diff --git a/frontend/src/components/common/application-error-alert/application-error-alert.spec.tsx b/frontend/src/components/common/application-error-alert/application-error-alert.spec.tsx
index d5a3fe40f..1f52e20cc 100644
--- a/frontend/src/components/common/application-error-alert/application-error-alert.spec.tsx
+++ b/frontend/src/components/common/application-error-alert/application-error-alert.spec.tsx
@@ -6,11 +6,8 @@
 
 import { render } from '@testing-library/react'
 import { ApplicationErrorAlert } from './application-error-alert'
-import type { AlertIconProps } from './alert-icon'
 
-jest.mock('./alert-icon', () => ({
-  AlertIcon: (props: AlertIconProps) => `This is a mock for "AlertIcon". Props: ${JSON.stringify(props)}`
-}))
+jest.mock('./alert-icon', () => require('../../../test-utils/mock-component').mockComponent('AlertIcon'))
 
 describe('ApplicationErrorAlert', () => {
   it('renders correctly', () => {
diff --git a/frontend/src/test-utils/mock-component.tsx b/frontend/src/test-utils/mock-component.tsx
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..c404c9711
--- /dev/null
+++ b/frontend/src/test-utils/mock-component.tsx
@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+/*
+ * SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2023 The HedgeDoc developers (see AUTHORS file)
+ *
+ * SPDX-License-Identifier: AGPL-3.0-only
+ */
+import React from 'react'
+
+/**
+ * Provides a factory function for jest.mock to mock a React functional component.
+ * The component will be rendered as a span with a data-mock-component attribute
+ * containing the name of the component as well as all props and children passed to it.
+ *
+ * @param name The name of the component to mock.
+ * @return An object that contains the mocked component.
+ */
+export const mockComponent = (name: string) => ({
+  // eslint-disable-next-line react/display-name
+  [name]: ({ children, ...props }: React.PropsWithChildren) => (
+    <span data-mock-component={name} {...props}>
+      {children}
+    </span>
+  )
+})