diff --git a/src/azure-cli/azure/cli/command_modules/vm/tests/hybrid_2018_03_01/aliases.json b/src/azure-cli/azure/cli/command_modules/vm/tests/hybrid_2018_03_01/aliases.json
deleted file mode 100644
index 4a403e4922b..00000000000
--- a/src/azure-cli/azure/cli/command_modules/vm/tests/hybrid_2018_03_01/aliases.json
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,84 +0,0 @@
-{
-  "$schema":"http://schema.management.azure.com/schemas/2015-01-01/deploymentTemplate.json",
-  "contentVersion":"1.0.0.0",
-  "parameters":{},
-  "variables":{},
-  "resources":[],
-
-  "outputs":{
-    "aliases":{
-      "metadata":{
-        "description":"This list of aliases is used by Azure XPLAT CLI, Azure Powershell, and Azure Portal as shorthands for commonly used VM images. If you change this file, please verify that this doesn't break VMSS creation from Portal :)."
-      },
-      "type":"object",
-      "value":{
-
-        "Linux":{
-          "CentOS":{
-            "publisher":"OpenLogic",
-            "offer":"CentOS",
-            "sku":"7.2",
-            "version":"latest"
-          },
-          "Debian":{
-            "publisher":"credativ",
-            "offer":"Debian",
-            "sku":"8",
-            "version":"latest"
-          },
-          "Flatcar": {
-            "publisher": "kinvolk",
-            "offer": "flatcar-container-linux-free",
-            "sku": "stable",
-            "version": "latest"
-          },
-          "openSUSE":{
-            "publisher":"SUSE",
-            "offer":"openSUSE",
-            "sku":"13.2",
-            "version":"latest"
-          },
-          "RHEL":{
-            "publisher":"RedHat",
-            "offer":"RHEL",
-            "sku":"7.2",
-            "version":"latest"
-          },
-          "SLES":{
-            "publisher":"SUSE",
-            "offer":"SLES",
-            "sku":"12-SP1",
-            "version":"latest"
-          },
-          "UbuntuLTS":{
-            "publisher":"Canonical",
-            "offer":"UbuntuServer",
-            "sku":"14.04.4-LTS",
-            "version":"latest"
-          }
-        },
-
-        "Windows":{
-          "Win2012R2Datacenter":{
-            "publisher":"MicrosoftWindowsServer",
-            "offer":"WindowsServer",
-            "sku":"2012-R2-Datacenter",
-            "version":"latest"
-          },
-          "Win2012Datacenter":{
-            "publisher":"MicrosoftWindowsServer",
-            "offer":"WindowsServer",
-            "sku":"2012-Datacenter",
-            "version":"latest"
-          },
-          "Win2008R2SP1":{
-            "publisher":"MicrosoftWindowsServer",
-            "offer":"WindowsServer",
-            "sku":"2008-R2-SP1",
-            "version":"latest"
-          }
-        }
-      }
-    }
-  }
-}
diff --git a/src/azure-cli/azure/cli/command_modules/vm/tests/hybrid_2018_03_01/test_vm_image.py b/src/azure-cli/azure/cli/command_modules/vm/tests/hybrid_2018_03_01/test_vm_image.py
index 5a661d85440..52fa98b6950 100644
--- a/src/azure-cli/azure/cli/command_modules/vm/tests/hybrid_2018_03_01/test_vm_image.py
+++ b/src/azure-cli/azure/cli/command_modules/vm/tests/hybrid_2018_03_01/test_vm_image.py
@@ -27,18 +27,10 @@ def _get_test_cmd():
 
 
 class TestVMImage(unittest.TestCase):
-    @mock.patch('azure.cli.command_modules.vm.custom.urlopen', autospec=True)
-    def test_read_images_from_alias_doc(self, mock_urlopen):
+
+    def test_read_images_from_alias_doc(self):
         from azure.cli.command_modules.vm.custom import list_vm_images
         cmd = _get_test_cmd()
-        file_path = os.path.join(os.path.dirname(os.path.abspath(__file__)),
-                                 'aliases.json')
-        with open(file_path, 'r') as test_file:
-            test_data = test_file.read().encode()
-
-        mock_read = mock.MagicMock()
-        mock_read.read.return_value = test_data
-        mock_urlopen.return_value = mock_read
 
