diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index 4cf65ca7..de5b8a0c 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -5,6 +5,5 @@ go 1.13
 require (
 	github.com/golang/mock v1.4.4
 	github.com/google/go-cmp v0.5.2
-	github.com/stretchr/testify v1.4.0
 	golang.org/x/text v0.3.0
 )
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index 06c13689..1a327981 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -1,14 +1,7 @@
-github.com/davecgh/go-spew v1.1.0 h1:ZDRjVQ15GmhC3fiQ8ni8+OwkZQO4DARzQgrnXU1Liz8=
-github.com/davecgh/go-spew v1.1.0/go.mod h1:J7Y8YcW2NihsgmVo/mv3lAwl/skON4iLHjSsI+c5H38=
 github.com/golang/mock v1.4.4 h1:l75CXGRSwbaYNpl/Z2X1XIIAMSCquvXgpVZDhwEIJsc=
 github.com/golang/mock v1.4.4/go.mod h1:l3mdAwkq5BuhzHwde/uurv3sEJeZMXNpwsxVWU71h+4=
 github.com/google/go-cmp v0.5.2 h1:X2ev0eStA3AbceY54o37/0PQ/UWqKEiiO2dKL5OPaFM=
 github.com/google/go-cmp v0.5.2/go.mod h1:v8dTdLbMG2kIc/vJvl+f65V22dbkXbowE6jgT/gNBxE=
-github.com/pmezard/go-difflib v1.0.0 h1:4DBwDE0NGyQoBHbLQYPwSUPoCMWR5BEzIk/f1lZbAQM=
-github.com/pmezard/go-difflib v1.0.0/go.mod h1:iKH77koFhYxTK1pcRnkKkqfTogsbg7gZNVY4sRDYZ/4=
-github.com/stretchr/objx v0.1.0/go.mod h1:HFkY916IF+rwdDfMAkV7OtwuqBVzrE8GR6GFx+wExME=
-github.com/stretchr/testify v1.4.0 h1:2E4SXV/wtOkTonXsotYi4li6zVWxYlZuYNCXe9XRJyk=
-github.com/stretchr/testify v1.4.0/go.mod h1:j7eGeouHqKxXV5pUuKE4zz7dFj8WfuZ+81PSLYec5m4=
 golang.org/x/crypto v0.0.0-20190308221718-c2843e01d9a2/go.mod h1:djNgcEr1/C05ACkg1iLfiJU5Ep61QUkGW8qpdssI0+w=
 golang.org/x/net v0.0.0-20190311183353-d8887717615a/go.mod h1:t9HGtf8HONx5eT2rtn7q6eTqICYqUVnKs3thJo3Qplg=
 golang.org/x/sync v0.0.0-20190423024810-112230192c58/go.mod h1:RxMgew5VJxzue5/jJTE5uejpjVlOe/izrB70Jof72aM=
@@ -19,7 +12,3 @@ golang.org/x/tools v0.0.0-20190425150028-36563e24a262 h1:qsl9y/CJx34tuA7QCPNp86J
 golang.org/x/tools v0.0.0-20190425150028-36563e24a262/go.mod h1:RgjU9mgBXZiqYHBnxXauZ1Gv1EHHAz9KjViQ78xBX0Q=
 golang.org/x/xerrors v0.0.0-20191204190536-9bdfabe68543 h1:E7g+9GITq07hpfrRu66IVDexMakfv52eLZ2CXBWiKr4=
 golang.org/x/xerrors v0.0.0-20191204190536-9bdfabe68543/go.mod h1:I/5z698sn9Ka8TeJc9MKroUUfqBBauWjQqLJ2OPfmY0=
-gopkg.in/check.v1 v0.0.0-20161208181325-20d25e280405 h1:yhCVgyC4o1eVCa2tZl7eS0r+SDo693bJlVdllGtEeKM=
-gopkg.in/check.v1 v0.0.0-20161208181325-20d25e280405/go.mod h1:Co6ibVJAznAaIkqp8huTwlJQCZ016jof/cbN4VW5Yz0=
-gopkg.in/yaml.v2 v2.2.2 h1:ZCJp+EgiOT7lHqUV2J862kp8Qj64Jo6az82+3Td9dZw=
-gopkg.in/yaml.v2 v2.2.2/go.mod h1:hI93XBmqTisBFMUTm0b8Fm+jr3Dg1NNxqwp+5A1VGuI=
diff --git a/pkg/tag/tag.go b/pkg/tag/tag.go
index 7d49e77f..36f1db57 100644
--- a/pkg/tag/tag.go
+++ b/pkg/tag/tag.go
@@ -50,6 +50,11 @@ func (t Tag) Compare(other Tag) int {
 	return 0
 }
 
