diff --git a/test/search_api/endpoints/test_count_endpoint.py b/test/search_api/endpoints/test_count_endpoint.py
index c6179ad8..1bf37101 100644
--- a/test/search_api/endpoints/test_count_endpoint.py
+++ b/test/search_api/endpoints/test_count_endpoint.py
@@ -1,9 +1,6 @@
-from unittest.mock import patch
-
 import pytest
 
 from datagateway_api.src.common.config import Config
-from datagateway_api.src.common.date_handler import DateHandler
 
 
 class TestSearchAPICountEndpoint:
@@ -106,27 +103,9 @@ def test_valid_count_endpoint(
             ),
         ],
     )
-    @patch("datagateway_api.src.search_api.query_filter_factory.datetime")
     def test_valid_count_endpoint_is_public_field(
-        self,
-        datetime_mock,
-        flask_test_app_search_api,
-        endpoint_name,
-        request_filter,
-        expected_json,
+        self, flask_test_app_search_api, endpoint_name, request_filter, expected_json,
     ):
-        """
-        The datetime must be mocked here to prevent tests from failing as time passes.
-        A dataset or document that was created or released 2 years and 364 ago would be
-        fall in the not public category, however that same dataset or document would
-        fall in the public category (in the case of ISIS) a few days later because it
-        will be 3 years old. As a result of this, the tests will fail because the actual
-        count will be different to that of the expected. Mocking datetime takes care of
-        this issue because it sets the time to the one provided in this test method.
-        """
-        datetime_mock.now.return_value = DateHandler.str_to_datetime_object(
-            "2022-02-06 00:00:01+00:00",
-        )
         test_response = flask_test_app_search_api.get(
             f"{Config.config.search_api.extension}/{endpoint_name}/count?where="
             f"{request_filter}",