diff --git a/.github/workflows/qiskit-latest-latest.yml b/.github/workflows/qiskit-latest-latest.yml
index 51a60b2..a237e30 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/qiskit-latest-latest.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/qiskit-latest-latest.yml
@@ -65,4 +65,4 @@ jobs:
           pl-device-test --device=qiskit.aer --tb=short --skip-ops --shots=None --device-kwargs backend=unitary_simulator
 
       - name: Run plugin tests
-        run: python -m pytest plugin_repo/tests -W "error::pennylane.PennyLaneDeprecationWarning" --tb=short -k 'not test_ibmq.py and not test_runtime.py'
+        run: python -m pytest plugin_repo/tests -W "error::pennylane.PennyLaneDeprecationWarning" --tb=short
diff --git a/.github/workflows/qiskit-latest-rc.yml b/.github/workflows/qiskit-latest-rc.yml
index 3ba9519..e9ad229 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/qiskit-latest-rc.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/qiskit-latest-rc.yml
@@ -65,4 +65,4 @@ jobs:
           pl-device-test --device=qiskit.aer --tb=short --skip-ops --shots=None --device-kwargs backend=unitary_simulator
 
       - name: Run plugin tests
-        run: python -m pytest plugin_repo/tests --tb=short -k 'not test_ibmq.py and not test_runtime.py'
+        run: python -m pytest plugin_repo/tests --tb=short
diff --git a/.github/workflows/qiskit-latest-stable.yml b/.github/workflows/qiskit-latest-stable.yml
index 3e4268e..031b83f 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/qiskit-latest-stable.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/qiskit-latest-stable.yml
@@ -67,4 +67,4 @@ jobs:
           fi
 
       - name: Run plugin tests
-        run: python -m pytest plugin_repo/tests --tb=short -k 'not test_ibmq.py and not test_runtime.py'
+        run: python -m pytest plugin_repo/tests --tb=short
diff --git a/.github/workflows/qiskit-stable-latest.yml b/.github/workflows/qiskit-stable-latest.yml
index ffef379..282b79b 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/qiskit-stable-latest.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/qiskit-stable-latest.yml
@@ -72,4 +72,4 @@ jobs:
           pl-device-test --device=qiskit.aer --tb=short --skip-ops --shots=None --device-kwargs backend=unitary_simulator
 
       - name: Run plugin tests
-        run: python -m pytest plugin_repo/tests -W "error::pennylane.PennyLaneDeprecationWarning" --tb=short -k 'not test_ibmq.py and not test_runtime.py'
+        run: python -m pytest plugin_repo/tests -W "error::pennylane.PennyLaneDeprecationWarning" --tb=short
diff --git a/.github/workflows/qiskit-stable-stable.yml b/.github/workflows/qiskit-stable-stable.yml
index 929026c..7d873d4 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/qiskit-stable-stable.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/qiskit-stable-stable.yml
@@ -74,4 +74,4 @@ jobs:
           fi
 
       - name: Run plugin tests
-        run: python -m pytest plugin_repo/tests --tb=short -k 'not test_ibmq.py and not test_runtime.py'
+        run: python -m pytest plugin_repo/tests --tb=short
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index fadcd81..e3adf81 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -33,15 +33,7 @@ All entries in the matrix are tested against PennyLane latest (GitHub master).
 * The Braket plugin device integration tests are run with `-k “not Sample and not no_0_shots”`,
   see #6
 
-* The Qiskit tests above are run with `-k 'not test_ibmq.py and not test_runtime.py'`, that is,
-  without using devices that access the IBMQ backend. The IBMQ backend is tested via `test_ibmp.qpy`
-  and `test_runtime.py` tests on the latest version of Pennylane and the plugin twice a week.
-  Their status is shown below:
-
-|                                                                    | Status                                                                                                                                                                                                                             |
-| :----------------------------------------------------------------- | :--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
-| [Qiskit-IBMQ](https://github.com/PennyLaneAI/pennylane-qiskit)     | [![GitHub Workflow Status](https://img.shields.io/github/actions/workflow/status/PennyLaneAI/pennylane-qiskit/ibmq_tests.yml?branch=master)](https://github.com/PennyLaneAI/pennylane-qiskit/actions/workflows/ibmq_tests.yml)     |
-| [Qiskit-IBMQ 1.0](https://github.com/PennyLaneAI/pennylane-qiskit) | [![GitHub Workflow Status](https://img.shields.io/github/actions/workflow/status/PennyLaneAI/pennylane-qiskit/ibmq_tests_1.yml?branch=master)](https://github.com/PennyLaneAI/pennylane-qiskit/actions/workflows/ibmq_tests_1.yml) |
+* The Qiskit tests are run using local simulators. There are no tests that access the IBM Quantum backends. 
 
 * All the tests are run with the new operator arithmetic enabled. To check that the functionality of the
 legacy operator arithmetic is maintained during the deprecation cycle, the PennyLane tests are also run
diff --git a/compile.py b/compile.py
index 9f9db95..68a1f1f 100644
--- a/compile.py
+++ b/compile.py
@@ -15,7 +15,6 @@
             "--device=qiskit.aer --tb=short --skip-ops --shots=None --device-kwargs backend=statevector_simulator",
             "--device=qiskit.aer --tb=short --skip-ops --shots=None --device-kwargs backend=unitary_simulator",
         ],
-        "test_kwargs": ["-k 'not test_ibmq.py and not test_runtime.py'"],
         "token": "IBMQX_TOKEN",
     },
     {