diff --git a/openstack_election/tests/cmds/test_ci_checks.py b/openstack_election/tests/cmds/test_ci_checks.py
index 58ec37ad..ade0d22c 100644
--- a/openstack_election/tests/cmds/test_ci_checks.py
+++ b/openstack_election/tests/cmds/test_ci_checks.py
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@
 # License for the specific language governing permissions and limitations
 # under the License.
 
-import mock
+from unittest import mock
 
 from openstack_election.cmds import ci_check_all_candidate_files
 from openstack_election.tests import base
diff --git a/openstack_election/tests/test_utils.py b/openstack_election/tests/test_utils.py
index 2f7891d2..46e50d86 100644
--- a/openstack_election/tests/test_utils.py
+++ b/openstack_election/tests/test_utils.py
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@
 # License for the specific language governing permissions and limitations
 # under the License.
 
-import mock
+from unittest import mock
 
 from openstack_election import exception
 from openstack_election.tests import base
diff --git a/test-requirements.txt b/test-requirements.txt
index 1214237e..13e27392 100644
--- a/test-requirements.txt
+++ b/test-requirements.txt
@@ -4,7 +4,6 @@
 # needed for doc build
 hacking>=3.1.0,<3.2.0 # Apache-2.0
 yamllint
-mock>=2.0.0 # BSD
 oslotest>=1.10.0 # Apache-2.0
 stestr>=2.0.0 # Apache-2.0
 testresources>=2.0.0 # Apache-2.0/BSD