops/src/hooks/useReadme.ts b/plugins/azure-devops/src/hooks/useReadme.ts
index 60b2e21990..67d3c5dfd0 100644
--- a/plugins/azure-devops/src/hooks/useReadme.ts
+++ b/plugins/azure-devops/src/hooks/useReadme.ts
@@ -28,11 +28,11 @@ export function useReadme(entity: Entity): {
   error?: Error;
 } {
   const api = useApi(azureDevOpsApiRef);
-  const { project, repo } = getAnnotationValuesFromEntity(entity);
 
-  const { value, loading, error } = useAsync(async () => {
-    return await api.getReadme({ project, repo: repo as string });
-  }, [api, project, repo]);
+  const { value, loading, error } = useAsync(() => {
+    const { project, repo } = getAnnotationValuesFromEntity(entity);
+    return api.getReadme({ project, repo: repo as string });
+  }, [api]);
 
   return {
     item: value,
diff --git a/plugins/azure-devops/src/hooks/useRepoBuilds.ts b/plugins/azure-devops/src/hooks/useRepoBuilds.ts
index 9292a6e035..17fc6bbfe5 100644
--- a/plugins/azure-devops/src/hooks/useRepoBuilds.ts
+++ b/plugins/azure-devops/src/hooks/useRepoBuilds.ts
@@ -26,6 +26,9 @@ import { useApi } from '@backstage/core-plugin-api';
 import useAsync from 'react-use/lib/useAsync';
 import { getAnnotationValuesFromEntity } from '../utils';
 
+/**
+ * @deprecated Use `useBuildRuns` instead
+ */
 export function useRepoBuilds(
   entity: Entity,
   defaultLimit?: number,
@@ -40,11 +43,11 @@ export function useRepoBuilds(
   };
 
   const api = useApi(azureDevOpsApiRef);
-  const { project, repo } = getAnnotationValuesFromEntity(entity);
 
-  const { value, loading, error } = useAsync(async () => {
-    return await api.getRepoBuilds(project, repo as string, options);
-  }, [api, project, repo, entity]);
+  const { value, loading, error } = useAsync(() => {
+    const { project, repo } = getAnnotationValuesFromEntity(entity);
+    return api.getRepoBuilds(project, repo as string, options);
+  }, [api, entity]);
 
   return {
     items: value?.items,