diff --git a/certbot-apache/src/certbot_apache/_internal/tests/conftest.py b/certbot-apache/src/certbot_apache/_internal/tests/conftest.py
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+++ b/certbot-apache/src/certbot_apache/_internal/tests/conftest.py
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+from unittest import mock
+
+import pytest
+
+@pytest.fixture(autouse=True)
+def mock_sleep():
+    with mock.patch("time.sleep") as mocked:
+        yield mocked
diff --git a/certbot-dns-route53/src/certbot_dns_route53/_internal/tests/conftest.py b/certbot-dns-route53/src/certbot_dns_route53/_internal/tests/conftest.py
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..1cddad613
--- /dev/null
+++ b/certbot-dns-route53/src/certbot_dns_route53/_internal/tests/conftest.py
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+from unittest import mock
+
+import pytest
+
+@pytest.fixture(autouse=True)
+def mock_sleep():
+    with mock.patch("time.sleep") as mocked:
+        yield mocked