diff --git a/test/test_onnx.py b/test/test_onnx.py
index a63c2f09e16..ce0bc5c7b97 100644
--- a/test/test_onnx.py
+++ b/test/test_onnx.py
@@ -1,13 +1,6 @@
-# onnxruntime requires python 3.5 or above
-try:
-    # This import should be before that of torch
-    # see https://github.com/onnx/onnx/issues/2394#issuecomment-581638840
-    import onnxruntime
-except ImportError:
-    onnxruntime = None
-
 from common_utils import set_rng_seed, assert_equal
 import io
+import pytest
 import torch
 from torchvision import ops
 from torchvision import models
@@ -20,11 +13,13 @@
 from collections import OrderedDict
 from typing import List, Tuple
 
-import pytest
 from torchvision.ops._register_onnx_ops import _onnx_opset_version
 
+# In environments without onnxruntime we prefer to
+# invoke all tests in the repo and have this one skipped rather than fail.
+onnxruntime = pytest.importorskip("onnxruntime")
+
 
-@pytest.mark.skipif(onnxruntime is None, reason='ONNX Runtime unavailable')
 class TestONNXExporter:
     @classmethod
     def setup_class(cls):