diff --git a/.circleci/config.yml b/.circleci/config.yml
index 21e06f99..d23ced24 100644
--- a/.circleci/config.yml
+++ b/.circleci/config.yml
@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@ jobs:
       - checkout
       - <<: *step_install_nvm
       - run:
-          name: Buidler & Hardhat E2E
+          name: Hardhat E2E
           command: |
             ./scripts/run-nomiclabs.sh
 workflows:
diff --git a/HARDHAT_README.md b/HARDHAT_README.md
index f182a53b..7043bd0d 100644
--- a/HARDHAT_README.md
+++ b/HARDHAT_README.md
@@ -128,7 +128,6 @@ More documentation, including FAQ and information about solidity-coverage's API
 [29]: https://github.com/sc-forks/solidity-coverage/blob/master/docs/upgrade.md#upgrading-from-06x-to-070
 [30]: https://github.com/sc-forks/solidity-coverage/tree/0.6.x-final#solidity-coverage
 [31]: https://github.com/sc-forks/solidity-coverage/releases/tag/v0.7.0
-[32]: https://github.com/sc-forks/buidler-e2e/tree/coverage
 [33]: https://github.com/sc-forks/moloch
 [34]: https://github.com/sc-forks/solidity-coverage/blob/master/docs/advanced.md#reducing-the-instrumentation-footprint
 
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index ebed4272..6b9d6cc1 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 ![npm (tag)](https://img.shields.io/npm/v/solidity-coverage/latest)
 [![CircleCI](https://circleci.com/gh/sc-forks/solidity-coverage.svg?style=svg)][20]
 [![codecov](https://codecov.io/gh/sc-forks/solidity-coverage/branch/master/graph/badge.svg)][21]
-[![buidler](https://buidler.dev/buidler-plugin-badge.svg?1)][26]
+[![Hardhat](https://hardhat.org/buidler-plugin-badge.svg?1)][26]
 
 
 ## Code coverage for Solidity testing
@@ -197,13 +197,12 @@ $ yarn
 [23]: https://github.com/sc-forks/solidity-coverage/blob/master/docs/advanced.md#workflow-hooks
 [24]: https://github.com/sc-forks/solidity-coverage/blob/master/docs/advanced.md#skipping-tests
 [25]: https://github.com/sc-forks/solidity-coverage/issues/417
-[26]: https://buidler.dev/
+[26]: https://hardhat.org/
 [27]: https://www.trufflesuite.com/docs
 [28]: https://github.com/sc-forks/solidity-coverage/blob/master/docs/api.md
 [29]: https://github.com/sc-forks/solidity-coverage/blob/master/docs/upgrade.md#upgrading-from-06x-to-070
 [30]: https://github.com/sc-forks/solidity-coverage/tree/0.6.x-final#solidity-coverage
 [31]: https://github.com/sc-forks/solidity-coverage/releases/tag/v0.7.0
-[32]: https://github.com/sc-forks/buidler-e2e/tree/coverage
 [33]: https://github.com/sc-forks/moloch
 [34]: https://github.com/sc-forks/solidity-coverage/blob/master/docs/advanced.md#reducing-the-instrumentation-footprint
 [35]: https://github.com/OpenZeppelin/openzeppelin-contracts/blob/e5fbbda9bac49039847a7ed20c1d966766ecc64a/scripts/coverage.js
diff --git a/docs/api.md b/docs/api.md
index 5143f20d..309546c2 100644
--- a/docs/api.md
+++ b/docs/api.md
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ table below shows how its core methods relate to the stages of a test run:
 disposable set of contracts/artifacts which coverage must use in lieu of the 'real' (uninstrumented)
 contracts.
 
-+ there are two complete [coverage tool/plugin implementations][5] (for Buidler and Truffle)
++ there are two complete [coverage tool/plugin implementations][5] (for Hardhat and Truffle)
 which can be used as sources if you're building something similar.
 
 [5]: https://github.com/sc-forks/solidity-coverage/tree/master/plugins
diff --git a/plugins/resources/nomiclabs.utils.js b/plugins/resources/nomiclabs.utils.js
index 8221b0db..0212a542 100644
--- a/plugins/resources/nomiclabs.utils.js
+++ b/plugins/resources/nomiclabs.utils.js
@@ -18,16 +18,16 @@ const util = require('util')
 function getTestFilePaths(files){
   const target = globby.sync([files])
 
-  // Buidler/Hardhat supports js & ts
+  // Hardhat supports js & ts
   const testregex = /.*\.(js|ts)$/;
   return target.filter(f => f.match(testregex) != null);
 }
 
 /**
- * Normalizes Buidler/Hardhat paths / logging for use by the plugin utilities and
+ * Normalizes Hardhat paths / logging for use by the plugin utilities and
  * attaches them to the config
- * @param  {Buidler/HardhatConfig} config
- * @return {Buidler/HardhatConfig}        updated config
+ * @param  {HardhatConfig} config
+ * @return {HardhatConfig}        updated config
  */
 function normalizeConfig(config, args={}){
   config.workingDir = config.paths.root;
@@ -49,32 +49,6 @@ function normalizeConfig(config, args={}){
   return config;
 }
 
-function setupBuidlerNetwork(env, api, ui){
-  const { createProvider } = require("@nomiclabs/buidler/internal/core/providers/construction");
-
-  let networkConfig = {};
-
-  let networkName = (env.buidlerArguments.network !== 'buidlerevm')
-    ? env.buidlerArguments.network
-    : api.defaultNetworkName;
-
-  if (networkName !== api.defaultNetworkName){
-    networkConfig = env.config.networks[networkName];
-    configureHttpProvider(networkConfig, api, ui)
-  } else {
-    networkConfig.url = `http://${api.host}:${api.port}`
-  }
-
-  const provider = createProvider(networkName, networkConfig);
-
-  return configureNetworkEnv(
-    env,
-    networkName,
-    networkConfig,
-    provider
-  )
-}
-
 async function setupHardhatNetwork(env, api, ui){
   const hardhatPackage = require('hardhat/package.json');
   const { createProvider } = require("hardhat/internal/core/providers/construction");
@@ -244,7 +218,7 @@ function setNetworkFrom(networkConfig, accounts){
 // TODO: Hardhat cacheing??
 /**
  * Generates a path to a temporary compilation cache directory
- * @param  {BuidlerConfig} config
+ * @param  {HardhatConfig} config
  * @return {String}        .../.coverage_cache
  */
 function tempCacheDir(config){
@@ -253,7 +227,7 @@ function tempCacheDir(config){
 
 /**
  * Silently removes temporary folders and calls api.finish to shut server down
- * @param  {Buidler/HardhatConfig}     config
+ * @param  {HardhatConfig}     config
  * @param  {SolidityCoverage}  api
  * @return {Promise}
  */
@@ -277,7 +251,6 @@ module.exports = {
   normalizeConfig,
   finish,
   tempCacheDir,
-  setupBuidlerNetwork,
   setupHardhatNetwork,
   getTestFilePaths,
   setNetworkFrom,
diff --git a/scripts/run-nomiclabs.sh b/scripts/run-nomiclabs.sh
index 6153d78e..6569854c 100755
--- a/scripts/run-nomiclabs.sh
+++ b/scripts/run-nomiclabs.sh
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env bash
 #
-# E2E CI: installs PR candidate on sc-forks/buidler-e2e (a simple example,
+# E2E CI: installs PR candidate on sc-forks/hardhat-e2e (a simple example,
 # similar to Metacoin) and runs coverage
 #