diff --git a/api/tests/test_containers_integration_tests/services/recommend_app/test_database_retrieval.py b/api/tests/test_containers_integration_tests/services/recommend_app/test_database_retrieval.py
index 1c366d3ee32..145dc947b52 100644
--- a/api/tests/test_containers_integration_tests/services/recommend_app/test_database_retrieval.py
+++ b/api/tests/test_containers_integration_tests/services/recommend_app/test_database_retrieval.py
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 from __future__ import annotations
 
-from unittest.mock import MagicMock, patch
+from unittest.mock import patch
 from uuid import uuid4
 
 from flask import Flask
@@ -8,7 +8,6 @@ from sqlalchemy.orm import Session
 
 from models.model import App, RecommendedApp, Site
 from services.recommend_app.database.database_retrieval import DatabaseRecommendAppRetrieval
-from services.recommend_app.recommend_app_type import RecommendAppType
 
 
 def _create_app(db_session: Session, *, tenant_id: str, is_public: bool = True) -> App:
@@ -72,31 +71,6 @@ def _create_recommended_app(
     return rec
 
 
-class TestDatabaseRecommendAppRetrieval:
-    def test_get_type(self):
-        assert DatabaseRecommendAppRetrieval().get_type() == RecommendAppType.DATABASE
-
-    def test_get_recommended_apps_delegates(self):
-        with patch.object(
-            DatabaseRecommendAppRetrieval,
-            "fetch_recommended_apps_from_db",
-            return_value={"recommended_apps": [], "categories": []},
-        ) as mock_fetch:
-            result = DatabaseRecommendAppRetrieval().get_recommended_apps_and_categories("en-US", session=MagicMock())
-            mock_fetch.assert_called_once()
-            assert result == {"recommended_apps": [], "categories": []}
-
-    def test_get_recommend_app_detail_delegates(self):
-        with patch.object(
-            DatabaseRecommendAppRetrieval,
-            "fetch_recommended_app_detail_from_db",
-            return_value={"id": "app-1"},
-        ) as mock_fetch:
-            result = DatabaseRecommendAppRetrieval().get_recommend_app_detail("app-1", session=MagicMock())
-            mock_fetch.assert_called_once()
-            assert result == {"id": "app-1"}
-
-
 class TestFetchRecommendedAppsFromDb:
     def test_returns_apps_and_sorted_categories(
         self, flask_app_with_containers: Flask, db_session_with_containers: Session
diff --git a/api/tests/unit_tests/services/recommend_app/test_database_retrieval.py b/api/tests/unit_tests/services/recommend_app/test_database_retrieval.py
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..44a6f782982
--- /dev/null
+++ b/api/tests/unit_tests/services/recommend_app/test_database_retrieval.py
@@ -0,0 +1,42 @@
+"""Unit tests for database recommendation retrieval delegation."""
+
+from unittest.mock import patch
+
+from sqlalchemy.engine import Engine
+from sqlalchemy.orm import Session
+
+from services.recommend_app.database.database_retrieval import DatabaseRecommendAppRetrieval
+from services.recommend_app.recommend_app_type import RecommendAppType
+
+
+class TestDatabaseRecommendAppRetrieval:
+    def test_get_type(self) -> None:
+        assert DatabaseRecommendAppRetrieval().get_type() == RecommendAppType.DATABASE
+
+    def test_get_recommended_apps_delegates(self, sqlite_engine: Engine) -> None:
+        with (
+            Session(sqlite_engine) as session,
+            patch.object(
+                DatabaseRecommendAppRetrieval,
+                "fetch_recommended_apps_from_db",
+                return_value={"recommended_apps": [], "categories": []},
+            ) as mock_fetch,
+        ):
+            result = DatabaseRecommendAppRetrieval().get_recommended_apps_and_categories("en-US", session=session)
+
+        mock_fetch.assert_called_once_with("en-US", session=session)
+        assert result == {"recommended_apps": [], "categories": []}
+
+    def test_get_recommend_app_detail_delegates(self, sqlite_engine: Engine) -> None:
+        with (
+            Session(sqlite_engine) as session,
+            patch.object(
+                DatabaseRecommendAppRetrieval,
+                "fetch_recommended_app_detail_from_db",
+                return_value={"id": "app-1"},
+            ) as mock_fetch,
+        ):
+            result = DatabaseRecommendAppRetrieval().get_recommend_app_detail("app-1", session=session)
+
+        mock_fetch.assert_called_once_with("app-1", session=session)
+        assert result == {"id": "app-1"}