diff --git a/DESCRIPTION b/DESCRIPTION
index 1c59441..9b3cab9 100644
--- a/DESCRIPTION
+++ b/DESCRIPTION
@@ -44,7 +44,6 @@ Suggests:
     kernlab,
     kknn,
     knitr,
-    mockr,
     modeldata,
     nnet,
     ranger,
diff --git a/tests/testthat/_snaps/fit_members.md b/tests/testthat/_snaps/fit_members.md
index 7c98dcb..e26547b 100644
--- a/tests/testthat/_snaps/fit_members.md
+++ b/tests/testthat/_snaps/fit_members.md
@@ -24,17 +24,33 @@
 
 # fit_members checks for required packages
 
-    The package a needs to be installed before fitting members.
+    Code
+      error_needs_install(letters[1], rep(FALSE, 1))
+    Condition
+      Error in `error_needs_install()`:
+      ! The package a needs to be installed before fitting members.
 
 ---
 
-    The packages a and b need to be installed before fitting members.
+    Code
+      error_needs_install(letters[1:2], rep(FALSE, 2))
+    Condition
+      Error in `error_needs_install()`:
+      ! The packages a and b need to be installed before fitting members.
 
 ---
 
-    The packages a, b, and c need to be installed before fitting members.
+    Code
+      error_needs_install(letters[1:3], rep(FALSE, 3))
+    Condition
+      Error in `error_needs_install()`:
+      ! The packages a, b, and c need to be installed before fitting members.
 
 ---
 
-    The packages recipes, parsnip, and kernlab need to be installed before fitting members.
+    Code
+      st_reg_1_ %>% fit_members()
+    Condition
+      Error in `fit_members()`:
+      ! The packages recipes, parsnip, and kernlab need to be installed before fitting members.
 
diff --git a/tests/testthat/test_fit_members.R b/tests/testthat/test_fit_members.R
index 0d48a24..78e40fb 100644
--- a/tests/testthat/test_fit_members.R
+++ b/tests/testthat/test_fit_members.R
@@ -121,10 +121,6 @@ test_that("fit_members errors informatively with a bad model_stack arg", {
 test_that("fit_members checks for required packages", {
   skip_on_cran()
   
-  skip_if_not_installed("mockr")
-  
-  library(mockr)
-  
   # check pluralization of error
   expect_snapshot(error = TRUE, error_needs_install(letters[1], rep(FALSE, 1)))
   expect_snapshot(error = TRUE, error_needs_install(letters[1:2], rep(FALSE, 2)))
@@ -142,11 +138,7 @@ test_that("fit_members checks for required packages", {
   expect_true(isNamespaceLoaded("kernlab"))
   
   # errors informatively when it's not installed
-  mockr::with_mock(
-    is_installed_ = function(x) {FALSE},
-    {expect_snapshot_error(
-        st_reg_1_ %>%
-          fit_members()
-    )}
-  )
+  testthat::local_mocked_bindings(is_installed_ = function(x) {FALSE})
+
+  expect_snapshot(error = TRUE, st_reg_1_ %>% fit_members())
 })