         # action
         images = list_vm_images(cmd)
diff --git a/src/azure-cli/azure/cli/command_modules/vm/tests/hybrid_2019_03_01/aliases.json b/src/azure-cli/azure/cli/command_modules/vm/tests/hybrid_2019_03_01/aliases.json
deleted file mode 100644
index 4a403e4922b..00000000000
--- a/src/azure-cli/azure/cli/command_modules/vm/tests/hybrid_2019_03_01/aliases.json
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,84 +0,0 @@
-{
-  "$schema":"http://schema.management.azure.com/schemas/2015-01-01/deploymentTemplate.json",
-  "contentVersion":"1.0.0.0",
-  "parameters":{},
-  "variables":{},
-  "resources":[],
-
-  "outputs":{
-    "aliases":{
-      "metadata":{
-        "description":"This list of aliases is used by Azure XPLAT CLI, Azure Powershell, and Azure Portal as shorthands for commonly used VM images. If you change this file, please verify that this doesn't break VMSS creation from Portal :)."
-      },
-      "type":"object",
-      "value":{
-
-        "Linux":{
-          "CentOS":{
-            "publisher":"OpenLogic",
-            "offer":"CentOS",
-            "sku":"7.2",
-            "version":"latest"
-          },
-          "Debian":{
-            "publisher":"credativ",
-            "offer":"Debian",
-            "sku":"8",
-            "version":"latest"
-          },
-          "Flatcar": {
-            "publisher": "kinvolk",
-            "offer": "flatcar-container-linux-free",
-            "sku": "stable",
-            "version": "latest"
-          },
-          "openSUSE":{
-            "publisher":"SUSE",
-            "offer":"openSUSE",
-            "sku":"13.2",
-            "version":"latest"
-          },
-          "RHEL":{
-            "publisher":"RedHat",
-            "offer":"RHEL",
-            "sku":"7.2",
-            "version":"latest"
-          },
-          "SLES":{
-            "publisher":"SUSE",
-            "offer":"SLES",
-            "sku":"12-SP1",
-            "version":"latest"
-          },
-          "UbuntuLTS":{
-            "publisher":"Canonical",
-            "offer":"UbuntuServer",
-            "sku":"14.04.4-LTS",
-            "version":"latest"
-          }
-        },
-
-        "Windows":{
-          "Win2012R2Datacenter":{
-            "publisher":"MicrosoftWindowsServer",
-            "offer":"WindowsServer",
-            "sku":"2012-R2-Datacenter",
-            "version":"latest"
-          },
-          "Win2012Datacenter":{
-            "publisher":"MicrosoftWindowsServer",
-            "offer":"WindowsServer",
-            "sku":"2012-Datacenter",
-            "version":"latest"
-          },
-          "Win2008R2SP1":{
-            "publisher":"MicrosoftWindowsServer",
-            "offer":"WindowsServer",
-            "sku":"2008-R2-SP1",
-            "version":"latest"
-          }
-        }
-      }
-    }
-  }
-}
diff --git a/src/azure-cli/azure/cli/command_modules/vm/tests/hybrid_2019_03_01/test_vm_image.py b/src/azure-cli/azure/cli/command_modules/vm/tests/hybrid_2019_03_01/test_vm_image.py
index 5a661d85440..52fa98b6950 100644
--- a/src/azure-cli/azure/cli/command_modules/vm/tests/hybrid_2019_03_01/test_vm_image.py
+++ b/src/azure-cli/azure/cli/command_modules/vm/tests/hybrid_2019_03_01/test_vm_image.py
@@ -27,18 +27,10 @@ def _get_test_cmd():
 
 
 class TestVMImage(unittest.TestCase):
-    @mock.patch('azure.cli.command_modules.vm.custom.urlopen', autospec=True)
-    def test_read_images_from_alias_doc(self, mock_urlopen):
+
+    def test_read_images_from_alias_doc(self):
         from azure.cli.command_modules.vm.custom import list_vm_images
         cmd = _get_test_cmd()
-        file_path = os.path.join(os.path.dirname(os.path.abspath(__file__)),
-                                 'aliases.json')
-        with open(file_path, 'r') as test_file:
-            test_data = test_file.read().encode()
-
-        mock_read = mock.MagicMock()
-        mock_read.read.return_value = test_data
-        mock_urlopen.return_value = mock_read
 
