diff --git a/test/units/modules/cloud/amazon/test_cloudformation.py b/test/units/modules/cloud/amazon/test_cloudformation.py
index 511c136ef3..e0c810e652 100644
--- a/test/units/modules/cloud/amazon/test_cloudformation.py
+++ b/test/units/modules/cloud/amazon/test_cloudformation.py
@@ -120,7 +120,7 @@ def test_get_nonexistent_stack(placeboify):
     assert cfn_module.get_stack_facts(connection, 'ansible-test-nonexist') is None
 
 
-def test_missing_template_body(placeboify):
+def test_missing_template_body():
     m = FakeModule()
     with pytest.raises(Exception, message='Expected module to fail with no template') as exc_info:
         cfn_module.create_stack(
diff --git a/test/units/modules/cloud/amazon/test_data_pipeline.py b/test/units/modules/cloud/amazon/test_data_pipeline.py
index 3739588955..499a9b0561 100644
--- a/test/units/modules/cloud/amazon/test_data_pipeline.py
+++ b/test/units/modules/cloud/amazon/test_data_pipeline.py
@@ -180,33 +180,33 @@ def test_delete_pipeline(placeboify, maybe_sleep):
     assert changed is True
 
 
-def test_build_unique_id_different(placeboify, maybe_sleep):
+def test_build_unique_id_different():
     m = FakeModule(**{'name': 'ansible-unittest-1', 'description': 'test-unique-id'})
     m2 = FakeModule(**{'name': 'ansible-unittest-1', 'description': 'test-unique-id-different'})
     assert data_pipeline.build_unique_id(m) != data_pipeline.build_unique_id(m2)
 
 
-def test_build_unique_id_same(placeboify, maybe_sleep):
+def test_build_unique_id_same():
     m = FakeModule(**{'name': 'ansible-unittest-1', 'description': 'test-unique-id', 'tags': {'ansible': 'test'}})
     m2 = FakeModule(**{'name': 'ansible-unittest-1', 'description': 'test-unique-id', 'tags': {'ansible': 'test'}})
     assert data_pipeline.build_unique_id(m) == data_pipeline.build_unique_id(m2)
 
 
-def test_build_unique_id_obj(placeboify, maybe_sleep):
+def test_build_unique_id_obj():
     # check that the object can be different and the unique id should be the same; should be able to modify objects
     m = FakeModule(**{'name': 'ansible-unittest-1', 'objects': [{'first': 'object'}]})
     m2 = FakeModule(**{'name': 'ansible-unittest-1', 'objects': [{'second': 'object'}]})
     assert data_pipeline.build_unique_id(m) == data_pipeline.build_unique_id(m2)
 
 
-def test_format_tags(placeboify, maybe_sleep):
+def test_format_tags():
     unformatted_tags = {'key1': 'val1', 'key2': 'val2', 'key3': 'val3'}
     formatted_tags = data_pipeline.format_tags(unformatted_tags)
     for tag_set in formatted_tags:
         assert unformatted_tags[tag_set['key']] == tag_set['value']
 
 
-def test_format_empty_tags(placeboify, maybe_sleep):
+def test_format_empty_tags():
     unformatted_tags = {}
     formatted_tags = data_pipeline.format_tags(unformatted_tags)
     assert formatted_tags == []