diff --git a/test/integration/load-balancers/load_balancers.spec.test.js b/test/integration/load-balancers/load_balancers.spec.test.js
index 22835bec7ab..4f621f916df 100644
--- a/test/integration/load-balancers/load_balancers.spec.test.js
+++ b/test/integration/load-balancers/load_balancers.spec.test.js
@@ -7,21 +7,19 @@ const SKIP = [
   // Verified they use the same connection but the Node implementation executes
   // a getMore before the killCursors even though the stream is immediately
   // closed.
+  // TODO(NODE-3970): implement and reference a node specific integration test for this
   'change streams pin to a connection',
-  'errors during the initial connection hello are ignore',
 
-  // NOTE: The following three tests are skipped pending a decision made on DRIVERS-1847, since
-  //       pinning the connection on any getMore error is very awkward in node and likely results
-  //       in sub-optimal pinning.
+  // TODO(DRIVERS-1847): The following three tests are skipped pending a decision made on DRIVERS-1847,
+  // since pinning the connection on any getMore error is very awkward in node and likely results
+  // in sub-optimal pinning.
   'pinned connections are not returned after an network error during getMore',
   'pinned connections are not returned to the pool after a non-network error on getMore',
   'stale errors are ignored',
-  // NOTE: The driver correctly fails these 2 tests in non LB mode for server versions greater than 3.4.
-  // In versions that are 3.4 or less an error still occurs but a different one (connection closes).
-  // TODO(NODE-3543): fix the path-ing that will produce errors for older servers
-  'operations against non-load balanced clusters fail if URI contains loadBalanced=true',
-  'operations against non-load balanced clusters succeed if URI contains loadBalanced=false',
 
+  // This test is skipped because it assumes drivers attempt connections on the first operation,
+  // but Node has a connect() method that is called before the first operation is ever run.
+  // TODO(NODE-2149): Refactor connect()
   'errors during the initial connection hello are ignored',
 
   ...(process.env.SERVERLESS
diff --git a/test/tools/unified-spec-runner/entities.ts b/test/tools/unified-spec-runner/entities.ts
index 586e905bd0c..9a1b2ca9eb1 100644
--- a/test/tools/unified-spec-runner/entities.ts
+++ b/test/tools/unified-spec-runner/entities.ts
@@ -101,7 +101,6 @@ export class UnifiedMongoClient extends MongoClient {
   constructor(uri: string, description: ClientEntity) {
     super(uri, {
       monitorCommands: true,
-      ...description.uriOptions,
       ...getEnvironmentalOptions(),
       ...(description.serverApi ? { serverApi: description.serverApi } : {})
     });