diff --git a/ui/src/Components/ManagedSilence/DeleteSilence.test.tsx b/ui/src/Components/ManagedSilence/DeleteSilence.test.tsx
index c2d9e0d7d..67265de66 100644
--- a/ui/src/Components/ManagedSilence/DeleteSilence.test.tsx
+++ b/ui/src/Components/ManagedSilence/DeleteSilence.test.tsx
@@ -7,12 +7,14 @@ import { advanceTo, clear } from "jest-date-mock";
 
 import { MockSilence } from "__fixtures__/Alerts";
 import { PressKey } from "__fixtures__/PressKey";
+import { useFetchDelete } from "Hooks/useFetchDelete";
 import { APISilenceT } from "Models/APITypes";
 import { AlertStore } from "Stores/AlertStore";
 import { SilenceFormStore } from "Stores/SilenceFormStore";
-import { useFetchDelete } from "__mocks__/Hooks/useFetchDelete";
 import { DeleteSilence, DeleteSilenceModalContent } from "./DeleteSilence";
 
+jest.mock("Hooks/useFetchDelete");
+
 let alertStore: AlertStore;
 let silenceFormStore: SilenceFormStore;
 let cluster: string;
@@ -48,8 +50,9 @@ beforeEach(() => {
 });
 
 afterEach(() => {
+  (useFetchDelete as jest.MockedFunction<typeof useFetchDelete>).mockClear();
+
   jest.restoreAllMocks();
-  useFetchDelete.mockReset();
   clear();
   document.body.className = "";
 });
@@ -142,19 +145,33 @@ describe("<DeleteSilenceModalContent />", () => {
   });
 
   it("sends a DELETE request after clicking 'Confirm' button", () => {
+    (useFetchDelete as jest.MockedFunction<
+      typeof useFetchDelete
+    >).mockReturnValue({ response: "success", error: null, isDeleting: false });
+
     const tree = MountedDeleteSilenceModalContent();
     tree.find(".btn-danger").simulate("click");
 
-    expect(useFetchDelete.mock.calls[0][0]).toBe(
+    expect(
+      (useFetchDelete as jest.MockedFunction<typeof useFetchDelete>).mock
+        .calls[0][0]
+    ).toBe(
       "http://localhost:9093/api/v2/silence/04d37636-2350-4878-b382-e0b50353230f"
     );
-    expect(useFetchDelete.mock.calls[0][1]).toMatchObject({
+    expect(
+      (useFetchDelete as jest.MockedFunction<typeof useFetchDelete>).mock
+        .calls[0][1]
+    ).toMatchObject({
       headers: {},
       credentials: "include",
     });
   });
 
   it("sends headers from alertmanager config", () => {
+    (useFetchDelete as jest.MockedFunction<
+      typeof useFetchDelete
+    >).mockReturnValue({ response: "success", error: null, isDeleting: false });
+
     alertStore.data.upstreams.instances[0].headers = {
       Authorization: "Basic ***",
     };
@@ -162,31 +179,62 @@ describe("<DeleteSilenceModalContent />", () => {
     const tree = MountedDeleteSilenceModalContent();
     tree.find(".btn-danger").simulate("click");
 
-    expect(useFetchDelete.mock.calls[0][0]).toBe(
+    expect(
+      (useFetchDelete as jest.MockedFunction<typeof useFetchDelete>).mock
+        .calls[0][0]
+    ).toBe(
       "http://localhost:9093/api/v2/silence/04d37636-2350-4878-b382-e0b50353230f"
     );
-    expect(useFetchDelete.mock.calls[0][1]).toMatchObject({
+    expect(
+      (useFetchDelete as jest.MockedFunction<typeof useFetchDelete>).mock
+        .calls[0][1]
+    ).toMatchObject({
       credentials: "include",
       headers: { Authorization: "Basic ***" },
     });
   });
 
   it("uses CORS credentials from alertmanager config", () => {
+    (useFetchDelete as jest.MockedFunction<
+      typeof useFetchDelete
+    >).mockReturnValue({ response: "success", error: null, isDeleting: false });
+
     alertStore.data.upstreams.instances[0].corsCredentials = "omit";
 
     const tree = MountedDeleteSilenceModalContent();
     tree.find(".btn-danger").simulate("click");
 
