diff --git a/robot/scientific_paper_basic.robot b/robot/scientific_paper_basic.robot
index 400ea8594..4eaaba821 100644
--- a/robot/scientific_paper_basic.robot
+++ b/robot/scientific_paper_basic.robot
@@ -63,7 +63,6 @@ Scientific Paper Writer Basic Integration Test
 
 *** Keywords ***
 Setup Test Environment
-    Require OpenAI Key
     ${timestamp}=    Get Time    epoch
     Set Suite Variable    ${TEST_ID}    ${timestamp}
     Set Suite Variable    ${CONTEXT_NAME}    test_paper_simple_${TEST_ID}
@@ -83,6 +82,3 @@ Should Contain Any
     END
     Fail    Text does not contain any of: @{patterns}
 
-Require OpenAI Key
-    ${api_key}=    Get Environment Variable    OPENAI_API_KEY    default=
-    Run Keyword If    '${api_key}' == ''    Skip    OPENAI_API_KEY not set; skipping LLM integration tests