diff --git a/test/unit/component/AboutPage.test.js b/test/unit/component/AboutPage.test.js
index 7e166d18e6..e05f81cdea 100644
--- a/test/unit/component/AboutPage.test.js
+++ b/test/unit/component/AboutPage.test.js
@@ -1,9 +1,18 @@
 import React from 'react';
-import { Component as AboutPage } from '../../../app/component/AboutPage';
+import proxyquire from 'proxyquire';
 import { mountWithIntl } from '../helpers/mock-intl-enzyme';
 import { mockChildContextTypes } from '../helpers/mock-context';
+import { MockLink } from '../helpers/MockLink';
 
 describe('<AboutPage />', () => {
+  // setup Link component mock
+  const { Component: AboutPage } = proxyquire(
+    '../../../app/component/AboutPage',
+    {
+      'found/Link': MockLink,
+    },
+  );
+
   const context = {
     config: {
       aboutThisService: {
diff --git a/test/unit/component/RouteStop.test.js b/test/unit/component/RouteStop.test.js
index a25e6b33a7..044cd7fa7f 100644
--- a/test/unit/component/RouteStop.test.js
+++ b/test/unit/component/RouteStop.test.js
@@ -1,11 +1,20 @@
 import React from 'react';
+import proxyquire from 'proxyquire';
 
 import { mountWithIntl } from '../helpers/mock-intl-enzyme';
-import RouteStop from '../../../app/component/RouteStop';
 import ServiceAlertIcon from '../../../app/component/ServiceAlertIcon';
 import { AlertSeverityLevelType } from '../../../app/constants';
+import { MockLink } from '../helpers/MockLink';
 
 describe('<RouteStop />', () => {
+  // setup Link component mock
+  const { default: RouteStop } = proxyquire(
+    '../../../app/component/RouteStop',
+    {
+      'found/Link': MockLink,
+    },
+  );
+
   it('should not render a service alert icon for the stop', () => {
     const props = {
       currentTime: 1471515614,
diff --git a/test/unit/component/TripRouteStop.test.js b/test/unit/component/TripRouteStop.test.js
index dd7667b724..9e38f8baed 100644
--- a/test/unit/component/TripRouteStop.test.js
+++ b/test/unit/component/TripRouteStop.test.js
@@ -1,12 +1,21 @@
 import React from 'react';
 import PropTypes from 'prop-types';
+import proxyquire from 'proxyquire';
 
 import { mountWithIntl } from '../helpers/mock-intl-enzyme';
-import TripRouteStop from '../../../app/component/TripRouteStop';
 import ServiceAlertIcon from '../../../app/component/ServiceAlertIcon';
 import { AlertSeverityLevelType } from '../../../app/constants';
+import { MockLink } from '../helpers/MockLink';
 
 describe('<TripRouteStop />', () => {
+  // setup Link component mock
+  const { default: TripRouteStop } = proxyquire(
+    '../../../app/component/TripRouteStop',
+    {
+      'found/Link': MockLink,
+    },
+  );
+
   it('should not render a service alert icon for the trip route stop if the alert is not active', () => {
     const props = {
       currentTime: 1471515614,
diff --git a/test/unit/helpers/MockLink.js b/test/unit/helpers/MockLink.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..1cbfbde369
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/unit/helpers/MockLink.js
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+export const MockLink = ({ children }) => children;
+export const MockQueryRenderer = ({ render }) => render();
diff --git a/test/unit/helpers/init.js b/test/unit/helpers/init.js
index 3aac4a58be..b3d635fe8f 100644
--- a/test/unit/helpers/init.js
+++ b/test/unit/helpers/init.js
@@ -2,12 +2,12 @@
 import { expect } from 'chai';
 import { configure } from 'enzyme';
 import Adapter from 'enzyme-adapter-react-16';
-import Link from 'found/Link';
 import * as relay from 'react-relay';
 import { JSDOM } from 'jsdom';
 import { after, afterEach, before } from 'mocha';
 import { stub } from 'sinon';
 import { initAnalyticsClientSide } from '../../../app/util/analyticsUtils';
+import { MockQueryRenderer } from './MockLink';
 
 /**
  * Helper function to copy the properties of the source object to the
@@ -55,16 +55,12 @@ const noop = () => null;
 require.extensions['.png'] = noop;
 require.extensions['.svg'] = noop;
 
-const MockLink = ({ children }) => children;
-const MockQueryRenderer = ({ render }) => render();
-
 // set up mocha hooks
 before('setting up the environment', () => {
   const callback = warning => {
     throw new Error(warning);
   };
   stub(console, 'error').callsFake(callback);
-  stub(Link, 'render').value(MockLink);
   stub(relay, 'QueryRenderer').value(MockQueryRenderer);
   // TODO this could be renabled when dependencies don't throw warnings
   // stub(console, 'warn').callsFake(callback);