diff --git a/persistence-modules/spring-persistence-simple/pom.xml b/persistence-modules/spring-persistence-simple/pom.xml
index 45605c853e..8a03310048 100644
--- a/persistence-modules/spring-persistence-simple/pom.xml
+++ b/persistence-modules/spring-persistence-simple/pom.xml
@@ -92,12 +92,6 @@
             <version>${org.springframework.version}</version>
             <scope>test</scope>
         </dependency>
-        <dependency>
-            <groupId>org.mockito</groupId> 
-            <artifactId>mockito-core</artifactId>
-            <version>${mockito.version}</version> 
-            <scope>test</scope>
-        </dependency>
         <dependency>
             <groupId>com.querydsl</groupId>
             <artifactId>querydsl-jpa</artifactId>
@@ -143,7 +137,6 @@
         <tomcat-dbcp.version>9.0.0.M26</tomcat-dbcp.version>
         <jta.version>1.1</jta.version>
         <querydsl.version>4.2.1</querydsl.version>
-        <mockito.version>3.3.3</mockito.version>
 
         <!-- util -->
         <guava.version>21.0</guava.version>
diff --git a/persistence-modules/spring-persistence-simple/src/test/java/com/baeldung/jdbc/EmployeeDAOUnitTest.java b/persistence-modules/spring-persistence-simple/src/test/java/com/baeldung/jdbc/EmployeeDAOUnitTest.java
deleted file mode 100644
index 9894801a53..0000000000
--- a/persistence-modules/spring-persistence-simple/src/test/java/com/baeldung/jdbc/EmployeeDAOUnitTest.java
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,49 +0,0 @@
-package com.baeldung.jdbc;
-
-import static org.junit.jupiter.api.Assertions.assertEquals;
-
-import javax.sql.DataSource;
-
-import org.junit.Test;
-import org.junit.runner.RunWith;
-import org.mockito.Mock;
-import org.mockito.Mockito;
-import org.mockito.junit.MockitoJUnitRunner;
-import org.springframework.jdbc.core.JdbcTemplate;
-import org.springframework.jdbc.datasource.embedded.EmbeddedDatabaseBuilder;
-import org.springframework.jdbc.datasource.embedded.EmbeddedDatabaseType;
-import org.springframework.test.util.ReflectionTestUtils;
-
-
-@RunWith(MockitoJUnitRunner.class)
-
-public class EmployeeDAOUnitTest {
-
-    @Mock
-    JdbcTemplate jdbcTemplate;
-
-    @Test
-    public void whenMockJdbcTemplate_thenReturnCorrectEmployeeCount() {
-        EmployeeDAO employeeDAO = new EmployeeDAO();
-        ReflectionTestUtils.setField(employeeDAO, "jdbcTemplate", jdbcTemplate);
-        Mockito.when(jdbcTemplate.queryForObject("SELECT COUNT(*) FROM EMPLOYEE", Integer.class))
-            .thenReturn(4);
-        assertEquals(4, employeeDAO.getCountOfEmployees());
-
-        Mockito.when(jdbcTemplate.queryForObject(Mockito.anyString(), Mockito.eq(Integer.class)))
-            .thenReturn(3);
-        assertEquals(3, employeeDAO.getCountOfEmployees());
-    }
-
-    @Test
-    public void whenInjectInMemoryDataSource_thenReturnCorrectEmployeeCount() {
-        DataSource dataSource = new EmbeddedDatabaseBuilder().setType(EmbeddedDatabaseType.H2)
-            .addScript("classpath:jdbc/schema.sql")
-            .addScript("classpath:jdbc/test-data.sql")
-            .build();
-        EmployeeDAO employeeDAO = new EmployeeDAO();
-        employeeDAO.setDataSource(dataSource);
-        assertEquals(4, employeeDAO.getCountOfEmployees());
-    }
-
-}