diff --git a/poetry.lock b/poetry.lock
index 27305b0c..f202d323 100644
--- a/poetry.lock
+++ b/poetry.lock
@@ -1060,22 +1060,6 @@ docs = ["alabaster (==0.7.12)", "autodocsumm (==0.2.9)", "sphinx (==5.3.0)", "sp
 lint = ["flake8 (==5.0.4)", "flake8-bugbear (==22.10.25)", "mypy (==0.990)", "pre-commit (>=2.4,<3.0)"]
 tests = ["pytest", "pytz", "simplejson"]
 
-[[package]]
-name = "mock"
-version = "4.0.3"
-description = "Rolling backport of unittest.mock for all Pythons"
-optional = false
-python-versions = ">=3.6"
-files = [
-    {file = "mock-4.0.3-py3-none-any.whl", hash = "sha256:122fcb64ee37cfad5b3f48d7a7d51875d7031aaf3d8be7c42e2bee25044eee62"},
-    {file = "mock-4.0.3.tar.gz", hash = "sha256:7d3fbbde18228f4ff2f1f119a45cdffa458b4c0dee32eb4d2bb2f82554bac7bc"},
-]
-
-[package.extras]
-build = ["blurb", "twine", "wheel"]
-docs = ["sphinx"]
-test = ["pytest (<5.4)", "pytest-cov"]
-
 [[package]]
 name = "mypy"
 version = "1.5.1"
@@ -2288,4 +2272,4 @@ testing = ["flake8 (<5)", "func-timeout", "jaraco.functools", "jaraco.itertools"
 [metadata]
 lock-version = "2.0"
 python-versions = "^3.10 | ^3.9"
-content-hash = "1c9503faaa16edf4068424ef3e48b2e354fb9414c8743d9bf55b18efbe0f2ce4"
+content-hash = "3b1b73b1df182fae17e692b1ebd6d35a8791ca62df3ece145b05ae7f4465ae16"
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index f454da7f..7a9250c2 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -37,7 +37,6 @@ slowapi = "^0.1.7"
 
 [tool.poetry.group.dev.dependencies]
 pytest = "^7.1.2"
-mock = "^4.0.3"
 black = "^23.7.0"
 pytest-asyncio = "^0.19.0"
 pytest-cov = "^4.1.0"
diff --git a/tests/core/views/__init__.py b/tests/core/views/__init__.py
index 0b5e2db1..e69de29b 100644
--- a/tests/core/views/__init__.py
+++ b/tests/core/views/__init__.py
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-from tests.mocks import WALLET
diff --git a/tests/mocks.py b/tests/mocks.py
deleted file mode 100644
index 8d1f04e0..00000000
--- a/tests/mocks.py
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,77 +0,0 @@
-from mock import AsyncMock
-
-from lnbits import bolt11
-from lnbits.wallets.base import PaymentResponse, PaymentStatus, StatusResponse
-from lnbits.wallets.fake import FakeWallet
-
-from .helpers import WALLET, get_random_string, is_fake
-
-
-# generates an invoice with FakeWallet
-async def generate_mock_invoice(**x):
-    invoice = await FakeWallet.create_invoice(
-        FakeWallet(), amount=10, memo=f"mock invoice {get_random_string()}"
-    )
-    return invoice
-
-
-if is_fake:
-    WALLET.status = AsyncMock(
-        return_value=StatusResponse(
-            "",  # no error
-            1000000,  # msats
-        )
-    )
-
-# Note: if this line is uncommented, invoices will always be generated by FakeWallet
-# WALLET.create_invoice = generate_mock_invoice
-
-# NOTE: This mock fails since it yields the same invoice multiple
-# times which makes the db throw an error due to uniqueness contraints
-# on the checking ID
-
-# # primitive event loop for generate_mock_invoice()
-# def drive(c):
-#     while True:
-#         try:
-#             c.send(None)
-#         except StopIteration as e:
-#             return e.value
-
-# # finally we await it
-# invoice = drive(generate_mock_invoice())
-
-# WALLET.create_invoice = AsyncMock(
-#     return_value=InvoiceResponse(
-#         True,  # ok
-#         invoice.checking_id,  # checking_id (i.e. payment_hash)
-#         invoice.payment_request,  # payment_request
-#         "",  # no error
-#     )
-# )
-
-
-if is_fake:
-
-    def pay_invoice_side_effect(
-        payment_request: str, fee_limit_msat: int
-    ) -> PaymentResponse:
-        invoice = bolt11.decode(payment_request)
-        return PaymentResponse(
-            True,  # ok
-            invoice.payment_hash,  # checking_id (i.e. payment_hash)
-            0,  # fee_msat
-            "",  # no error
-        )
-
-    WALLET.pay_invoice = AsyncMock(side_effect=pay_invoice_side_effect)
-    WALLET.get_invoice_status = AsyncMock(
-        return_value=PaymentStatus(
-            True,  # paid
-        )
-    )
-    WALLET.get_payment_status = AsyncMock(
-        return_value=PaymentStatus(
-            True,  # paid
-        )
-    )