Remove unittest reliance on optional dependencies

[ESadek-MO]

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[ESadek-MO]

This can be reviewed, all changes are for this, but I messed up branch management so will either need a rebase or a copy over

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✅ All modified and coverable lines are covered by tests.
✅ Project coverage is 90.12%. Comparing base (043b0bc) to head (95d6960).
⚠️ Report is 20 commits behind head on main.

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##             main    #6976      +/-   ##
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+ Coverage   90.11%   90.12%   +0.01%     
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  Files          91       91              
  Lines       24912    24951      +39     
  Branches     4675     4683       +8     
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+ Hits        22449    22488      +39     
  Misses       1684     1684              
  Partials      779      779              

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[pp-mo]

There's been a bit of confusion with files that should have moved from unit to integration,
but the old place didn't get deleted.

Otherwise, looking pretty good !

[pp-mo]

More.
Not sure why it wouldn't let me add this one to the existing review, I'm sure it let me do that with the previous one ??

[ESadek-MO]

Also needs a whatsnew!

[trexfeathers]

Thanks @ESadek-MO, I'm satisfied that you have addressed all of @pp-mo's comments, and I've done a cursory check to make sure I personally understand what's going on. LGTM 👍

#6976 (review)