diff --git a/tests/unittests/test_distros/test_netconfig.py b/tests/unittests/test_distros/test_netconfig.py
index d09e46af71d..88f2697785b 100644
--- a/tests/unittests/test_distros/test_netconfig.py
+++ b/tests/unittests/test_distros/test_netconfig.py
@@ -767,7 +767,8 @@ def test_apply_network_config_v1_without_netplan(self):
                                expected_cfgs=expected_cfgs.copy(),
                                with_netplan=False)
 
-    def test_apply_network_config_v1_with_netplan(self):
+    @mock.patch('cloudinit.util.system_info', return_value={'variant': 'bsd'})
+    def test_apply_network_config_v1_with_netplan(self, *args):
         expected_cfgs = {
             self.netplan_path(): dedent("""\
                 # generated by cloud-init
@@ -782,12 +783,10 @@ def test_apply_network_config_v1_with_netplan(self):
                             dhcp4: true
                 """),
         }
-
-        with mock.patch('cloudinit.util.is_FreeBSD', return_value=False):
-            self._apply_and_verify(self.distro.apply_network_config,
-                                   V1_NET_CFG,
-                                   expected_cfgs=expected_cfgs.copy(),
-                                   with_netplan=True)
+        self._apply_and_verify(self.distro.apply_network_config,
+                               V1_NET_CFG,
+                               expected_cfgs=expected_cfgs.copy(),
+                               with_netplan=True)
 
 
 class TestNetCfgDistroPhoton(TestNetCfgDistroBase):