diff --git a/demoexporter/flows/root.go b/demoexporter/flows/root.go
index 5e2c78ed..a5221414 100644
--- a/demoexporter/flows/root.go
+++ b/demoexporter/flows/root.go
@@ -10,7 +10,6 @@ import (
 	"net"
 	"time"
 
-	"github.com/benbjohnson/clock"
 	"gopkg.in/tomb.v2"
 
 	"akvorado/common/daemon"
@@ -33,14 +32,10 @@ type Component struct {
 // Dependencies define the dependencies of the flows component.
 type Dependencies struct {
 	Daemon daemon.Component
-	Clock  clock.Clock
 }
 
 // New creates a new flows component.
 func New(r *reporter.Reporter, config Configuration, dependencies Dependencies) (*Component, error) {
-	if dependencies.Clock == nil {
-		dependencies.Clock = clock.New()
-	}
 	c := Component{
 		r:      r,
 		d:      &dependencies,
@@ -75,8 +70,8 @@ func (c *Component) Start() error {
 	}
 
 	sequenceNumber := uint32(1)
-	start := c.d.Clock.Now()
-	ticker := c.d.Clock.Ticker(time.Second)
+	start := time.Now()
+	ticker := time.NewTicker(time.Second)
 	errLogger := c.r.Sample(reporter.BurstSampler(time.Minute, 10))
 
 	c.t.Go(func() error {
diff --git a/demoexporter/flows/root_test.go b/demoexporter/flows/root_test.go
index 5472259f..30db12a8 100644
--- a/demoexporter/flows/root_test.go
+++ b/demoexporter/flows/root_test.go
@@ -11,96 +11,94 @@ import (
 	"net/netip"
 	"os"
 	"testing"
+	"testing/synctest"
 	"time"
 
-	"github.com/benbjohnson/clock"
-
 	"akvorado/common/daemon"
 	"akvorado/common/helpers"
 	"akvorado/common/reporter"
 )
 
