diff --git a/INSTALL.md b/INSTALL.md
index 8a6a9290c..b1e47b1c4 100644
--- a/INSTALL.md
+++ b/INSTALL.md
@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@ To install:
 
  python --version # Python 2 is not supported. Make sure you're on Python 3.7
 
- pip install --editable .[test]  # [test] installs extras needed for running the tests
+ pip install -e .
  ```
 
 To verify your installation, `which lbrynet` should return a path inside of the `lbry-venv` folder created by the `virtualenv` command.
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index c4bbb5323..f3077733a 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -44,9 +44,4 @@ setup(
         'docopt',
         'colorama==0.3.7',
     ],
-    extras_require={
-        'test': (
-            'faker==0.8.17',
-        )
-    }
 )
diff --git a/tests/unit/lbrynet_daemon/test_Daemon.py b/tests/unit/lbrynet_daemon/test_Daemon.py
index b0713a857..04a6777b3 100644
--- a/tests/unit/lbrynet_daemon/test_Daemon.py
+++ b/tests/unit/lbrynet_daemon/test_Daemon.py
@@ -1,12 +1,9 @@
 from unittest import mock
 import json
-import random
-from os import path
 
 from twisted.internet import defer
 from twisted.trial import unittest
 
-from faker import Faker
 from lbrynet import conf
 from lbrynet.schema.decode import smart_decode
 from lbrynet.extras.daemon.storage import SQLiteStorage
@@ -29,7 +26,6 @@ from tests.mocks import ExchangeRateManager as DummyExchangeRateManager
 from tests.mocks import BTCLBCFeed, USDBTCFeed
 from tests.test_utils import is_android
 
-
 def get_test_daemon(data_rate=None, generous=True, with_fee=False):
     if data_rate is None:
         data_rate = conf.ADJUSTABLE_SETTINGS['data_rate'][1]
@@ -152,8 +148,6 @@ class TestFileListSorting(unittest.TestCase):
     def setUp(self):
         mock_conf_settings(self)
         test_utils.reset_time(self)
-        self.faker = Faker('en_US')
-        self.faker.seed(129)  # contains 3 same points paid (5.9)
         self.test_daemon = get_test_daemon()
         self.test_daemon.file_manager.lbry_files = self._get_fake_lbry_files()
 
@@ -268,44 +262,246 @@ class TestFileListSorting(unittest.TestCase):
         with self.assertRaisesRegex(Exception, expected_message):
             yield self.test_daemon.jsonrpc_file_list(sort=sort_options)
 
-    def _get_fake_lbry_files(self):
-        return [self._get_fake_lbry_file() for _ in range(10)]
+    @staticmethod
+    def _get_fake_lbry_files():
+        faked_lbry_files = []
+        for metadata in FAKED_LBRY_FILES:
+            lbry_file = mock.Mock(spec=ManagedEncryptedFileDownloader)
+            for attribute in metadata:
+                setattr(lbry_file, attribute, metadata[attribute])
+            faked_lbry_files.append(lbry_file)
+        return faked_lbry_files
 
-    def _get_fake_lbry_file(self):
-        lbry_file = mock.Mock(spec=ManagedEncryptedFileDownloader)
 
-        file_path = self.faker.file_path()
-        stream_name = self.faker.file_name()
-        channel_claim_id = self.faker.sha1()
-        channel_name = self.faker.simple_profile()['username']
-        faked_attributes = {
-            'channel_claim_id': channel_claim_id,
-            'channel_name': '@' + channel_name,
-            'claim_id': self.faker.sha1(),