+// Equals returns true if this tag equals the provided tag.
+func (t Tag) Equals(other Tag) bool {
+	return t.Compare(other) == 0
+}
+
 // IsPrivate indicates if the input group is part of a private tag.
 func IsPrivate(group uint16) bool {
 	return group%2 == 1
diff --git a/read_test.go b/read_test.go
index ad9837f4..0bbcce5f 100644
--- a/read_test.go
+++ b/read_test.go
@@ -5,7 +5,6 @@ import (
 	"bytes"
 	"encoding/binary"
 	"errors"
-	"fmt"
 	"io"
 	"math/rand"
 	"strconv"
@@ -16,29 +15,49 @@ import (
 	"github.com/suyashkumar/dicom/pkg/dicomio"
 	"github.com/suyashkumar/dicom/pkg/frame"
 
-	"github.com/golang/mock/gomock"
 	"github.com/google/go-cmp/cmp"
-	"github.com/stretchr/testify/assert"
-	mock_dicomio "github.com/suyashkumar/dicom/mocks/pkg/dicomio"
 	"github.com/suyashkumar/dicom/pkg/tag"
 )
 
 func TestReadTag(t *testing.T) {
-	ctrl := gomock.NewController(t)
-	defer ctrl.Finish()
-
-	assert := assert.New(t)
-
-	m := mock_dicomio.NewMockReader(ctrl)
+	cases := []struct {
+		name    string
+		data    []byte
+		wantTag tag.Tag
+		wantErr error
+	}{
+		{
+			name:    "basic",
+			data:    buildTagData(t, tag.Rows),
+			wantTag: tag.Rows,
+			wantErr: nil,
+		},
+		{
+			name:    "custom",
+			data:    buildTagData(t, tag.Tag{0x0011, 0x0010}),
+			wantTag: tag.Tag{0x0011, 0x0010},
+			wantErr: nil,
+		},
+	}
 
-	first := m.EXPECT().ReadUInt16().Return(uint16(0x7FE0), nil)
-	m.EXPECT().ReadUInt16().Return(uint16(0x0010), nil).After(first)
+	for _, tc := range cases {
+		t.Run(tc.name, func(t *testing.T) {
+			data := bytes.NewBuffer(tc.data)
+			r, err := dicomio.NewReader(bufio.NewReader(data), binary.LittleEndian, int64(data.Len()))
+			if err != nil {
+				t.Errorf("TestReadTag: unable to create new dicomio.Reader")
+			}
 
-	retTag, err := readTag(m)
+			gotTag, err := readTag(r)
+			if err != tc.wantErr {
+				t.Errorf("TestReadTag: unexpected err. got: %v, want: %v", err, tc.wantErr)
+			}
 
-	assert.NoError(err)
-	fmt.Println(err)
-	assert.Equal(tag.PixelData, *retTag)
+			if !gotTag.Equals(tc.wantTag) {
+				t.Errorf("TestReadTag: unexpected output. got: %v, want: %v", gotTag, tc.wantTag)
+			}
+		})
+	}
 
 }
 
@@ -384,3 +403,16 @@ func buildReadNativeFramesInput(rows, cols, numFrames, samplesPerPixel int, b *t
 
 	return &dataset, r
 }
+
+func buildTagData(t *testing.T, tg tag.Tag) []byte {
+	t.Helper()
+	data := bytes.Buffer{}
+	if err := binary.Write(&data, binary.LittleEndian, tg.Group); err != nil {
+		t.Errorf("buildTagData: Unable to setup test buffer: %v", err)
+	}
+	if err := binary.Write(&data, binary.LittleEndian, tg.Element); err != nil {
+		t.Errorf("buildTagData: Unable to setup test buffer: %v", err)
+	}
+
+	return data.Bytes()
+}