diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index 24686ec03..5a0c5b510 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -1918,7 +1918,6 @@ dependencies = [
  "debug_print",
  "gcd",
  "libc",
- "rand 0.8.4",
  "signal-hook",
  "tempfile",
  "uucore",
diff --git a/src/uu/dd/Cargo.toml b/src/uu/dd/Cargo.toml
index 6296b83ce..1a7905293 100644
--- a/src/uu/dd/Cargo.toml
+++ b/src/uu/dd/Cargo.toml
@@ -25,7 +25,6 @@ uucore = { version=">=0.0.7", package="uucore", path="../../uucore" }
 uucore_procs = { version=">=0.0.5", package="uucore_procs", path="../../uucore_procs" }
 
 [dev-dependencies]
-rand = "0.8"
 tempfile = "^3"
 
 [[bin]]
diff --git a/src/uu/dd/src/dd_unit_tests/mod.rs b/src/uu/dd/src/dd_unit_tests/mod.rs
index 019943e59..cb514e33d 100644
--- a/src/uu/dd/src/dd_unit_tests/mod.rs
+++ b/src/uu/dd/src/dd_unit_tests/mod.rs
@@ -5,7 +5,6 @@ mod conversion_tests;
 mod block_unblock_tests;
 mod conv_sync_tests;
 
-use rand::prelude::*;
 use std::io::prelude::*;
 use std::io::BufReader;
 use std::fs;
@@ -70,26 +69,6 @@ impl<R: Read> Read for LazyReader<R>
     }
 }
 
-struct FickleReader<R: Read>
-{
-    src: R,
-}
-
-impl<R: Read> Read for FickleReader<R>
-{
-    fn read(&mut self, mut buf: &mut [u8]) -> io::Result<usize>
-    {
-        if rand::random()
-        {
-            self.src.read(&mut buf)
-        }
-        else
-        {
-            Ok(0)
-        }
-    }
-}
-
 #[macro_export]
 macro_rules! icf (
     () =>
diff --git a/src/uu/dd/src/dd_unit_tests/sanity_tests.rs b/src/uu/dd/src/dd_unit_tests/sanity_tests.rs
index 8920ac04d..f423af212 100644
--- a/src/uu/dd/src/dd_unit_tests/sanity_tests.rs
+++ b/src/uu/dd/src/dd_unit_tests/sanity_tests.rs
@@ -252,46 +252,6 @@ make_io_test!(
     File::open("./test-resources/random-5828891cb1230748e146f34223bbd3b5.test").unwrap()
 );
 
-make_io_test!(
-    random_73k_test_fickle_fullblock,
-    "random-73k-test-fickle-fullblock",
-    Input {
-        src: FickleReader {
-            src: File::open("./test-resources/random-5828891cb1230748e146f34223bbd3b5.test").unwrap()
-        },
-        non_ascii: false,
-        ibs: 521,
-        xfer_stats: None,
-        count: None,
-        cflags: icf!(),
-        iflags: IFlags {
-            fullblock: true,
-            cio: false,
-            direct: false,
-            directory: false,
-            dsync: false,
-            sync: false,
-            nocache: false,
-            nonblock: false,
-            noatime: false,
-            noctty: false,
-            nofollow: false,
-            nolinks: false,
-            binary: false,
-            text: false,
-            count_bytes: false,
-            skip_bytes: false,
-        },
-    },
-    Output {
-        dst: DST_PLACEHOLDER,
-        obs: 1031,
-        cflags: DEFAULT_CFO,
-        oflags: DEFAULT_OFLAGS,
-    },
-    File::open("./test-resources/random-5828891cb1230748e146f34223bbd3b5.test").unwrap()
-);
-
 // Test internal buffer size fn
 #[test]
 fn bsize_test_primes()
diff --git a/src/uu/dd/src/parseargs/unit_tests.rs b/src/uu/dd/src/parseargs/unit_tests.rs
index 247d61250..9742bcdcb 100644
--- a/src/uu/dd/src/parseargs/unit_tests.rs
+++ b/src/uu/dd/src/parseargs/unit_tests.rs
@@ -2,7 +2,6 @@ use super::*;
 
 use crate::{
     build_dd_app,
-    IConvFlags, OConvFlags,
     StatusLevel,
 };
 
@@ -82,7 +81,7 @@ fn icf_ctable_error()
 
     let matches = build_dd_app!().get_matches_from_safe(args).unwrap();
 
-    let icf_parsed = parse_conv_flag_input(&matches).unwrap();
+    let _ = parse_conv_flag_input(&matches).unwrap();
 }
 
 #[test]
@@ -96,7 +95,7 @@ fn icf_case_error()
 
     let matches = build_dd_app!().get_matches_from_safe(args).unwrap();
 
-    let icf_parsed = parse_conv_flag_input(&matches).unwrap();
+    let _ = parse_conv_flag_input(&matches).unwrap();
 }
 
 #[test]
@@ -110,7 +109,7 @@ fn icf_block_error()
 
     let matches = build_dd_app!().get_matches_from_safe(args).unwrap();
 
-    let icf_parsed = parse_conv_flag_input(&matches).unwrap();
+    let _ = parse_conv_flag_input(&matches).unwrap();
 }
 
 #[test]
@@ -124,7 +123,7 @@ fn icf_creat_error()
 
     let matches = build_dd_app!().get_matches_from_safe(args).unwrap();
 
-    let icf_parsed = parse_conv_flag_output(&matches).unwrap();
+    let _ = parse_conv_flag_output(&matches).unwrap();
 }
 
 #[test]
diff --git a/tests/by-util/test_dd.rs b/tests/by-util/test_dd.rs
index 84d299aa1..de085bf11 100644
--- a/tests/by-util/test_dd.rs
+++ b/tests/by-util/test_dd.rs
@@ -92,14 +92,6 @@ fn build_ascii_block(n: usize) -> Vec<u8>
         .collect()
 }
 
-fn build_ebcdic_block(n: usize) -> Vec<u8>
-{
-    (0..=255)
-        .cycle()
-        .take(n)
-        .collect()
-}
-
 // Sanity Tests
 #[test]
 fn version()
@@ -357,7 +349,7 @@ fn test_noatime_does_not_update_ofile_atime()
 }
 
 #[test]
-fn test_nocreat_causes_failure_when_not_present()
+fn test_nocreat_causes_failure_when_outfile_not_present()
 {
     let fname = "this-file-does-not-exist.txt";
     assert_fixture_not_exists!(&fname);
@@ -367,6 +359,7 @@ fn test_nocreat_causes_failure_when_not_present()
         "conv=nocreat",
         of!(&fname),
     ])
+        .pipe_in("")
         .run();
 
     assert!(!fix.file_exists(&fname));