diff --git a/src/plugins/directPlugins/DirectPluginSlot.jsx b/src/plugins/directPlugins/DirectPluginSlot.jsx
index fa340a94..b28afd52 100644
--- a/src/plugins/directPlugins/DirectPluginSlot.jsx
+++ b/src/plugins/directPlugins/DirectPluginSlot.jsx
@@ -7,23 +7,23 @@ import organizePlugins from './utils';
 const DirectPluginSlot = ({ defaultContents, slotId, renderWidget }) => {
   const allPluginChanges = React.useContext(DirectPluginContext);
 
-  const contents = React.useMemo(() => {
+  const preparedWidgets = React.useMemo(() => {
     const slotChanges = allPluginChanges.getDirectSlotChanges()[slotId] ?? [];
     return organizePlugins(defaultContents, slotChanges);
   }, [allPluginChanges, defaultContents, slotId]);
 
   return (
     <>
-      {contents.map((c) => {
-        if (c.hidden) {
+      {preparedWidgets.map((preppedWidget) => {
+        if (preppedWidget.hidden) {
           return null;
         }
-        if (c.wrappers) {
+        if (preppedWidget.wrappers) {
           // TODO: define how the reduce logic is able to wrap widgets and make it testable
           // eslint-disable-next-line max-len
-          return c.wrappers.reduce((widget, wrapper) => React.createElement(wrapper, { widget, key: c.id }), renderWidget(c));
+          return preppedWidget.wrappers.reduce((widget, wrapper) => React.createElement(wrapper, { widget, key: preppedWidget.id }), renderWidget(preppedWidget));
         }
-        return renderWidget(c);
+        return renderWidget(preppedWidget);
       })}
     </>
   );
diff --git a/src/plugins/directPlugins/mocks/DefaultComponentMock.jsx b/src/plugins/directPlugins/mocks/DefaultComponentMock.jsx
deleted file mode 100644
index 32eaca15..00000000
--- a/src/plugins/directPlugins/mocks/DefaultComponentMock.jsx
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,33 +0,0 @@
-// eslint-disable-next-line import/no-extraneous-dependencies
-import { Icon } from '@edx/paragon';
-import { DirectPluginSlot, DirectPluginContext } from '..';
-import { navLinksPlugin } from './PluginComponentsMock';
-
-// TODO: remove DirectPluginsContext and enabledPlugins from here once we have an example app
-// these simply demonstrate how the root App would have needed this setup in order to pass in the plugin config
-// and make it available to a given DirectPluginSlot
-
-const enabledPlugins = [
-  navLinksPlugin,
-];
-
-const MyApp = () => (
-  <DirectPluginContext value={enabledPlugins}>
-    <div>
-      <DirectPluginSlot
-        slotId="side-bar-nav"
-        defaultContents={navLinksPlugin.defaultLinks}
-        renderWidget={(link) => (
-          <a
-            href={link.content.url}
-            key={link.id}
-          >
-            <Icon src={link.content.icon} /> {link.content.label}
-          </a>
-        )}
-      />
-    </div>
-  </DirectPluginContext>
-);
-
-export default MyApp;
diff --git a/src/plugins/directPlugins/mocks/PluginComponentsMock.jsx b/src/plugins/directPlugins/mocks/PluginComponentsMock.jsx
deleted file mode 100644
index b85dd580..00000000
--- a/src/plugins/directPlugins/mocks/PluginComponentsMock.jsx
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,65 +0,0 @@
-/* eslint-disable react/prop-types */
-// eslint-disable-next-line import/no-extraneous-dependencies
-import React from 'react';
-import {
-  House, Star, InsertDriveFile, Login,
-} from '@edx/paragon/icons';
-import { DirectPluginOperations } from '..';
-
-/** This is for us to be able to mock in tests */
-const isAdminHelper = () => true;
-
-/** This is a React widget that wraps its children and makes them visible only to administrators */
-const HideExceptForAdmin = ({ widget }) => {
-  const isAdmin = isAdminHelper();
-  return <React.Fragment key={widget.key}>{isAdmin ? widget : null}</React.Fragment>;
-};
-
-const navLinksPlugin = {
-  id: 'links-demo', // id isn't used anywhere, but can be extended to
-  defaultComponentProps: [
-    {
-      id: 'home',
-      priority: 5,
-      content: { url: '/', icon: House, label: 'Home' },
-    },
-    {
-      id: 'lookup',
-      priority: 25,
-      content: { url: '/lookup', icon: Star, label: 'Lookup' },
-    },
-    {
-      id: 'drafts',
-      priority: 35,
-      content: { url: '/drafts', icon: InsertDriveFile, label: 'Drafts' },
-    },
-  ],
-  getDirectSlotChanges() {
-    return {
-      'side-bar-nav': [ // slot id that is used by directpluginslot
-        // Hide the "Drafts" link, except for administrators:
-        {
-          op: DirectPluginOperations.Wrap,
-          widgetId: 'drafts',
-          wrapper: HideExceptForAdmin,
-        },
-        // Add a new login link after the rest of default plugins:
-        {
-          op: DirectPluginOperations.Insert,
-          widget: {
-            id: 'login',
-            priority: 50,
-            content: {
-              url: '/login', icon: Login, label: 'Login',
-            },
-          },
-        },
-      ],
-    };
-  },
-};
-
-export {
-  isAdminHelper,
-  navLinksPlugin,
-};
diff --git a/src/plugins/directPlugins/utils.test.jsx b/src/plugins/directPlugins/utils.test.jsx
index 423bf3bb..961d40d4 100644
--- a/src/plugins/directPlugins/utils.test.jsx
+++ b/src/plugins/directPlugins/utils.test.jsx
@@ -3,9 +3,7 @@ import '@testing-library/jest-dom';
 import organizePlugins from './utils';
 import { DirectPluginOperations } from './DirectPlugin';
 
-jest.unmock('./utils');
-
-const mockModifyComponent = (widget) => {
+const mockModifyWidget = (widget) => {
   const newContent = {
     url: '/search',
     label: 'Search',
@@ -15,7 +13,7 @@ const mockModifyComponent = (widget) => {
   return modifiedWidget;
 };
 
-function mockWrapComponent({ widget }) {
+function mockWrapWidget({ widget }) {
   const isAdmin = true;
   return isAdmin ? widget : null;
 }
@@ -24,7 +22,7 @@ const mockSlotChanges = [
   {
     op: DirectPluginOperations.Wrap,
     widgetId: 'drafts',
-    wrapper: mockWrapComponent,
+    wrapper: mockWrapWidget,
   },
   {
     op: DirectPluginOperations.Hide,
@@ -33,7 +31,7 @@ const mockSlotChanges = [
   {
     op: DirectPluginOperations.Modify,
     widgetId: 'lookUp',
-    fn: mockModifyComponent,
+    fn: mockModifyWidget,
   },
   {
     op: DirectPluginOperations.Insert,
@@ -132,7 +130,7 @@ describe('organizePlugins', () => {
       const widget = plugins.find((w) => w.id === 'drafts');
       expect(plugins.length).toEqual(4);
       expect(widget.wrappers.length).toEqual(2);
-      expect(widget.wrappers[0]).toEqual(mockWrapComponent);
+      expect(widget.wrappers[0]).toEqual(mockWrapWidget);
       expect(widget.wrappers[1]).toEqual(newMockWrapComponent);
     });