diff --git a/test/test_pytools.py b/test/test_pytools.py
index d4ceedbedfc15352ce4d7626041679ebc8347cd2..d73553d97c639516a937f56786ffd3840a2519b2 100644
--- a/test/test_pytools.py
+++ b/test/test_pytools.py
@@ -196,9 +196,6 @@ def test_diskdict():
 
 
 if __name__ == "__main__":
-    # make sure that import failures get reported, instead of skipping the tests.
-    import pyopencl  # noqa
-
     if len(sys.argv) > 1:
         exec(sys.argv[1])
     else: