diff --git a/.github/workflows/pr.yaml b/.github/workflows/pr.yaml
index 4ab1ace6619..81b22344d93 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/pr.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/pr.yaml
@@ -334,7 +334,7 @@ jobs:
     uses: rapidsai/shared-workflows/.github/workflows/checks.yaml@cuda-13.2.0
     with:
       enable_check_generated_files: false
-      ignored_pr_jobs: "telemetry-summarize spark-rapids-jni wheel-tests-cudf-polars-with-rapidsmpf devcontainers-pip"
+      ignored_pr_jobs: "telemetry-summarize spark-rapids-jni devcontainers-pip"
   conda-cpp-build:
     needs: checks
     permissions:
@@ -600,25 +600,8 @@ jobs:
       # This selects "ARCH=amd64 + the latest supported Python + CUDA".
       matrix_filter: map(select(.ARCH == "amd64")) | group_by(.CUDA_VER|split(".")|map(tonumber)|.[0]) | map(max_by([(.PY_VER|split(".")|map(tonumber)), (.CUDA_VER|split(".")|map(tonumber))]))
       build_type: pull-request
-      script: "ci/test_wheel_cudf_polars.sh"
-  wheel-tests-cudf-polars-with-rapidsmpf:
-    needs: [wheel-build-cudf-polars, changed-files]
-    permissions:
-      actions: read
-      contents: read
-      id-token: write
-      packages: read
-      pull-requests: read
-    secrets: inherit # zizmor: ignore[secrets-inherit]
-    uses: rapidsai/shared-workflows/.github/workflows/wheels-test.yaml@cuda-13.2.0
-    if: fromJSON(needs.changed-files.outputs.changed_file_groups).test_python_wheels && fromJSON(needs.changed-files.outputs.changed_file_groups).neither_cudf_nor_dask_cudf
-    with:
-      # This selects "ARCH=amd64 + the latest supported Python + CUDA" to minimize CI usage.
-      # (rapidsmpf compatibility already validated in rapidsmpf CI)
-      matrix_filter: map(select(.ARCH == "amd64")) | group_by(.CUDA_VER|split(".")|map(tonumber)|.[0]) | map(max_by([(.PY_VER|split(".")|map(tonumber)), (.CUDA_VER|split(".")|map(tonumber))]))
-      build_type: pull-request
       container-options: "--cap-add CAP_SYS_PTRACE --shm-size=8g --ulimit=nofile=1000000:1000000"
-      script: "ci/test_cudf_polars_experimental.sh"
+      script: "ci/test_wheel_cudf_polars.sh"
   cudf-polars-polars-tests:
     needs: [wheel-build-cudf-polars, changed-files]
     permissions:
diff --git a/.github/workflows/test.yaml b/.github/workflows/test.yaml
index 90e02cf1dcd..3d577a239ee 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/test.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/test.yaml
@@ -246,31 +246,12 @@ jobs:
     secrets: inherit # zizmor: ignore[secrets-inherit]
     uses: rapidsai/shared-workflows/.github/workflows/wheels-test.yaml@cuda-13.2.0
     with:
-      build_type: ${{ inputs.build_type }}
-      branch: ${{ inputs.branch }}
-      date: ${{ inputs.date }}
-      sha: ${{ inputs.sha }}
-      script: "ci/test_wheel_cudf_polars.sh"
-  wheel-tests-cudf-polars-with-rapidsmpf:
-    permissions:
-      actions: read
-      contents: read
-      id-token: write
-      packages: read
-      pull-requests: read
-    secrets: inherit # zizmor: ignore[secrets-inherit]
-    uses: rapidsai/shared-workflows/.github/workflows/wheels-test.yaml@cuda-13.2.0
-    with:
-      # This selects "ARCH=amd64 + the latest supported Python + CUDA" to minimize CI usage.
