diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index 7966d4b..abe4fe1 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -2,7 +2,6 @@ module github.com/spf13/afero
 
 require (
 	github.com/pkg/sftp v1.10.1
-	github.com/stretchr/testify v1.4.0
 	golang.org/x/crypto v0.0.0-20190820162420-60c769a6c586
 	golang.org/x/text v0.3.3
 )
diff --git a/memmap_test.go b/memmap_test.go
index 25e7f09..476909d 100644
--- a/memmap_test.go
+++ b/memmap_test.go
@@ -8,9 +8,6 @@ import (
 	"runtime"
 	"testing"
 	"time"
-
-	"github.com/stretchr/testify/assert"
-	"github.com/stretchr/testify/require"
 )
 
 func TestNormalizePath(t *testing.T) {
@@ -663,13 +660,21 @@ func TestMemFsLstatIfPossible(t *testing.T) {
 
 	// We assert that fs implements Lstater
 	fsAsserted, ok := fs.(Lstater)
-	require.True(t, ok, "The filesytem does not implement Lstater")
+	if !ok {
+		t.Fatalf("The filesytem does not implement Lstater")
+	}
 
 	file, err := fs.OpenFile("/a.txt", os.O_CREATE, 0o644)
-	require.NoError(t, err)
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("Error when opening file: %v", err)
+	}
 	defer file.Close()
 
 	_, lstatCalled, err := fsAsserted.LstatIfPossible("/a.txt")
-	assert.NoError(t, err)
-	assert.False(t, lstatCalled)
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("Function returned err: %v", err)
+	}
+	if lstatCalled {
+		t.Fatalf("Function indicated lstat was called. This should never be true.")
+	}
 }