diff --git a/integrations/weaviate/src/haystack_integrations/document_stores/weaviate/document_store.py b/integrations/weaviate/src/haystack_integrations/document_stores/weaviate/document_store.py
index 3c4e68bb8..5bacac010 100644
--- a/integrations/weaviate/src/haystack_integrations/document_stores/weaviate/document_store.py
+++ b/integrations/weaviate/src/haystack_integrations/document_stores/weaviate/document_store.py
@@ -172,30 +172,22 @@ def client(self):
         if self._client:
             return self._client
 
-        if self._url and self._url.startswith("http") and self._url.endswith(".weaviate.network"):
-            self._client = weaviate.connect_to_wcs(
-                self._url,
-                auth_credentials=self._auth_client_secret.resolve_value() if self._auth_client_secret else None,
-                headers=self._additional_headers,
-                additional_config=self._additional_config,
-            )
-        else:
-            # proxies, timeout_config, trust_env are part of additional_config now
-            # startup_period has been removed
-            self._client = weaviate.WeaviateClient(
-                connection_params=(
-                    weaviate.connect.base.ConnectionParams.from_url(
-                        url=self._url, grpc_port=self._grpc_port, grpc_secure=self._grpc_secure
-                    )
-                    if self._url
-                    else None
-                ),
-                auth_client_secret=self._auth_client_secret.resolve_value() if self._auth_client_secret else None,
-                additional_config=self._additional_config,
-                additional_headers=self._additional_headers,
-                embedded_options=self._embedded_options,
-                skip_init_checks=False,
-            )
+        # proxies, timeout_config, trust_env are part of additional_config now
+        # startup_period has been removed
+        self._client = weaviate.WeaviateClient(
+            connection_params=(
+                weaviate.connect.base.ConnectionParams.from_url(
+                    url=self._url, grpc_port=self._grpc_port, grpc_secure=self._grpc_secure
+                )
+                if self._url
+                else None
+            ),
+            auth_client_secret=self._auth_client_secret.resolve_value() if self._auth_client_secret else None,
+            additional_config=self._additional_config,
+            additional_headers=self._additional_headers,
+            embedded_options=self._embedded_options,
+            skip_init_checks=False,
+        )
 
         self._client.connect()
 
diff --git a/integrations/weaviate/tests/test_document_store.py b/integrations/weaviate/tests/test_document_store.py
index 31ff6e7b3..a4d275a22 100644
--- a/integrations/weaviate/tests/test_document_store.py
+++ b/integrations/weaviate/tests/test_document_store.py
@@ -1,5 +1,4 @@
 import base64
-import os
 import random
 from typing import List
 from unittest.mock import MagicMock, patch
@@ -17,7 +16,6 @@
     FilterDocumentsTest,
     WriteDocumentsTest,
 )
-from haystack.utils.auth import Secret
 from haystack_integrations.document_stores.weaviate.auth import AuthApiKey
 from haystack_integrations.document_stores.weaviate.document_store import (
     DOCUMENT_COLLECTION_PROPERTIES,
@@ -28,6 +26,8 @@
 from numpy import float32 as np_float32
 from pandas import DataFrame
 from weaviate.collections.classes.data import DataObject
+
+# from weaviate.auth import AuthApiKey as WeaviateAuthApiKey
 from weaviate.config import AdditionalConfig, ConnectionConfig, Proxies, Timeout
 from weaviate.embedded import (
     DEFAULT_BINARY_PATH,
@@ -697,24 +697,3 @@ def test_schema_class_name_conversion_preserves_pascal_case(self):
             collection_settings=collection_settings,
         )
         assert doc_score._collection_settings["class"] == "Lower_case_name"
-
-    @pytest.mark.skipif(
-        not os.environ.get("WEAVIATE_API_KEY", None) and not os.environ.get("WEAVIATE_CLOUD_CLUSTER_URL", None),
-        reason="Both WEAVIATE_API_KEY and WEAVIATE_CLOUD_CLUSTER_URL are not set. Skipping test.",
-    )
-    def test_connect_to_weaviate_cloud(self):
-        document_store = WeaviateDocumentStore(
-            url=os.environ.get("WEAVIATE_CLOUD_CLUSTER_URL"),
-            auth_client_secret=AuthApiKey(api_key=Secret.from_env_var("WEAVIATE_API_KEY")),
-        )
-        assert document_store.client
-
-    def test_connect_to_local(self):
-        document_store = WeaviateDocumentStore(
-            url="http://localhost:8080",
-        )
-        assert document_store.client
-
-    def test_connect_to_embedded(self):
-        document_store = WeaviateDocumentStore(embedded_options=EmbeddedOptions())
-        assert document_store.client