diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci.yml b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
index cce78ec2a64..1108fd6ffa7 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
@@ -214,6 +214,7 @@ jobs:
       unidist: ${{ steps.filter.outputs.unidist }}
       engines: ${{ steps.engines.outputs.engines }}
       experimental: ${{ steps.experimental.outputs.experimental }}
+      test-small-query-compiler: ${{ steps.filter.outputs.test-small-query-compiler }}
     steps:
     - uses: actions/checkout@v4
     - uses: dorny/paths-filter@v3
@@ -636,8 +637,8 @@ jobs:
       - run: python -m pytest modin/tests/experimental/spreadsheet/test_general.py
 
   test-small-query-compiler:
-    needs: [changes, lint-flake8, lint-black, test-api, test-headers]
-    if: ${{ needs.changes.outputs.test-small-query-compiler == 'true' }}
+    needs: [ lint-flake8, execution-filter]
+    if: ${{ needs.execution-filter.outputs.test-small-query-compiler == 'true' }}
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     defaults:
       run:
diff --git a/docs/conf.py b/docs/conf.py
index 346fbcd8611..99355183995 100644
--- a/docs/conf.py
+++ b/docs/conf.py
@@ -54,9 +54,7 @@ def noop_decorator(*args, **kwargs):
 if not hasattr(sys.modules["unidist"].core.base, "object_ref"):
     sys.modules["unidist"].core.base.object_ref = type("object_ref", (object,), {})
 if not hasattr(sys.modules["unidist"].core.base.object_ref, "ObjectRef"):
-    sys.modules["unidist"].core.base.object_ref.ObjectRef = type(
-        "ObjectRef", (object,), {}
-    )
+    sys.modules["unidist"].core.base.object_ref.ObjectRef = type("ObjectRef", (object,), {})
 
 sys.path.insert(0, os.path.abspath(os.path.join(os.path.dirname(__file__), "..")))
 import modin
diff --git a/modin/config/__init__.py b/modin/config/__init__.py
index 3e39b9e811a..467495d6b0a 100644
--- a/modin/config/__init__.py
+++ b/modin/config/__init__.py
@@ -52,7 +52,6 @@
     TestReadFromSqlServer,
     TrackFileLeaks,
     UsePlainPandasQueryCompiler,
-    
 )
 from modin.config.pubsub import Parameter, ValueSource, context
 
diff --git a/modin/pandas/io.py b/modin/pandas/io.py
index 615bab25762..5bb599dd749 100644
--- a/modin/pandas/io.py
+++ b/modin/pandas/io.py
@@ -64,7 +64,6 @@
 from pandas.io.parsers import TextFileReader
 from pandas.io.parsers.readers import _c_parser_defaults
 
-
 from modin.config import ModinNumpy, UsePlainPandasQueryCompiler
 from modin.error_message import ErrorMessage
 from modin.experimental.core.storage_formats.pandas.small_query_compiler import (
diff --git a/modin/pandas/utils.py b/modin/pandas/utils.py
index 09b19637e88..ef7f199b57c 100644
--- a/modin/pandas/utils.py
+++ b/modin/pandas/utils.py
@@ -22,13 +22,7 @@
 from pandas._typing import AggFuncType, AggFuncTypeBase, AggFuncTypeDict, IndexLabel
 from pandas.util._decorators import doc
 
-
-
-from modin.experimental.core.storage_formats.pandas.small_query_compiler import (
-    SmallQueryCompiler,
-)
-
-from modin.utils import  hashable
+from modin.utils import hashable
 
 _doc_binary_operation = """
 Return {operation} of {left} and `{right}` (binary operator `{bin_op}`).
diff --git a/setup.cfg b/setup.cfg
index ab9bf80c882..884ec718a6a 100644
--- a/setup.cfg
+++ b/setup.cfg
@@ -73,6 +73,3 @@ exclude_lines =
     raise ImportError
     assert
     pass
-
-[pytest]
-addopts = --env=MODIN_USE_PLAIN_PANDAS_QUERY_COMPILER=True
\ No newline at end of file