diff --git a/neutronclient/tests/unit/test_cli20.py b/neutronclient/tests/unit/test_cli20.py
index 7a0747b38..19bd29708 100644
--- a/neutronclient/tests/unit/test_cli20.py
+++ b/neutronclient/tests/unit/test_cli20.py
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ import contextlib
 import itertools
 import sys
 
-import fixtures
+import mock
 from mox3 import mox
 from oslo_utils import encodeutils
 from oslotest import base
@@ -192,13 +192,14 @@ class CLITestV20Base(base.BaseTestCase):
         self.mox = mox.Mox()
         self.endurl = ENDURL
         self.fake_stdout = FakeStdout()
-        self.useFixture(fixtures.MonkeyPatch('sys.stdout', self.fake_stdout))
-        self.useFixture(fixtures.MonkeyPatch(
-            'neutronclient.neutron.v2_0.find_resourceid_by_name_or_id',
-            self._find_resourceid))
-        self.useFixture(fixtures.MonkeyPatch(
-            'neutronclient.neutron.v2_0.find_resourceid_by_id',
-            self._find_resourceid))
+
+        self.addCleanup(mock.patch.stopall)
+        mock.patch('sys.stdout', new=self.fake_stdout).start()
+        mock.patch('neutronclient.neutron.v2_0.find_resourceid_by_name_or_id',
+                   new=self._find_resourceid).start()
+        mock.patch('neutronclient.neutron.v2_0.find_resourceid_by_id',
+                   new=self._find_resourceid).start()
+
         self.client = client.Client(token=TOKEN, endpoint_url=self.endurl)
         self.client.format = self.format
 
diff --git a/neutronclient/tests/unit/test_client_extension.py b/neutronclient/tests/unit/test_client_extension.py
index 0fccd5e84..973f80068 100644
--- a/neutronclient/tests/unit/test_client_extension.py
+++ b/neutronclient/tests/unit/test_client_extension.py
@@ -34,15 +34,9 @@ class CLITestV20ExtensionJSON(test_cli20.CLITestV20Base):
         self._mock_extension_loading()
         super(CLITestV20ExtensionJSON, self).setUp(plurals={'tags': 'tag'})
 
-    def _create_patch(self, name, func=None):
-        patcher = mock.patch(name)
-        thing = patcher.start()
-        self.addCleanup(patcher.stop)
-        return thing
-
     def _mock_extension_loading(self):
         ext_pkg = 'neutronclient.common.extension'
-        contrib = self._create_patch(ext_pkg + '._discover_via_entry_points')
+        contrib = mock.patch(ext_pkg + '._discover_via_entry_points').start()
         contrib.return_value = [("_fox_sockets", fox_sockets)]
         return contrib
 
@@ -134,15 +128,9 @@ class CLITestV20ExtensionJSONAlternatePlurals(test_cli20.CLITestV20Base):
         self._mock_extension_loading()
         super(CLITestV20ExtensionJSONAlternatePlurals, self).setUp()
 
-    def _create_patch(self, name, func=None):
-        patcher = mock.patch(name)
-        thing = patcher.start()
-        self.addCleanup(patcher.stop)
-        return thing
-
     def _mock_extension_loading(self):
         ext_pkg = 'neutronclient.common.extension'
-        contrib = self._create_patch(ext_pkg + '._discover_via_entry_points')
+        contrib = mock.patch(ext_pkg + '._discover_via_entry_points').start()
         ip_address = mock.MagicMock()
         ip_address.IPAddress = self.IPAddress
         ip_address.IPAddressesList = self.IPAddressesList
@@ -193,15 +181,9 @@ class CLITestV20ExtensionJSONChildResource(test_cli20.CLITestV20Base):
         self._mock_extension_loading()
         super(CLITestV20ExtensionJSONChildResource, self).setUp()
 
-    def _create_patch(self, name, func=None):
-        patcher = mock.patch(name)
-        thing = patcher.start()
-        self.addCleanup(patcher.stop)
-        return thing
-
     def _mock_extension_loading(self):
         ext_pkg = 'neutronclient.common.extension'
-        contrib = self._create_patch(ext_pkg + '._discover_via_entry_points')
+        contrib = mock.patch(ext_pkg + '._discover_via_entry_points').start()
         child = mock.MagicMock()
         child.Child = self.Child
         child.ChildrenList = self.ChildrenList