diff --git a/.gitlab-ci/image-tags.yml b/.gitlab-ci/image-tags.yml
index 4988841fbc8..913dbc28cb7 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci/image-tags.yml
+++ b/.gitlab-ci/image-tags.yml
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ variables:
    KERNEL_ROOTFS_TAG: "20250305-vkcts-main"
 
    DEBIAN_PYUTILS_IMAGE: "debian/x86_64_pyutils"
-   DEBIAN_PYUTILS_TAG: "20250129-lavacli"
+   DEBIAN_PYUTILS_TAG: "20250303-hypothesis"
 
    ALPINE_X86_64_BUILD_TAG: "20250223-way-prot"
    ALPINE_X86_64_LAVA_SSH_TAG: "20250124-spirv-tools"
diff --git a/.gitlab-ci/lava/utils/lava_farm.py b/.gitlab-ci/lava/utils/lava_farm.py
index ccd60aa60bf..aafcedbebd9 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci/lava/utils/lava_farm.py
+++ b/.gitlab-ci/lava/utils/lava_farm.py
@@ -1,35 +1,16 @@
+import logging
 import os
-import re
-from enum import Enum
 
 
-class LavaFarm(Enum):
-    """Enum class representing the different LAVA farms."""
-
-    LIMA = 1
-    COLLABORA = 2
-    VMWARE = 3
-    UNKNOWN = 4
-
-LAVA_FARM_RUNNER_PATTERNS: dict[LavaFarm, str] = {
-    # Lima and VMware patterns come first, since they have the same prefix as the Collabora pattern.
-    LavaFarm.LIMA: r"^mesa-ci-[\x01-\x7F]+-lava-lima$",
-    LavaFarm.VMWARE: r"^mesa-ci-[\x01-\x7F]+-lava-vmware$",
-    LavaFarm.COLLABORA: r"^mesa-ci-[\x01-\x7F]+-lava-[\x01-\x7F]+$",
-    LavaFarm.UNKNOWN: r"^[\x01-\x7F]+",
-}
-
-
-def get_lava_farm() -> LavaFarm:
+def get_lava_farm() -> str:
     """
-    Returns the LAVA farm based on the RUNNER_TAG environment variable.
+    Returns the LAVA farm based on the FARM environment variable.
 
     :return: The LAVA farm
     """
-    runner_tag: str = os.getenv("RUNNER_TAG", "unknown")
+    farm: str = os.getenv("FARM", "unknown")
 
-    for farm, pattern in LAVA_FARM_RUNNER_PATTERNS.items():
-        if re.match(pattern, runner_tag):
-            return farm
+    if farm == "unknown":
+        logging.warning("FARM environment variable is not set, using unknown")
 
-    raise ValueError(f"Unknown LAVA runner tag: {runner_tag}")
+    return farm.lower()
diff --git a/.gitlab-ci/lava/utils/lava_job_definition.py b/.gitlab-ci/lava/utils/lava_job_definition.py
index c43a077fb3c..40cef3101f7 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci/lava/utils/lava_job_definition.py
+++ b/.gitlab-ci/lava/utils/lava_job_definition.py
@@ -3,9 +3,9 @@ from typing import TYPE_CHECKING, Any
 
 from ruamel.yaml import YAML
 
-from os import environ, getenv
+from os import getenv
 
-from lava.utils.lava_farm import LavaFarm, get_lava_farm
+from lava.utils.lava_farm import get_lava_farm
 from lava.utils.ssh_job_definition import (
     generate_docker_test,
     generate_dut_test,
@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@ class LAVAJobDefinition:
         # which is required to follow the job in a SSH section
         current_farm = get_lava_farm()
 
-        return current_farm == LavaFarm.COLLABORA
+        return current_farm == "collabora"
 
     def generate_lava_yaml_payload(self) -> dict[str, Any]:
         """
diff --git a/.gitlab-ci/lava/utils/log_follower.py b/.gitlab-ci/lava/utils/log_follower.py
index d76b70203e8..15f77a9f035 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci/lava/utils/log_follower.py
+++ b/.gitlab-ci/lava/utils/log_follower.py
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ from typing import Optional, Union
 from lava.exceptions import MesaCITimeoutError
 from lava.utils.console_format import CONSOLE_LOG
 from lava.utils.gitlab_section import GitlabSection
-from lava.utils.lava_farm import LavaFarm, get_lava_farm
+from lava.utils.lava_farm import get_lava_farm
 from lava.utils.lava_log_hints import LAVALogHints
 from lava.utils.log_section import (
     DEFAULT_GITLAB_SECTION_TIMEOUTS,
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ class LogFollower:
     fallback_timeout: timedelta = FALLBACK_GITLAB_SECTION_TIMEOUT
     _buffer: list[str] = field(default_factory=list, init=False)
     log_hints: LAVALogHints = field(init=False)
-    lava_farm: LavaFarm = field(init=False, default=get_lava_farm())
+    lava_farm: str = field(init=False, default=get_lava_farm())
     _merge_next_line: str = field(default_factory=str, init=False)
 
