diff --git a/requests_mock/tests/test_mocker.py b/requests_mock/tests/test_mocker.py
index 69e266c..c119b10 100644
--- a/requests_mock/tests/test_mocker.py
+++ b/requests_mock/tests/test_mocker.py
@@ -14,8 +14,8 @@ import mock
 import requests
 
 import requests_mock
-from requests_mock import compat
 from requests_mock import exceptions
+from requests_mock import response
 from requests_mock.tests import base
 
 original_send = requests.Session.send
@@ -56,20 +56,23 @@ class MockerTests(base.TestCase):
     @requests_mock.mock(real_http=True)
     def test_real_http(self, real_send, mocker):
         url = 'http://www.google.com/'
+        test_text = 'real http data'
+        test_bytes = test_text.encode('utf-8')
 
-        # NOTE(jamielennox): hack for requests 1.2.3 remove after
-        # requirements catches up.
-        class FakeHTTPResponse(object):
-            _original_response = compat._fake_http_response
-
-        real_send.return_value = requests.Response()
-        real_send.return_value.status_code = 200
-        real_send.return_value.raw = FakeHTTPResponse()
-        requests.get(url)
+        # using create_response is a bit bootstrappy here but so long as it's
+        # coming from HTTPAdapter.send it's ok
+        req = requests.Request(method='GET', url=url)
+        real_send.return_value = response.create_response(req.prepare(),
+                                                          status_code=200,
+                                                          content=test_bytes)
+        resp = requests.get(url)
 
         self.assertEqual(1, real_send.call_count)
         self.assertEqual(url, real_send.call_args[0][0].url)
 
+        self.assertEqual(test_text, resp.text)
+        self.assertEqual(test_bytes, resp.content)
+
     @requests_mock.mock()
     def test_with_test_decorator(self, m):
         self._do_test(m)