-    expect(useFetchDelete.mock.calls[0][0]).toBe(
+    expect(
+      (useFetchDelete as jest.MockedFunction<typeof useFetchDelete>).mock
+        .calls[0][0]
+    ).toBe(
       "http://localhost:9093/api/v2/silence/04d37636-2350-4878-b382-e0b50353230f"
     );
-    expect(useFetchDelete.mock.calls[0][1]).toMatchObject({
+    expect(
+      (useFetchDelete as jest.MockedFunction<typeof useFetchDelete>).mock
+        .calls[0][1]
+    ).toMatchObject({
       credentials: "omit",
       headers: {},
     });
   });
 
+  it("renders ProgressMessage while awaiting response status", () => {
+    (useFetchDelete as jest.MockedFunction<
+      typeof useFetchDelete
+    >).mockReturnValue({ response: null, error: null, isDeleting: true });
+
+    const tree = MountedDeleteSilenceModalContent();
+    tree.find(".btn-danger").simulate("click");
+
+    expect(tree.find("ProgressMessage")).toHaveLength(1);
+  });
+
   it("renders SuccessMessage on successful response status", () => {
+    (useFetchDelete as jest.MockedFunction<
+      typeof useFetchDelete
+    >).mockReturnValue({ response: "success", error: null, isDeleting: false });
+
     const tree = MountedDeleteSilenceModalContent();
     tree.find(".btn-danger").simulate("click");
 
@@ -194,7 +242,9 @@ describe("<DeleteSilenceModalContent />", () => {
   });
 
   it("renders ErrorMessage on failed delete fetch request", () => {
-    useFetchDelete.mockReturnValue({
+    (useFetchDelete as jest.MockedFunction<
+      typeof useFetchDelete
+    >).mockReturnValue({
       response: null,
       error: "failed",
       isDeleting: false,
@@ -207,7 +257,9 @@ describe("<DeleteSilenceModalContent />", () => {
   });
 
   it("'Retry' button is present after failed delete", () => {
-    useFetchDelete.mockReturnValue({
+    (useFetchDelete as jest.MockedFunction<
+      typeof useFetchDelete
+    >).mockReturnValue({
       response: null,
       error: "fake error",
       isDeleting: false,
@@ -220,6 +272,10 @@ describe("<DeleteSilenceModalContent />", () => {
   });
 
   it("'Retry' button is not present after successful delete", () => {
+    (useFetchDelete as jest.MockedFunction<
+      typeof useFetchDelete
+    >).mockReturnValue({ response: "success", error: null, isDeleting: false });
+
     const tree = MountedDeleteSilenceModalContent();
     tree.find(".btn-danger").simulate("click");
 
@@ -227,7 +283,9 @@ describe("<DeleteSilenceModalContent />", () => {
   });
 
   it("Clicking 'Retry' button triggers new delete", () => {
-    useFetchDelete.mockReturnValue({
+    (useFetchDelete as jest.MockedFunction<
+      typeof useFetchDelete
+    >).mockReturnValue({
       response: null,
       error: "fake error",
       isDeleting: false,
diff --git a/ui/src/Components/PaginatedAlertList/index.test.tsx b/ui/src/Components/PaginatedAlertList/index.test.tsx
index 077923e3e..d67fcc9f4 100644
--- a/ui/src/Components/PaginatedAlertList/index.test.tsx
+++ b/ui/src/Components/PaginatedAlertList/index.test.tsx
@@ -8,7 +8,6 @@ import { useFetchGetMock } from "__fixtures__/useFetchGet";
 import { EmptyAPIResponse } from "__fixtures__/Fetch";
 import { AlertStore } from "Stores/AlertStore";
 import { useFetchGet } from "Hooks/useFetchGet";
-import { useFetchDelete } from "__mocks__/Hooks/useFetchDelete";
 import { PaginatedAlertList } from ".";
 
