diff --git a/fixtures.py b/fixtures.py
index d11810c0ca5f3c6c532624cb0f207c6a9a06b99f..10d0f453bfc2b7ff869dcfa34c67f955a2d1ed4b 100644
--- a/fixtures.py
+++ b/fixtures.py
@@ -92,16 +92,6 @@ def f_array(queue, *shape):
     ary = np.random.random_sample(shape).astype(np.float32).copy(order="F")
     return cl.array.to_device(queue, ary)
 
-def mult_mat_vec(ctx_factory, alpha, a, b):
-    queue = get_queue(ctx_factory)
-
-    c_dev = cl.array.empty(queue, 10, dtype=np.float32)
-
-    prg = with_root_kernel(get_weno_program(), "mult_mat_vec")
-    prg(queue, a=a, b=b, c=c_dev, alpha=alpha)
-
-    return c_dev.get()
-
 def compute_flux_derivatives(ctx_factory,
         nvars, ndim, nx, ny, nz,
         states, fluxes, metrics, metric_jacobians):
diff --git a/kernel_fixtures.py b/kernel_fixtures.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..d480a5d960088d7e086943992d35f8aeeb1c8dfe
--- /dev/null
+++ b/kernel_fixtures.py
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+import numpy as np
+import pyopencl as cl
+
+import fixtures
+
+def mult_mat_vec(ctx_factory, alpha, a, b):
+    queue = fixtures.get_queue(ctx_factory)
+
+    c_dev = cl.array.empty(queue, 10, dtype=np.float32)
+
+    prg = fixtures.with_root_kernel(fixtures.get_weno_program(), "mult_mat_vec")
+    prg(queue, a=a, b=b, c=c_dev, alpha=alpha)
+
+    return c_dev.get()
+
diff --git a/test.py b/test.py
index 7a8d40620a7b3e3c8e5cca2789875e8873d09e91..555e9539277e2276820efa507c0fb6803de8dcce 100644
--- a/test.py
+++ b/test.py
@@ -17,17 +17,19 @@ from pyopencl.tools import (  # noqa
 import fixtures
 import comparison_fixtures as compare
 import setup_fixtures as setup
+import kernel_fixtures as kernel
+
 
 def test_matvec(ctx_factory):
     a = setup.random_array(10, 10)
     b = setup.random_array(10)
 
-    c = fixtures.mult_mat_vec(ctx_factory, a=a, b=b, alpha=1.0)
+    c = kernel.mult_mat_vec(ctx_factory, a=a, b=b, alpha=1.0)
 
     compare.arrays(a@b, c)
 
 
-#@pytest.mark.skip("slow")
+@pytest.mark.skip("slow")
 def test_compute_flux_derivatives(ctx_factory):
     logging.basicConfig(level="INFO")