diff --git a/plugins/gcpaudit/go.mod b/plugins/gcpaudit/go.mod
index daab09f3..ae0cb09d 100644
--- a/plugins/gcpaudit/go.mod
+++ b/plugins/gcpaudit/go.mod
@@ -6,7 +6,6 @@ require (
 	cloud.google.com/go/pubsub v1.30.0
 	github.com/alecthomas/jsonschema v0.0.0-20220216202328-9eeeec9d044b
 	github.com/falcosecurity/plugin-sdk-go v0.7.3
-	github.com/stretchr/testify v1.8.2
 	github.com/valyala/fastjson v1.6.4
 	google.golang.org/api v0.114.0
 )
@@ -16,14 +15,12 @@ require (
 	cloud.google.com/go/compute v1.18.0 // indirect
 	cloud.google.com/go/compute/metadata v0.2.3 // indirect
 	cloud.google.com/go/iam v0.12.0 // indirect
-	github.com/davecgh/go-spew v1.1.1 // indirect
 	github.com/golang/groupcache v0.0.0-20200121045136-8c9f03a8e57e // indirect
 	github.com/golang/protobuf v1.5.2 // indirect
 	github.com/google/go-cmp v0.5.9 // indirect
 	github.com/googleapis/enterprise-certificate-proxy v0.2.3 // indirect
 	github.com/googleapis/gax-go/v2 v2.7.1 // indirect
 	github.com/iancoleman/orderedmap v0.0.0-20190318233801-ac98e3ecb4b0 // indirect
-	github.com/pmezard/go-difflib v1.0.0 // indirect
 	go.opencensus.io v0.24.0 // indirect
 	golang.org/x/net v0.8.0 // indirect
 	golang.org/x/oauth2 v0.6.0 // indirect
@@ -34,5 +31,4 @@ require (
 	google.golang.org/genproto v0.0.0-20230320184635-7606e756e683 // indirect
 	google.golang.org/grpc v1.53.0 // indirect
 	google.golang.org/protobuf v1.29.1 // indirect
-	gopkg.in/yaml.v3 v3.0.1 // indirect
 )
diff --git a/plugins/gcpaudit/go.sum b/plugins/gcpaudit/go.sum
index 48cbf5ff..6ca882e5 100644
--- a/plugins/gcpaudit/go.sum
+++ b/plugins/gcpaudit/go.sum
@@ -151,7 +151,6 @@ google.golang.org/protobuf v1.26.0-rc.1/go.mod h1:jlhhOSvTdKEhbULTjvd4ARK9grFBp0
 google.golang.org/protobuf v1.26.0/go.mod h1:9q0QmTI4eRPtz6boOQmLYwt+qCgq0jsYwAQnmE0givc=
 google.golang.org/protobuf v1.29.1 h1:7QBf+IK2gx70Ap/hDsOmam3GE0v9HicjfEdAxE62UoM=
 google.golang.org/protobuf v1.29.1/go.mod h1:HV8QOd/L58Z+nl8r43ehVNZIU/HEI6OcFqwMG9pJV4I=
-gopkg.in/check.v1 v0.0.0-20161208181325-20d25e280405 h1:yhCVgyC4o1eVCa2tZl7eS0r+SDo693bJlVdllGtEeKM=
 gopkg.in/check.v1 v0.0.0-20161208181325-20d25e280405/go.mod h1:Co6ibVJAznAaIkqp8huTwlJQCZ016jof/cbN4VW5Yz0=
 gopkg.in/yaml.v3 v3.0.0-20200313102051-9f266ea9e77c/go.mod h1:K4uyk7z7BCEPqu6E+C64Yfv1cQ7kz7rIZviUmN+EgEM=
 gopkg.in/yaml.v3 v3.0.1 h1:fxVm/GzAzEWqLHuvctI91KS9hhNmmWOoWu0XTYJS7CA=
diff --git a/plugins/gcpaudit/pkg/gcpaudit/extract_test.go b/plugins/gcpaudit/pkg/gcpaudit/extract_test.go
deleted file mode 100644
index 97047567..00000000
--- a/plugins/gcpaudit/pkg/gcpaudit/extract_test.go
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,124 +0,0 @@
-package gcpaudit
-
-import (
-	"bytes"
-	_ "embed"
-	"io"
-	"testing"
-	"time"
-	"unsafe"
-
-	"github.com/falcosecurity/plugin-sdk-go/pkg/sdk"
-	"github.com/stretchr/testify/assert"
-)
-
-var (
-	//go:embed test.json
-	eventsJSON string
-)
-
-type InMemoryEventReader struct {
-	Buffer       []byte
-	ValEventNum  uint64
-	ValTimestamp uint64
-}
-
-func (i *InMemoryEventReader) EventNum() uint64 {
-	return i.ValEventNum
-}
-
-func (i *InMemoryEventReader) Timestamp() uint64 {
-	return i.ValTimestamp
-}
-
-func (i *InMemoryEventReader) Reader() io.ReadSeeker {
-	return bytes.NewReader(i.Buffer)
-}
-
-type testExtractRequest struct {
-	fieldID    uint64
-	fieldType  uint32
-	field      string
-	isList     bool
-	argPresent bool
-	argIndex   uint64
-	argKey     string
-}
-
-type jsonData struct {
-	fileName string
-	content  string
-}
-
-func (t *testExtractRequest) FieldID() uint64 {
-	return t.fieldID
-}
-
-func (t *testExtractRequest) FieldType() uint32 {
-	return t.fieldType
-}
-
-func (t *testExtractRequest) Field() string {
-	return t.field
-}
-
-func (t *testExtractRequest) ArgKey() string {
-	return t.argKey
-}
-
-func (t *testExtractRequest) ArgIndex() uint64 {
-	return t.argIndex
-}
-
-func (t *testExtractRequest) ArgPresent() bool {
-	return t.argPresent
-}
-
-func (t *testExtractRequest) IsList() bool {
-	return t.isList
-}
-
-func (t *testExtractRequest) SetValue(v interface{}) {
-
-}
-
-func (t *testExtractRequest) SetPtr(unsafe.Pointer) {
-
-}
-
-func fieldEntryToRequest(id uint64, field *sdk.FieldEntry, req *testExtractRequest) {
-	req.fieldID = id
-	req.field = field.Name
-	req.isList = field.IsList
-	if field.Type == "string" {
-		req.fieldType = sdk.FieldTypeCharBuf
-	} else {
-		req.fieldType = sdk.FieldTypeUint64
-	}
-	req.argPresent = false
-	if field.Arg.IsIndex {
-		req.argPresent = true
-		req.argIndex = 0
-	} else if field.Arg.IsKey {
-		req.argPresent = true
-		req.argKey = "sample"
-	}
-}
-
-func TestExtractor_SampleFile(t *testing.T) {
-	req := &testExtractRequest{}
-	e := &Plugin{}
-	fields := e.Fields()
-
-	for idx, field := range fields {
-		fieldEntryToRequest(uint64(idx), &field, req)
-		reader := &InMemoryEventReader{
-			Buffer:       []byte(eventsJSON),
-			ValEventNum:  uint64(idx),
-			ValTimestamp: uint64(time.Now().UnixNano()),
-		}
-
-		ret := e.Extract(req, reader)
-		assert.Nil(t, ret, field)
-	}
-}