     def __post_init__(self):
@@ -261,7 +261,7 @@ class LogFollower:
         elif line["lvl"] == "input":
             prefix = "$ "
             suffix = ""
-        elif line["lvl"] == "target" and self.lava_farm != LavaFarm.COLLABORA:
+        elif line["lvl"] == "target" and self.lava_farm != "collabora":
             # gl_section_fix_gen will output the stored line if it can't find a
             # match for the first split line
             # So we can recover it and put it back to the buffer
diff --git a/.gitlab-ci/tests/conftest.py b/.gitlab-ci/tests/conftest.py
index 2edc55a2282..6098bf209d0 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci/tests/conftest.py
+++ b/.gitlab-ci/tests/conftest.py
@@ -4,12 +4,9 @@ from unittest.mock import MagicMock, patch
 import pytest
 import yaml
 from freezegun import freeze_time
-from hypothesis import settings
 
 from .lava.helpers import generate_testsuite_result, jobs_logs_response
 
-settings.register_profile("ci", max_examples=1000, derandomize=True)
-settings.load_profile("ci")
 
 def pytest_configure(config):
     config.addinivalue_line(
diff --git a/.gitlab-ci/tests/utils/test_lava_farm.py b/.gitlab-ci/tests/utils/test_lava_farm.py
index e11586c6dff..02f2cc8f8ef 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci/tests/utils/test_lava_farm.py
+++ b/.gitlab-ci/tests/utils/test_lava_farm.py
@@ -1,41 +1,6 @@
-import re
-
-import pytest
-from hypothesis import given
-from hypothesis import strategies as st
-from lava.utils.lava_farm import LAVA_FARM_RUNNER_PATTERNS, LavaFarm, get_lava_farm
-
-
-@given(
-    runner_tag=st.text(
-        alphabet=st.characters(
-            min_codepoint=1, max_codepoint=127, blacklist_categories=("C",)
-        ),
-        min_size=1,
-    )
-)
-def test_get_lava_farm_invalid_tags(runner_tag):
-    with pytest.MonkeyPatch().context() as mp:
-        mp.setenv("RUNNER_TAG", runner_tag)
-        assert get_lava_farm() == LavaFarm.UNKNOWN
+from lava.utils.lava_farm import get_lava_farm
 
 
 def test_get_lava_farm_no_tag(monkeypatch):
-    monkeypatch.delenv("RUNNER_TAG", raising=False)
-    assert get_lava_farm() == LavaFarm.UNKNOWN
-
-
-@given(
-    st.fixed_dictionaries(
-        {k: st.from_regex(v) for k, v in LAVA_FARM_RUNNER_PATTERNS.items()}
-    )
-)
-def test_get_lava_farm_valid_tags(runner_farm_tag: dict):
-    with pytest.MonkeyPatch().context() as mp:
-        for farm, tag in runner_farm_tag.items():
-            try:
-                mp.setenv("RUNNER_TAG", tag)
-            except ValueError:
-                # hypothesis may generate null bytes in the string
-                continue
-            assert get_lava_farm() == farm
+    monkeypatch.delenv("FARM", raising=False)
+    assert get_lava_farm() == "unknown"
diff --git a/.gitlab-ci/tests/utils/test_lava_job_definition.py b/.gitlab-ci/tests/utils/test_lava_job_definition.py
index 37caa4b2389..f56cd27a0c8 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci/tests/utils/test_lava_job_definition.py
+++ b/.gitlab-ci/tests/utils/test_lava_job_definition.py
@@ -83,7 +83,7 @@ def clear_env_vars(autouse=True):
 @pytest.fixture
 def mock_collabora_farm(clear_env_vars, monkeypatch):
     # Mock a Collabora farm-like device runner tag to enable SSH execution
-    monkeypatch.setenv("RUNNER_TAG", "mesa-ci-1234-lava-collabora")
+    monkeypatch.setenv("FARM", "collabora")
 
 
 @pytest.mark.parametrize("force_uart", [True, False], ids=["SSH", "UART"])
diff --git a/bin/ci/test/requirements.txt b/bin/ci/test/requirements.txt
index 5060531afec..f9f10abd1b0 100644
--- a/bin/ci/test/requirements.txt
+++ b/bin/ci/test/requirements.txt
@@ -2,7 +2,6 @@
 filelock==3.12.4
 fire==0.5.0
 freezegun==1.5.1
-hypothesis==6.67.1
 mock==5.1.0
 polars==0.19.3
 pytest==7.4.2