diff --git a/lib/spack/spack/test/__init__.py b/lib/spack/spack/test/__init__.py
index c6a371fd0d..0eda667abc 100644
--- a/lib/spack/spack/test/__init__.py
+++ b/lib/spack/spack/test/__init__.py
@@ -30,9 +30,6 @@
 
 import spack
 
-import spack.test.install
-
-
 """Names of tests to be included in Spack's test suite"""
 test_names = ['versions',
               'url_parse',