diff --git a/astropy_helpers/sphinx/ext/tests/test_automodapi.py b/astropy_helpers/sphinx/ext/tests/test_automodapi.py
index 1bdae0e59c5..ee415f8079c 100644
--- a/astropy_helpers/sphinx/ext/tests/test_automodapi.py
+++ b/astropy_helpers/sphinx/ext/tests/test_automodapi.py
@@ -6,7 +6,6 @@
 import pytest
 
 from . import *
-from ....tests import *
 from ....utils import iteritems
 
 pytest.importorskip('sphinx')  # skips these tests if sphinx not present
diff --git a/astropy_helpers/sphinx/ext/tests/test_automodsumm.py b/astropy_helpers/sphinx/ext/tests/test_automodsumm.py
index 26493b42420..cd8afa33ded 100644
--- a/astropy_helpers/sphinx/ext/tests/test_automodsumm.py
+++ b/astropy_helpers/sphinx/ext/tests/test_automodsumm.py
@@ -5,7 +5,6 @@
 import pytest
 
 from . import *
-from ....tests import *
 from ....utils import iteritems
 
 pytest.importorskip('sphinx')  # skips these tests if sphinx not present