diff --git a/test/commands/app_test.rb b/test/commands/app_test.rb
index bf735bb1..7453ff17 100644
--- a/test/commands/app_test.rb
+++ b/test/commands/app_test.rb
@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 require "test_helper"
 require "mrsk/configuration"
 require "mrsk/commands/app"
-require "minitest/autorun" # using stubs that take args
 
 class CommandsAppTest < ActiveSupport::TestCase
   setup do
diff --git a/test/test_helper.rb b/test/test_helper.rb
index 3da81a65..732b5af4 100644
--- a/test/test_helper.rb
+++ b/test/test_helper.rb
@@ -2,7 +2,8 @@ require "bundler/setup"
 require "active_support/test_case"
 require "active_support/testing/autorun"
 require "debug"
-require "mocha/minitest"
+require "mocha/minitest" # using #stubs that can alter returns
+require "minitest/autorun" # using #stub that take args
 require "sshkit"
 
 ActiveSupport::LogSubscriber.logger = ActiveSupport::Logger.new(STDOUT) if ENV["VERBOSE"]