diff --git a/tests/test_tokenizer_utils.py b/tests/test_tokenizer_utils.py
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-# SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
-"""Tests for tokenizer utility helpers."""
-
-import types
-from unittest.mock import patch
-
-
-def test_load_model_with_fallback_returns_successful_load_result():
-    from vllm_mlx.utils.tokenizer import load_model_with_fallback
-
-    fake_model = object()
-    fake_tokenizer = object()
-    fake_mlx_lm = types.SimpleNamespace(
-        load=lambda *args, **kwargs: (fake_model, fake_tokenizer)
-    )
-
-    with (
-        patch("vllm_mlx.utils.tokenizer._needs_tokenizer_fallback", return_value=False),
-        patch("vllm_mlx.utils.tokenizer._needs_strict_false", return_value=False),
-        patch("vllm_mlx.utils.tokenizer._try_inject_mtp_post_load"),
-        patch.dict("sys.modules", {"mlx_lm": fake_mlx_lm}),
-    ):
-        model, tokenizer = load_model_with_fallback("mlx-community/Qwen3.5-4B")
-
-    assert model is fake_model
-    assert tokenizer is fake_tokenizer
-
-
-def test_load_model_with_fallback_uses_tokenizer_fallback_for_tokenizer_errors():
-    from vllm_mlx.utils.tokenizer import load_model_with_fallback
-
-    fake_model = object()
-    fake_tokenizer = object()
-
-    def _raise(*args, **kwargs):
-        raise ValueError("Tokenizer class Foo does not exist")
-
-    fake_mlx_lm = types.SimpleNamespace(load=_raise)
-
-    with (
-        patch("vllm_mlx.utils.tokenizer._needs_tokenizer_fallback", return_value=False),
-        patch("vllm_mlx.utils.tokenizer._needs_strict_false", return_value=False),
-        patch("vllm_mlx.utils.tokenizer._try_inject_mtp_post_load"),
-        patch(
-            "vllm_mlx.utils.tokenizer._load_with_tokenizer_fallback",
-            return_value=(fake_model, fake_tokenizer),
-        ) as fallback,
-        patch.dict("sys.modules", {"mlx_lm": fake_mlx_lm}),
-    ):
-        model, tokenizer = load_model_with_fallback("example/model")
-
-    fallback.assert_called_once_with("example/model")
-    assert model is fake_model
-    assert tokenizer is fake_tokenizer