def METHOD_NAME(check):
    """
    Disable the thread pool on the check instance
    """
    check.start_pool = MagicMock()
    check.pool = MagicMock(apply_async=lambda func, args: func(*args))
    check.pool._workq.qsize.return_value = 0
    check.pool.get_nworkers.return_value = 0
    return check