Mocking out modules dependent on native code

scale/docs/conf.py

@@ -24,18 +24,13 @@
 
 # If we readthedocs is building, swap in local_settings_DOCS as default
 if os.environ.get('READTHEDOCS', None) == 'True':
-    settings_default="scale.local_settings_DOCS" 
+    settings_default="scale.local_settings_DOCS"
+
     # We also have to mock some of the python dependencies on C modules
     from mock import Mock as MagicMock
-
-    class Mock(MagicMock):
-        @classmethod
-        def __getattr__(cls, name):
-            return Mock()
-
-    MOCK_MODULES = ['django.contrib.gis.geos.GEOSGeometry',
-                    'django.contrib.gis.geos.GEOSException', 'GEOSException']
-    sys.modules.update((mod_name, Mock()) for mod_name in MOCK_MODULES)
+    fake_module = MagicMock()
+    sys.modules['django.contrib.gis.geos.GEOSException'] = fake_module
+    sys.modules['django.contrib.gis.geos.GEOSGeometry'] = fake_module
 
 os.environ.setdefault("DJANGO_SETTINGS_MODULE", settings_default)
 django.setup()