diff --git a/__mocks__/electron-store.js b/__mocks__/electron-store.js
index 26ce0d7fdfc..7155319b831 100644
--- a/__mocks__/electron-store.js
+++ b/__mocks__/electron-store.js
@@ -1,6 +1,5 @@
 // mock electron-store
 'use strict'
-import { vi } from 'vitest'
 import { DEFAULTS_V12 } from '../app-shell-odd/src/config/migrate'
 
 const Store = function () {
diff --git a/app-shell-odd/src/system-update/__tests__/release-files.test.ts b/app-shell-odd/src/system-update/__tests__/release-files.test.ts
index 67558bec3b8..907aa507c3a 100644
--- a/app-shell-odd/src/system-update/__tests__/release-files.test.ts
+++ b/app-shell-odd/src/system-update/__tests__/release-files.test.ts
@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 // TODO(mc, 2020-06-11): test all release-files functions
 import { vi, describe, it, expect, afterAll } from 'vitest'
 import path from 'path'
-import { describe, afterAll, it } from 'vitest'
 import { promises as fs } from 'fs'
 import fse from 'fs-extra'
 import tempy from 'tempy'
diff --git a/app-shell-odd/src/system-update/__tests__/release-manifest.test.ts b/app-shell-odd/src/system-update/__tests__/release-manifest.test.ts
index 4933b0b382a..76437688cfe 100644
--- a/app-shell-odd/src/system-update/__tests__/release-manifest.test.ts
+++ b/app-shell-odd/src/system-update/__tests__/release-manifest.test.ts
@@ -1,47 +1,41 @@
-import { describe, it, vi, beforeEach, afterEach } from 'vitest'
-import fse from 'fs-extra'
+import { describe, it, vi, beforeEach, afterEach, expect } from 'vitest'
 import * as Http from '../../http'
 import * as Dirs from '../directories'
 import { downloadAndCacheReleaseManifest } from '../release-manifest'
 
-vi.mock('fs-extra')
 vi.mock('../../http')
 vi.mock('../directories')
-
+vi.mock('electron-store')
 const fetchJson = Http.fetchJson
-const outputJson = fse.outputJson
-const readJson = fse.readJson
 const getManifestCacheDir = Dirs.getManifestCacheDir
 
 const MOCK_DIR = 'mock_dir'
 const MANIFEST_URL = 'http://example.com/releases.json'
-const MOCK_MANIFEST = {}
+const MOCK_MANIFEST = {} as any
 
 describe('release manifest utilities', () => {
   beforeEach(() => {
     vi.mocked(getManifestCacheDir).mockReturnValue(MOCK_DIR)
     vi.mocked(fetchJson).mockResolvedValue(MOCK_MANIFEST)
-    vi.mocked(outputJson).mockResolvedValue()
-    vi.mocked(readJson)
-      // @ts-expect-error readJson takes additional optional arguments which is tweaking jest-when
-      .mockResolvedValue(MOCK_MANIFEST)
   })
 
   afterEach(() => {
     vi.resetAllMocks()
   })
 
-  it('should download and save the manifest from a url', () => {
-    return downloadAndCacheReleaseManifest(MANIFEST_URL).then(manifest => {
-      expect(manifest).toBe(MOCK_MANIFEST)
-      expect(outputJson).toHaveBeenCalledWith(MOCK_DIR, MOCK_MANIFEST)
-    })
+  it('should download and save the manifest from a url', async () => {
+    await expect(
+      downloadAndCacheReleaseManifest(MANIFEST_URL)
+    ).resolves.toEqual(MOCK_MANIFEST)
+    expect(fetchJson).toHaveBeenCalledWith(MANIFEST_URL)
   })
 
-  it('should pull the manifest from the file if the manifest download fails', () => {
-    vi.mocked(fetchJson).mockRejectedValue('oh no!')
-    return downloadAndCacheReleaseManifest(MANIFEST_URL).then(manifest =>
-      expect(manifest).toBe(MOCK_MANIFEST)
-    )
+  it('should pull the manifest from the file if the manifest download fails', async () => {
+    const error = new Error('Failed to download')
+    vi.mocked(fetchJson).mockRejectedValue(error)
+    await expect(
+      downloadAndCacheReleaseManifest(MANIFEST_URL)
+    ).resolves.toEqual(MOCK_MANIFEST)
+    expect(fetchJson).toHaveBeenCalledWith(MANIFEST_URL)
   })
 })
diff --git a/app-shell/src/protocol-storage/__tests__/file-system.test.ts b/app-shell/src/protocol-storage/__tests__/file-system.test.ts
index 337b45e7769..831c10c518c 100644
--- a/app-shell/src/protocol-storage/__tests__/file-system.test.ts
+++ b/app-shell/src/protocol-storage/__tests__/file-system.test.ts
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ import path from 'path'
 import fs from 'fs-extra'
 import tempy from 'tempy'
 import Electron from 'electron'
-import { vi, describe, beforeEach, it, afterAll } from 'vitest'
+import { vi, describe, beforeEach, it, afterAll, expect } from 'vitest'
 import uuid from 'uuid/v4'
 
 import {
@@ -16,14 +16,12 @@ import {
   PROTOCOLS_DIRECTORY_NAME,
   PROTOCOLS_DIRECTORY_PATH,
 } from '../file-system'
-import { getConfig } from '../../config'
 import { analyzeProtocolSource } from '../../protocol-analysis'
 
-
 vi.mock('uuid/v4')
 vi.mock('electron')
-vi.mock('../../config')
 vi.mock('../../protocol-analysis')
+vi.mock('electron-store')
 
 const trashItem = Electron.shell.trashItem
 
@@ -37,9 +35,6 @@ describe('protocol storage directory utilities', () => {
   }
   beforeEach(() => {
     protocolsDir = makeEmptyDir()
-    vi.mocked(getConfig).mockReturnValue({
-      python: { pathToPythonOverride: null },
-    } as any)
     vi.mocked(analyzeProtocolSource).mockReturnValue(Promise.resolve())
   })