diff --git a/spec/factories/go_module_commits.rb b/spec/factories/go_module_commits.rb
index e42ef6696d16b094490de833638d4880a22401df..514a55593445e6cfef9eebbdd7d71fa8a0d555e0 100644
--- a/spec/factories/go_module_commits.rb
+++ b/spec/factories/go_module_commits.rb
@@ -7,7 +7,12 @@
     transient do
       files { { 'foo.txt' => 'content' } }
       message { 'Message' }
+      # rubocop: disable FactoryBot/InlineAssociation
+      # We need a persisted project so we can create commits and tags
+      # in `commit` otherwise linting this factory with `build` strategy
+      # will fail.
       project { create(:project, :repository) }
+      # rubocop: enable FactoryBot/InlineAssociation
 
       service do
         Files::MultiService.new(
@@ -44,14 +49,13 @@
 
     trait :files do
       transient do
-        files { raise ArgumentError.new("files is required") }
         message { 'Add files' }
       end
     end
 
     trait :package do
       transient do
-        path { raise ArgumentError.new("path is required") }
+        path { 'pkg' }
         message { 'Add package' }
         files { { "#{path}/b.go" => "package b\nfunc Bye() { println(\"Goodbye world!\") }\n" } }
       end
@@ -64,7 +68,7 @@
         host_prefix { "#{::Gitlab.config.gitlab.host}/#{project.path_with_namespace}" }
 
         url { name ? "#{host_prefix}/#{name}" : host_prefix }
-        path { name.to_s + '/' }
+        path { "#{name}/" }
 
         files do
           {
diff --git a/spec/factories/go_module_versions.rb b/spec/factories/go_module_versions.rb
index b0a96197350a92eb8c039688a77e5550af628fbe..145e6c959216f0e895ef77009339564cc1c74b0a 100644
--- a/spec/factories/go_module_versions.rb
+++ b/spec/factories/go_module_versions.rb
@@ -8,12 +8,12 @@
       p = attributes[:params]
       s = Packages::SemVer.parse(p.semver, prefixed: true)
 
-      raise ArgumentError.new("invalid sematic version: '#{p.semver}''") if !s && p.semver
+      raise ArgumentError, "invalid sematic version: '#{p.semver}'" if !s && p.semver
 
       new(p.mod, p.type, p.commit, name: p.name, semver: s, ref: p.ref)
     end
 
-    mod { create :go_module }
+    mod { association(:go_module) }
     type { :commit }
     commit { mod.project.repository.head_commit }
     name { nil }
@@ -33,45 +33,11 @@
         mod.project.repository.tags
           .filter { |t| Packages::SemVer.match?(t.name, prefixed: true) }
           .map    { |t| Packages::SemVer.parse(t.name, prefixed: true) }
-          .max    { |a, b| "#{a}" <=> "#{b}" }
+          .max_by(&:to_s)
           .to_s
       end
 
       params { OpenStruct.new(mod: mod, type: :ref, commit: commit, semver: name, ref: ref) }
     end
-
-    trait :pseudo do
-      transient do
-        prefix do
-          # This provides a sane default value, but in reality the caller should
-          # specify `prefix:`
-
-          # This does not take into account that `commit` may be before the
-          # latest tag.
-
-          # Find 'latest' semver tag (does not actually use semver precedence rules)
-          v = mod.project.repository.tags
-            .filter { |t| Packages::SemVer.match?(t.name, prefixed: true) }
-            .map    { |t| Packages::SemVer.parse(t.name, prefixed: true) }
-            .max    { |a, b| "#{a}" <=> "#{b}" }
-
-          # Default if no semver tags exist
-          next 'v0.0.0' unless v
-
-          # Valid pseudo-versions are:
-          #   vX.0.0-yyyymmddhhmmss-sha1337beef0, when no earlier tagged commit exists for X
-          #   vX.Y.Z-pre.0.yyyymmddhhmmss-sha1337beef0, when most recent prior tag is vX.Y.Z-pre
-          #   vX.Y.(Z+1)-0.yyyymmddhhmmss-sha1337beef0, when most recent prior tag is vX.Y.Z
-
-          v = v.with(patch: v.patch + 1) unless v.prerelease
-          "#{v}.0"
-        end
-      end
-
-      type { :pseudo }
-      name { "#{prefix}#{commit.committed_date.strftime('%Y%m%d%H%M%S')}-#{commit.sha[0..11]}" }
-
-      params { OpenStruct.new(mod: mod, type: :pseudo, commit: commit, name: name, semver: name) }
-    end
   end
 end
diff --git a/spec/factories/go_modules.rb b/spec/factories/go_modules.rb
index fdbacf48d3b971acebec971600587a1f2a34cf67..ca7184a9194686ffc50c176186e294be94f99303 100644
--- a/spec/factories/go_modules.rb
+++ b/spec/factories/go_modules.rb
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
     initialize_with { new(attributes[:project], attributes[:name], attributes[:path]) }
     skip_create
 
-    project { create :project, :repository }
+    project { association(:project, :repository) }
 
     path { '' }
     name { "#{Settings.build_gitlab_go_url}/#{project.full_path}#{path.empty? ? '' : '/'}#{path}" }
diff --git a/spec/factories_spec.rb b/spec/factories_spec.rb
index edce92d194802b2006bf6fa899125befc80fe698..56d643d0cc9598188a8a118c6a756f10b3ad0997 100644
--- a/spec/factories_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/factories_spec.rb
@@ -18,9 +18,6 @@ def skipped_traits
       [:ci_job_artifact, :gzip],
       [:ci_job_artifact, :correct_checksum],
       [:environment, :non_playable],
-      [:go_module_commit, :files],
-      [:go_module_commit, :package],
-      [:go_module_version, :pseudo],
       [:composer_cache_file, :object_storage],
       [:debian_project_component_file, :object_storage],
       [:debian_project_distribution, :object_storage],