diff --git a/news/5226.trivial.rst b/news/5226.trivial.rst
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..8937f4dcfa
--- /dev/null
+++ b/news/5226.trivial.rst
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Modernize the test ``test_convert_deps_to_pip`` to not use ``pip-shims`` and the code it calls to not use ``vistir``.
diff --git a/pipenv/utils/dependencies.py b/pipenv/utils/dependencies.py
index a1f70cbc3c..b4ca1a7028 100644
--- a/pipenv/utils/dependencies.py
+++ b/pipenv/utils/dependencies.py
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 import os
 from contextlib import contextmanager
+from tempfile import NamedTemporaryFile
 from typing import Mapping, Sequence
 
 from pipenv.patched.pip._vendor.packaging.markers import Marker
@@ -273,9 +274,7 @@ def convert_deps_to_pip(
         return dependencies
 
     # Write requirements.txt to tmp directory.
-    from pipenv.vendor.vistir.path import create_tracked_tempfile
-
-    f = create_tracked_tempfile(suffix="-requirements.txt", delete=False)
+    f = NamedTemporaryFile(suffix="-requirements.txt", delete=False)
     f.write("\n".join(dependencies).encode("utf-8"))
     f.close()
     return f.name
diff --git a/tests/unit/test_utils.py b/tests/unit/test_utils.py
index bc7eda9c48..04df666357 100644
--- a/tests/unit/test_utils.py
+++ b/tests/unit/test_utils.py
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 import os
+from unittest import mock
 
 import pytest
 
@@ -83,13 +84,11 @@ def mock_unpack(link, source_dir, download_dir, only_download=False, session=Non
 @pytest.mark.utils
 @pytest.mark.parametrize("deps, expected", DEP_PIP_PAIRS)
 @pytest.mark.needs_internet
-def test_convert_deps_to_pip(monkeypatch, deps, expected):
-    with monkeypatch.context() as m:
-        from pipenv.vendor import pip_shims
-        m.setattr(pip_shims.shims, "unpack_url", mock_unpack)
-        if expected.startswith("Django"):
-            expected = expected.lower()
-        assert dependencies.convert_deps_to_pip(deps, r=False) == [expected]
+@mock.patch("pipenv.patched.pip._internal.operations.prepare.unpack_url", mock_unpack)
+def test_convert_deps_to_pip(deps, expected):
+    if expected.startswith("Django"):
+        expected = expected.lower()
+    assert dependencies.convert_deps_to_pip(deps, r=False) == [expected]
 
 
 @pytest.mark.utils
@@ -134,14 +133,6 @@ def test_convert_deps_to_pip_one_way(deps, expected):
     assert dependencies.convert_deps_to_pip(deps, r=False) == [expected.lower()]
 
 
-@pytest.mark.skipif(isinstance("", str), reason="don't need to test if unicode is str")
-@pytest.mark.utils
-def test_convert_deps_to_pip_unicode():
-    deps = {"django": "==1.10"}
-    deps = dependencies.convert_deps_to_pip(deps, r=False)
-    assert deps[0] == "django==1.10"
-
-
 @pytest.mark.parametrize("line,result", [
     ("-i https://example.com/simple/", ("https://example.com/simple/", None, None, [])),
     ("--extra-index-url=https://example.com/simple/", (None, "https://example.com/simple/", None, [])),