diff --git a/.github/workflows/test.yaml b/.github/workflows/test.yaml
index 6efe0f25..79e59a8e 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/test.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/test.yaml
@@ -70,18 +70,9 @@ jobs:
     strategy:
       fail-fast: false
       matrix:
-        os: [ubuntu-22.04, windows-2022]
-        python-version: ["3.8", "3.11"]
-        pip-extras: ["lab", "classic"]
-        exclude:
-          # windows should work for all test variations, but a limited selection
-          # is run to avoid doubling the amount of test runs
-          - os: windows-2022
-            python-version: "3.11"
-            pip-extras: classic
-          - os: windows-2022
-            python-version: "3.8"
-            pip-extras: lab
+        os: [ubuntu-22.04]
+        python-version: ["3.11"]
+        pip-extras: ["lab"]
 
     steps:
       - uses: actions/checkout@v4
diff --git a/tests/acceptance/Lab.robot b/tests/acceptance/Lab.robot
index b0341d58..eae73ee9 100644
--- a/tests/acceptance/Lab.robot
+++ b/tests/acceptance/Lab.robot
@@ -9,35 +9,12 @@ Suite Setup       Start Lab Tests
 Test Tags         app:lab
 
 
-*** Variables ***
-${CSS_LAUNCHER_CARD}   css:.jp-LauncherCard-label
-
 *** Test Cases ***
 Lab Loads
     Capture Page Screenshot    00-smoke.png
 
-Launch Browser Tab
-    Click Launcher    foo
-    Wait Until Keyword Succeeds    3x    0.5s    Switch Window    title:Hello World
-    Location Should Contain    foo
-    Wait Until Page Contains    Hello World    timeout=10s
-    Close Window
-    [Teardown]    Switch Window    title:JupyterLab
-
-Launch Lab Tab
-    Click Launcher    bar
-    Wait Until Page Contains Element    css:iframe
-    Select Frame    css:iframe
-    Wait Until Page Contains    Hello World    timeout=10s
-
 *** Keywords ***
 Start Lab Tests
     Open JupyterLab
     Tag With JupyterLab Metadata
     Set Screenshot Directory    ${OUTPUT DIR}${/}lab
-
-Click Launcher
-    [Arguments]    ${title}
-    ${item} =   Set Variable   ${CSS_LAUNCHER_CARD}\[title^\="${title}"]
-    Wait Until Element Is Visible  ${item}  timeout=10s
-    Click Element    ${item}
diff --git a/tests/acceptance/test_acceptance.py b/tests/acceptance/test_acceptance.py
index 99c5547d..aa0f1d79 100644
--- a/tests/acceptance/test_acceptance.py
+++ b/tests/acceptance/test_acceptance.py
@@ -3,57 +3,25 @@
 import subprocess
 from pathlib import Path
 
-import pytest
-
 HERE = Path(__file__).parent
 OUTPUT = HERE.parent.parent / "build/robot"
-JUPYTER_SERVER_INFO = None
-
-
-try:
-    import notebook
-
-    NOTEBOOK_VERSION = int(notebook.__version__.split(".")[0])
-except ImportError:
-    NOTEBOOK_VERSION = None
-
-try:
-    import jupyter_server
-
-    JUPYTER_SERVER_INFO = jupyter_server.version_info
-except ImportError:
-    pass
 
 
 def test_robot():
     """run acceptance tests with robotframework"""
-    pytest.importorskip("JupyterLibrary")
-
-    env = dict(**os.environ)
     robot_args = [
         "robot",
         "--consolecolors=on",
+        "--include=app:lab",
         "--exitonfailure",
         f"--outputdir={OUTPUT}",
     ]
 
-    if NOTEBOOK_VERSION and NOTEBOOK_VERSION >= 7:
-        robot_args += ["--exclude", "app:classic"]
-    else:
-        robot_args += ["--exclude", "app:notebook"]
-
-    # JUPYTER_LIBRARY_* env vars documentation:
-    # https://robotframework-jupyterlibrary.readthedocs.io/en/stable/LIMITS.html#notebookapp-vs-serverapp
-    if JUPYTER_SERVER_INFO is None:
-        env.update(
-            JUPYTER_LIBRARY_APP_COMMAND="jupyter-notebook",
-            JUPYTER_LIBRARY_APP="NotebookApp",
-        )
-    else:
-        env.update(
-            JUPYTER_LIBRARY_APP_COMMAND="jupyter-server",
-            JUPYTER_LIBRARY_APP="ServerApp",
-        )
+    env = dict(**os.environ)
+    env.update(
+        JUPYTER_LIBRARY_APP_COMMAND="jupyter-server",
+        JUPYTER_LIBRARY_APP="ServerApp",
+    )
 
     if OUTPUT.exists():
         shutil.rmtree(OUTPUT)