diff --git a/plugins/node/opentelemetry-instrumentation-aws-sdk/.tav.yml b/plugins/node/opentelemetry-instrumentation-aws-sdk/.tav.yml
index 48fcc20f58..b1f3559732 100644
--- a/plugins/node/opentelemetry-instrumentation-aws-sdk/.tav.yml
+++ b/plugins/node/opentelemetry-instrumentation-aws-sdk/.tav.yml
@@ -1,67 +1,28 @@
-# Note: tests must set `SKIP_TEST_IF_DISABLE=true` to override usage of
-# `mocha --require '../../../scripts/skip-test-if.js' ...` if calling `npm test`.
-
 # Versions [3.363.0, 3.377.0] of all @aws-sdk/client-* were bad releases. See:
 # - https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-js-contrib/pull/2464#issuecomment-2403652552
 # - https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-js-contrib/issues/1828#issuecomment-1834276719
 
 # node version support in JS SDK v3:
-# - 14.x dropped in v3.567.0 https://github.com/aws/aws-sdk-js-v3/pull/6034
 # - 16.x dropped in v3.723.0 https://github.com/aws/aws-sdk-js-v3/pull/6775
 
-"@aws-sdk/client-s3":
-  env:
-    - SKIP_TEST_IF_DISABLE=true
+'@aws-sdk/client-s3':
   # - 3.529.0 was missing the fast-xml-parser dependency (https://github.com/aws/aws-sdk-js-v3/releases/tag/v3.529.1)
   jobs:
-    - node: ">=18"
-      versions:
-        include: "^3.6.1"
-        exclude: "3.529.0 || >=3.363.0 <=3.377.0"
-        mode: "max-7"
-      commands:
-        - mocha --require '@opentelemetry/contrib-test-utils' test/aws-sdk-v3-s3.test.ts
-        - mocha --require '@opentelemetry/contrib-test-utils' test/s3.test.ts
-    - node: "16"
-      versions:
-        include: ">=3.6.1 <3.723.0"
-        exclude: "3.529.0 || >=3.363.0 <=3.377.0"
-        mode: "max-7"
-      commands:
-        - mocha --require '@opentelemetry/contrib-test-utils' test/aws-sdk-v3-s3.test.ts
-        - mocha --require '@opentelemetry/contrib-test-utils' test/s3.test.ts
-    - node: "14"
+    - node: '>=18'
       versions:
-        include: ">=3.6.1 <3.567.0"
-        exclude: "3.529.0 || >=3.363.0 <=3.377.0"
-        mode: "max-7"
+        include: '^3.6.1'
+        exclude: '3.529.0 || >=3.363.0 <=3.377.0'
+        mode: 'max-7'
       commands:
         - mocha --require '@opentelemetry/contrib-test-utils' test/aws-sdk-v3-s3.test.ts
         - mocha --require '@opentelemetry/contrib-test-utils' test/s3.test.ts
 
-"@aws-sdk/client-sqs":
-  env:
-    - SKIP_TEST_IF_DISABLE=true
+'@aws-sdk/client-sqs':
   jobs:
-    - node: ">=18"
-      versions:
-        include: "^3.24.0"
-        exclude: ">=3.363.0 <=3.377.0"
-        mode: "max-7"
-      commands:
-        - mocha --require '@opentelemetry/contrib-test-utils' test/aws-sdk-v3-sqs.test.ts
-    - node: "16"
+    - node: '>=18'
       versions:
-        include: ">=3.24.0 <3.723.0"
-        exclude: ">=3.363.0 <=3.377.0"
-        mode: "max-7"
+        include: '^3.24.0'
+        exclude: '>=3.363.0 <=3.377.0'
+        mode: 'max-7'
       commands:
         - mocha --require '@opentelemetry/contrib-test-utils' test/aws-sdk-v3-sqs.test.ts
-    - node: "14"
-      versions:
-        include: ">=3.24.0 <3.567.0"
-        exclude: ">=3.363.0 <=3.377.0"
-        mode: "max-7"
-      commands:
-        - mocha --require '@opentelemetry/contrib-test-utils' test/aws-sdk-v3-sqs.test.ts
-
diff --git a/plugins/node/opentelemetry-instrumentation-aws-sdk/package.json b/plugins/node/opentelemetry-instrumentation-aws-sdk/package.json
index ba5f9fef09..684b61054c 100644
--- a/plugins/node/opentelemetry-instrumentation-aws-sdk/package.json
+++ b/plugins/node/opentelemetry-instrumentation-aws-sdk/package.json
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@
     "prewatch": "npm run precompile",
     "prepublishOnly": "npm run compile",
     "tdd": "npm run test -- --watch-extensions ts --watch",
-    "test": "SKIP_TEST_IF_NODE_OLDER_THAN=18 nyc mocha --require '../../../scripts/skip-test-if.js' --require '@opentelemetry/contrib-test-utils' 'test/**/*.test.ts'",
+    "test": "nyc mocha --require '@opentelemetry/contrib-test-utils' 'test/**/*.test.ts'",
     "test-all-versions": "tav",
     "version:update": "node ../../../scripts/version-update.js",
     "watch": "tsc -w"