From 62735e3378ac00903a3a8d4b3905ae09e909cb36 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Kevin Tian <kevin.tian@ibm.com>
Date: Thu, 5 Dec 2024 11:27:50 -0500
Subject: [PATCH] Update test_refresh_method (#2074)

---
 qiskit_ibm_runtime/fake_provider/fake_backend.py | 5 +----
 test/integration/test_fake_backends.py           | 7 -------
 2 files changed, 1 insertion(+), 11 deletions(-)

diff --git a/qiskit_ibm_runtime/fake_provider/fake_backend.py b/qiskit_ibm_runtime/fake_provider/fake_backend.py
index 60d6c7f9a..81d6c91f1 100644
--- a/qiskit_ibm_runtime/fake_provider/fake_backend.py
+++ b/qiskit_ibm_runtime/fake_provider/fake_backend.py
@@ -585,7 +585,6 @@ def refresh(self, service: QiskitRuntimeService) -> None:
                 " required to retrieve the real backend's current properties and settings."
             )
 
-        version = self.backend_version
         prod_name = self.backend_name.replace("fake", "ibm")
         try:
             backends = service.backends(prod_name)
@@ -633,10 +632,8 @@ def refresh(self, service: QiskitRuntimeService) -> None:
                 )
 
             logger.info(
-                "The backend %s has been updated from version %s to %s version.",
+                "The backend %s has been updated with the latest data from the server.",
                 self.backend_name,
-                version,
-                real_props.backend_version,
             )
 
         except Exception as ex:  # pylint: disable=broad-except
diff --git a/test/integration/test_fake_backends.py b/test/integration/test_fake_backends.py
index d0567ba8c..7900647f1 100644
--- a/test/integration/test_fake_backends.py
+++ b/test/integration/test_fake_backends.py
@@ -175,13 +175,6 @@ def test_refresh_method(self):
             old_backend.refresh(self.service)
         self.assertIn("The backend fake_sherbrooke has been updated", logs.output[0])
 
-        # to verify the data files are currently updated that there is nothing to refresh
-        # create another instance of FakeSherbrooke updated above
-        new_backend = FakeSherbrooke()
-        with self.assertLogs("qiskit_ibm_runtime", level="INFO") as logs:
-            new_backend.refresh(self.service)
-        self.assertIn("There are no available new updates for fake_sherbrooke", logs.output[0])
-
         # to verify the refresh can't be done
         wrong_backend = FakeSherbrooke()
         # set a non-existent backend name