 let alertStore: AlertStore;
@@ -41,7 +40,6 @@ beforeEach(() => {
 
 afterEach(() => {
   jest.restoreAllMocks();
-  useFetchDelete.mockReset();
   clear();
   document.body.className = "";
 });
diff --git a/ui/src/Hooks/useFetchDelete.ts b/ui/src/Hooks/useFetchDelete.ts
index f97442bbd..c3a1eb570 100644
--- a/ui/src/Hooks/useFetchDelete.ts
+++ b/ui/src/Hooks/useFetchDelete.ts
@@ -4,17 +4,19 @@ import merge from "lodash.merge";
 
 import { CommonOptions } from "Common/Fetch";
 
-type useFetchDeleteDepsT = string[] | number[];
+export type useFetchDeleteDepsT = string[] | number[];
+
+export interface ResponseStateT {
+  response: null | string;
+  error: null | string;
+  isDeleting: boolean;
+}
 
 const useFetchDelete = (
   uri: string,
   options: RequestInit,
   deps: useFetchDeleteDepsT = []
-): {
-  response: null | string;
-  error: null | string;
-  isDeleting: boolean;
-} => {
+): ResponseStateT => {
   const [response, setResponse] = useState<string | null>(null);
   const [error, setError] = useState<string | null>(null);
   const [isDeleting, setIsDeleting] = useState<boolean>(true);
diff --git a/ui/src/Hooks/useFetchGet.test.tsx b/ui/src/Hooks/useFetchGet.test.tsx
index 1ab48215b..62ea95f03 100644
--- a/ui/src/Hooks/useFetchGet.test.tsx
+++ b/ui/src/Hooks/useFetchGet.test.tsx
@@ -375,7 +375,7 @@ describe("useFetchGet", () => {
     FetchRetryConfig.retries = 0;
 
     let tree: any = false;
-    const fetcher = jest.fn(() =>
+    const fetcher = (): Promise<Response> =>
       Promise.resolve({
         headers: {
           get: () => "text/plain",
@@ -384,8 +384,7 @@ describe("useFetchGet", () => {
           tree.unmount();
           return "ok";
         },
-      })
-    );
+      } as any);
     jest.useRealTimers();
 
     const Component = () => {
diff --git a/ui/src/Hooks/useFetchGet.ts b/ui/src/Hooks/useFetchGet.ts
index 9a62e0291..93a513418 100644
--- a/ui/src/Hooks/useFetchGet.ts
+++ b/ui/src/Hooks/useFetchGet.ts
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ import promiseRetry from "promise-retry";
 
 import { CommonOptions, FetchRetryConfig } from "Common/Fetch";
 
-type FetchFunctionT = (request: RequestInfo) => Promise<Response>;
+export type FetchFunctionT = (request: RequestInfo) => Promise<Response>;
 
 export interface FetchGetOptionsT {
   autorun?: boolean;
diff --git a/ui/src/__mocks__/Hooks/useFetchDelete.ts b/ui/src/__mocks__/Hooks/useFetchDelete.ts
deleted file mode 100644
index b908974a4..000000000
--- a/ui/src/__mocks__/Hooks/useFetchDelete.ts
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,24 +0,0 @@
-import { useState, useEffect } from "react";
-
-const Mock = (uri: string, options: RequestInit, deps: any[] = []) => {
-  const [response, setResponse] = useState(null as null | string);
-  const [error] = useState(null as null | string);
-  const [isDeleting, setIsDeleting] = useState<boolean>(true);
-
-  useEffect(() => {
-    setResponse("success");
-    setIsDeleting(false);
-    // eslint doesn't like ...deps
-    // eslint-disable-next-line
-  }, [uri, options, ...deps]);
-
-  return { response, error, isDeleting };
-};
-
-const useFetchDelete = jest.fn(Mock);
-(useFetchDelete as any).mockReset = () => {
-  useFetchDelete.mockClear();
-  useFetchDelete.mockImplementation(Mock);
-};
-
-export { useFetchDelete };