diff --git a/spec/fixtures/files/hpitt_degree_import.csv b/spec/fixtures/files/hpitt_degree_import.csv
deleted file mode 100644
index 0cc615d457..0000000000
--- a/spec/fixtures/files/hpitt_degree_import.csv
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,2 +0,0 @@
-Provider trainee ID ,Region,First names,Middle names,Last names,Date of birth,Sex,Nationality,UK address: Line 1,UK address: Line 2,UK address: town or city,UK Address 1: Postcode,Outside UK address,Email,Ethnicity,Disabilities,Course level,Course education phase,Course age range,Course ITT subject 1,Course ITT subject 2,Course ITT Subject 3,Course study mode,Course ITT start date,Course Expected End Date,Trainee start date,Employing school URN ,Degree: country,Degree: subjects,Degree: UK degree types,Degree: UK awarding institution,Degree: UK grade,Degree: Non-UK degree types,Degree: graduation year
-A2,London,Adam,,Test,21/09/1997,Male,british,99 Lovely Road,,Oxford,OX41RG,,adam.test@gmail.com,"White - English, Scottish, Welsh, Northern Irish or British",Not provided,,Secondary,11 to 16,Mathematics,,,full-time,2022-09-09,31/07/2023,09/09/2022,131609,United Kingdom,"Philosophy, Politics, Economics",Bachelor of Arts,University of Oxford,Upper second-class honours (2:1),,2018
diff --git a/spec/services/degrees/create_from_csv_row_spec.rb b/spec/services/degrees/create_from_csv_row_spec.rb
index c33e84d511..de93aab6c5 100644
--- a/spec/services/degrees/create_from_csv_row_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/services/degrees/create_from_csv_row_spec.rb
@@ -9,12 +9,40 @@ module Degrees
     let(:trainee) { create(:trainee) }
     let(:degree) { trainee.degrees.first }
     let(:csv_row) do
-      CSV.read(
-        file_fixture("hpitt_degree_import.csv").to_path,
-        headers: true,
-        encoding: "ISO-8859-1",
-        header_converters: ->(f) { f&.strip },
-      ).first
+      { "Provider trainee ID" => "A2",
+        "Region" => "London",
+        "First names" => "Adam",
+        "Middle names" => nil,
+        "Last names" => "Test",
+        "Date of birth" => "21/09/1997",
+        "Sex" => "Male",
+        "Nationality" => "british",
+        "UK address: Line 1" => "99 Lovely Road",
+        "UK address: Line 2" => nil,
+        "UK address: town or city" => "Oxford",
+        "UK Address 1: Postcode" => "OX41RG",
+        "Outside UK address" => nil,
+        "Email" => "adam.test@gmail.com",
+        "Ethnicity" => "White - English, Scottish, Welsh, Northern Irish or British",
+        "Disabilities" => "Not provided",
+        "Course level" => nil,
+        "Course education phase" => "Secondary",
+        "Course age range" => "11 to 16",
+        "Course ITT subject 1" => "Mathematics",
+        "Course ITT subject 2" => nil,
+        "Course ITT Subject 3" => nil,
+        "Course study mode" => "full-time",
+        "Course ITT start date" => "2022-09-09",
+        "Course Expected End Date" => "31/07/2023",
+        "Trainee start date" => "09/09/2022",
+        "Employing school URN" => "131609",
+        "Degree: country" => "United Kingdom",
+        "Degree: subjects" => "Philosophy, Politics, Economics",
+        "Degree: UK degree types" => "Bachelor of Arts",
+        "Degree: UK awarding institution" => "University of Oxford",
+        "Degree: UK grade" => "Upper second-class honours (2:1)",
+        "Degree: Non-UK degree types" => nil,
+        "Degree: graduation year" => "2018" }
     end
 
     describe "#call" do