diff --git a/src/main/java/org/sasanlabs/service/vulnerability/ssrf/SSRFVulnerability.java b/src/main/java/org/sasanlabs/service/vulnerability/ssrf/SSRFVulnerability.java
index aaf92b56..cd285a66 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/sasanlabs/service/vulnerability/ssrf/SSRFVulnerability.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/sasanlabs/service/vulnerability/ssrf/SSRFVulnerability.java
@@ -68,24 +68,20 @@ private ResponseEntity<GenericVulnerabilityResponseBean<String>> invalidUrlRespo
                                 MetaDataServiceMock.getResponse(u), true),
                         HttpStatus.OK);
             } else {
-                return new ResponseEntity<>(
-                        new GenericVulnerabilityResponseBean<>(
-                                getResponseForURLConnection(u), true),
-                        HttpStatus.OK);
+                URLConnection urlConnection = u.openConnection();
+                try (BufferedReader reader =
+                        new BufferedReader(new InputStreamReader(urlConnection.getInputStream()))) {
+                    return new ResponseEntity<>(
+                            new GenericVulnerabilityResponseBean<>(
+                                    reader.lines().collect(Collectors.joining()), true),
+                            HttpStatus.OK);
+                }
             }
         } else {
             return invalidUrlResponse();
         }
     }
 
-    String getResponseForURLConnection(URL u) throws IOException {
-        URLConnection urlConnection = u.openConnection();
-        try (BufferedReader reader =
-                new BufferedReader(new InputStreamReader(urlConnection.getInputStream()))) {
-            return reader.lines().collect(Collectors.joining());
-        }
-    }
-
     @AttackVector(
             vulnerabilityExposed = VulnerabilityType.SIMPLE_SSRF,
             description = "SSRF_VULNERABILITY_URL_WITHOUT_CHECK",
diff --git a/src/test/java/org/sasanlabs/service/vulnerability/ssrf/SSRFVulnerabilityTest.java b/src/test/java/org/sasanlabs/service/vulnerability/ssrf/SSRFVulnerabilityTest.java
index 4aa6a0ad..271eebbf 100644
--- a/src/test/java/org/sasanlabs/service/vulnerability/ssrf/SSRFVulnerabilityTest.java
+++ b/src/test/java/org/sasanlabs/service/vulnerability/ssrf/SSRFVulnerabilityTest.java
@@ -3,18 +3,13 @@
 import static org.junit.jupiter.api.Assertions.assertEquals;
 import static org.junit.jupiter.api.Assertions.assertNotNull;
 import static org.junit.jupiter.api.Assertions.assertTrue;
-import static org.mockito.ArgumentMatchers.eq;
-import static org.mockito.Mockito.doReturn;
-import static org.mockito.Mockito.spy;
 
 import java.io.File;
 import java.io.IOException;
-import java.net.URL;
 import java.nio.file.Files;
 import java.util.Collections;
 import java.util.stream.Stream;
 import org.junit.jupiter.api.BeforeAll;
-import org.junit.jupiter.api.BeforeEach;
 import org.junit.jupiter.api.io.TempDir;
 import org.junit.jupiter.params.ParameterizedTest;
 import org.junit.jupiter.params.provider.Arguments;
@@ -41,18 +36,7 @@ class SSRFVulnerabilityTest {
 
     private static String tempFileUrl;
 
-    private SSRFVulnerability ssrfVulnerability;
-
-    @BeforeEach
-    void each() throws IOException {
-        SSRFVulnerability ssrfSpy = spy(new SSRFVulnerability(GIST_ID));
-        // mocks network calls
-        doReturn(GIST_URL_CONTENT).when(ssrfSpy).getResponseForURLConnection(eq(new URL(GIST_URL)));
-        doReturn(OTHER_URL_CONTENT)
-                .when(ssrfSpy)
-                .getResponseForURLConnection(eq(new URL(OTHER_URL)));
-        ssrfVulnerability = ssrfSpy;
-    }
+    private final SSRFVulnerability ssrfVulnerability = new SSRFVulnerability(GIST_ID);
 
     @BeforeAll
     static void setUp() throws IOException {