diff --git a/tests/unit/test_index.py b/tests/unit/test_index.py
index 5acbbafad04..ce81a9deb02 100644
--- a/tests/unit/test_index.py
+++ b/tests/unit/test_index.py
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
 
 from pip._internal.download import PipSession
 from pip._internal.index import (
-    HTMLPage, Link, PackageFinder, _determine_base_url, egg_info_matches,
+    Link, PackageFinder, _determine_base_url, _get_html_page, egg_info_matches,
 )
 
 
@@ -194,21 +194,26 @@ def test_egg_info_matches(egg_info, search_name, expected):
     assert version == expected
 
 
-@pytest.mark.parametrize(
-    ('exception', 'message'),
-    [
-        (requests.HTTPError, 'Http error'),
-        (requests.exceptions.RetryError, 'Retry error'),
-    ],
-)
-def test_request_retries(exception, message, caplog):
+def test_request_http_error(caplog):
     caplog.set_level(logging.DEBUG)
     link = Link('http://localhost')
     session = Mock(PipSession)
     session.get.return_value = resp = Mock()
-    resp.raise_for_status.side_effect = exception(message)
-    assert HTMLPage.get_page(link, session=session) is None
+    resp.raise_for_status.side_effect = requests.HTTPError('Http error')
+    assert _get_html_page(link, session=session) is None
+    assert (
+        'Could not fetch URL http://localhost: Http error - skipping'
+        in caplog.text
+    )
+
+
+def test_request_retries(caplog):
+    caplog.set_level(logging.DEBUG)
+    link = Link('http://localhost')
+    session = Mock(PipSession)
+    session.get.side_effect = requests.exceptions.RetryError('Retry error')
+    assert _get_html_page(link, session=session) is None
     assert (
-        'Could not fetch URL http://localhost: %s - skipping' % message
+        'Could not fetch URL http://localhost: Retry error - skipping'
         in caplog.text
     )