-            'claim_name': '-'.join(self.faker.words(4)),
-            'completed': self.faker.boolean(),
-            'download_directory': path.dirname(file_path),
-            'download_path': file_path,
-            'file_name': path.basename(file_path),
-            'key': self.faker.md5(raw_output=True),
-            'metadata': {
-                'author': channel_name,
-                'nsfw': random.randint(0, 1) == 1,
-            },
-            'mime_type': self.faker.mime_type(),
-            'nout': abs(self.faker.pyint()),
-            'outpoint': self.faker.md5() + self.faker.md5(),
-            'points_paid': self.faker.pyfloat(left_digits=1, right_digits=1, positive=True),
-            'sd_hash': self.faker.md5() + self.faker.md5() + self.faker.md5(),
-            'stopped': self.faker.boolean(),
-            'stream_hash': self.faker.md5() + self.faker.md5() + self.faker.md5(),
-            'stream_name': stream_name,
-            'suggested_file_name': stream_name,
-            'txid': self.faker.md5() + self.faker.md5(),
-            'written_bytes': self.faker.pyint(),
-        }
-
-        for key in faked_attributes:
-            setattr(lbry_file, key, faked_attributes[key])
-
-        return lbry_file
+FAKED_LBRY_FILES = (
+    {
+        'channel_claim_id': '3aace03b007d108c668d201533b7b07ab2981d47',
+        'channel_name': '@ashlee27',
+        'claim_id': 'cb63e644b6629467c031d0097d52ab6e0f1a5bf8',
+        'claim_name': 'very-skill-place-growth',
+        'completed': True,
+        'download_directory': '/usually',
+        'download_path': '/usually/any.mov',
+        'file_name': 'any.mov',
+        'key': b'>a\x11}\xec\xc2j\x1c\xe9\xc5l]\xfc\x16s|',
+        'metadata': {'author': 'ashlee27', 'nsfw': True},
+        'mime_type': 'multipart/signed',
+        'nout': 7197,
+        'outpoint': 'c5633a5932f9c8e3e5b9799c07251b236e3aec078b0546614f24a932b6b133f6',
+        'points_paid': 8.2,
+        'sd_hash': '3354ecf502870f6f6d59d21188755c1361c2cffaeb458764c179c136b26c4795083acfd93b3920218870b1a9c22535ef',
+        'stopped': True,
+        'stream_hash': 'c8f58a686726116c15a8de7f33b4f0d72504777c7dd0c48ba94d7bbea23d9c82b2f977081cd7c49d25d6a2841b232e1d',
+        'stream_name': 'down.txt',
+        'suggested_file_name': 'down.txt',
+        'txid': '1c02986bfdb77b1c338e60b60c4c9febc59130af2e225f51665067c3d3419a35',
+        'written_bytes': 6838,
+    },
+    {
+        'channel_claim_id': 'dade35ea84001858d7cf10f50be3b5fea3e57fb7',
+        'channel_name': '@richard64',
+        'claim_id': '1c01096727da90140d333197fa8aaf88893f6ea8',
+        'claim_name': 'room-tonight-produce-good',
+        'completed': False,
+        'download_directory': '/ability',
+        'download_path': '/ability/day.tiff',
+        'file_name': 'day.tiff',
+        'key': b'`\x86j\xba\x97\x0c\xe4L\xad\x06nC\x8b]\xd6&',
+        'metadata': {'author': 'richard64', 'nsfw': False},
+        'mime_type': 'multipart/related',
+        'nout': 9678,
+        'outpoint': '0138083012ce4ff5a6e4c0ec2fc08e11a52ebd2306d70a20f36424011f7c1330',
+        'points_paid': 2.5,
+        'sd_hash': '9e98f5e4bd4393b45a41839fe72a4df1f94b029e2339f8b14b9eaa9fec2be5245b160a59cfcc80fa86c1f91da67d5581',
