diff --git a/arraycontext/pytest.py b/arraycontext/pytest.py
index 6f63a6cfdc555bf423fefba434dfc56fc2c1e03a..e9614e1dc6539d750e2d286b5c991e93eeb883d7 100644
--- a/arraycontext/pytest.py
+++ b/arraycontext/pytest.py
@@ -251,6 +251,9 @@ def pytest_generate_tests_for_array_contexts(
 
         # }}}
 
+        # Sort the actx's so that parallel pytest works
+        arg_value_tuples = sorted(arg_value_tuples, key=lambda x: x.__str__())
+
         metafunc.parametrize(arg_names, arg_value_tuples, ids=ids)
 
     return inner
diff --git a/test/test_arraycontext.py b/test/test_arraycontext.py
index e9d9d5eb244238cfc32b2d84b776085b4de9ac38..1bfaef431e28552a76bbb72582507c8381795aed 100644
--- a/test/test_arraycontext.py
+++ b/test/test_arraycontext.py
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ from arraycontext import (
         ArrayContainer,)
 from arraycontext import (  # noqa: F401
         pytest_generate_tests_for_array_contexts,
-        _acf)
+        )
 from arraycontext.pytest import (_PytestPyOpenCLArrayContextFactoryWithClass,
                                  _PytestPytatoPyOpenCLArrayContextFactory)
 
diff --git a/test/test_utils.py b/test/test_utils.py
index e40dda193a7795559ff6070bfd2a85b2e8060b15..90b37528ff5da449d6fcefd6d80d6dc26ca90e4b 100644
--- a/test/test_utils.py
+++ b/test/test_utils.py
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ THE SOFTWARE.
 
 from arraycontext import (  # noqa: F401
         pytest_generate_tests_for_array_contexts,
-        _acf)
+        )
 
 import logging
 logger = logging.getLogger(__name__)