diff --git a/src/tribler-core/tribler_core/components/reporter/tests/test_exception_handler.py b/src/tribler-core/tribler_core/components/reporter/tests/test_exception_handler.py
index 01ae5006207..900c33dd6fd 100644
--- a/src/tribler-core/tribler_core/components/reporter/tests/test_exception_handler.py
+++ b/src/tribler-core/tribler_core/components/reporter/tests/test_exception_handler.py
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@
 
 from tribler_common.sentry_reporter import sentry_reporter
 from tribler_common.sentry_reporter.sentry_reporter import SentryReporter
+
 from tribler_core.components.reporter.exception_handler import CoreExceptionHandler
 
 pytestmark = pytest.mark.asyncio
diff --git a/src/tribler-core/tribler_core/tests/test_start_core.py b/src/tribler-core/tribler_core/tests/test_start_core.py
index 50221aadd16..035bafc7b19 100644
--- a/src/tribler-core/tribler_core/tests/test_start_core.py
+++ b/src/tribler-core/tribler_core/tests/test_start_core.py
@@ -2,7 +2,6 @@
 
 import pytest
 
-from tribler_core.components.reporter.exception_handler import CoreExceptionHandler
 from tribler_core.settings import ErrorHandlingSettings
 from tribler_core.start_core import start_tribler_core
 
@@ -24,11 +23,12 @@ class MockedProcessChecker(MagicMock):
 @patch('tribler_core.start_core.ProcessChecker', new=MockedProcessChecker())
 @patch('asyncio.get_event_loop', new=MagicMock())
 @patch('tribler_core.start_core.TriblerConfig.load')
-async def test_start_tribler_core_requires_user_consent(mocked_config):
+@patch('tribler_core.start_core.default_core_exception_handler')
+async def test_start_tribler_core_requires_user_consent(mocked_core_exception_handler, mocked_config):
     # test that CoreExceptionHandler sets `requires_user_consent` in regarding the Tribler's config
     class MockedTriblerConfig(MagicMock):
         error_handling = ErrorHandlingSettings(core_error_reporting_requires_user_consent=False)
 
     mocked_config.return_value = MockedTriblerConfig()
     start_tribler_core('.', 1, 'key', '.', False)
-    assert not CoreExceptionHandler.requires_user_consent
+    assert mocked_core_exception_handler.requires_user_consent == False