diff --git a/lib/spack/spack/test/audit.py b/lib/spack/spack/test/audit.py
index 18994fa88be..35029ab9449 100644
--- a/lib/spack/spack/test/audit.py
+++ b/lib/spack/spack/test/audit.py
@@ -114,7 +114,7 @@ def test_package_audits(packages, expected_errors, mock_packages):
         ),
     ],
 )
-def test_config_audits(config_section, data, failing_check):
+def test_config_audits(config_section, data, failing_check, mock_packages):
     with spack.config.override(config_section, data):
         reports = spack.audit.run_group("configs")
         assert any((check == failing_check) and errors for check, errors in reports)
diff --git a/var/spack/repos/builtin.mock/packages/openssl/package.py b/var/spack/repos/builtin.mock/packages/openssl/package.py
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..509b93d7feb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/var/spack/repos/builtin.mock/packages/openssl/package.py
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+# Copyright 2013-2024 Lawrence Livermore National Security, LLC and other
+# Spack Project Developers. See the top-level COPYRIGHT file for details.
+#
+# SPDX-License-Identifier: (Apache-2.0 OR MIT)
+
+from spack.package import *
+
+
+class Openssl(Package):
+    version("3.4.0")
+
+    #variant("internal-hwloc", default=False)
+    #variant("fabrics", values=any_combination_of("psm", "mxm"))
+
+    #depends_on("hwloc", when="~internal-hwloc")