diff --git a/test/unit/frontend/meta/asset-url.test.js b/test/unit/frontend/meta/asset-url.test.js
index 4b0407e69f..0709cb48b9 100644
--- a/test/unit/frontend/meta/asset-url.test.js
+++ b/test/unit/frontend/meta/asset-url.test.js
@@ -1,12 +1,11 @@
 const should = require('should');
 const sinon = require('sinon');
-const rewire = require('rewire');
 const imageLib = require('../../../../core/server/lib/image');
 const settingsCache = require('../../../../core/shared/settings-cache');
 const configUtils = require('../../../utils/configUtils');
 const config = configUtils.config;
 
-const getAssetUrl = rewire('../../../../core/frontend/meta/asset-url');
+const getAssetUrl = require('../../../../core/frontend/meta/asset-url');
 
 describe('getAssetUrl', function () {
     afterEach(function () {
diff --git a/test/unit/frontend/services/routing/registry.test.js b/test/unit/frontend/services/routing/registry.test.js
index 8a6efa9cfb..503929039b 100644
--- a/test/unit/frontend/services/routing/registry.test.js
+++ b/test/unit/frontend/services/routing/registry.test.js
@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 const should = require('should');
 const sinon = require('sinon');
-const rewire = require('rewire');
-const registry = rewire('../../../../../core/frontend/services/routing/registry');
+const registry = require('../../../../../core/frontend/services/routing/registry');
 
 describe('UNIT: services/routing/registry', function () {
     let getRssUrlStub;
diff --git a/test/unit/server/data/exporter/index.test.js b/test/unit/server/data/exporter/index.test.js
index 7c8b15b8b2..9fcf5238a4 100644
--- a/test/unit/server/data/exporter/index.test.js
+++ b/test/unit/server/data/exporter/index.test.js
@@ -1,10 +1,9 @@
 const should = require('should');
 const sinon = require('sinon');
-const rewire = require('rewire');
 const Promise = require('bluebird');
 const errors = require('@tryghost/errors');
 const db = require('../../../../../core/server/data/db');
-const exporter = rewire('../../../../../core/server/data/exporter');
+const exporter = require('../../../../../core/server/data/exporter');
 const schema = require('../../../../../core/server/data/schema');
 const models = require('../../../../../core/server/models');
 const schemaTables = Object.keys(schema.tables);
diff --git a/test/unit/server/lib/request-external.test.js b/test/unit/server/lib/request-external.test.js
index a26e44d512..04651e7a12 100644
--- a/test/unit/server/lib/request-external.test.js
+++ b/test/unit/server/lib/request-external.test.js
@@ -1,8 +1,7 @@
 const sinon = require('sinon');
 const should = require('should');
-const rewire = require('rewire');
 const nock = require('nock');
-const externalRequest = rewire('../../../../core/server/lib/request-external');
+const externalRequest = require('../../../../core/server/lib/request-external');
 const configUtils = require('../../../utils/configUtils');
 
 // for sinon stubs
diff --git a/test/unit/shared/settings-cache.test.js b/test/unit/shared/settings-cache.test.js
index ad6c210167..fab8bb46dc 100644
--- a/test/unit/shared/settings-cache.test.js
+++ b/test/unit/shared/settings-cache.test.js
@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
-const rewire = require('rewire');
 const should = require('should');
 const sinon = require('sinon');
 const _ = require('lodash');