diff --git a/aider/tests/test_help.py b/aider/tests/test_help.py
index 93e12c20d..edd07347f 100644
--- a/aider/tests/test_help.py
+++ b/aider/tests/test_help.py
@@ -3,28 +3,13 @@ from unittest.mock import patch, MagicMock
 from aider.help import Help
 
 class TestHelp(unittest.TestCase):
-    @patch('aider.help.get_index')
-    def setUp(self, mock_get_index):
-        self.mock_index = MagicMock()
-        mock_get_index.return_value = self.mock_index
+
+    def setUp(self):
         self.help = Help()
 
     def test_init(self):
         self.assertIsNotNone(self.help.retriever)
 
-    def test_ask_with_mock(self):
-        mock_node = MagicMock()
-        mock_node.text = "Test content"
-        mock_node.metadata = {"url": "https://example.com"}
-        self.help.retriever.retrieve.return_value = [mock_node]
-
-        result = self.help.ask("Test question")
-
-        self.assertIn("# Question: Test question", result)
-        self.assertIn('<doc from_url="https://example.com">', result)
-        self.assertIn("Test content", result)
-        self.assertIn("</doc>", result)
-
     def test_ask_without_mock(self):
         help_instance = Help()
         question = "What is aider?"