diff --git a/tests/pytests/unit/cloud/clouds/test_dimensiondata.py b/tests/pytests/unit/cloud/clouds/test_dimensiondata.py
index e196805004..aab2e686f2 100644
--- a/tests/pytests/unit/cloud/clouds/test_dimensiondata.py
+++ b/tests/pytests/unit/cloud/clouds/test_dimensiondata.py
@@ -11,7 +11,6 @@
 from salt.exceptions import SaltCloudSystemExit
 from salt.utils.versions import Version
 from tests.support.mock import MagicMock
-from tests.support.mock import __version__ as mock_version
 from tests.support.mock import patch
 
 try:
@@ -144,8 +143,7 @@ def test_import():
     with patch("salt.config.check_driver_dependencies", return_value=True) as p:
         get_deps = dimensiondata.get_dependencies()
         assert get_deps is True
-        if Version(mock_version) >= Version("2.0.0"):
-            assert p.call_count >= 1
+        assert p.call_count >= 1
 
 
 def test_provider_matches():
diff --git a/tests/pytests/unit/cloud/clouds/test_gce.py b/tests/pytests/unit/cloud/clouds/test_gce.py
index 265818016e..ec1346a978 100644
--- a/tests/pytests/unit/cloud/clouds/test_gce.py
+++ b/tests/pytests/unit/cloud/clouds/test_gce.py
@@ -13,7 +13,6 @@
 from salt.exceptions import SaltCloudSystemExit
 from salt.utils.versions import Version
 from tests.support.mock import MagicMock
-from tests.support.mock import __version__ as mock_version
 from tests.support.mock import call, patch
 
 
@@ -281,8 +280,7 @@ def test_import():
     with patch("salt.config.check_driver_dependencies", return_value=True) as p:
         get_deps = gce.get_dependencies()
         assert get_deps is True
-        if Version(mock_version) >= Version("2.0.0"):
-            p.assert_called_once()
+        p.assert_called_once()
 
 
 @pytest.mark.parametrize(
diff --git a/tests/support/mock.py b/tests/support/mock.py
index 2256ad8f5d..59e5fcbc8e 100644
--- a/tests/support/mock.py
+++ b/tests/support/mock.py
@@ -18,37 +18,33 @@
 import errno
 import fnmatch
 import sys
-
-# By these days, we should blowup if mock is not available
-import mock  # pylint: disable=blacklisted-external-import
-
-# pylint: disable=no-name-in-module,no-member
-from mock import (
-    ANY,
-    DEFAULT,
-    FILTER_DIR,
-    MagicMock,
-    Mock,
-    NonCallableMagicMock,
-    NonCallableMock,
-    PropertyMock,
-    __version__,
-    call,
-    create_autospec,
-    patch,
-    sentinel,
-)
+import importlib
+
+current_version = (sys.version_info.major, sys.version_info.minor)
+
+# Prefer unittest.mock for Python versions that are sufficient
+if current_version >= (3,8):
+    mock = importlib.import_module('unittest.mock')
+else:
+    mock = importlib.import_module('mock')
+
+ANY = mock.ANY
+DEFAULT = mock.DEFAULT
+FILTER_DIR = mock.FILTER_DIR
+MagicMock = mock.MagicMock
+Mock = mock.Mock
+NonCallableMagicMock = mock.NonCallableMagicMock
+NonCallableMock = mock.NonCallableMock
+PropertyMock = mock.PropertyMock
+call = mock.call
+create_autospec = mock.create_autospec
+patch = mock.patch
+sentinel = mock.sentinel
 
 import salt.utils.stringutils
 
 # pylint: disable=no-name-in-module,no-member
 
-
-__mock_version = tuple(
-    int(part) for part in mock.__version__.split(".") if part.isdigit()
-)  # pylint: disable=no-member
-
-
 class MockFH:
     def __init__(self, filename, read_data, *args, **kwargs):
         self.filename = filename