Hardcode exclusion of cirq_rigetti in cirq-core unit tests

Author: pavoljuhas

cirq-core/cirq/protocols/hash_from_pickle_test.py

@@ -87,8 +87,8 @@ def _read_json(json_filename: str) -> Any:
 
 def test_exclude_json_files_has_valid_entries() -> None:
     """Verify _EXCLUDE_JSON_FILES has valid entries."""
-    # do not check rigetti files if not installed
-    skip_rigetti = all(m.name != "cirq_rigetti" for m in MODULE_TEST_SPECS)
+    # cirq_rigetti is getting removed per #7058
+    skip_rigetti = True
     json_file_validates = lambda f: any(
         m.test_data_path.joinpath(os.path.basename(f)).is_file() for m in MODULE_TEST_SPECS
     ) or (skip_rigetti and f.startswith("cirq_rigetti/"))

cirq-core/cirq/protocols/json_serialization_test.py

@@ -52,18 +52,10 @@ class _ModuleDeprecation:
     'cirq_ionq': None,
     'cirq_google': None,
     'cirq_pasqal': None,
-    'cirq_rigetti': None,
     'cirq.protocols': None,
     'non_existent_should_be_fine': None,
 }
 
-# TODO(#6706) remove after cirq_rigetti supports NumPy 2.0
-if np.__version__.startswith("2."):  # pragma: no cover
-    warnings.warn(
-        "json_serialization_test - ignoring cirq_rigetti due to incompatibility with NumPy 2.0"
-    )
-    del TESTED_MODULES["cirq_rigetti"]
-
 
 def _get_testspecs_for_modules() -> list[ModuleJsonTestSpec]:
     modules = []