diff --git a/vars/kola.groovy b/vars/kola.groovy
index fa35285..6ce6822 100644
--- a/vars/kola.groovy
+++ b/vars/kola.groovy
@@ -7,7 +7,6 @@
 //    arch:               string   -- the target architecture
 //    cosaDir:            string   -- cosa working directory
 //    parallel:           integer  -- number of tests to run in parallel (default: # CPUs)
-//    skipBasicScenarios  boolean  -- skip basic qemu scenarios
 //    skipSecureBoot      boolean  -- skip secureboot tests
 //    skipUpgrade:        boolean  -- skip running `cosa kola --upgrades`
 //    build:              string   -- cosa build ID to target
@@ -116,15 +115,8 @@ def call(params = [:]) {
             ids += id
             runKola(id, 'run', "--parallel=${parallel} ${args} ${extraArgs}")
         } else {
-            // basic run
-            if (!params['skipBasicScenarios']) {
-                id = marker == "" ? "kola-basic" : "kola-basic-${marker}"
-                ids += id
-                def skipSecureBootArg = ""
-                if (params['skipSecureBoot']) {
-                    skipSecureBootArg = "--skip-secure-boot"
-                }
-                runKola(id, 'run', "--basic-qemu-scenarios ${skipSecureBootArg}")
+            if (params['skipSecureBoot']) {
+                args += " --denylist-test *.uefi-secure"
             }
             // normal run (without reprovision tests because those require a lot of memory)
             id = marker == "" ? "kola" : "kola-${marker}"