-      # (rapidsmpf compatibility already validated in rapidsmpf CI)
-      matrix_filter: map(select(.ARCH == "amd64")) | group_by(.CUDA_VER|split(".")|map(tonumber)|.[0]) | map(max_by([(.PY_VER|split(".")|map(tonumber)), (.CUDA_VER|split(".")|map(tonumber))]))
       build_type: ${{ inputs.build_type }}
       branch: ${{ inputs.branch }}
       container-options: "--cap-add CAP_SYS_PTRACE --shm-size=8g --ulimit=nofile=1000000:1000000"
       date: ${{ inputs.date }}
       sha: ${{ inputs.sha }}
-      script: "ci/test_cudf_polars_experimental.sh"
-      continue-on-error: true
+      script: "ci/test_wheel_cudf_polars.sh"
   cudf-polars-polars-tests:
     permissions:
       actions: read
diff --git a/ci/run_cudf_polars_experimental_pytests.sh b/ci/run_cudf_polars_experimental_pytests.sh
deleted file mode 100755
index da659c7b386..00000000000
--- a/ci/run_cudf_polars_experimental_pytests.sh
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,14 +0,0 @@
-#!/bin/bash
-# SPDX-FileCopyrightText: Copyright (c) 2025-2026, NVIDIA CORPORATION.
-# SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
-
-set -euo pipefail
-
-# Test cudf_polars experimental.
-
-# It is essential to cd into python/cudf_polars as `pytest-xdist` + `coverage` seem to work only at this directory level.
-# Support invoking outside the script directory
-cd "$(dirname "$(realpath "${BASH_SOURCE[0]}")")"/../python/cudf_polars/
-
-echo "Running the full cudf-polars test suite"
-python -m pytest --cache-clear "$@" tests
diff --git a/ci/run_cudf_polars_pytests.sh b/ci/run_cudf_polars_pytests.sh
index 96e77c4b038..82d1ccd4879 100755
--- a/ci/run_cudf_polars_pytests.sh
+++ b/ci/run_cudf_polars_pytests.sh
@@ -8,4 +8,4 @@ set -euo pipefail
 # Support invoking run_cudf_polars_pytests.sh outside the script directory
 cd "$(dirname "$(realpath "${BASH_SOURCE[0]}")")"/../python/cudf_polars/
 
-python -m pytest --cache-clear "$@" tests --ignore=tests/experimental
+python -m pytest --cache-clear "$@" tests
diff --git a/ci/test_cudf_polars_experimental.sh b/ci/test_cudf_polars_experimental.sh
deleted file mode 100755
index 4b796ff4b94..00000000000
--- a/ci/test_cudf_polars_experimental.sh
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,69 +0,0 @@
-#!/bin/bash
-# SPDX-FileCopyrightText: Copyright (c) 2025-2026, NVIDIA CORPORATION.
-# SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
-
-set -euo pipefail
-
-source rapids-init-pip
-
-rapids-logger "Download wheels"
-
-RAPIDS_PY_CUDA_SUFFIX="$(rapids-wheel-ctk-name-gen "${RAPIDS_CUDA_VERSION}")"
-CUDF_POLARS_WHEELHOUSE=$(RAPIDS_PY_WHEEL_NAME="cudf_polars_${RAPIDS_PY_CUDA_SUFFIX}" RAPIDS_PY_WHEEL_PURE="1" rapids-download-wheels-from-github python)
-LIBCUDF_WHEELHOUSE=$(RAPIDS_PY_WHEEL_NAME="libcudf_${RAPIDS_PY_CUDA_SUFFIX}" rapids-download-wheels-from-github cpp)
-PYLIBCUDF_WHEELHOUSE=$(rapids-download-from-github "$(rapids-package-name "wheel_python" pylibcudf --stable --cuda "$RAPIDS_CUDA_VERSION")")
-
-rapids-logger "Installing cudf_polars and its dependencies (including rapidsmpf)"
-
-# generate constraints (possibly pinning to oldest support versions of dependencies)
-rapids-generate-pip-constraints py_test_cudf_polars "${PIP_CONSTRAINT}"
-
-# notes:
-#
-#   * echo to expand wildcard before adding `[test]` requires for pip
-#   * just providing --constraint="${PIP_CONSTRAINT}" to be explicit, and because
-#     that environment variable is ignored if any other --constraint are passed via the CLI
-#
-rapids-pip-retry install \
-    -v \
-    --prefer-binary \
-    --constraint "${PIP_CONSTRAINT}" \
-    "$(echo "${CUDF_POLARS_WHEELHOUSE}"/cudf_polars_"${RAPIDS_PY_CUDA_SUFFIX}"*.whl)[test,experimental,ray]" \
-    "$(echo "${LIBCUDF_WHEELHOUSE}"/libcudf_"${RAPIDS_PY_CUDA_SUFFIX}"*.whl)" \
-    "$(echo "${PYLIBCUDF_WHEELHOUSE}"/pylibcudf_"${RAPIDS_PY_CUDA_SUFFIX}"*.whl)"
-
-rapids-logger "Run cudf_polars tests with rapidsmpf"
-
-# Get the latest polars version for testing
-available_polars_versions=$(python -m pip index versions polars --json | jq '.versions')
-POLARS_VERSION=$(python ci/utils/filter_package_versions.py dependencies.yaml run_cudf_polars polars "$available_polars_versions" | awk '{print $NF}')
-
-rapids-logger "Installing polars==${POLARS_VERSION}"
-rapids-pip-retry install -U "polars==${POLARS_VERSION}"
-
-# shellcheck disable=SC2317
-function set_exitcode()
-{
-    EXITCODE=$?
