diff --git a/poetry.lock b/poetry.lock
index 0f51b9d66..f99db91e3 100644
--- a/poetry.lock
+++ b/poetry.lock
@@ -2934,25 +2934,6 @@ pygments = ">=2.7.2"
 [package.extras]
 dev = ["argcomplete", "attrs (>=19.2)", "hypothesis (>=3.56)", "mock", "requests", "setuptools", "xmlschema"]
 
-[[package]]
-name = "pytest-asyncio"
-version = "1.0.0"
-description = "Pytest support for asyncio"
-optional = false
-python-versions = ">=3.9"
-groups = ["dev"]
-files = [
-    {file = "pytest_asyncio-1.0.0-py3-none-any.whl", hash = "sha256:4f024da9f1ef945e680dc68610b52550e36590a67fd31bb3b4943979a1f90ef3"},
-    {file = "pytest_asyncio-1.0.0.tar.gz", hash = "sha256:d15463d13f4456e1ead2594520216b225a16f781e144f8fdf6c5bb4667c48b3f"},
-]
-
-[package.dependencies]
-pytest = ">=8.2,<9"
-
-[package.extras]
-docs = ["sphinx (>=5.3)", "sphinx-rtd-theme (>=1)"]
-testing = ["coverage (>=6.2)", "hypothesis (>=5.7.1)"]
-
 [[package]]
 name = "pytest-base-url"
 version = "2.1.0"
@@ -4184,4 +4165,4 @@ cffi = ["cffi (>=1.11)"]
 [metadata]
 lock-version = "2.1"
 python-versions = "^3.12.2"
-content-hash = "6f58a9c3cb0dd017d6f72710dd1a123b6d7b82f5fed1e001945dd8f5b8d83d8a"
+content-hash = "ea33d62bdc72a35f193155bb8b478aed1a2a3b84e1266d976f33705cff226fc1"
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 36dd78ebe..dfdcece91 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -90,7 +90,6 @@ moto = "*"
 pip-audit = "*"
 pre-commit = "^4.2.0"
 pytest = "^8.4.0"
-pytest-asyncio = "^1.0.0"
 pytest-env = "^1.1.3"
 pytest-mock = "^3.14.1"
 pytest-playwright = "^0.7.0"
diff --git a/tests/app/main/views/test_templates.py b/tests/app/main/views/test_templates.py
index 678645555..404d4b92b 100644
--- a/tests/app/main/views/test_templates.py
+++ b/tests/app/main/views/test_templates.py
@@ -1784,53 +1784,52 @@ def test_should_not_create_sms_template_with_emoji(
     assert mock_create_service_template.called is False
 
 
-# @pytest.mark.asyncio
-# @pytest.mark.parametrize(
-#     ("template_type", "expected_error"),
-#     [
-#         (
-#             "sms",
-#             (
-#                 "Please remove the unaccepted character 🍔 in your message, then save again"
-#             ),
-#         ),
-#     ],
-# )
-# async def test_should_not_update_sms_template_with_emoji(
-#     mocker,
-#     client_request,
-#     service_one,
-#     mock_get_service_template,
-#     mock_update_service_template,
-#     fake_uuid,
-#     template_type,
-#     expected_error,
-# ):
-#     service_one["permissions"] += [template_type]
-#     return mocker.patch(
-#         "app.service_api_client.get_service_template",
-#         return_value=template_json(
-#             SERVICE_ONE_ID,
-#             fake_uuid,
-#             type_=template_type,
-#         ),
-#     )
-#     page = client_request.post(
-#         ".edit_service_template",
-#         service_id=SERVICE_ONE_ID,
-#         template_id=fake_uuid,
-#         _data={
-#             "id": fake_uuid,
-#             "name": "new name",
-#             "template_content": "here's a burger 🍔",
-#             "service": SERVICE_ONE_ID,
-#             "template_type": template_type,
-#             "process_type": "normal",
-#         },
-#         _expected_status=200,
-#     )
-#     assert expected_error in page.text
-#     assert mock_update_service_template.called is False
+@pytest.mark.parametrize(
+    ("template_type", "expected_error"),
+    [
+        (
+            "sms",
+            (
+                "Please remove the unaccepted character 🍔 in your message, then save again"
+            ),
+        ),
+    ],
+)
+def test_should_not_update_sms_template_with_emoji(
+    mocker,
+    client_request,
+    service_one,
+    mock_get_service_template,
+    mock_update_service_template,
+    fake_uuid,
+    template_type,
+    expected_error,
+):
+    service_one["permissions"] += [template_type]
+    return mocker.patch(
+        "app.service_api_client.get_service_template",
+        return_value=template_json(
+            SERVICE_ONE_ID,
+            fake_uuid,
+            type_=template_type,
+        ),
+    )
+    page = client_request.post(
+        ".edit_service_template",
+        service_id=SERVICE_ONE_ID,
+        template_id=fake_uuid,
+        _data={
+            "id": fake_uuid,
+            "name": "new name",
+            "template_content": "here's a burger 🍔",
+            "service": SERVICE_ONE_ID,
+            "template_type": template_type,
+            "process_type": "normal",
+        },
+        _expected_status=200,
+    )
+    assert expected_error in page.text
+    assert mock_update_service_template.called is False
 
 
 @pytest.mark.parametrize(