diff --git a/cluster-autoscaler/cloudprovider/azure/azure_manager_test.go b/cluster-autoscaler/cloudprovider/azure/azure_manager_test.go
index e3814ea0a843..3bad46343f50 100644
--- a/cluster-autoscaler/cloudprovider/azure/azure_manager_test.go
+++ b/cluster-autoscaler/cloudprovider/azure/azure_manager_test.go
@@ -144,7 +144,6 @@ func TestCreateAzureManagerValidConfig(t *testing.T) {
 	mockVMClient := mockvmclient.NewMockInterface(ctrl)
 	mockVMSSClient := mockvmssclient.NewMockInterface(ctrl)
 	mockVMSSClient.EXPECT().List(gomock.Any(), "fakeId").Return([]compute.VirtualMachineScaleSet{}, nil).Times(2)
-	mockVMClient.EXPECT().List(gomock.Any(), "fakeId").Return([]compute.VirtualMachine{}, nil).Times(2)
 	mockAzClient := &azClient{
 		virtualMachinesClient:         mockVMClient,
 		virtualMachineScaleSetsClient: mockVMSSClient,
@@ -227,7 +226,6 @@ func TestCreateAzureManagerValidConfigForStandardVMType(t *testing.T) {
 	mockVMClient := mockvmclient.NewMockInterface(ctrl)
 	mockVMClient.EXPECT().List(gomock.Any(), "fakeId").Return([]compute.VirtualMachine{}, nil).Times(2)
 	mockVMSSClient := mockvmssclient.NewMockInterface(ctrl)
-	mockVMSSClient.EXPECT().List(gomock.Any(), "fakeId").Return([]compute.VirtualMachineScaleSet{}, nil).Times(2)
 	mockAzClient := &azClient{
 		virtualMachinesClient:         mockVMClient,
 		virtualMachineScaleSetsClient: mockVMSSClient,
@@ -340,7 +338,6 @@ func TestCreateAzureManagerWithNilConfig(t *testing.T) {
 	mockVMClient := mockvmclient.NewMockInterface(ctrl)
 	mockVMSSClient := mockvmssclient.NewMockInterface(ctrl)
 	mockVMSSClient.EXPECT().List(gomock.Any(), "resourceGroup").Return([]compute.VirtualMachineScaleSet{}, nil).AnyTimes()
-	mockVMClient.EXPECT().List(gomock.Any(), "resourceGroup").Return([]compute.VirtualMachine{}, nil).AnyTimes()
 	mockAzClient := &azClient{
 		virtualMachinesClient:         mockVMClient,
 		virtualMachineScaleSetsClient: mockVMSSClient,
@@ -666,10 +663,7 @@ func TestGetFilteredAutoscalingGroupsVmss(t *testing.T) {
 	expectedScaleSets := []compute.VirtualMachineScaleSet{fakeVMSSWithTags(vmssName, map[string]*string{vmssTag: &vmssTagValue, "min": &min, "max": &max})}
 	mockVMSSClient := mockvmssclient.NewMockInterface(ctrl)
 	mockVMSSClient.EXPECT().List(gomock.Any(), manager.config.ResourceGroup).Return(expectedScaleSets, nil).AnyTimes()
-	mockVMClient := mockvmclient.NewMockInterface(ctrl)
-	mockVMClient.EXPECT().List(gomock.Any(), manager.config.ResourceGroup).Return([]compute.VirtualMachine{}, nil).AnyTimes()
 	manager.azClient.virtualMachineScaleSetsClient = mockVMSSClient
-	manager.azClient.virtualMachinesClient = mockVMClient
 	err := manager.forceRefresh()
 	assert.NoError(t, err)
 
@@ -743,9 +737,6 @@ func TestFetchAutoAsgsVmss(t *testing.T) {
 	mockVMSSVMClient := mockvmssvmclient.NewMockInterface(ctrl)
 	mockVMSSVMClient.EXPECT().List(gomock.Any(), manager.config.ResourceGroup, vmssName, gomock.Any()).Return(expectedVMSSVMs, nil).AnyTimes()
 	manager.azClient.virtualMachineScaleSetVMsClient = mockVMSSVMClient
-	mockVMClient := mockvmclient.NewMockInterface(ctrl)
-	manager.azClient.virtualMachinesClient = mockVMClient
-	mockVMClient.EXPECT().List(gomock.Any(), manager.config.ResourceGroup).Return([]compute.VirtualMachine{}, nil).AnyTimes()
 	err := manager.forceRefresh()
 	assert.NoError(t, err)