         # action
         images = list_vm_images(cmd)
diff --git a/src/azure-cli/azure/cli/command_modules/vm/tests/hybrid_2020_09_01/aliases.json b/src/azure-cli/azure/cli/command_modules/vm/tests/hybrid_2020_09_01/aliases.json
deleted file mode 100644
index 4a403e4922b..00000000000
--- a/src/azure-cli/azure/cli/command_modules/vm/tests/hybrid_2020_09_01/aliases.json
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,84 +0,0 @@
-{
-  "$schema":"http://schema.management.azure.com/schemas/2015-01-01/deploymentTemplate.json",
-  "contentVersion":"1.0.0.0",
-  "parameters":{},
-  "variables":{},
-  "resources":[],
-
-  "outputs":{
-    "aliases":{
-      "metadata":{
-        "description":"This list of aliases is used by Azure XPLAT CLI, Azure Powershell, and Azure Portal as shorthands for commonly used VM images. If you change this file, please verify that this doesn't break VMSS creation from Portal :)."
-      },
-      "type":"object",
-      "value":{
-
-        "Linux":{
-          "CentOS":{
-            "publisher":"OpenLogic",
-            "offer":"CentOS",
-            "sku":"7.2",
-            "version":"latest"
-          },
-          "Debian":{
-            "publisher":"credativ",
-            "offer":"Debian",
-            "sku":"8",
-            "version":"latest"
-          },
-          "Flatcar": {
-            "publisher": "kinvolk",
-            "offer": "flatcar-container-linux-free",
-            "sku": "stable",
-            "version": "latest"
-          },
-          "openSUSE":{
-            "publisher":"SUSE",
-            "offer":"openSUSE",
-            "sku":"13.2",
-            "version":"latest"
-          },
-          "RHEL":{
-            "publisher":"RedHat",
-            "offer":"RHEL",
-            "sku":"7.2",
-            "version":"latest"
-          },
-          "SLES":{
-            "publisher":"SUSE",
-            "offer":"SLES",
-            "sku":"12-SP1",
-            "version":"latest"
-          },
-          "UbuntuLTS":{
-            "publisher":"Canonical",
-            "offer":"UbuntuServer",
-            "sku":"14.04.4-LTS",
-            "version":"latest"
-          }
-        },
-
-        "Windows":{
-          "Win2012R2Datacenter":{
-            "publisher":"MicrosoftWindowsServer",
-            "offer":"WindowsServer",
-            "sku":"2012-R2-Datacenter",
-            "version":"latest"
-          },
-          "Win2012Datacenter":{
-            "publisher":"MicrosoftWindowsServer",
-            "offer":"WindowsServer",
-            "sku":"2012-Datacenter",
-            "version":"latest"
-          },
-          "Win2008R2SP1":{
-            "publisher":"MicrosoftWindowsServer",
-            "offer":"WindowsServer",
-            "sku":"2008-R2-SP1",
-            "version":"latest"
-          }
-        }
-      }
-    }
-  }
-}
diff --git a/src/azure-cli/azure/cli/command_modules/vm/tests/hybrid_2020_09_01/test_vm_image.py b/src/azure-cli/azure/cli/command_modules/vm/tests/hybrid_2020_09_01/test_vm_image.py
index 5a661d85440..52fa98b6950 100644
--- a/src/azure-cli/azure/cli/command_modules/vm/tests/hybrid_2020_09_01/test_vm_image.py
+++ b/src/azure-cli/azure/cli/command_modules/vm/tests/hybrid_2020_09_01/test_vm_image.py
@@ -27,18 +27,10 @@ def _get_test_cmd():
 
 
 class TestVMImage(unittest.TestCase):
-    @mock.patch('azure.cli.command_modules.vm.custom.urlopen', autospec=True)
-    def test_read_images_from_alias_doc(self, mock_urlopen):
+
+    def test_read_images_from_alias_doc(self):
         from azure.cli.command_modules.vm.custom import list_vm_images
         cmd = _get_test_cmd()
-        file_path = os.path.join(os.path.dirname(os.path.abspath(__file__)),
-                                 'aliases.json')
-        with open(file_path, 'r') as test_file:
-            test_data = test_file.read().encode()
-
-        mock_read = mock.MagicMock()
-        mock_read.read.return_value = test_data
-        mock_urlopen.return_value = mock_read
 