+        'stopped': False,
+        'stream_hash': '7403ff9319292bdb022d66d0b88401775c6bb355fc0a75fe01452950fb19642ba58d492d34e24d8bf58375e6c2fca16f',
+        'stream_name': 'including.mp3',
+        'suggested_file_name': 'including.mp3',
+        'txid': '345bfc7b4a0c042b14474ac2cecf099236aec5a6730943630ffb176e7b421121',
+        'written_bytes': 8438,
+    },
+    {
+        'channel_claim_id': '59766071ea2df38b4a751834a77246bf8ff8071d',
+        'channel_name': '@bfrederick',
+        'claim_id': '1c08967d515ac2a5fd3cb4e477fde18bddde22e2',
+        'claim_name': 'at-first-skill-agency',
+        'completed': True,
+        'download_directory': '/agree',
+        'download_path': '/agree/different.json',
+        'file_name': 'different.json',
+        'key': b'\xc06\xb9\x8e\x00S\xdbX\x1cC\xbd+\xfc\xea\xc96',
+        'metadata': {'author': 'bfrederick', 'nsfw': True},
+        'mime_type': 'image/svg+xml',
+        'nout': 2975,
+        'outpoint': '62bb992e11c562e8064aec094e2b4eefb422e50b13ae49dc10f440a60f8e99bc',
+        'points_paid': 9.1,
+        'sd_hash': '3d809caf1266ec1ab78cc046a62f388434b6c59f85844500f59a1c75b4303b9ea27c532a231556e8b9776c544677bdf7',
+        'stopped': True,
+        'stream_hash': '9ecb8cf7dca7260f90666f05c88882017c786d31b572f3cba9447099ca9b49cdcb93f801db2249b7d32ff44ca6ffd69c',
+        'stream_name': 'north.doc',
+        'suggested_file_name': 'north.doc',
+        'txid': '98e12bce3a5db96e3513f1ff45afca8b69d61324117d6e839075ac512dd86251',
+        'written_bytes': 1929,
+    },
+    {
+        'channel_claim_id': '046c8a762cd158a6e5b112d7d9c9e4b778f27388',
+        'channel_name': '@heidiherring',
+        'claim_id': '3d7573264601af7b5402cd54a66c13f2f93f296f',
+        'claim_name': 'drop-hot-military-drive',
+        'completed': False,
+        'download_directory': '/letter',
+        'download_path': '/letter/than.ppt',
+        'file_name': 'than.ppt',
+        'key': b'\n\xa7\xb3\x05\xab\x8e\xcc\n\xdcn\xd9\x81\xf3m\xf1t',
+        'metadata': {'author': 'heidiherring', 'nsfw': True},
+        'mime_type': 'text/javascript',
+        'nout': 3452,
+        'outpoint': '5e8b55ffe59774366804c384f632f728f769bad566c784c6a23f1081724d00ea',
+        'points_paid': 5.9,
+        'sd_hash': 'c945b0acaf1c97dd7f262cf73cc3813ab6552f695ab00a445ca07a2a4da43bf3bb020cc7e338b484405d0865ef836480',
+        'stopped': False,
+        'stream_hash': '692ea08506d13422c875ce9d49fb9fe90b828d259d46c53adffa68a045e3852d4763b90ef94ef3864a1164bcab7eefa0',
+        'stream_name': 'few.css',
+        'suggested_file_name': 'few.css',
+        'txid': '9ef901facbf8bc133cfe67793fe4423c048753dab8370d987f6f552ed6483bbb',
+        'written_bytes': 9498,
+    },
+    {
+        'channel_claim_id': 'adc87fa84d601aa1760d0f4585f02e60bc82c703',
+        'channel_name': '@xsteele',
+        'claim_id': '9022e1fd14646f6a4f6708566fbb6f6ac10ba3d5',
+        'claim_name': 'mean-television-miss-yourself',
+        'completed': True,
+        'download_directory': '/its',
+        'download_path': '/its/add.mp3',
+        'file_name': 'add.mp3',
+        'key': b'\xdc\xd1\xf1i!\x85\xc6\xc8\\\xe0\xd7\xc0\xceN<l',
+        'metadata': {'author': 'xsteele', 'nsfw': False},
+        'mime_type': 'message/imdn+xml',
