diff --git a/src/spikeinterface/sorters/tests/test_launcher.py b/src/spikeinterface/sorters/tests/test_launcher.py
index 3177c700d3..66f8b559f4 100644
--- a/src/spikeinterface/sorters/tests/test_launcher.py
+++ b/src/spikeinterface/sorters/tests/test_launcher.py
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 import sys
 import shutil
+import tempfile
 import time
-
 import pytest
 from pathlib import Path
 
@@ -126,7 +126,6 @@ def test_run_sorter_jobs_slurm(job_list, create_cache_folder):
     )
 
 
-@pytest.mark.skip("Slurm launcher need a machine with slurm")
 def test_run_sorter_jobs_slurm_kwargs(mocker, tmp_path, job_list):
     """
     Mock `subprocess.run()` to check that engine_kwargs are
@@ -141,92 +140,19 @@ def test_run_sorter_jobs_slurm_kwargs(mocker, tmp_path, job_list):
     tmp_script_folder = tmp_path / "slurm_scripts"
 
     engine_kwargs = dict(
-        tmp_script_folder=tmp_script_folder,
-        sbatch_args={
+        tmp_script_folder=tmp_script_folder)
+    slurm_kwargs={
             "cpus-per-task": 32,
             "mem": "32G",
             "gres": "gpu:1",
             "any_random_kwarg": 12322,
-        },
-    )
-    run_sorter_jobs(
-        job_list,
-        engine="slurm",
-        engine_kwargs=engine_kwargs,
-    )
-
-    script_0_path = f"{tmp_script_folder}/si_script_0.py"
-    script_1_path = f"{tmp_script_folder}/si_script_1.py"
-
-    expected_command = [
-        "sbatch",
-        "--cpus-per-task",
-        "32",
-        "--mem",
-        "32G",
-        "--gres",
-        "gpu:1",
-        "--any_random_kwarg",
-        "12322",
-        script_1_path,
-    ]
-    mock_subprocess_run.assert_called_with(expected_command, capture_output=True, text=True)
-
-    # Next, check the fisrt call (which sets up `si_script_0.py`)
-    # also has the expected arguments.
-    expected_command[9] = script_0_path
-    assert mock_subprocess_run.call_args_list[0].args[0] == expected_command
-
-    # Next, check that defaults are used properly when no kwargs are
-    # passed. This will default to `_default_engine_kwargs` as
-    # set in `launcher.py`
-    run_sorter_jobs(
-        job_list,
-        engine="slurm",
-        engine_kwargs={"tmp_script_folder": tmp_script_folder},
-    )
-    expected_command = ["sbatch", "--cpus-per-task", "1", "--mem", "1G", script_1_path]
-    mock_subprocess_run.assert_called_with(expected_command, capture_output=True, text=True)
-
-    # Finally, check that the `tmp_script_folder` is generated on the
-    # fly as expected. A random foldername is generated, just check that
-    # the folder to which the scripts are saved is in the `tempfile` format.
-    run_sorter_jobs(
-        job_list,
-        engine="slurm",
-        engine_kwargs=None,  # TODO: test defaults
-    )
-    tmp_script_folder = "_".join(tempfile.mkdtemp(prefix="spikeinterface_slurm_").split("_")[:-1])
-    assert tmp_script_folder in mock_subprocess_run.call_args_list[-1].args[0][5]
-
-
-@pytest.mark.skip("Slurm launcher need a machine with slurm")
-def test_run_sorter_jobs_slurm_kwargs(mocker, tmp_path, job_list):
-    """
-    Mock `subprocess.run()` to check that engine_kwargs are
-    propagated to the call as expected.
-    """
-    # First, mock `subprocess.run()`, set up a call to `run_sorter_jobs`
-    # then check the mocked `subprocess.run()` was called with the
-    # expected signature. Two jobs are passed in `jobs_list`, first
-    # check the most recent call.
-    mock_subprocess_run = mocker.patch("spikeinterface.sorters.launcher.subprocess.run")
-
-    tmp_script_folder = tmp_path / "slurm_scripts"
+        }
 
-    engine_kwargs = dict(
-        tmp_script_folder=tmp_script_folder,
-        sbatch_args={
-            "cpus-per-task": 32,
-            "mem": "32G",
-            "gres": "gpu:1",
-            "any_random_kwarg": 12322,
-        },
-    )
     run_sorter_jobs(
         job_list,
         engine="slurm",
         engine_kwargs=engine_kwargs,
+        slurm_kwargs=slurm_kwargs
     )
 
     script_0_path = f"{tmp_script_folder}/si_script_0.py"
@@ -268,7 +194,7 @@ def test_run_sorter_jobs_slurm_kwargs(mocker, tmp_path, job_list):
     run_sorter_jobs(
         job_list,
         engine="slurm",
-        engine_kwargs=None,  # TODO: test defaults
+        engine_kwargs=None,
     )
     tmp_script_folder = "_".join(tempfile.mkdtemp(prefix="spikeinterface_slurm_").split("_")[:-1])
     assert tmp_script_folder in mock_subprocess_run.call_args_list[-1].args[0][5]