diff --git a/test/test_celery_worker_global.py b/test/test_celery_worker_global.py
index 1d9a0b9c126bf077ddca48542b01c45d00ff9e34..da36007024692deaed25f5f2853442e4dec64ce8 100644
--- a/test/test_celery_worker_global.py
+++ b/test/test_celery_worker_global.py
@@ -2,13 +2,10 @@
 just checks that the worker methods call the right functions
 and some data ends up in the right place ... otherwise not very detailed
 """
-import contextlib
 import os
 
 from inventory_provider.tasks import worker
 from inventory_provider.tasks import common
-
-
 from inventory_provider.tasks.common import _get_redis
 
 
@@ -22,19 +19,11 @@ def backend_db():
     }).db
 
 
-@contextlib.contextmanager
-def _mocked_connection(x):
-    yield x
-
-
 def test_update_locations(mocker, mocked_worker_module, mocked_redis):
 
     mocker.patch(
         'inventory_provider.db.opsdb.lookup_pop_info',
         lambda c, h: [{'C': c, 'H': h}])
-    mocker.patch(
-        'inventory_provider.db.db.connection',
-        _mocked_connection)
 
     def _cached_locations():
         db = backend_db()