diff --git a/evalml/tests/component_tests/test_utils.py b/evalml/tests/component_tests/test_utils.py
index 37816dcf68..01d74c77bd 100644
--- a/evalml/tests/component_tests/test_utils.py
+++ b/evalml/tests/component_tests/test_utils.py
@@ -1,6 +1,4 @@
 import inspect
-from importlib import import_module
-from unittest.mock import patch
 
 import pytest
 
@@ -19,19 +17,6 @@ def test_all_components(has_minimal_dependencies):
         assert len(all_components()) == 24
 
 
-def make_mock_import_module(libs_to_exclude):
-    def _import_module(library):
-        if library in libs_to_exclude:
-            raise ImportError("Cannot import {}; excluded by mock muahahaha".format(library))
-        return import_module(library)
-    return _import_module
-
-
-@patch('importlib.import_module', make_mock_import_module({'xgboost', 'catboost'}))
-def test_all_components_core_dependencies_mock():
-    assert len(all_components()) == 20
-
-
 def test_handle_component_class_names():
     for cls in all_components():
         cls_ret = handle_component_class(cls)