diff --git a/app/clients/sms/aws_sns.py b/app/clients/sms/aws_sns.py
index 86b212e8e..8b5d6c963 100644
--- a/app/clients/sms/aws_sns.py
+++ b/app/clients/sms/aws_sns.py
@@ -1,14 +1,11 @@
-import datetime
 import os
 import re
 from time import monotonic
-from unittest.mock import MagicMock
 
 import botocore
 import phonenumbers
 from boto3 import client
 
-from app.celery.tasks import __total_sending_limits_for_job_exceeded
 from app.clients import AWS_CLIENT_CONFIG
 from app.clients.sms import SmsClient
 from app.cloudfoundry_config import cloud_config
@@ -98,27 +95,3 @@ def send_sms(self, to, content, reference, sender=None, international=False):
         if not matched:
             self.current_app.logger.error("No valid numbers found in {}".format(to))
             raise ValueError("No valid numbers found for SMS delivery")
-
-    def test_total_sending_limits_exceeded(mocker):
-        mock_service = MagicMock()
-        mock_service.total_message_limit = 1000
-        mock_job = MagicMock()
-        mock_job.notification_count = 300
-        job_id = "test_job_id"
-
-        mock_check_service_limit = mocker.patch(
-            "app.clients.sms.aws_sns.check_service_over_total_message_limit"
-        )
-        mock_check_service_limit.return_value = 800
-
-        mock_utc_now = mocker.patch("app.clients.sms.aws_sns.utc_now")
-        mock_utc_now.return_value = datetime(2024, 11, 10, 12, 0, 0)
-
-        mock_dao_update_job = mocker.patch("app.clients.sms.aws_sns.dao_update_job")
-
-        result = __total_sending_limits_for_job_exceeded(mock_service, mock_job, job_id)
-        assert result is True
-
-        assert mock_job.job_status == "sensding limits exceeded"
-        assert mock_job.processing_finished == datetime(2024, 11, 10, 12, 0, 0)
-        mock_dao_update_job.assert_called_once_with(mock_job)
diff --git a/tests/app/celery/test_tasks.py b/tests/app/celery/test_tasks.py
index 593926c18..9a85bd058 100644
--- a/tests/app/celery/test_tasks.py
+++ b/tests/app/celery/test_tasks.py
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 import json
 import uuid
 from datetime import datetime, timedelta
-from unittest.mock import Mock, call
+from unittest.mock import MagicMock, Mock, call
 
 import pytest
 import requests_mock
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@
 from app import encryption
 from app.celery import provider_tasks, tasks
 from app.celery.tasks import (
+    __total_sending_limits_for_job_exceeded,
     get_recipient_csv_and_template_and_sender_id,
     process_incomplete_job,
     process_incomplete_jobs,
@@ -1634,3 +1635,28 @@ def create_encrypted_notification():
 
     assert len(Notification.query.all()) == 3
     assert len(mock_provider_task.call_args_list) == 3
+
+
+def test_total_sending_limits_exceeded(mocker):
+    mock_service = MagicMock()
+    mock_service.total_message_limit = 1000
+    mock_job = MagicMock()
+    mock_job.notification_count = 300
+    job_id = "test_job_id"
+
+    mock_check_service_limit = mocker.patch(
+        "app.celery.tasks.check_service_over_total_message_limit"
+    )
+    mock_check_service_limit.return_value = 800
+
+    mock_utc_now = mocker.patch("app.celery.tasks.utc_now")
+    mock_utc_now.return_value = datetime(2024, 11, 10, 12, 0, 0)
+
+    mock_dao_update_job = mocker.patch("app.celery.tasks.dao_update_job")
+
+    result = __total_sending_limits_for_job_exceeded(mock_service, mock_job, job_id)
+    assert result is True
+
+    assert mock_job.job_status == "sensding limits exceeded"
+    assert mock_job.processing_finished == datetime(2024, 11, 10, 12, 0, 0)
+    mock_dao_update_job.assert_called_once_with(mock_job)