diff --git a/tests/unit/command/test_imp.py b/tests/unit/command/test_imp.py
index 5775849f1f..f149ee5dcc 100644
--- a/tests/unit/command/test_imp.py
+++ b/tests/unit/command/test_imp.py
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 from dvc.command.imp import CmdImport
 
 
-def test_import(mocker, dvc_repo):
+def test_import(mocker):
     cli_args = parse_args(
         ["import", "repo_url", "src", "--out", "out", "--rev", "version"]
     )
diff --git a/tests/unit/command/test_imp_url.py b/tests/unit/command/test_imp_url.py
index 8858188f6d..df8e20ee99 100644
--- a/tests/unit/command/test_imp_url.py
+++ b/tests/unit/command/test_imp_url.py
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 from dvc.exceptions import DvcException
 
 
-def test_import_url(mocker, dvc_repo):
+def test_import_url(mocker):
     cli_args = parse_args(["import-url", "src", "out", "--file", "file"])
     assert cli_args.func == CmdImportUrl
 
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ def test_import_url(mocker, dvc_repo):
     m.assert_called_once_with("src", out="out", fname="file")
 
 
-def test_failed_import_url(mocker, caplog, dvc_repo):
+def test_failed_import_url(mocker, caplog):
     cli_args = parse_args(["import-url", "http://somesite.com/file_name"])
     assert cli_args.func == CmdImportUrl
 
diff --git a/tests/unit/remote/test_http.py b/tests/unit/remote/test_http.py
index dbd54bcd15..20c8854fce 100644
--- a/tests/unit/remote/test_http.py
+++ b/tests/unit/remote/test_http.py
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
 from tests.utils.httpd import StaticFileServer
 
 
-def test_no_traverse_compatibility(dvc_repo):
+def test_no_traverse_compatibility(dvc):
     config = {
         "url": "http://example.com/",
         "path_info": "file.html",
@@ -15,15 +15,15 @@ def test_no_traverse_compatibility(dvc_repo):
     }
 
     with pytest.raises(ConfigError):
-        RemoteHTTP(dvc_repo, config)
+        RemoteHTTP(dvc, config)
 
 
-def test_download_fails_on_error_code(dvc_repo):
+def test_download_fails_on_error_code(dvc):
     with StaticFileServer() as httpd:
         url = "http://localhost:{}/".format(httpd.server_port)
         config = {"url": url}
 
-        remote = RemoteHTTP(dvc_repo, config)
+        remote = RemoteHTTP(dvc, config)
 
         with pytest.raises(HTTPError):
             remote._download(URLInfo(url) / "missing.txt", "missing.txt")