diff --git a/t/t2000-fcfs.t b/t/t2000-fcfs.t
index ce0ffbe26..d351a8e2a 100755
--- a/t/t2000-fcfs.t
+++ b/t/t2000-fcfs.t
@@ -9,11 +9,6 @@ test_description='Test fcfs scheduler in simulator
 #
 . $(dirname $0)/sharness.sh
 
-if test -z "$FLUX_SCHED_ENABLE_SIM_TESTS"; then
-  skip_all='skipping simulator driven tests temporarily'
-  test_done
-fi
-
 FLUX_MODULE_PATH="${SHARNESS_BUILD_DIRECTORY}/simulator/.libs:${FLUX_MODULE_PATH}"
 
 rdlconf=$(readlink -e "${SHARNESS_TEST_SRCDIR}/../conf/hype-io.lua")
diff --git a/t/t2001-fcfs-aware.t b/t/t2001-fcfs-aware.t
index 3d927089e..5c2a5e070 100755
--- a/t/t2001-fcfs-aware.t
+++ b/t/t2001-fcfs-aware.t
@@ -9,11 +9,6 @@ test_description='Test fcfs io-aware scheduler in simulator
 #
 . $(dirname $0)/sharness.sh
 
-if test -z "$FLUX_SCHED_ENABLE_SIM_TESTS"; then
-  skip_all='skipping simulator driven tests temporarily'
-  test_done
-fi
-
 FLUX_MODULE_PATH_PREPEND="$FLUX_MODULE_PATH_PREPEND:$(sched_build_path simulator/.libs)"
 
 rdlconf=$(readlink -e "${SHARNESS_TEST_SRCDIR}/../conf/hype-io.lua")
diff --git a/t/t2002-easy.t b/t/t2002-easy.t
index acaf11b9b..0e8133860 100755
--- a/t/t2002-easy.t
+++ b/t/t2002-easy.t
@@ -8,11 +8,6 @@ test_description='Test easy scheduler in simulator
 #
 . $(dirname $0)/sharness.sh
 
-if test -z "$FLUX_SCHED_ENABLE_SIM_TESTS"; then
-  skip_all='skipping simulator driven tests temporarily'
-  test_done
-fi
-
 rdlconf=$(sched_src_path "conf/hype-io.lua")
 jobdata=$(readlink -e "${SHARNESS_TEST_SRCDIR}/data/job-traces/hype-test.csv")
 expected_order=$(readlink -e "${SHARNESS_TEST_SRCDIR}/data/emulator-data/easy_expected")
diff --git a/t/t2003-fcfs-inorder.t b/t/t2003-fcfs-inorder.t
index 1be27aee6..7d51f2663 100755
--- a/t/t2003-fcfs-inorder.t
+++ b/t/t2003-fcfs-inorder.t
@@ -9,11 +9,6 @@ test_description='Test fcfs scheduler with queue-depth=1 in simulator
 #
 . $(dirname $0)/sharness.sh
 
-if test -z "$FLUX_SCHED_ENABLE_SIM_TESTS"; then
-  skip_all='skipping simulator driven tests temporarily'
-  test_done
-fi
-
 FLUX_MODULE_PATH="${SHARNESS_BUILD_DIRECTORY}/simulator/.libs:${FLUX_MODULE_PATH}"
 
 rdlconf=$(readlink -e "${SHARNESS_TEST_SRCDIR}/../conf/hype-io.lua")