diff --git a/octavia/tests/unit/amphorae/backends/agent/api_server/test_amphora_info.py b/octavia/tests/unit/amphorae/backends/agent/api_server/test_amphora_info.py
index 1ea7351910..2aba7a7c4a 100644
--- a/octavia/tests/unit/amphorae/backends/agent/api_server/test_amphora_info.py
+++ b/octavia/tests/unit/amphorae/backends/agent/api_server/test_amphora_info.py
@@ -64,20 +64,6 @@ class TestAmphoraInfo(base.TestCase):
         self.assertEqual(1, result)
 
     def test__get_meminfo(self):
-
-        # Test live data from host
-
-        result = self.amp_info._get_meminfo()
-
-        # check that /proc/meminfo is giving us the fields we use
-        self.assertIn('MemTotal', result)
-        self.assertIn('MemFree', result)
-        self.assertIn('Buffers', result)
-        self.assertIn('Cached', result)
-        self.assertIn('SwapCached', result)
-        self.assertIn('Shmem', result)
-        self.assertIn('Slab', result)
-
         # Known data test
         meminfo = ('MemTotal:       21692784 kB\n'
                    'MemFree:        12685624 kB\n'
diff --git a/octavia/tests/unit/amphorae/backends/agent/api_server/test_listener.py b/octavia/tests/unit/amphorae/backends/agent/api_server/test_listener.py
index b8fbe75661..d2b9b8b4c6 100644
--- a/octavia/tests/unit/amphorae/backends/agent/api_server/test_listener.py
+++ b/octavia/tests/unit/amphorae/backends/agent/api_server/test_listener.py
@@ -34,6 +34,8 @@ class ListenerTestCase(base.TestCase):
         self.jinja_cfg = jinja_cfg.JinjaTemplater(
             base_amp_path=BASE_AMP_PATH,
             base_crt_dir=BASE_CRT_PATH)
+        self.mock_platform = mock.patch("platform.linux_distribution").start()
+        self.mock_platform.return_value = ("Ubuntu",)
         self.test_listener = listener.Listener()
 
     def test_parse_haproxy_config(self):
diff --git a/octavia/tests/unit/amphorae/backends/agent/api_server/test_plug.py b/octavia/tests/unit/amphorae/backends/agent/api_server/test_plug.py
index a6cfaa155c..469cc1594f 100644
--- a/octavia/tests/unit/amphorae/backends/agent/api_server/test_plug.py
+++ b/octavia/tests/unit/amphorae/backends/agent/api_server/test_plug.py
@@ -37,6 +37,8 @@ class TestPlug(base.TestCase):
     def setUp(self):
         super(TestPlug, self).setUp()
         self.mock_netifaces = mock.patch.object(plug, "netifaces").start()
+        self.mock_platform = mock.patch("platform.linux_distribution").start()
+        self.mock_platform.return_value = ("Ubuntu",)
         self.osutil = osutils.BaseOS.get_os_util()
         self.test_plug = plug.Plug(self.osutil)
         self.addCleanup(self.mock_netifaces.stop)
@@ -157,6 +159,8 @@ class TestPlug(base.TestCase):
 class TestPlugNetwork(base.TestCase):
     def setUp(self):
         super(TestPlugNetwork, self).setUp()
+        self.mock_platform = mock.patch("platform.linux_distribution").start()
+        self.mock_platform.return_value = ("Ubuntu",)
         self.osutil = osutils.BaseOS.get_os_util()
         self.test_plug = plug.Plug(self.osutil)