diff --git a/tests/func/test_data_cloud.py b/tests/func/test_data_cloud.py
index 2bf53c7d3..eea0e549b 100644
--- a/tests/func/test_data_cloud.py
+++ b/tests/func/test_data_cloud.py
@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 import logging
 import os
 import shutil
-from unittest.mock import patch
 
 import pytest
 from flaky.flaky_decorator import flaky
@@ -10,7 +9,6 @@ import dvc as dvc_module
 from dvc.cli import main
 from dvc.data.db.local import LocalObjectDB
 from dvc.external_repo import clean_repos
-from dvc.fs.base import RemoteMissingDepsError
 from dvc.objects.db import ObjectDB
 from dvc.stage.exceptions import StageNotFound
 from dvc.testing.test_remote import (  # noqa, pylint: disable=unused-import
@@ -572,20 +570,3 @@ def test_target_remote(tmp_dir, dvc, make_remote):
         "6b18131dc289fd37006705affe961ef8.dir",
         "b8a9f715dbb64fd5c56e7783c6820a61",
     }
-
-
-def test_remote_missing_data_dir(tmp_dir, scm, dvc, make_remote):
-    tmp_dir.dvc_gen({"dir": {"subfile": "file2 content"}}, commit="add dir")
-    with dvc.config.edit() as conf:
-        conf["remote"]["s3"] = {"url": "s3://bucket/name"}
-        conf["core"] = {"remote": "s3"}
-
-    remove("dir")
-    remove(dvc.odb.local.cache_dir)
-
-    with patch(
-        "dvc.data_cloud.DataCloud.get_remote_odb",
-        side_effect=RemoteMissingDepsError("remote missing"),
-    ):
-        with pytest.raises(RemoteMissingDepsError):
-            dvc.pull()
diff --git a/tests/unit/output/test_output.py b/tests/unit/output/test_output.py
index 46e892b18..cf187d5b4 100644
--- a/tests/unit/output/test_output.py
+++ b/tests/unit/output/test_output.py
@@ -5,9 +5,11 @@ import pytest
 from funcy import first
 from voluptuous import MultipleInvalid, Schema
 
+from dvc.fs.base import RemoteMissingDepsError
 from dvc.ignore import _no_match
 from dvc.output import CHECKSUM_SCHEMA, Output
 from dvc.stage import Stage
+from dvc.utils.fs import remove
 
 
 def test_save_missing(dvc, mocker):
@@ -100,3 +102,20 @@ def test_get_used_objs(exists, expected_message, mocker, caplog):
     with caplog.at_level(logging.WARNING, logger="dvc"):
         assert {} == output.get_used_objs()
     assert first(caplog.messages) == expected_message
+
+
+def test_remote_missing_data_dir(tmp_dir, scm, dvc, mocker):
+    tmp_dir.dvc_gen({"dir": {"subfile": "file2 content"}}, commit="add dir")
+    with dvc.config.edit() as conf:
+        conf["remote"]["s3"] = {"url": "s3://bucket/name"}
+        conf["core"] = {"remote": "s3"}
+
+    remove("dir")
+    remove(dvc.odb.local.cache_dir)
+
+    with mocker.patch(
+        "dvc.data_cloud.DataCloud.get_remote_odb",
+        side_effect=RemoteMissingDepsError("remote missing"),
+    ):
+        with pytest.raises(RemoteMissingDepsError):
+            dvc.pull()