diff --git a/client_configuration_test.go b/client_configuration_test.go
index bf8004f29..94480761e 100644
--- a/client_configuration_test.go
+++ b/client_configuration_test.go
@@ -4,7 +4,6 @@ package gosnowflake
 
 import (
 	"fmt"
-	"github.com/stretchr/testify/assert"
 	"os"
 	"path"
 	"strings"
@@ -60,10 +59,15 @@ func TestParseConfiguration(t *testing.T) {
 
 			config, err := parseClientConfiguration(fileName)
 
-			assert := assert.New(t)
-			assert.Equal(nil, err, "Error should be nil")
-			assert.Equal(tc.ExpectedLogLevel, config.Common.LogLevel, "Log level should be as expected")
-			assert.Equal(tc.ExpectedLogPath, config.Common.LogPath, "Log path should be as expected")
+			if err != nil {
+				t.Fatalf("Error should be nil but was %s", err)
+			}
+			if config.Common.LogLevel != tc.ExpectedLogLevel {
+				t.Errorf("Log level should be %s but was %s", tc.ExpectedLogLevel, config.Common.LogLevel)
+			}
+			if config.Common.LogPath != tc.ExpectedLogPath {
+				t.Errorf("Log path should be %s but was %s", tc.ExpectedLogPath, config.Common.LogPath)
+			}
 		})
 	}
 }
@@ -82,9 +86,12 @@ func TestParseAllLogLevels(t *testing.T) {
 
 			config, err := parseClientConfiguration(fileName)
 
-			assert := assert.New(t)
-			assert.Equal(nil, err, "Error should be nil")
-			assert.Equal(logLevel, config.Common.LogLevel, "Log level should be as expected")
+			if err != nil {
+				t.Fatalf("Error should be nil but was: %s", err)
+			}
+			if config.Common.LogLevel != logLevel {
+				t.Errorf("Log level should be %s but was %s", logLevel, config.Common.LogLevel)
+			}
 		})
 	}
 }
@@ -143,14 +150,17 @@ func TestParseConfigurationFails(t *testing.T) {
 
 			_, err := parseClientConfiguration(fileName)
 
-			assert := assert.New(t)
-			assert.Equal(err != nil, true, "Error should not be nil")
+			if err == nil {
+				t.Fatal("Error should not be nil but was nil")
+			}
 			errMessage := fmt.Sprint(err)
 			expectedPrefix := "parsing client config failed"
-			assert.Equal(strings.HasPrefix(errMessage, expectedPrefix), true,
-				fmt.Sprintf("Error message: \"%s\" should start with prefix: \"%s\"", errMessage, expectedPrefix))
-			assert.Equal(strings.Contains(errMessage, tc.ExpectedErrorMessageToContain), true,
-				fmt.Sprintf("Error message: \"%s\" should contain given phrase: \"%s\"", errMessage, tc.ExpectedErrorMessageToContain))
+			if !strings.HasPrefix(errMessage, expectedPrefix) {
+				t.Errorf("Error message: \"%s\" should start with prefix: \"%s\"", errMessage, expectedPrefix)
+			}
+			if !strings.Contains(errMessage, tc.ExpectedErrorMessageToContain) {
+				t.Errorf("Error message: \"%s\" should contain given phrase: \"%s\"", errMessage, tc.ExpectedErrorMessageToContain)
+			}
 		})
 	}
 }
diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index 718e20311..d78792d8f 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -16,7 +16,6 @@ require (
 	github.com/gabriel-vasile/mimetype v1.4.2
 	github.com/pkg/browser v0.0.0-20210911075715-681adbf594b8
 	github.com/sirupsen/logrus v1.9.0
-	github.com/stretchr/testify v1.8.1
 	golang.org/x/crypto v0.7.0
 )
 
@@ -35,7 +34,6 @@ require (
 	github.com/aws/aws-sdk-go-v2/service/internal/presigned-url v1.9.25 // indirect
 	github.com/aws/aws-sdk-go-v2/service/internal/s3shared v1.14.0 // indirect
 	github.com/danieljoos/wincred v1.1.2 // indirect
-	github.com/davecgh/go-spew v1.1.1 // indirect
 	github.com/dvsekhvalnov/jose2go v1.5.0 // indirect
 	github.com/goccy/go-json v0.10.0 // indirect
 	github.com/godbus/dbus v0.0.0-20190726142602-4481cbc300e2 // indirect
@@ -52,7 +50,7 @@ require (
 	github.com/minio/c2goasm v0.0.0-20190812172519-36a3d3bbc4f3 // indirect
 	github.com/mtibben/percent v0.2.1 // indirect
 	github.com/pierrec/lz4/v4 v4.1.17 // indirect
-	github.com/pmezard/go-difflib v1.0.0 // indirect
+	github.com/stretchr/testify v1.8.1 // indirect
 	github.com/zeebo/xxh3 v1.0.2 // indirect
 	golang.org/x/exp v0.0.0-20230206171751-46f607a40771 // indirect
 	golang.org/x/mod v0.8.0 // indirect
@@ -63,5 +61,4 @@ require (
 	golang.org/x/text v0.8.0 // indirect
 	golang.org/x/tools v0.6.0 // indirect
 	golang.org/x/xerrors v0.0.0-20220907171357-04be3eba64a2 // indirect
-	gopkg.in/yaml.v3 v3.0.1 // indirect
 )