diff --git a/pkg/descheduler/descheduler_test.go b/pkg/descheduler/descheduler_test.go
index e572dc7cb..e59e64ebc 100644
--- a/pkg/descheduler/descheduler_test.go
+++ b/pkg/descheduler/descheduler_test.go
@@ -647,11 +647,6 @@ func TestEvictionRequestsCache(t *testing.T) {
 	_, descheduler, client := initDescheduler(t, ctxCancel, featureGates, internalDeschedulerPolicy, nil, false, node1, node2, p1, p2, p3, p4)
 	defer cancel()
 
-	var fakeEvictedPods []string
-	descheduler.kubeClientSandbox.podEvictionReactionFnc = func(*fakeclientset.Clientset, *evictedPodsCache) func(action core.Action) (bool, runtime.Object, error) {
-		return podEvictionReactionTestingFnc(&fakeEvictedPods, nil, podEvictionError)
-	}
-
 	var evictedPods []string
 	client.PrependReactor("create", "pods", podEvictionReactionTestingFnc(&evictedPods, func(name string) bool { return name == "p1" || name == "p2" }, nil))
 
@@ -788,11 +783,6 @@ func TestDeschedulingLimits(t *testing.T) {
 			_, descheduler, client := initDescheduler(t, ctxCancel, featureGates, tc.policy, nil, false, node1, node2)
 			defer cancel()
 
-			var fakeEvictedPods []string
-			descheduler.kubeClientSandbox.podEvictionReactionFnc = func(*fakeclientset.Clientset, *evictedPodsCache) func(action core.Action) (bool, runtime.Object, error) {
-				return podEvictionReactionTestingFnc(&fakeEvictedPods, nil, podEvictionError)
-			}
-
 			var evictedPods []string
 			client.PrependReactor("create", "pods", podEvictionReactionTestingFnc(&evictedPods, func(name string) bool { return name == "p1" || name == "p2" }, nil))