diff --git a/yarn-project/prover-client/src/mocks/fixtures.ts b/yarn-project/prover-client/src/mocks/fixtures.ts
index 69c5084f65f..97a683b1234 100644
--- a/yarn-project/prover-client/src/mocks/fixtures.ts
+++ b/yarn-project/prover-client/src/mocks/fixtures.ts
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ export const getEnvironmentConfig = async (logger: Logger) => {
     const tempWorkingDirectory = `${TEMP_DIR}/${randomBytes(4).toString('hex')}`;
     const bbWorkingDirectory = BB_WORKING_DIRECTORY ? BB_WORKING_DIRECTORY : `${tempWorkingDirectory}/bb`;
     await fs.mkdir(bbWorkingDirectory, { recursive: true });
-    logger.verbose(`Using native BB binary at ${expectedBBPath} with working directory ${bbWorkingDirectory}`);
+    logger.info(`Found native BB binary at ${expectedBBPath} with working directory ${bbWorkingDirectory}`);
 
     const expectedAcvmPath = ACVM_BINARY_PATH
       ? ACVM_BINARY_PATH
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@ export const getEnvironmentConfig = async (logger: Logger) => {
     await fs.access(expectedAcvmPath, fs.constants.R_OK);
     const acvmWorkingDirectory = ACVM_WORKING_DIRECTORY ? ACVM_WORKING_DIRECTORY : `${tempWorkingDirectory}/acvm`;
     await fs.mkdir(acvmWorkingDirectory, { recursive: true });
-    logger.verbose(`Using native ACVM binary at ${expectedAcvmPath} with working directory ${acvmWorkingDirectory}`);
+    logger.info(`Found native ACVM binary at ${expectedAcvmPath} with working directory ${acvmWorkingDirectory}`);
 
     const bbSkipCleanup = ['1', 'true'].includes(BB_SKIP_CLEANUP);
     bbSkipCleanup && logger.verbose(`Not going to clean up BB working directory ${bbWorkingDirectory} after run`);
@@ -61,7 +61,7 @@ export const getEnvironmentConfig = async (logger: Logger) => {
       bbSkipCleanup,
     };
   } catch (err) {
-    logger.verbose(`Native BB not available, error: ${err}`);
+    logger.info(`Native BB not available: ${err}`);
     return undefined;
   }
 };
diff --git a/yarn-project/prover-client/src/mocks/test_context.ts b/yarn-project/prover-client/src/mocks/test_context.ts
index 3f8ab33fbbd..b249cc76bae 100644
--- a/yarn-project/prover-client/src/mocks/test_context.ts
+++ b/yarn-project/prover-client/src/mocks/test_context.ts
@@ -24,13 +24,7 @@ import { TestDateProvider } from '@aztec/foundation/timer';
 import { getVKTreeRoot } from '@aztec/noir-protocol-circuits-types/vks';
 import { protocolContractTreeRoot } from '@aztec/protocol-contracts';
 import { computeFeePayerBalanceLeafSlot } from '@aztec/protocol-contracts/fee-juice';
-import {
-  PublicProcessor,
-  PublicTxSimulator,
-  type SimulationProvider,
-  WASMSimulatorWithBlobs,
-  type WorldStateDB,
-} from '@aztec/simulator/server';
+import { PublicProcessor, PublicTxSimulator, type WorldStateDB } from '@aztec/simulator/server';
 import { type MerkleTreeAdminDatabase } from '@aztec/world-state';
 import { NativeWorldStateService } from '@aztec/world-state/native';
 
@@ -55,7 +49,6 @@ export class TestContext {
     public publicTxSimulator: PublicTxSimulator,
     public worldState: MerkleTreeAdminDatabase,
     public publicProcessor: PublicProcessor,
-    public simulationProvider: SimulationProvider,
     public globalVariables: GlobalVariables,
     public prover: ServerCircuitProver,
     public broker: TestBroker,
@@ -77,8 +70,8 @@ export class TestContext {
   static async new(
     logger: Logger,
     proverCount = 4,
-    createProver: (bbConfig: BBProverConfig) => Promise<ServerCircuitProver> = _ =>
-      Promise.resolve(new TestCircuitProver(new WASMSimulatorWithBlobs())),
+    createProver: (bbConfig: BBProverConfig) => Promise<ServerCircuitProver> = async (bbConfig: BBProverConfig) =>
+      new TestCircuitProver(await getSimulationProvider(bbConfig, logger)),
     blockNumber = 1,
   ) {
     const directoriesToCleanup: string[] = [];
@@ -112,12 +105,8 @@ export class TestContext {
 
