diff --git a/chatterbot/utils.py b/chatterbot/utils.py
index c39a0d52a..684d7f7bf 100644
--- a/chatterbot/utils.py
+++ b/chatterbot/utils.py
@@ -171,31 +171,6 @@ def get_response_time(chatbot):
     return time.time() - start_time
 
 
-def generate_strings(total_strings, string_length=20):
-    """
-    Generate a list of random strings.
-
-    :param total_strings: The number of strings to generate.
-    :type total_strings: int
-
-    :param string_length: The length of each string to generate.
-    :type string_length: int
-
-    :returns: The generated list of random strings.
-    :rtype: list
-    """
-    import random
-    import string
-
-    statements = []
-    for _ in range(0, total_strings):
-        text = ''.join(
-            random.choice(string.ascii_letters + string.digits + ' ') for _ in range(string_length)
-        )
-        statements.append(text)
-    return statements
-
-
 def print_progress_bar(description, iteration_counter, total_items, progress_bar_length=20):
     """
     Print progress bar
diff --git a/docs/utils.rst b/docs/utils.rst
index e436a2eea..d29abb966 100644
--- a/docs/utils.rst
+++ b/docs/utils.rst
@@ -41,12 +41,6 @@ ChatBot response time
 .. autofunction:: chatterbot.utils.get_response_time
 
 
-Random string generation
-------------------------
-
-.. autofunction:: chatterbot.utils.generate_strings
-
-
 Parsing datetime information
 ----------------------------
 
diff --git a/tests/test_benchmarks.py b/tests/test_benchmarks.py
index 5d05d18e2..06d4045cf 100644
--- a/tests/test_benchmarks.py
+++ b/tests/test_benchmarks.py
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@
 from .base_case import ChatBotSQLTestCase, ChatBotMongoTestCase
 from chatterbot import ChatBot
 from chatterbot import utils
+from factory import Faker
 import sys
 import logging
 
@@ -16,7 +17,8 @@
     level=logging.INFO
 )
 
-STATEMENT_LIST = utils.generate_strings(10)
+# Generate a list of random sentences
+STATEMENT_LIST = Faker('sentences', nb=10).generate({})
 
 
 class BenchmarkingMixin(object):
@@ -96,14 +98,13 @@ def test_synset_distance_comparisons(self):
             ]
         })
 
-        self.assert_response_duration(1.9, kwargs)
+        self.assert_response_duration(3.5, kwargs)
 
     def test_english_corpus_training(self):
         """
         Test the amount of time it takes to train with the English corpus.
         """
-        import unittest
-        raise unittest.SkipTest('TODO: This test needs to be written.')
+        self.skipTest('TODO: This test needs to be written.')
 
 
 class MongoBenchmarkingTests(BenchmarkingMixin, ChatBotMongoTestCase):
@@ -154,5 +155,4 @@ def test_english_corpus_training(self):
         """
         Test the amount of time it takes to train with the English corpus.
         """
-        import unittest
-        raise unittest.SkipTest('TODO: This test needs to be written.')
+        self.skipTest('TODO: This test needs to be written.')
diff --git a/tests/test_utils.py b/tests/test_utils.py
index 602b73eda..de97a3b0a 100644
--- a/tests/test_utils.py
+++ b/tests/test_utils.py
@@ -28,15 +28,6 @@ def test_remove_stop_words(self):
         self.assertIn('test', list(words))
         self.assertIn('string', list(words))
 
-    def test_generate_strings(self):
-        """
-        Test that we can generate 2 strings of length 10.
-        """
-        strings = utils.generate_strings(2, 10)
-        self.assertEqual(len(strings), 2)
-        self.assertEqual(len(strings[0]), 10)
-        self.assertEqual(len(strings[1]), 10)
-
 
 class UtilityChatBotTestCase(ChatBotTestCase):