diff --git a/CHANGES b/CHANGES
index 8750128b05..6cfaa97c37 100644
--- a/CHANGES
+++ b/CHANGES
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+    * No longer necessary check remove from tests
     * Move doctests (doc code examples) to main branch
     * Update `ResponseT` type hint
     * Allow to control the minimum SSL version
diff --git a/tests/test_asyncio/compat.py b/tests/test_asyncio/compat.py
index aa1dc49af0..97c62c53c3 100644
--- a/tests/test_asyncio/compat.py
+++ b/tests/test_asyncio/compat.py
@@ -1,10 +1,4 @@
 import asyncio
-from unittest import mock
-
-try:
-    mock.AsyncMock
-except AttributeError:
-    from unittest import mock
 
 try:
     from contextlib import aclosing
diff --git a/tests/test_asyncio/conftest.py b/tests/test_asyncio/conftest.py
index 41b47b2268..4681d4eb42 100644
--- a/tests/test_asyncio/conftest.py
+++ b/tests/test_asyncio/conftest.py
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 import random
 from contextlib import asynccontextmanager as _asynccontextmanager
 from typing import Union
+from unittest import mock
 
 import pytest
 import pytest_asyncio
@@ -13,8 +14,6 @@
 from redis.backoff import NoBackoff
 from tests.conftest import REDIS_INFO
 
-from .compat import mock
-
 
 async def _get_info(redis_url):
     client = redis.Redis.from_url(redis_url)
diff --git a/tests/test_asyncio/test_cluster.py b/tests/test_asyncio/test_cluster.py
index f3b76b80c9..15477ab63d 100644
--- a/tests/test_asyncio/test_cluster.py
+++ b/tests/test_asyncio/test_cluster.py
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@
 import ssl
 import warnings
 from typing import Any, Awaitable, Callable, Dict, List, Optional, Type, Union
+from unittest import mock
 from urllib.parse import urlparse
 
 import pytest
@@ -39,7 +40,7 @@
 )
 
 from ..ssl_utils import get_ssl_filename
-from .compat import aclosing, mock
+from .compat import aclosing
 
 pytestmark = pytest.mark.onlycluster
 
diff --git a/tests/test_asyncio/test_connection.py b/tests/test_asyncio/test_connection.py
index e584fc6999..c3ad51ab1d 100644
--- a/tests/test_asyncio/test_connection.py
+++ b/tests/test_asyncio/test_connection.py
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 import asyncio
 import socket
 import types
+from unittest import mock
 from unittest.mock import patch
 
 import pytest
@@ -24,7 +25,6 @@
 from redis.utils import HIREDIS_AVAILABLE
 from tests.conftest import skip_if_server_version_lt
 
-from .compat import mock
 from .mocks import MockStream
 
 
diff --git a/tests/test_asyncio/test_connection_pool.py b/tests/test_asyncio/test_connection_pool.py
index 2f5bbfb621..fc5f215190 100644
--- a/tests/test_asyncio/test_connection_pool.py
+++ b/tests/test_asyncio/test_connection_pool.py
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 import asyncio
 import re
+from unittest import mock
 
 import pytest
 import pytest_asyncio
@@ -7,7 +8,7 @@
 from redis.asyncio.connection import Connection, to_bool
 from tests.conftest import skip_if_redis_enterprise, skip_if_server_version_lt
 
-from .compat import aclosing, mock
+from .compat import aclosing
 from .conftest import asynccontextmanager
 from .test_pubsub import wait_for_message
 
diff --git a/tests/test_asyncio/test_pipeline.py b/tests/test_asyncio/test_pipeline.py
index 31759d84a3..606f22f8cc 100644
--- a/tests/test_asyncio/test_pipeline.py
+++ b/tests/test_asyncio/test_pipeline.py
@@ -1,8 +1,10 @@
+from unittest import mock
+
 import pytest
 import redis
 from tests.conftest import skip_if_server_version_lt
 
-from .compat import aclosing, mock
+from .compat import aclosing
 from .conftest import wait_for_command
 
 
diff --git a/tests/test_asyncio/test_pubsub.py b/tests/test_asyncio/test_pubsub.py
index 13a6158b40..d1709f2d11 100644
--- a/tests/test_asyncio/test_pubsub.py
+++ b/tests/test_asyncio/test_pubsub.py
@@ -12,6 +12,8 @@
 else:
     from async_timeout import timeout as async_timeout
 
+from unittest import mock
+
 import pytest
 import pytest_asyncio
 import redis.asyncio as redis
@@ -20,7 +22,7 @@
 from redis.utils import HIREDIS_AVAILABLE
 from tests.conftest import get_protocol_version, skip_if_server_version_lt
 
-from .compat import aclosing, create_task, mock
+from .compat import aclosing, create_task
 
 
 def with_timeout(t):
diff --git a/tests/test_asyncio/test_sentinel_managed_connection.py b/tests/test_asyncio/test_sentinel_managed_connection.py
index cae4b9581f..01f717ee38 100644
--- a/tests/test_asyncio/test_sentinel_managed_connection.py
+++ b/tests/test_asyncio/test_sentinel_managed_connection.py
@@ -1,12 +1,11 @@
 import socket
+from unittest import mock
 
 import pytest
 from redis.asyncio.retry import Retry
 from redis.asyncio.sentinel import SentinelManagedConnection
 from redis.backoff import NoBackoff
 
-from .compat import mock
-
 pytestmark = pytest.mark.asyncio