diff --git a/aries_cloudagent/vc/ld_proofs/document_loader.py b/aries_cloudagent/vc/ld_proofs/document_loader.py
index 68c4e8586a..a315842a32 100644
--- a/aries_cloudagent/vc/ld_proofs/document_loader.py
+++ b/aries_cloudagent/vc/ld_proofs/document_loader.py
@@ -1,6 +1,5 @@
 """JSON-LD document loader methods."""
 
-import concurrent.futures
 from typing import Callable
 
 from pydid.did_url import DIDUrl
@@ -29,7 +28,6 @@ def __init__(self, profile: Profile, cache_ttl: int = 300) -> None:
         self.cache = profile.inject_or(BaseCache)
         self.online_request_loader = requests.requests_document_loader()
         self.requests_loader = StaticCacheJsonLdDownloader().load
-        self.executor = concurrent.futures.ThreadPoolExecutor(max_workers=1)
         self.cache_ttl = cache_ttl
 
     async def _load_did_document(self, did: str, options: dict):
diff --git a/aries_cloudagent/vc/ld_proofs/tests/test_document_downloader.py b/aries_cloudagent/vc/ld_proofs/tests/test_document_downloader.py
index 103f06ec7c..1998b7d6d2 100644
--- a/aries_cloudagent/vc/ld_proofs/tests/test_document_downloader.py
+++ b/aries_cloudagent/vc/ld_proofs/tests/test_document_downloader.py
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-from unittest.mock import Mock
+from unittest.mock import Mock, AsyncMock
 
 from aries_cloudagent.vc.ld_proofs.document_downloader import (
     StaticCacheJsonLdDownloader,
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ async def test_load_cache_hit():
 
 async def test_load_cache_miss_triggers_download():
     downloader = Mock()
-    downloader.download = Mock(return_value=(None, None))
+    downloader.download = AsyncMock(return_value=(None, None))
     context_loader = StaticCacheJsonLdDownloader(document_downloader=downloader)
 
     await context_loader.load("https://www.w3.org/2018/very_unlikely_name/v1")