diff --git a/keystoneclient/tests/unit/auth/test_identity_common.py b/keystoneclient/tests/unit/auth/test_identity_common.py
index a9f2ba227..300b0a278 100644
--- a/keystoneclient/tests/unit/auth/test_identity_common.py
+++ b/keystoneclient/tests/unit/auth/test_identity_common.py
@@ -467,8 +467,7 @@ class GenericAuthPluginTests(utils.TestCase):
         text = uuid.uuid4().hex
 
         with mock.patch.object(self.session.session, 'request') as mocked:
-            mocked.return_value = utils.TestResponse({'status_code': 200,
-                                                      'text': text})
+            mocked.return_value = utils.test_response(text=text)
             resp = self.session.get('prefix',
                                     endpoint_filter=self.ENDPOINT_FILTER)
 
diff --git a/keystoneclient/tests/unit/test_https.py b/keystoneclient/tests/unit/test_https.py
index 14c3cdcd2..4e8d260cf 100644
--- a/keystoneclient/tests/unit/test_https.py
+++ b/keystoneclient/tests/unit/test_https.py
@@ -17,10 +17,7 @@ from keystoneclient import httpclient
 from keystoneclient.tests.unit import utils
 
 
-FAKE_RESPONSE = utils.TestResponse({
-    "status_code": 200,
-    "text": '{"hi": "there"}',
-})
+FAKE_RESPONSE = utils.test_response(json={'hi': 'there'})
 
 REQUEST_URL = 'https://127.0.0.1:5000/hi'
 RESPONSE_BODY = '{"hi": "there"}'
diff --git a/keystoneclient/tests/unit/test_session.py b/keystoneclient/tests/unit/test_session.py
index 85d8399cd..ded925b1a 100644
--- a/keystoneclient/tests/unit/test_session.py
+++ b/keystoneclient/tests/unit/test_session.py
@@ -113,7 +113,7 @@ class SessionTests(utils.TestCase):
         session = client_session.Session(cert='cert.pem', timeout=5,
                                          verify='certs')
 
-        FAKE_RESP = utils.TestResponse({'status_code': 200, 'text': 'resp'})
+        FAKE_RESP = utils.test_response(text='resp')
         RESP = mock.Mock(return_value=FAKE_RESP)
 
         with mock.patch.object(session.session, 'request', RESP) as mocked:
@@ -622,7 +622,7 @@ class SessionAuthTests(utils.TestCase):
 
         requests_auth = object()
 
-        FAKE_RESP = utils.TestResponse({'status_code': 200, 'text': 'resp'})
+        FAKE_RESP = utils.test_response(text='resp')
         RESP = mock.Mock(return_value=FAKE_RESP)
 
         with mock.patch.object(sess.session, 'request', RESP) as mocked:
diff --git a/keystoneclient/tests/unit/utils.py b/keystoneclient/tests/unit/utils.py
index e4dd85420..6e313a49b 100644
--- a/keystoneclient/tests/unit/utils.py
+++ b/keystoneclient/tests/unit/utils.py
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@ import uuid
 import fixtures
 from oslo_serialization import jsonutils
 import requests
+import requests_mock
 from requests_mock.contrib import fixture
 import six
 from six.moves.urllib import parse as urlparse
@@ -127,32 +128,9 @@ if tuple(sys.version_info)[0:2] < (2, 7):
     TestCase.assertDictEqual = assertDictEqual
 
 
-class TestResponse(requests.Response):
-    """Class used to wrap requests.Response.
-
-    It also provides convenience to initialize with a dict.
-    """
-
-    def __init__(self, data):
-        self._text = None
-        super(TestResponse, self).__init__()
-        if isinstance(data, dict):
-            self.status_code = data.get('status_code', 200)
-            headers = data.get('headers')
-            if headers:
-                self.headers.update(headers)
-            # Fake the text attribute to streamline Response creation
-            # _content is defined by requests.Response
-            self._content = data.get('text')
-        else:
-            self.status_code = data
-
-    def __eq__(self, other):
-        return self.__dict__ == other.__dict__
-
-    @property
-    def text(self):
-        return self.content
+def test_response(**kwargs):
+    r = requests.Request(method='GET', url='http://localhost:5000').prepare()
+    return requests_mock.create_response(r, **kwargs)
 
