diff --git a/test/conftest.py b/test/conftest.py
index c783073e0d97144f5d1dc8293125b71be4410553..a4f05322340f3610f70da983beb5cc4857d2e08c 100644
--- a/test/conftest.py
+++ b/test/conftest.py
@@ -209,6 +209,12 @@ def mocked_worker_module(
     with open(data_config_filename) as f:
         worker.InventoryTask.config = config.load(f)
 
+    def _mocked_send_event(*kargs, **kwargs):
+        pass
+    mocker.patch(
+        'inventory_provider.tasks.worker.InventoryTask.send_event',
+        _mocked_send_event)
+
     def _mocked_snmp_interfaces(hostname, community):
         return json.loads(cached_test_data['snmp-interfaces:' + hostname])
     mocker.patch(