diff --git a/test/test_pymbolic.py b/test/test_pymbolic.py
index 95182c741f8479884d7b9af9b5d70bf9bd6783be..fe7c8a395b1ad433395d9e0771f6b833ca74884f 100644
--- a/test/test_pymbolic.py
+++ b/test/test_pymbolic.py
@@ -481,8 +481,8 @@ def test_unifier():
 
 
 def test_long_sympy_mapping():
+    sp = pytest.importorskip("sympy")
     from pymbolic.interop.sympy import SympyToPymbolicMapper
-    import sympy as sp
     SympyToPymbolicMapper()(sp.sympify(int(10**20)))
     SympyToPymbolicMapper()(sp.sympify(int(10)))
 
diff --git a/test/test_sympy.py b/test/test_sympy.py
index f5d294a55e4efbe4e315e498eed3cebb4e89aa20..6f6ff69249ab2d7ad71620b59c166eac73dfe5ce 100644
--- a/test/test_sympy.py
+++ b/test/test_sympy.py
@@ -23,18 +23,6 @@ THE SOFTWARE.
 """
 
 import pytest
-
-from pymbolic.interop.sympy import (
-    SympyToPymbolicMapper, PymbolicToSympyMapper)
-
-try:
-    from pymbolic.interop.symengine import (
-        SymEngineToPymbolicMapper, PymbolicToSymEngineMapper)
-except ImportError:
-    # This will throw if SymEngine isn't installed.
-    pass
-
-
 import pymbolic.primitives as prim
 
 x_, y_ = (prim.Variable(s) for s in "x y".split())
@@ -70,13 +58,15 @@ def _test_to_pymbolic(mapper, sym, use_symengine):
 
 def test_symengine_to_pymbolic():
     sym = pytest.importorskip("symengine.sympy_compat")
+    from pymbolic.interop.symengine import SymEngineToPymbolicMapper
     mapper = SymEngineToPymbolicMapper()
 
     _test_to_pymbolic(mapper, sym, True)
 
 
 def test_sympy_to_pymbolic():
-    import sympy as sym
+    sym = pytest.importorskip("sympy")
+    from pymbolic.interop.sympy import SympyToPymbolicMapper
     mapper = SympyToPymbolicMapper()
 
     _test_to_pymbolic(mapper, sym, False)
@@ -106,13 +96,15 @@ def _test_from_pymbolic(mapper, sym, use_symengine):
 
 def test_pymbolic_to_symengine():
     sym = pytest.importorskip("symengine.sympy_compat")
+    from pymbolic.interop.symengine import PymbolicToSymEngineMapper
     mapper = PymbolicToSymEngineMapper()
 
     _test_from_pymbolic(mapper, sym, True)
 
 
 def test_pymbolic_to_sympy():
-    import sympy as sym
+    sym = pytest.importorskip("sympy")
+    from pymbolic.interop.sympy import PymbolicToSympyMapper
     mapper = PymbolicToSympyMapper()
 
     _test_from_pymbolic(mapper, sym, False)