diff --git a/tests/general/InvalidLinkBearTest.py b/tests/general/InvalidLinkBearTest.py
index a4afcf5d44..dae8abfa36 100644
--- a/tests/general/InvalidLinkBearTest.py
+++ b/tests/general/InvalidLinkBearTest.py
@@ -1,53 +1,113 @@
+import requests
+import unittest
+from queue import Queue
+import requests_mock
+
 from bears.general.InvalidLinkBear import InvalidLinkBear
-from tests.LocalBearTestHelper import verify_local_bear
-
-LinkRedirect = verify_local_bear(InvalidLinkBear,
-                                 valid_files=(
-                                    ["http://httpbin.org/status/200"],),
-                                 invalid_files=(
-                                    ["http://httpbin.org/status/301"],
-                                    ["http://coala.rtfd.org"]),
-                                 force_linebreaks=False)
-
-InvalidLinkNotFound = verify_local_bear(InvalidLinkBear,
-                                        valid_files=(
-                                            ["http://httpbin.org/status/202"],),
-                                        invalid_files=(
-                                            ["http://httpbin.org/status/404"],
-                                            ["http://httpbin.org/status/401"]),
-                                        force_linebreaks=False)
-
-InvalidLinkServerError = verify_local_bear(InvalidLinkBear,
-                                           valid_files=(
-                                            ["http://httpbin.org/status/202"],),
-                                           invalid_files=(
-                                            ["http://httpbin.org/status/500"],
-                                            ["http://httpbin.org/status/503"]),
-                                           force_linebreaks=False)
-
-LinkDoesNotExist = verify_local_bear(InvalidLinkBear,
-                                     valid_files=(
-                                        ["http://coala-analyzer.org/\n"],
-                                        ["http://coala-analyzer.org/"],
-                                        ["http://not a link dot com"],
-                                        ["<http://lwn.net/>"],
-                                        ["'https://www.gnome.org/'"],
-                                        ["http://coala-analyzer.org/..."]),
-                                     invalid_files=(
-                                        ["http://coalaisthebest.com"],),
-                                     force_linebreaks=False)
-
-MarkdownLinks = verify_local_bear(InvalidLinkBear,
-                                  valid_files=(
-                                        ["[coala](http://coala-analyzer.org/)"],
-                                        ["https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/"
-                                         "Hello_(Adele_song)"]),
-                                  invalid_files=(),
-                                  force_linebreaks=False)
-
-SphinxLinks = verify_local_bear(InvalidLinkBear,
-                                valid_files=(
-                                    ["|https://github.com/coala-analyzer/"
-                                     "coala-bears|"],),
-                                invalid_files=(),
-                                force_linebreaks=False)
+from coalib.settings.Section import Section
+
+
+def custom_matcher(request):
+    change_url = False
+    try:
+        status_code = int(request.path_url[-3:])
+        if status_code in range(300, 400):
+            change_url = True
+            url = "some_url"
+        resp = requests.Response()
+        if change_url:
+            resp.url = url
+        resp.status_code = status_code
+        return resp
+    except ValueError:
+        raise requests.exceptions.RequestException("")
+
+
+class InvalidLinkBearTest(unittest.TestCase):
+
+    def setUp(self):
+        self.section = Section("")
+
+    def assertResult(self, valid_file=None, invalid_file=None):
+        with requests_mock.Mocker() as m:
+            InvalidLinkBear.check_prerequisites = lambda *args: True
+            uut = InvalidLinkBear(self.section, Queue())
+            m.add_matcher(custom_matcher)
+            if valid_file:
+                out = uut.execute("valid", valid_file)
+                self.assertEqual(out, [])
+            if invalid_file:
+                out = uut.execute("invalid", invalid_file)
+                self.assertNotEqual(out, [])
+                self.assertNotEqual(out, None)
+
+    def test_run(self):
+        # Link Redirect
+        valid_file = """
+        http://httpbin.org/status/200
+        """.splitlines()
+
+        invalid_file = """
+        http://httpbin.org/status/301
+        http://coala.rtfd.org/302
+        """.splitlines()
+
+        self.assertResult(valid_file=valid_file, invalid_file=invalid_file)
+
+        # Invalid Link Not Found
+        valid_file = """
+        http://httpbin.org/status/202
+        """.splitlines()
+        invalid_file = """
+        http://httpbin.org/status/404
+        http://httpbin.org/status/401
+        """.splitlines()
+        self.assertResult(valid_file=valid_file, invalid_file=invalid_file)
+
+        # Invalid Link ServerError
+        valid_file = """
+        http://httpbin.org/status/202
+        """.splitlines()
+        invalid_file = """
+        http://httpbin.org/status/500
+        http://httpbin.org/status/503
+        """.splitlines()
+        self.assertResult(valid_file=valid_file, invalid_file=invalid_file)
+
+        # Link Does Not Exist
+        valid_file = """
+           http://coala-analyzer.org/200\n
+           http://coala-analyzer.org/200
+           http://not a link dot com
+           <http://lwn.net/200>
+           'https://www.gnome.org/200'
+           http://coala-analyzer.org/200.....
+        """.splitlines()
+        invalid_file = """
+           http://coalaisthebest.com/
+        """.splitlines()
+
+        self.assertResult(valid_file=valid_file, invalid_file=invalid_file)
+
+        # Mark down Links
+        valid_file = """
+            [coala](http://coala-analyzer.org/200)
+            https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hello_(Adele_song)/200
+        """.splitlines()
+        invalid_file = """
+            http://coalaisthebest.com/
+        """.splitlines()
+        self.assertResult(valid_file=valid_file)
+
+        # SphinxLinks
+        valid_file = """
+        |https://github.com/coala-analyzer/coala-bears/200|
+        """.splitlines()
+        self.assertResult(valid_file=valid_file)
+
+    def test_check_prerequisites(self):
+        with requests_mock.Mocker() as m:
+            m.add_matcher(custom_matcher)
+            self.assertIn("You are not", InvalidLinkBear.check_prerequisites())
+            m.head("http://www.google.com")
+            self.assertEqual(InvalidLinkBear.check_prerequisites(), True)