+        'nout': 7924,
+        'outpoint': '4fd8a071fd00050006a666de076595d7a61e04dac0ce8bf9ef90024d2415ba30',
+        'points_paid': 6.1,
+        'sd_hash': 'ac28c50337bd16b4a753a2ae6bdad25cbb93270b83f593ec238b8237ce4ddf30aff676eb7025211d970ab5a5cca204c7',
+        'stopped': True,
+        'stream_hash': 'a0a9aa762fb6599f94e7098d70cc14ced34d08c210863d62b6d1e9c7eb523d98d0d8e3c80ddc03ce68b51f99e88024b5',
+        'stream_name': 'picture.csv',
+        'suggested_file_name': 'picture.csv',
+        'txid': 'b4df85f9be396f2d9a3b9172f826be9899608d827cabc5196863ec27d3a32f82',
+        'written_bytes': 9220,
+    },
+    {
+        'channel_claim_id': '79d17bbcb93b31c20fe395190dc199d871268ef1',
+        'channel_name': '@michelle50',
+        'claim_id': 'daf4c15cd3da305e7b29b0028cf801c61bd67e30',
+        'claim_name': 'card-oil-since-take',
+        'completed': True,
+        'download_directory': '/lawyer',
+        'download_path': '/lawyer/hotel.bmp',
+        'file_name': 'hotel.bmp',
+        'key': b'\xda<-\x11-\xbb\xe3u\x80\xffX\x01N\xfc\x01)',
+        'metadata': {'author': 'michelle50', 'nsfw': True},
+        'mime_type': 'image/png',
+        'nout': 5576,
+        'outpoint': '27a62194fbf658327899431ecf251866bd0eec4da24d0b3feb8c440c4ea3ac1a',
+        'points_paid': 7.1,
+        'sd_hash': '20e4fc4513d7ea6f270e2021f7057c78e175754561e7db94e10c41d6d74ca639bb3c4d6e38dc2817ce303629c901d1a2',
+        'stopped': False,
+        'stream_hash': '781785e554fadb275ba75ee58cc5db0063f4d9cf2a1f1c4053a586ddce20089197d42e6640398cec75c8623a7c38ae0b',
+        'stream_name': 'paper.jpeg',
+        'suggested_file_name': 'paper.jpeg',
+        'txid': '8647c42f762694237804eeed4cbde776490a4f3b8b293ca41f550488098f883e',
+        'written_bytes': 7382,
+    },
+    {
+        'channel_claim_id': '7e4cee485713909665c21246ba22159e0a20a820',
+        'channel_name': '@jlewis',
+        'claim_id': '7bc402e4bc6a8b1c1aa2184e8e082eb1d0353db3',
+        'claim_name': 'heavy-street-meeting-and',
+        'completed': True,
+        'download_directory': '/personal',
+        'download_path': '/personal/remember.mp3',
+        'file_name': 'remember.mp3',
+        'key': b'\x1c\x9d%\x1e\xe4\xab\xb9\x0c\xac<\x86\xc7P;\xfdO',
+        'metadata': {'author': 'jlewis', 'nsfw': True},
+        'mime_type': 'video/x-matroska',
+        'nout': 8116,
+        'outpoint': 'e2da970db0edb37680519a58de53dc088e6d26d5c4a37ae37d5c0f1901f30197',
+        'points_paid': 4.8,
+        'sd_hash': 'f42913f4bfba90f157b4744b55e4043d79d2d658dc08aa306b34a3ae4a1c1c37759fd9f0b4b8181f539bd60373746954',
+        'stopped': True,
+        'stream_hash': '4051a577422fe2b444c9c572a0a1b3f731e0ed2e5eb3b9a3aaa4ce1b0ec694cd7786e224c94a126fc9a868f1b93cb2e1',
+        'stream_name': 'feel.html',
+        'suggested_file_name': 'feel.html',
+        'txid': 'c88e0c86ebbca20d0dafed682711a0b2e02e80637515c25eb26f2a589385bfe2',
+        'written_bytes': 9337,
+    },
+    {
+        'channel_claim_id': '13aa3c28c0c8bb08a679a010f63bd3f4b5234e73',
+        'channel_name': '@brittanyhicks',
+        'claim_id': '3c9c02bf1bfcedb2654f9003c464df9059a8e6b0',
+        'claim_name': 'cold-music-admit-technology',
+        'completed': True,