     let localProver: ServerCircuitProver;
     const config = await getEnvironmentConfig(logger);
-    const simulationProvider = await getSimulationProvider({
-      acvmWorkingDirectory: config?.acvmWorkingDirectory,
-      acvmBinaryPath: config?.expectedAcvmPath,
-    });
     if (!config) {
-      localProver = new TestCircuitProver(simulationProvider);
+      localProver = new TestCircuitProver();
     } else {
       const bbConfig: BBProverConfig = {
         acvmBinaryPath: config.expectedAcvmPath,
@@ -144,7 +133,6 @@ export class TestContext {
       publicTxSimulator,
       ws,
       processor,
-      simulationProvider,
       globalVariables,
       localProver,
       broker,
diff --git a/yarn-project/prover-client/src/orchestrator/orchestrator_failures.test.ts b/yarn-project/prover-client/src/orchestrator/orchestrator_failures.test.ts
index 0bd503523ac..04de6344e1b 100644
--- a/yarn-project/prover-client/src/orchestrator/orchestrator_failures.test.ts
+++ b/yarn-project/prover-client/src/orchestrator/orchestrator_failures.test.ts
@@ -1,13 +1,11 @@
-import { TestCircuitProver } from '@aztec/bb-prover';
 import { type ServerCircuitProver } from '@aztec/circuit-types';
 import { timesAsync } from '@aztec/foundation/collection';
 import { createLogger } from '@aztec/foundation/log';
-import { WASMSimulatorWithBlobs } from '@aztec/simulator/server';
 
 import { jest } from '@jest/globals';
 
 import { TestContext } from '../mocks/test_context.js';
-import { ProvingOrchestrator } from './orchestrator.js';
+import { type ProvingOrchestrator } from './orchestrator.js';
 
 const logger = createLogger('prover-client:test:orchestrator-failures');
 const LONG_TIMEOUT = 600_000;
@@ -15,6 +13,7 @@ const LONG_TIMEOUT = 600_000;
 describe('prover/orchestrator/failures', () => {
   let context: TestContext;
   let orchestrator: ProvingOrchestrator;
+  let prover: ServerCircuitProver;
 
   beforeEach(async () => {
     context = await TestContext.new(logger);
@@ -25,11 +24,8 @@ describe('prover/orchestrator/failures', () => {
   });
 
   describe('error handling', () => {
-    let mockProver: ServerCircuitProver;
-
     beforeEach(() => {
-      mockProver = new TestCircuitProver(new WASMSimulatorWithBlobs());
-      orchestrator = new ProvingOrchestrator(context.worldState, mockProver);
+      ({ prover, orchestrator } = context);
     });
 
     const run = async (message: string) => {
@@ -80,24 +76,24 @@ describe('prover/orchestrator/failures', () => {
     it.each([
       [
         'Private Base Rollup Failed',
-        (msg: string) => jest.spyOn(mockProver, 'getPrivateBaseRollupProof').mockRejectedValue(msg),
+        (msg: string) => jest.spyOn(prover, 'getPrivateBaseRollupProof').mockRejectedValue(msg),
       ],
       [
         'Public Base Rollup Failed',
-        (msg: string) => jest.spyOn(mockProver, 'getPublicBaseRollupProof').mockRejectedValue(msg),
+        (msg: string) => jest.spyOn(prover, 'getPublicBaseRollupProof').mockRejectedValue(msg),
       ],
-      ['Merge Rollup Failed', (msg: string) => jest.spyOn(mockProver, 'getMergeRollupProof').mockRejectedValue(msg)],
+      ['Merge Rollup Failed', (msg: string) => jest.spyOn(prover, 'getMergeRollupProof').mockRejectedValue(msg)],
       [
         'Block Root Rollup Failed',
-        (msg: string) => jest.spyOn(mockProver, 'getBlockRootRollupProof').mockRejectedValue(msg),
+        (msg: string) => jest.spyOn(prover, 'getBlockRootRollupProof').mockRejectedValue(msg),
       ],
       [
         'Block Merge Rollup Failed',
-        (msg: string) => jest.spyOn(mockProver, 'getBlockMergeRollupProof').mockRejectedValue(msg),
+        (msg: string) => jest.spyOn(prover, 'getBlockMergeRollupProof').mockRejectedValue(msg),
       ],
-      ['Root Rollup Failed', (msg: string) => jest.spyOn(mockProver, 'getRootRollupProof').mockRejectedValue(msg)],
-      ['Base Parity Failed', (msg: string) => jest.spyOn(mockProver, 'getBaseParityProof').mockRejectedValue(msg)],
-      ['Root Parity Failed', (msg: string) => jest.spyOn(mockProver, 'getRootParityProof').mockRejectedValue(msg)],
+      ['Root Rollup Failed', (msg: string) => jest.spyOn(prover, 'getRootRollupProof').mockRejectedValue(msg)],
+      ['Base Parity Failed', (msg: string) => jest.spyOn(prover, 'getBaseParityProof').mockRejectedValue(msg)],
+      ['Root Parity Failed', (msg: string) => jest.spyOn(prover, 'getRootParityProof').mockRejectedValue(msg)],
     ] as const)(
       'handles a %s error',
       async (message: string, makeFailedProof: (msg: string) => void) => {