diff --git a/tests/standalone_tests.sh b/tests/standalone_tests.sh
index 49c608d53cfa1..7b7dd361ab0b1 100755
--- a/tests/standalone_tests.sh
+++ b/tests/standalone_tests.sh
@@ -28,9 +28,9 @@ files=$(echo "$grep_output" | cut -f1 -d: | sort | uniq)
 # get the list of parametrizations. we need to call them separately. the last two lines are removed.
 # note: if there's a syntax error, this will fail with some garbled output
 if [[ "$OSTYPE" == "darwin"* ]]; then
-  parametrizations=$(pytest $files --collect-only --quiet | tail -r | sed -e '1,3d' | tail -r)
+  parametrizations=$(pytest $files --collect-only --quiet "$@" | tail -r | sed -e '1,3d' | tail -r)
 else
-  parametrizations=$(pytest $files --collect-only --quiet | head -n -2)
+  parametrizations=$(pytest $files --collect-only --quiet "$@" | head -n -2)
 fi
 parametrizations_arr=($parametrizations)
 
@@ -47,14 +47,6 @@ for i in "${!parametrizations_arr[@]}"; do
     continue
   fi
 
-  # STANDALONE_PATTERN allows filtering the tests to run when debugging.
-  # use as `STANDALONE_PATTERN="foo_bar" ./standalone_tests.sh` to run only those
-  # test with `foo_bar` in their name
-  if [[ $parametrization != *STANDALONE_PATTERN* ]]; then
-    report+="Skipped\t$parametrization\n"
-    continue
-  fi
-
   # run the test
   echo "Running ${parametrization}"
   python ${defaults} "${parametrization}"