diff --git a/tests/mocks/createAPIResponse.ts b/tests/mocks/createAPIResponse.ts
index ec54ab630b..5a34ab1f34 100644
--- a/tests/mocks/createAPIResponse.ts
+++ b/tests/mocks/createAPIResponse.ts
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ import type {
   SearchResponses,
   SearchForFacetValuesResponse,
   RecommendResponse,
+  RecommendResponses,
 } from 'instantsearch.js';
 
 export const defaultRenderingContent: SearchResponse<any>['renderingContent'] =
@@ -88,14 +89,6 @@ export const createSFFVResponse = (
   ...args,
 });
 
-export const createRecommendResponse = (
-  requests: any[]
-): { results: Array<RecommendResponse<any>> } => {
-  return {
-    results: requests.map(createSingleSearchResponse),
-  } as unknown as { results: Array<RecommendResponse<any>> };
-};
-
 export const createSingleRecommendResponse = (
   subset: Partial<RecommendResponse<any>> = {}
 ): RecommendResponse<any> => {
@@ -127,3 +120,11 @@ export const createSingleRecommendResponse = (
     ...rest,
   };
 };
+
+export const createRecommendResponse = (
+  requests: any[]
+): RecommendResponses<any> => {
+  return {
+    results: requests.map(createSingleRecommendResponse),
+  };
+};
diff --git a/tests/mocks/createAlgoliaSearchClient.ts b/tests/mocks/createAlgoliaSearchClient.ts
index b715349514..3dbab976a3 100644
--- a/tests/mocks/createAlgoliaSearchClient.ts
+++ b/tests/mocks/createAlgoliaSearchClient.ts
@@ -27,27 +27,10 @@ type OverrideKeys<TTarget, TOptions> = TOptions extends Record<string, never>
   ? TTarget
   : Omit<TTarget, keyof TOptions> & TOptions;
 
-type IfAny<TTest, TFallback> = (0 extends 1 & TTest ? true : false) extends true
-  ? IfAny<TFallback, never>
-  : TTest;
-
-function ifActualFunction<TTest, TFallback>(
-  test: TTest,
-  fallback: TFallback
-): IfAny<TTest, TFallback> {
-  if (typeof test === 'function') {
-    return test as IfAny<TTest, TFallback>;
-  }
-  if (typeof fallback === 'function') {
-    return fallback as IfAny<TTest, TFallback>;
-  }
-  throw new Error('Neither test nor fallback is a function');
-}
-
-const algoliasearch = ifActualFunction(
-  namedConstructor,
-  defaultConstructor
-) as unknown as (appId: string, apiKey: string) => SearchClient;
+const algoliasearch = (namedConstructor || defaultConstructor) as unknown as (
+  appId: string,
+  apiKey: string
+) => SearchClient;
 
 export type MockSearchClient = OverrideKeys<
   SearchClient,