diff --git a/pymodbus/version.py b/pymodbus/version.py
index 528492154..b170cafd6 100644
--- a/pymodbus/version.py
+++ b/pymodbus/version.py
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ def __str__(self):
         return f"[{self.package}, version {self.short()}]"
 
 
-version = Version("pymodbus", 3, 0, 0, "dev5")
+version = Version("pymodbus", 3, 0, 0, "rc1")
 version.__name__ = (  # fix epydoc error # pylint: disable=attribute-defined-outside-init
     "pymodbus"
 )
diff --git a/setup.cfg b/setup.cfg
index d7464efc3..6852f7318 100644
--- a/setup.cfg
+++ b/setup.cfg
@@ -13,7 +13,6 @@ url              = https://github.com/riptideio/pymodbus/
 classifiers      =
     Development Status :: 4 - Beta
     Environment :: Console
-    Framework :: Twisted
     Framework :: AsyncIO
     Intended Audience :: Developers
     License :: OSI Approved :: BSD License
diff --git a/test/test_server_asyncio.py b/test/test_server_asyncio.py
index ba97b2ee7..c8e6bd545 100755
--- a/test/test_server_asyncio.py
+++ b/test/test_server_asyncio.py
@@ -213,7 +213,6 @@ async def test_async_start_server_no_loop(self):
         """Test that the modbus tcp asyncio server starts correctly"""
         await self.start_server(do_forever=False)
 
-    @pytest.mark.skipif(pytest.IS_WINDOWS, reason="Windows have a timeout problem.")
     async def test_async_start_server(self):
         """Test that the modbus tcp asyncio server starts correctly"""
         await self.start_server()
@@ -265,7 +264,6 @@ async def test_async_tcp_server_close_active_connection(self):
         await asyncio.sleep(0.5)
         await self.server.server_close()
 
-    @pytest.mark.skip
     async def test_async_tcp_server_no_slave(self):
         """Test unknown slave unit exception"""
         self.context = ModbusServerContext(
@@ -278,7 +276,6 @@ async def test_async_tcp_server_no_slave(self):
         self.server.server_close()
         self.server = None
 
-    @pytest.mark.skip
     async def test_async_tcp_server_modbus_error(self):
         """Test sending garbage data on a TCP socket should drop the connection"""
         BasicClient.data = TEST_DATA
@@ -435,7 +432,6 @@ async def test_async_udp_server_exception(self):
                 self.server.protocol._sock._closed  # pylint: disable=protected-access
             )
 
-    @pytest.mark.skip
     async def test_async_tcp_server_exception(self):
         """Send garbage data on a TCP socket should drop the connection"""
         BasicClient.data = b"\xFF\xFF\xFF\xFF\xFF\xFF\xFF\xFF"
diff --git a/test/test_server_sync.py b/test/test_server_sync.py
index 6ffbde281..1b2528908 100644
--- a/test/test_server_sync.py
+++ b/test/test_server_sync.py
@@ -40,7 +40,6 @@ def xtest_start_udp_server(self):
             with patch.object(socketserver.UDPServer, "server_bind"):
                 StartUdpServer()
 
-    @pytest.mark.skip
     def xtest_start_serial_server(self):
         """Test the serial server starting factory"""
         with patch.object(ModbusSerialServer, "serve_forever"):