diff --git a/letsencrypt-apache/letsencrypt_apache/tests/configurator_test.py b/letsencrypt-apache/letsencrypt_apache/tests/configurator_test.py
index 9838b4f52..212f128f2 100644
--- a/letsencrypt-apache/letsencrypt_apache/tests/configurator_test.py
+++ b/letsencrypt-apache/letsencrypt_apache/tests/configurator_test.py
@@ -128,20 +128,10 @@ class TwoVhost80Test(util.ApacheTest):
         self.assertEqual(found, 6)
 
         # Handle case of non-debian layout get_virtual_hosts
-        orig_conf = self.config.conf
         with mock.patch(
                 "letsencrypt_apache.configurator.ApacheConfigurator.conf"
-        )  as mock_conf:
-            def conf_sideeffect(key):
-                """Handle calls to configurator.conf()
-                :param key: configuration key
-                :return: configuration value
-                """
-                if key == "handle-sites":
-                    return False
-                else:
-                    return orig_conf(key)
-            mock_conf.side_effect = conf_sideeffect
+        ) as mock_conf:
+            mock_conf.return_value = False
             vhs = self.config.get_virtual_hosts()
             self.assertEqual(len(vhs), 6)