 func TestReceiveFlows(t *testing.T) {
-	// UDP listener
-	receiver, err := net.ListenUDP("udp", &net.UDPAddr{
-		IP:   net.ParseIP("127.0.0.1"),
-		Port: 0,
-	})
-	if err != nil {
-		t.Fatalf("ListenUDP() error:\n%+v", err)
-	}
-	defer receiver.Close()
-
-	// Flow generator
-	r := reporter.NewMock(t)
-	mockClock := clock.NewMock()
-	config := DefaultConfiguration()
-	config.Target = receiver.LocalAddr().String()
-	config.Flows = []FlowConfiguration{
-		{
-			PerSecond:  1,
-			InIfIndex:  []int{10},
-			OutIfIndex: []int{20},
-			PeakHour:   21 * time.Hour,
-			Multiplier: 1,
-			SrcNet:     netip.MustParsePrefix("192.0.2.0/24"),
-			DstNet:     netip.MustParsePrefix("203.0.113.0/24"),
-			SrcAS:      []uint32{65201},
-			DstAS:      []uint32{65202},
-			SrcPort:    []uint16{443},
-			Protocol:   []string{"tcp"},
-			Size:       1400,
-		},
-	}
-	c, err := New(r, config, Dependencies{
-		Daemon: daemon.NewMock(t),
-		Clock:  mockClock,
-	})
-	if err != nil {
-		t.Fatalf("New() error:\n%+v", err)
-	}
-	mockClock.Set(time.Date(2022, 3, 15, 9, 14, 12, 0, time.UTC))
-	helpers.StartStop(t, c)
-	mockClock.Add(1 * time.Second)
-
-	receiver.SetReadDeadline(time.Now().Add(200 * time.Millisecond))
-	got := []nfv9Header{}
-	for {
-		payload := make([]byte, 9000)
-		_, err := receiver.Read(payload)
+	synctest.Test(t, func(t *testing.T) {
+		// UDP listener
+		receiver, err := net.ListenUDP("udp", &net.UDPAddr{
+			IP:   net.ParseIP("127.0.0.1"),
+			Port: 0,
+		})
 		if err != nil {
-			if errors.Is(err, os.ErrDeadlineExceeded) {
-				break
+			t.Fatalf("ListenUDP() error:\n%+v", err)
+		}
+		defer receiver.Close()
+
+		// Flow generator
+		r := reporter.NewMock(t)
+		config := DefaultConfiguration()
+		config.Target = receiver.LocalAddr().String()
+		config.Flows = []FlowConfiguration{
+			{
+				PerSecond:  1,
+				InIfIndex:  []int{10},
+				OutIfIndex: []int{20},
+				PeakHour:   21 * time.Hour,
+				Multiplier: 1,
+				SrcNet:     netip.MustParsePrefix("192.0.2.0/24"),
+				DstNet:     netip.MustParsePrefix("203.0.113.0/24"),
+				SrcAS:      []uint32{65201},
+				DstAS:      []uint32{65202},
+				SrcPort:    []uint16{443},
+				Protocol:   []string{"tcp"},
+				Size:       1400,
+			},
+		}
+		c, err := New(r, config, Dependencies{
+			Daemon: daemon.NewMock(t),
+		})
+		if err != nil {
+			t.Fatalf("New() error:\n%+v", err)
+		}
+		helpers.StartStop(t, c)
+		time.Sleep(1 * time.Second)
+
+		receiver.SetReadDeadline(time.Now().Add(200 * time.Millisecond))
+		got := []nfv9Header{}
+		for {
+			payload := make([]byte, 9000)
+			_, err := receiver.Read(payload)
+			if err != nil {
+				if errors.Is(err, os.ErrDeadlineExceeded) {
+					break
+				}
+				t.Fatalf("Read() error:\n%+v", err)
+			}
+			header := nfv9Header{}
+			if err := binary.Read(bytes.NewBuffer(payload), binary.BigEndian, &header); err != nil {
+				t.Errorf("binary.Read() error:\n%+v", err)
+			} else {
+				got = append(got, header)
 			}
-			t.Fatalf("Read() error:\n%+v", err)
 		}
-		header := nfv9Header{}
-		if err := binary.Read(bytes.NewBuffer(payload), binary.BigEndian, &header); err != nil {
-			t.Errorf("binary.Read() error:\n%+v", err)
-		} else {
-			got = append(got, header)
+		if len(got) != 2 {
+			t.Errorf("Read() got %d packets, expected 2", len(got))
 		}
-	}
-	if len(got) != 2 {
-		t.Errorf("Read() got %d packets, expected 2", len(got))
-	}
-	// We only check the headers. Decoding is already tested in nfdata_test.go.
-	expected := []nfv9Header{
-		{
-			Version:        9,
-			Count:          4,
-			SystemUptime:   1,
-			UnixSeconds:    1647335653,
-			SequenceNumber: 1,
-		}, {
-			Version:        9,
-			Count:          1,
-			SystemUptime:   1,
-			UnixSeconds:    1647335653,
-			SequenceNumber: 2,
-		},
-	}
-	if diff := helpers.Diff(got, expected); diff != "" {
-		t.Fatalf("Read() (-got, +want):\n%s", diff)
-	}
+		// We only check the headers. Decoding is already tested in nfdata_test.go.
+		expected := []nfv9Header{
+			{
+				Version:        9,
+				Count:          4,
+				SystemUptime:   1,
+				UnixSeconds:    uint32(time.Now().Unix()),
+				SequenceNumber: 1,
+			}, {
+				Version:        9,
+				Count:          1,
+				SystemUptime:   1,
+				UnixSeconds:    uint32(time.Now().Unix()),
+				SequenceNumber: 2,
+			},
+		}
+		if diff := helpers.Diff(got, expected); diff != "" {
+			t.Fatalf("Read() (-got, +want):\n%s", diff)
+		}
+	})
 }