diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 859d74d..55e39e6 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -7,6 +7,10 @@ and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0
 
 ## [UNRELEASED]
 
+### Changed
+
+- Using executor aliases instead of classes for functional tests
+
 ## [0.24.0] - 2022-12-06
 
 ### Changed
diff --git a/tests/functional_tests/basic_workflow_test.py b/tests/functional_tests/basic_workflow_test.py
index e5d262f..03d9ff4 100644
--- a/tests/functional_tests/basic_workflow_test.py
+++ b/tests/functional_tests/basic_workflow_test.py
@@ -21,14 +21,12 @@
 import covalent as ct
 import pytest
 
-from tests.functional_tests.fixtures.executor import executor
-
 # Basic Workflow
 
 
 @pytest.mark.functional_tests
 def test_basic_workflow():
-    @ct.electron(executor=executor)
+    @ct.electron(executor="ecs")
     def join_words(a, b):
         return ", ".join([a, b])
 
diff --git a/tests/functional_tests/fixtures/__init__.py b/tests/functional_tests/fixtures/__init__.py
deleted file mode 100644
index e69de29..0000000
diff --git a/tests/functional_tests/fixtures/executor.py b/tests/functional_tests/fixtures/executor.py
deleted file mode 100644
index 884a7c7..0000000
--- a/tests/functional_tests/fixtures/executor.py
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,27 +0,0 @@
-from dotenv import load_dotenv
-
-load_dotenv()
-
-import os
-
-from covalent_ecs_plugin.ecs import ECSExecutor
-
-executor_config = {
-    "s3_bucket_name": os.getenv("executor_s3_bucket_name"),
-    "ecr_repo_name": os.getenv("executor_ecr_repo_name"),
-    "ecs_cluster_name": os.getenv("executor_ecs_cluster_name"),
-    "ecs_task_family_name": os.getenv("executor_ecs_task_family_name"),
-    "ecs_task_execution_role_name": os.getenv("executor_ecs_task_execution_role_name"),
-    "ecs_task_role_name": os.getenv("executor_ecs_task_role_name"),
-    "ecs_task_log_group_name": os.getenv("executor_ecs_task_log_group_name"),
-    "ecs_task_subnet_id": os.getenv("executor_ecs_task_subnet_id"),
-    "ecs_task_security_group_id": os.getenv("executor_ecs_task_security_group_id"),
-    "vcpu": os.getenv("executor_vcpu", 0.25),
-    "memory": os.getenv("executor_memory", 0.5),
-    "cache_dir": "/tmp/covalent",
-}
-
-print("Using Executor Configuration:")
-print(executor_config)
-
-executor = ECSExecutor(**executor_config)
diff --git a/tests/functional_tests/svm_workflow_test.py b/tests/functional_tests/svm_workflow_test.py
index 9588534..acdfda5 100644
--- a/tests/functional_tests/svm_workflow_test.py
+++ b/tests/functional_tests/svm_workflow_test.py
@@ -22,8 +22,6 @@
 import covalent as ct
 import pytest
 
-from tests.functional_tests.fixtures.executor import executor
-
 deps_pip = ct.DepsPip(packages=["numpy==1.22.4", "scikit-learn==1.1.2"])
 
 
@@ -40,7 +38,7 @@ def load_data():
         iris.target = iris.target[perm]
         return iris.data, iris.target
 
-    @ct.electron(executor=executor, deps_pip=deps_pip)
+    @ct.electron(executor="ecs", deps_pip=deps_pip)
     def train_svm(data, C, gamma):
         X, y = data
         clf = svm.SVC(C=C, gamma=gamma)