diff --git a/tests/integration/API/JSON/v1/SetupTest.php b/tests/integration/API/JSON/v1/SetupTest.php
index f502ec1877..83f496c0c0 100644
--- a/tests/integration/API/JSON/v1/SetupTest.php
+++ b/tests/integration/API/JSON/v1/SetupTest.php
@@ -26,9 +26,11 @@ class SetupTest extends \MailPoetTest {
       'doAction' => asCallable([WPHooksHelper::class, 'doAction']),
     ]);
 
+    $features_controller = Stub::makeEmpty(FeaturesController::class);
+
     $settings = new SettingsController();
     $referral_detector = new ReferralDetector($wp, $settings);
-    $populator = new Populator($settings, $wp, new Captcha(), $referral_detector, new FeaturesController());
+    $populator = new Populator($settings, $wp, new Captcha(), $referral_detector, $features_controller);
     $router = new Setup($wp, new Activator($settings, $populator));
     $response = $router->reset();
     expect($response->status)->equals(APIResponse::STATUS_OK);
diff --git a/tests/integration/Cron/Workers/SendingQueue/SendingQueueTest.php b/tests/integration/Cron/Workers/SendingQueue/SendingQueueTest.php
index 8d045b8d24..e9c1e3d23e 100644
--- a/tests/integration/Cron/Workers/SendingQueue/SendingQueueTest.php
+++ b/tests/integration/Cron/Workers/SendingQueue/SendingQueueTest.php
@@ -51,7 +51,8 @@ class SendingQueueTest extends \MailPoetTest {
     wp_set_current_user($wp_users[0]->ID);
     $this->settings = new SettingsController();
     $referral_detector = new ReferralDetector(WPFunctions::get(), $this->settings);
-    $populator = new Populator($this->settings, WPFunctions::get(), new Captcha, $referral_detector, new FeaturesController());
+    $features_controller = Stub::makeEmpty(FeaturesController::class);
+    $populator = new Populator($this->settings, WPFunctions::get(), new Captcha, $referral_detector, $features_controller);
     $populator->up();
     $this->subscriber = Subscriber::create();
     $this->subscriber->email = 'john@doe.com';
diff --git a/tests/integration/Cron/Workers/SendingQueue/Tasks/MailerTest.php b/tests/integration/Cron/Workers/SendingQueue/Tasks/MailerTest.php
index 7d89582b6c..62863f5c6e 100644
--- a/tests/integration/Cron/Workers/SendingQueue/Tasks/MailerTest.php
+++ b/tests/integration/Cron/Workers/SendingQueue/Tasks/MailerTest.php
@@ -29,7 +29,8 @@ class MailerTest extends \MailPoetTest {
     wp_set_current_user($wp_users[0]->ID);
     $this->settings = new SettingsController();
     $referral_detector = new ReferralDetector(WPFunctions::get(), $this->settings);
-    $populator = new Populator($this->settings, WPFunctions::get(), new Captcha, $referral_detector, new FeaturesController());
+    $features_controller = Stub::makeEmpty(FeaturesController::class);
+    $populator = new Populator($this->settings, WPFunctions::get(), new Captcha, $referral_detector, $features_controller);
     $populator->up();
     $this->mailer_task = new MailerTask();
     $this->sender = $this->settings->get('sender');
diff --git a/tests/integration/Newsletter/ShortcodesTest.php b/tests/integration/Newsletter/ShortcodesTest.php
index 5bd3dfce61..b4b2e0ad4f 100644
--- a/tests/integration/Newsletter/ShortcodesTest.php
+++ b/tests/integration/Newsletter/ShortcodesTest.php
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 <?php
 namespace MailPoet\Test\Newsletter;
 
+use Codeception\Util\Stub;
 use MailPoet\Config\Populator;
 use MailPoet\Features\FeaturesController;
 use MailPoet\Models\CustomField;
@@ -29,7 +30,8 @@ class ShortcodesTest extends \MailPoetTest {
     parent::_before();
     $this->settings = new SettingsController();
     $referral_detector = new ReferralDetector(WPFunctions::get(), $this->settings);
-    $populator = new Populator($this->settings, WPFunctions::get(), new Captcha, $referral_detector, new FeaturesController());
+    $features_controller = Stub::makeEmpty(FeaturesController::class);
+    $populator = new Populator($this->settings, WPFunctions::get(), new Captcha, $referral_detector, $features_controller);
     $populator->up();
     $this->WP_user = $this->_createWPUser();
     $this->WP_post = $this->_createWPPost();
diff --git a/tests/integration/Subscription/UrlTest.php b/tests/integration/Subscription/UrlTest.php
index 52990c929e..146d67da7f 100644
--- a/tests/integration/Subscription/UrlTest.php
+++ b/tests/integration/Subscription/UrlTest.php
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 <?php
 namespace MailPoet\Test\Subscription;
 
+use Codeception\Util\Stub;
 use MailPoet\Features\FeaturesController;
 use MailPoet\Referrals\ReferralDetector;
 use MailPoet\Router\Router;
@@ -17,7 +18,8 @@ class UrlTest extends \MailPoetTest {
     parent::_before();
     $this->settings = new SettingsController;
     $referral_detector = new ReferralDetector(WPFunctions::get(), $this->settings);
-    $populator = new Populator($this->settings, WPFunctions::get(), new Captcha, $referral_detector, new FeaturesController());
+    $features_controller = Stub::makeEmpty(FeaturesController::class);
+    $populator = new Populator($this->settings, WPFunctions::get(), new Captcha, $referral_detector, $features_controller);
     $populator->up();
   }