diff --git a/cms/djangoapps/contentstore/tests/test_contentstore.py b/cms/djangoapps/contentstore/tests/test_contentstore.py
index 14e54f6f565a..7d5cd3cbcbf4 100644
--- a/cms/djangoapps/contentstore/tests/test_contentstore.py
+++ b/cms/djangoapps/contentstore/tests/test_contentstore.py
@@ -3,6 +3,9 @@
 import json
 import shutil
 import mock
+
+from textwrap import dedent
+
 from django.test.client import Client
 from django.test.utils import override_settings
 from django.conf import settings
@@ -312,7 +315,14 @@ def test_no_static_link_rewrites_on_import(self):
         handouts = module_store.get_item(Location(['i4x', 'edX', 'toy', 'html', 'toyhtml', None]))
         self.assertIn('/static/', handouts.data)
 
-    def test_import_textbook_as_content_element(self):
+    @mock.patch('xmodule.course_module.requests.get')
+    def test_import_textbook_as_content_element(self, mock_get):
+        mock_get.return_value.text = dedent("""
+            <?xml version="1.0"?><table_of_contents>
+            <entry page="5" page_label="ii" name="Table of Contents"/>
+            </table_of_contents>
+        """).strip()
+
         module_store = modulestore('direct')
         import_from_xml(module_store, 'common/test/data/', ['toy'])
 
@@ -845,7 +855,14 @@ def verify_content_existence(self, store, root_dir, location, dirname, category_
             filesystem = OSFS(root_dir / ('test_export/' + dirname))
             self.assertTrue(filesystem.exists(item.location.name + filename_suffix))
 
-    def test_export_course(self):
+    @mock.patch('xmodule.course_module.requests.get')
+    def test_export_course(self, mock_get):
+        mock_get.return_value.text = dedent("""
+            <?xml version="1.0"?><table_of_contents>
+            <entry page="5" page_label="ii" name="Table of Contents"/>
+            </table_of_contents>
+        """).strip()
+
         module_store = modulestore('direct')
         draft_store = modulestore('draft')
         content_store = contentstore()
diff --git a/lms/djangoapps/courseware/tests/tests.py b/lms/djangoapps/courseware/tests/tests.py
index 98bcba4ed096..31dfea8e5f3b 100644
--- a/lms/djangoapps/courseware/tests/tests.py
+++ b/lms/djangoapps/courseware/tests/tests.py
@@ -1,9 +1,12 @@
 """
 Test for LMS courseware app.
 """
+import mock
 from django.core.urlresolvers import reverse
 from django.test.utils import override_settings
 
+from textwrap import dedent
+
 from xmodule.error_module import ErrorDescriptor
 from xmodule.modulestore.django import modulestore
 from xmodule.modulestore import Location
@@ -156,10 +159,14 @@ def setUp(self):
         self.store = modulestore()
         import_from_xml(self.store, TEST_DATA_DIR, ['toy'])
 
-    def test_toy_course_loads(self):
-        self.check_all_pages_load('edX/toy/2012_Fall')
+    @mock.patch('xmodule.course_module.requests.get')
+    def test_toy_textbooks_loads(self, mock_get):
+        mock_get.return_value.text = dedent("""
+            <?xml version="1.0"?><table_of_contents>
+            <entry page="5" page_label="ii" name="Table of Contents"/>
+            </table_of_contents>
+        """).strip()
 
-    def test_toy_textbooks_loads(self):
         location = Location(['i4x', 'edX', 'toy', 'course', '2012_Fall', None])
         course = self.store.get_item(location)
         self.assertGreater(len(course.textbooks), 0)