diff --git a/test/utils/mocks/mockCanvas.ts b/test/utils/mocks/mockCanvas.ts
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..bc18816197b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/utils/mocks/mockCanvas.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+import { mockContext } from "#test/utils/mocks/mockContext";
+
+/**
+ * A minimal stub object to mock HTMLCanvasElement
+ */
+export const mockCanvas: any = {
+  width: 0,
+  getContext() {
+    return mockContext;
+  },
+};
diff --git a/test/utils/mocks/mockContext.ts b/test/utils/mocks/mockContext.ts
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..04abfbe8089
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/utils/mocks/mockContext.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+import { mockCanvas } from "#test/utils/mocks/mockCanvas";
+
+/**
+ * A minimal stub object to mock CanvasRenderingContext2D
+ */
+export const mockContext: any = {
+  font: "",
+  //@ts-ignore
+  measureText: () => new TextMetrics(""),
+  save: () => {},
+  scale: () => {},
+  clearRect: () => {},
+  canvas: mockCanvas,
+  restore: () => {},
+};
diff --git a/test/utils/testFileInitialization.ts b/test/utils/testFileInitialization.ts
index a97e551fd0a..d6ca92c8b56 100644
--- a/test/utils/testFileInitialization.ts
+++ b/test/utils/testFileInitialization.ts
@@ -14,12 +14,13 @@ import { initStatsKeys } from "#app/ui/game-stats-ui-handler";
 import { setCookie } from "#app/utils";
 import { blobToString } from "#test/testUtils/gameManagerUtils";
 import { MockConsoleLog } from "#test/testUtils/mocks/mockConsoleLog";
+import { mockContext } from "#test/testUtils/mocks/mockContext";
+import { MockFetch } from "#test/testUtils/mocks/mockFetch";
 import { mockLocalStorage } from "#test/testUtils/mocks/mockLocalStorage";
 import { MockImage } from "#test/testUtils/mocks/mocksContainer/mockImage";
 import Phaser from "phaser";
 import InputText from "phaser3-rex-plugins/plugins/inputtext";
 import { vi } from "vitest";
-import { MockFetch } from "./mocks/mockFetch";
 
 /**
  * An initialization function that is run at the beginning of every test file (via `beforeAll()`).
@@ -77,6 +78,7 @@ export function initTestFile() {
   Phaser.GameObjects.NineSlice.prototype.setPositionRelative = setPositionRelative;
   Phaser.GameObjects.Text.prototype.setPositionRelative = setPositionRelative;
   Phaser.GameObjects.Rectangle.prototype.setPositionRelative = setPositionRelative;
+  HTMLCanvasElement.prototype.getContext = () => mockContext;
 
   // Initialize all of these things if and only if they have not been initialized yet
   if (allMoves.length === 0) {
diff --git a/vitest.config.ts b/vitest.config.ts
index b52c16ec00c..caac0d3c4bb 100644
--- a/vitest.config.ts
+++ b/vitest.config.ts
@@ -6,17 +6,6 @@ export default defineProject(({ mode }) => ({
   test: {
     testTimeout: 20000,
     setupFiles: ["./test/fontFace.setup.ts", "./test/vitest.setup.ts"],
-    server: {
-      deps: {
-        inline: ["vitest-canvas-mock"],
-        //@ts-ignore
-        optimizer: {
-          web: {
-            include: ["vitest-canvas-mock"],
-          },
-        },
-      },
-    },
     environment: "jsdom" as const,
     environmentOptions: {
       jsdom: {