diff --git a/test/affprop.jl b/test/affprop.jl
index d51c3382..f218f50c 100644
--- a/test/affprop.jl
+++ b/test/affprop.jl
@@ -6,7 +6,6 @@ using Clustering
 using LinearAlgebra
 using Random, StableRNGs
 using Statistics
-include("test_helpers.jl")
 
 @testset "affinityprop() (affinity propagation)" begin
 
diff --git a/test/dbscan.jl b/test/dbscan.jl
index 492d4755..07a89ce9 100644
--- a/test/dbscan.jl
+++ b/test/dbscan.jl
@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 using Test
 using Clustering
 using Distances
-include("test_helpers.jl")
 
 @testset "dbscan() (DBSCAN clustering)" begin
 
diff --git a/test/kmedoids.jl b/test/kmedoids.jl
index a9f50d5f..4a649fc9 100644
--- a/test/kmedoids.jl
+++ b/test/kmedoids.jl
@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 using Test
 using Distances
 using Clustering
-include("test_helpers.jl")
 
 @testset "kmedoids() (k-medoids)" begin
 
diff --git a/test/runtests.jl b/test/runtests.jl
index 42301653..2e6a7894 100644
--- a/test/runtests.jl
+++ b/test/runtests.jl
@@ -6,6 +6,8 @@ using SparseArrays
 using StableRNGs
 using Statistics
 
+include("test_helpers.jl")
+
 tests = ["seeding",
          "kmeans",
          "kmedoids",