From 2ebb5bd61278937dc30a0f32972c26262dcd5177 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Paul Nation <nonhermitian@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 22 Oct 2024 15:56:05 -0400
Subject: [PATCH] cleanup backend helper

---
 mthree/_helpers.py | 8 +-------
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 7 deletions(-)

diff --git a/mthree/_helpers.py b/mthree/_helpers.py
index 1cb6c53..01e3ae5 100644
--- a/mthree/_helpers.py
+++ b/mthree/_helpers.py
@@ -13,9 +13,6 @@
 """
 Helper functions
 """
-from qiskit.providers import BackendV2
-from qiskit_ibm_runtime import IBMBackend
-from mthree.exceptions import M3Error
 
 
 def system_info(backend):
@@ -37,10 +34,7 @@ def system_info(backend):
     info_dict["simulator"] = config.simulator
     if "fake" in backend.name:
         info_dict["simulator"] = True
-    # On IBM systems it is max_experiments, on other stuff it might be max_circuits
-    max_circuits = getattr(config, "max_experiments", None)
-    if max_circuits is None:
-        max_circuits = getattr(config, "max_circuits", 1)
+    max_circuits = getattr(config, "max_experiments", 1)
     if config.simulator:
         max_circuits = 1024
     info_dict["max_circuits"] = max_circuits