+        'download_directory': '/nor',
+        'download_path': '/nor/might.bmp',
+        'file_name': 'might.bmp',
+        'key': b'\rh\xb3jqR\\\xdb\xb9\xa0a\xa4J\xa4\xacs',
+        'metadata': {'author': 'brittanyhicks', 'nsfw': True},
+        'mime_type': 'application/xop+xml',
+        'nout': 8338,
+        'outpoint': 'a68a9dfa301292e1d0fe60a9bb0bcefa3e4e26630269064c8d2dd0f578427a10',
+        'points_paid': 5.9,
+        'sd_hash': '48fef5178b93b542495d19d76407692802ab529d989539b203a1cb38ce35ec2d4e9ea7d31eac660f715c39b69cd574ec',
+        'stopped': True,
+        'stream_hash': '2052889a9447ea73d743ec2c8c71678bf60616c01cd05d0a4d34a1aa92ee334585771a28f42cfe1b4124645352325946',
+        'stream_name': 'shoulder.js',
+        'suggested_file_name': 'shoulder.js',
+        'txid': 'b3f5f9db4c40157f348b9cf7dcb4ae3c53fe5e43481a4b66b2cc2334ae5ad2cb',
+        'written_bytes': 9736,
+    },
+    {
+        'channel_claim_id': 'a18b45f2131fd79fea6bb493d94349c9734ef211',
+        'channel_name': '@kswanson',
+        'claim_id': '1223727010f0b4b9f6f45ca95cad0bfb3ce759a0',
+        'claim_name': 'often-speech-provide-run',
+        'completed': True,
+        'download_directory': '/member',
+        'download_path': '/member/physical.json',
+        'file_name': 'physical.json',
+        'key': b"'\xa7\x9b!\t\x86\xe2q\x15S\x9c\x92S@7;",
+        'metadata': {'author': 'kswanson', 'nsfw': True},
+        'mime_type': 'multipart/form-data',
+        'nout': 7028,
+        'outpoint': '818a4265723d7682cff4cc89d9b3433af48636ba42d2ca1e65eef8b7f9bef0ad',
+        'points_paid': 8.4,
+        'sd_hash': 'c808d997ff914c4986e420c4b2547ab030082da28ffebe2a0844ad6325c9f276fad5a003b18dcd015397e41b71d172e2',
+        'stopped': False,
+        'stream_hash': '2d457dda5ed01009b3812ff60bd24cbc2a0cb1361f566433d71dbce7d757977deac7f5aca62a60ec63eaa1b401194da5',
+        'stream_name': 'country.avi',
+        'suggested_file_name': 'country.avi',
+        'txid': '42db2b952c578afcb8f640c2a12e563ba1a31b18fc8357d2f04f5de6c8515fba',
+        'written_bytes': 9688,
+    },
+    {
+        'channel_claim_id': '84a06ce77cde8ed1511e268fcfdebd8feb1333e2',
+        'channel_name': '@davidsonjeffrey',
+        'claim_id': '8fb403f0bb0695530935a0991a7eb7218c46eed9',
+        'claim_name': 'option-company-glass-this',
+        'completed': True,
+        'download_directory': '/environment',
+        'download_path': '/environment/decade.odt',
+        'file_name': 'decade.odt',
+        'key': b')\xa3h\x12\xf2\xd5RPkWojN\x08%\x0e',
+        'metadata': {'author': 'davidsonjeffrey', 'nsfw': True},
+        'mime_type': 'video/webm',
+        'nout': 8810,
+        'outpoint': '04da67fe9c6d129812e16045c02f1f670d3e329e7a9c0872712aaa74876becdd',
+        'points_paid': 5.9,
+        'sd_hash': '394eb1e0caf0d7dbeb80d435631534dc716229fac035aebe2af1729af5cbbad1c4fa503ce7fa7cc01e5366d1ce9d9d07',
+        'stopped': False,
+        'stream_hash': '1904d27ab8c784b7ae770980f004522e36089e86e3ce95d3005c3829cf4ad1571c5fe248a3f67a54521e07290a9e7466',
+        'stream_name': 'score.wav',
+        'suggested_file_name': 'score.wav',
+        'txid': 'd2f8ecfac4491e1de186b43a5e561413304769a1683612a16633dd3e725ff1e0',
+        'written_bytes': 7929,
+    },
+)