diff --git a/conftest.py b/conftest.py
index 8009b53..b843da6 100644
--- a/conftest.py
+++ b/conftest.py
@@ -1,16 +1,14 @@
 from hypothesis import settings
 
 # define tests profile. Full documentation is at:
 # https://hypothesis.readthedocs.io/en/latest/settings.html#settings-profiles
 settings.register_profile("fast", max_examples=5, deadline=5000)
 settings.register_profile("slow", max_examples=20, deadline=5000)
 
 # Modules that should not be loaded by --doctest-modules
 collect_ignore = [
-    # ImportError
-    'swh/scheduler/updater/ghtorrent/fake.py',
     # NotImplementedError: save_group is not supported by this backend.
     'swh/scheduler/tests/tasks.py',
     # OSError: Configuration file must be defined
     'swh/scheduler/api/wsgi.py',
 ]
diff --git a/swh/scheduler/updater/ghtorrent/fake.py b/swh/scheduler/updater/ghtorrent/fake.py
deleted file mode 100644
index fc5f34f..0000000
--- a/swh/scheduler/updater/ghtorrent/fake.py
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,82 +0,0 @@
-# Copyright (C) 2018  The Software Heritage developers
-# See the AUTHORS file at the top-level directory of this distribution
-# License: GNU General Public License version 3, or any later version
-# See top-level LICENSE file for more information
-
-import random
-import string
-
-from arrow import utcnow
-from kombu import Connection
-
-from swh.scheduler.updater.ghtorrent import RabbitMQConn, events
-
-
-class FakeRandomOriginGenerator:
-    def _random_string(self, length):
-        """Build a fake string of length length.
-
-        """
-        return ''.join([
-            random.choice(string.ascii_letters + string.digits)
-            for n in range(length)])
-
-    def generate(self, user_range=range(5, 10), repo_range=range(10, 15)):
-        """Build a fake url
-
-        """
-        length_username = random.choice(user_range)
-        user = self._random_string(length_username)
-        length_repo = random.choice(repo_range)
-        repo = self._random_string(length_repo)
-        return '%s/%s' % (user, repo)
-
-
-class FakeGHTorrentPublisher(RabbitMQConn):
-    """Fake GHTorrent that randomly publishes fake events.  Those events
-    are published in similar manner as described by ghtorrent's
-    documentation [2].
-
-    context: stuck with raw ghtorrent so far [1]
-
-    [1] https://github.com/ghtorrent/ghtorrent.org/issues/397#issuecomment-387052462  # noqa
-    [2] http://ghtorrent.org/streaming.html
-
-    """
-
-    ADDITIONAL_CONFIG = {
-        'nb_messages': ('int', 100)
-    }
-
-    def __init__(self, **config):
-        super().__init__(**config)
-        self.fake_origin_generator = FakeRandomOriginGenerator()
-        self.nb_messages = self.config['nb_messages']
-
-    def _random_event(self):
-        """Create a fake and random event
-
-        """
-        event_type = random.choice(['evt', 'ent'])
-        sub_event = random.choice(events[event_type])
-        return {
-            'type': sub_event,
-            'repo': {
-                'name': self.fake_origin_generator.generate(),
-            },
-            'created_at': utcnow().isoformat()
-
-        }
-
-    def publish(self, nb_messages=None):
-        if not nb_messages:
-            nb_messages = self.nb_messages
-
-        with Connection(self.config['conn']['url']) as conn:
-            with conn.Producer(serializer='json') as producer:
-                for n in range(nb_messages):
-                    event = self._random_event()
-                    producer.publish(event,
-                                     exchange=self.exchange,
-                                     routing_key=self.routing_key,
-                                     declare=[self.queue])