 
 class DisableModuleFixture(fixtures.Fixture):
diff --git a/keystoneclient/tests/unit/v2_0/utils.py b/keystoneclient/tests/unit/v2_0/utils.py
index bc239528e..6532d71b5 100644
--- a/keystoneclient/tests/unit/v2_0/utils.py
+++ b/keystoneclient/tests/unit/v2_0/utils.py
@@ -13,8 +13,6 @@
 from keystoneclient.tests.unit import client_fixtures
 from keystoneclient.tests.unit import utils
 
-TestResponse = utils.TestResponse
-
 
 class UnauthenticatedTestCase(utils.TestCase):
     """Class used as base for unauthenticated calls."""
diff --git a/keystoneclient/tests/unit/v3/test_access.py b/keystoneclient/tests/unit/v3/test_access.py
index 82ed0fb2b..8e557ef3c 100644
--- a/keystoneclient/tests/unit/v3/test_access.py
+++ b/keystoneclient/tests/unit/v3/test_access.py
@@ -17,13 +17,14 @@ from oslo_utils import timeutils
 
 from keystoneclient import access
 from keystoneclient import fixture
+from keystoneclient.tests.unit import utils as test_utils
 from keystoneclient.tests.unit.v3 import client_fixtures
 from keystoneclient.tests.unit.v3 import utils
 
 
-TOKEN_RESPONSE = utils.TestResponse({
-    "headers": client_fixtures.AUTH_RESPONSE_HEADERS
-})
+TOKEN_RESPONSE = test_utils.test_response(
+    headers=client_fixtures.AUTH_RESPONSE_HEADERS
+)
 UNSCOPED_TOKEN = client_fixtures.unscoped_token()
 DOMAIN_SCOPED_TOKEN = client_fixtures.domain_scoped_token()
 PROJECT_SCOPED_TOKEN = client_fixtures.project_scoped_token()
diff --git a/keystoneclient/tests/unit/v3/test_service_catalog.py b/keystoneclient/tests/unit/v3/test_service_catalog.py
index 0e7d55cc3..7fd444dbc 100644
--- a/keystoneclient/tests/unit/v3/test_service_catalog.py
+++ b/keystoneclient/tests/unit/v3/test_service_catalog.py
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@
 from keystoneclient import access
 from keystoneclient import exceptions
 from keystoneclient import fixture
+from keystoneclient.tests.unit import utils as test_utils
 from keystoneclient.tests.unit.v3 import client_fixtures
 from keystoneclient.tests.unit.v3 import utils
 
@@ -21,9 +22,9 @@ class ServiceCatalogTest(utils.TestCase):
     def setUp(self):
         super(ServiceCatalogTest, self).setUp()
         self.AUTH_RESPONSE_BODY = client_fixtures.auth_response_body()
-        self.RESPONSE = utils.TestResponse({
-            "headers": client_fixtures.AUTH_RESPONSE_HEADERS
-        })
+        self.RESPONSE = test_utils.test_response(
+            headers=client_fixtures.AUTH_RESPONSE_HEADERS
+        )
 
         self.north_endpoints = {'public':
                                 'http://glance.north.host/glanceapi/public',
diff --git a/keystoneclient/tests/unit/v3/utils.py b/keystoneclient/tests/unit/v3/utils.py
index fcb546e2f..bd1b97063 100644
--- a/keystoneclient/tests/unit/v3/utils.py
+++ b/keystoneclient/tests/unit/v3/utils.py
@@ -19,9 +19,6 @@ from keystoneclient.tests.unit import client_fixtures
 from keystoneclient.tests.unit import utils
 
 
-TestResponse = utils.TestResponse
-
-
 def parameterize(ref):
     """Rewrites attributes to match the kwarg naming convention in client.