diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index bc1d2f6520c..d71bac7a179 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -110,7 +110,6 @@
     "jsfuzz": "^1.0.15",
     "pre-commit": "^1.2.2",
     "proxy": "^2.1.1",
-    "proxyquire": "^2.1.3",
     "snazzy": "^9.0.0",
     "standard": "^17.0.0",
     "tsd": "^0.30.1",
diff --git a/test/pool.js b/test/pool.js
index 5e84f4402bb..b75cd530d43 100644
--- a/test/pool.js
+++ b/test/pool.js
@@ -11,7 +11,6 @@ const {
   Readable
 } = require('node:stream')
 const { promisify } = require('node:util')
-const proxyquire = require('proxyquire')
 const {
   kBusy,
   kPending,
@@ -366,17 +365,15 @@ test('backpressure algorithm', async (t) => {
     }
   }
 
-  const Pool = proxyquire('../lib/dispatcher/pool', {
-    './client': FakeClient
-  })
-
   const noopHandler = {
     onError (err) {
       throw err
     }
   }
 
-  const pool = new Pool('http://notahost')
+  const pool = new Pool('http://notahost', {
+    factory: () => new FakeClient()
+  })
 
   pool.dispatch({}, noopHandler)
   pool.dispatch({}, noopHandler)