-}
-EXITCODE=0
-trap set_exitcode ERR
-set +e
-
-rapids-logger "Running cudf_polars experimental tests (non-ci-blocking)"
-timeout 30m ./ci/run_cudf_polars_experimental_pytests.sh \
-    --no-cov \
-    --numprocesses=8 \
-    --dist=worksteal \
-    -v \
-    --junitxml="${RAPIDS_TESTS_DIR}/junit-cudf-polars-rapidsmpf.xml"
-
-trap - ERR
-set -e
-
-if [ ${EXITCODE} != 0 ]; then
-    rapids-logger "cudf_polars + rapidsmpf tests FAILED: exitcode ${EXITCODE}"
-else
-    rapids-logger "cudf_polars + rapidsmpf tests PASSED"
-fi
-exit ${EXITCODE}
diff --git a/ci/test_wheel_cudf_polars.sh b/ci/test_wheel_cudf_polars.sh
index da8a1f1c707..4c583a4e9cf 100755
--- a/ci/test_wheel_cudf_polars.sh
+++ b/ci/test_wheel_cudf_polars.sh
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ rapids-pip-retry install \
     -v \
     --prefer-binary \
     --constraint "${PIP_CONSTRAINT}" \
-    "$(echo "${CUDF_POLARS_WHEELHOUSE}"/cudf_polars_"${RAPIDS_PY_CUDA_SUFFIX}"*.whl)[test,experimental]" \
+    "$(echo "${CUDF_POLARS_WHEELHOUSE}"/cudf_polars_"${RAPIDS_PY_CUDA_SUFFIX}"*.whl)[test,experimental,ray]" \
     "$(echo "${LIBCUDF_WHEELHOUSE}"/libcudf_"${RAPIDS_PY_CUDA_SUFFIX}"*.whl)" \
     "$(echo "${PYLIBCUDF_WHEELHOUSE}"/pylibcudf_"${RAPIDS_PY_CUDA_SUFFIX}"*.whl)"
 
diff --git a/python/cudf_polars/tests/experimental/test_rolling.py b/python/cudf_polars/tests/experimental/test_rolling.py
index ee3ae137e27..bc1bbbc40eb 100644
--- a/python/cudf_polars/tests/experimental/test_rolling.py
+++ b/python/cudf_polars/tests/experimental/test_rolling.py
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@
 from cudf_polars.experimental.rapidsmpf.frontend.options import StreamingOptions
 from cudf_polars.experimental.rapidsmpf.frontend.spmd import SPMDEngine
 from cudf_polars.testing.asserts import assert_gpu_result_equal
+from cudf_polars.testing.engine_utils import warns_on_spmd
 from cudf_polars.utils.versions import POLARS_VERSION_LT_136
 
 
@@ -40,7 +41,8 @@ def test_rolling_datetime(request, engine):
     )
     q = df.with_columns(pl.sum("a").rolling(index_column="dt", period="2d"))
     # HStack may redirect to Select before fallback; message differs by Polars IR / version.
-    with pytest.warns(
+    with warns_on_spmd(
+        engine,
         UserWarning,
         match=r"This (HStack|selection) is not supported for multiple partitions\.",
     ):