diff --git a/cypress/integration/Moderation.ReportContent/somebody_reported_the_following_posts.js b/cypress/integration/Moderation.ReportContent/somebody_reported_the_following_posts.js
index e10c0675f..3ca39e6e6 100644
--- a/cypress/integration/Moderation.ReportContent/somebody_reported_the_following_posts.js
+++ b/cypress/integration/Moderation.ReportContent/somebody_reported_the_following_posts.js
@@ -1,5 +1,4 @@
 import { Given } from "cypress-cucumber-preprocessor/steps";
-import gql from 'graphql-tag'
 
 Given('somebody reported the following posts:', table => {
   table.hashes().forEach(({ submitterEmail, resourceId, reasonCategory, reasonDescription }) => {
@@ -10,7 +9,7 @@ Given('somebody reported the following posts:', table => {
     cy.factory()
       .build('user', {}, submitter)
       .authenticateAs(submitter)
-      .mutate(gql`mutation($resourceId: ID!, $reasonCategory: ReasonCategory!, $reasonDescription: String!) {
+      .mutate(`mutation($resourceId: ID!, $reasonCategory: ReasonCategory!, $reasonDescription: String!) {
         fileReport(resourceId: $resourceId, reasonCategory: $reasonCategory, reasonDescription: $reasonDescription) {
           reportId
         }
diff --git a/cypress/support/commands.js b/cypress/support/commands.js
index de09834e5..7d3738a3d 100644
--- a/cypress/support/commands.js
+++ b/cypress/support/commands.js
@@ -15,11 +15,10 @@
 /* globals Cypress cy */
 import "cypress-file-upload";
 import { GraphQLClient, request } from 'graphql-request'
-import gql from 'graphql-tag'
 import config from '../../backend/src/config'
 
 const authenticatedHeaders = (variables) => {
-  const mutation = gql`
+  const mutation = `
     mutation($email: String!, $password: String!) {
       login(email: $email, password: $password)
     }