         # action
         images = list_vm_images(cmd)
diff --git a/src/azure-cli/azure/cli/command_modules/vm/tests/latest/aliases.json b/src/azure-cli/azure/cli/command_modules/vm/tests/latest/aliases.json
deleted file mode 100644
index 4a403e4922b..00000000000
--- a/src/azure-cli/azure/cli/command_modules/vm/tests/latest/aliases.json
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,84 +0,0 @@
-{
-  "$schema":"http://schema.management.azure.com/schemas/2015-01-01/deploymentTemplate.json",
-  "contentVersion":"1.0.0.0",
-  "parameters":{},
-  "variables":{},
-  "resources":[],
-
-  "outputs":{
-    "aliases":{
-      "metadata":{
-        "description":"This list of aliases is used by Azure XPLAT CLI, Azure Powershell, and Azure Portal as shorthands for commonly used VM images. If you change this file, please verify that this doesn't break VMSS creation from Portal :)."
-      },
-      "type":"object",
-      "value":{
-
-        "Linux":{
-          "CentOS":{
-            "publisher":"OpenLogic",
-            "offer":"CentOS",
-            "sku":"7.2",
-            "version":"latest"
-          },
-          "Debian":{
-            "publisher":"credativ",
-            "offer":"Debian",
-            "sku":"8",
-            "version":"latest"
-          },
-          "Flatcar": {
-            "publisher": "kinvolk",
-            "offer": "flatcar-container-linux-free",
-            "sku": "stable",
-            "version": "latest"
-          },
-          "openSUSE":{
-            "publisher":"SUSE",
-            "offer":"openSUSE",
-            "sku":"13.2",
-            "version":"latest"
-          },
-          "RHEL":{
-            "publisher":"RedHat",
-            "offer":"RHEL",
-            "sku":"7.2",
-            "version":"latest"
-          },
-          "SLES":{
-            "publisher":"SUSE",
-            "offer":"SLES",
-            "sku":"12-SP1",
-            "version":"latest"
-          },
-          "UbuntuLTS":{
-            "publisher":"Canonical",
-            "offer":"UbuntuServer",
-            "sku":"14.04.4-LTS",
-            "version":"latest"
-          }
-        },
-
-        "Windows":{
-          "Win2012R2Datacenter":{
-            "publisher":"MicrosoftWindowsServer",
-            "offer":"WindowsServer",
-            "sku":"2012-R2-Datacenter",
-            "version":"latest"
-          },
-          "Win2012Datacenter":{
-            "publisher":"MicrosoftWindowsServer",
-            "offer":"WindowsServer",
-            "sku":"2012-Datacenter",
-            "version":"latest"
-          },
-          "Win2008R2SP1":{
-            "publisher":"MicrosoftWindowsServer",
-            "offer":"WindowsServer",
-            "sku":"2008-R2-SP1",
-            "version":"latest"
-          }
-        }
-      }
-    }
-  }
-}
diff --git a/src/azure-cli/azure/cli/command_modules/vm/tests/latest/test_vm_image.py b/src/azure-cli/azure/cli/command_modules/vm/tests/latest/test_vm_image.py
index 5a661d85440..52fa98b6950 100644
--- a/src/azure-cli/azure/cli/command_modules/vm/tests/latest/test_vm_image.py
+++ b/src/azure-cli/azure/cli/command_modules/vm/tests/latest/test_vm_image.py
@@ -27,18 +27,10 @@ def _get_test_cmd():
 
 
 class TestVMImage(unittest.TestCase):
-    @mock.patch('azure.cli.command_modules.vm.custom.urlopen', autospec=True)
-    def test_read_images_from_alias_doc(self, mock_urlopen):
+
+    def test_read_images_from_alias_doc(self):
         from azure.cli.command_modules.vm.custom import list_vm_images
         cmd = _get_test_cmd()
-        file_path = os.path.join(os.path.dirname(os.path.abspath(__file__)),
-                                 'aliases.json')
-        with open(file_path, 'r') as test_file:
-            test_data = test_file.read().encode()
-
-        mock_read = mock.MagicMock()
-        mock_read.read.return_value = test_data
-        mock_urlopen.return_value = mock_read
 
         # action
         images = list_vm_images(cmd)