diff --git a/spyder/plugins/ipythonconsole/utils/tests/test_spyder_kernel.py b/spyder/plugins/ipythonconsole/utils/tests/test_spyder_kernel.py
index 53a89c8f601..2f7df0dcc9a 100644
--- a/spyder/plugins/ipythonconsole/utils/tests/test_spyder_kernel.py
+++ b/spyder/plugins/ipythonconsole/utils/tests/test_spyder_kernel.py
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@
 from spyder.config.manager import CONF
 from spyder.py3compat import to_text_string
 from spyder_kernels_server.kernel_spec import get_kernel_spec
+from spyder.plugins.ipythonconsole.tests.conftest import ipyconsole
 
 
 @pytest.mark.parametrize('default_interpreter', [True, False])