diff --git a/test/access-controllers/utils/start-ipfs.js b/test/access-controllers/utils/start-ipfs.js
index 583ada5..8643c0b 100644
--- a/test/access-controllers/utils/start-ipfs.js
+++ b/test/access-controllers/utils/start-ipfs.js
@@ -12,11 +12,6 @@ export default (type, config = {}) => {
       reject(new Error(`Wanted API type ${JSON.stringify(type)} is unknown. Available types: ${Object.keys(testAPIs).join(', ')}`))
     }
 
-    // If we're starting a process, pass command line arguments to it
-    if (!config.args) {
-      config.args = ['--enable-pubsub-experiment']
-    }
-
     // Spawn an IPFS daemon (type defined in)
     IPFSFactory
       .create(testAPIs[type])
@@ -25,14 +20,6 @@ export default (type, config = {}) => {
           reject(err)
         }
 
-        // Monkey patch _peerInfo to the ipfs api/instance
-        // to make js-ipfs-api compatible with js-ipfs
-        // TODO: Get IPFS id via coherent API call (without it being asynchronous)
-        if (!ipfsd.api._peerInfo) {
-          const { id } = await ipfsd.api.id()
-          ipfsd.api._peerInfo = { id: { _idB58String: id } }
-        }
-
         resolve(ipfsd)
       })
   })