diff --git a/lib/cartopy/tests/mpl/test_images.py b/lib/cartopy/tests/mpl/test_images.py
index c698e0e59..14a99038a 100644
--- a/lib/cartopy/tests/mpl/test_images.py
+++ b/lib/cartopy/tests/mpl/test_images.py
@@ -13,16 +13,17 @@
 import pytest
 import shapely.geometry as sgeom
 
-from cartopy import config
-import cartopy.crs as ccrs
-import cartopy.io.img_tiles as cimgt
 from cartopy.tests.conftest import _HAS_PYKDTREE_OR_SCIPY
-import cartopy.tests.test_img_tiles as ctest_tiles
 
 
 if not _HAS_PYKDTREE_OR_SCIPY:
     pytest.skip('pykdtree or scipy is required', allow_module_level=True)
 
+from cartopy import config
+import cartopy.crs as ccrs
+import cartopy.io.img_tiles as cimgt
+import cartopy.tests.test_img_tiles as ctest_tiles
+
 
 NATURAL_EARTH_IMG = (config["repo_data_dir"] / 'raster' / 'natural_earth'
                      / '50-natural-earth-1-downsampled.png')
diff --git a/lib/cartopy/tests/test_img_tiles.py b/lib/cartopy/tests/test_img_tiles.py
index d92224ee7..0f57e4acb 100644
--- a/lib/cartopy/tests/test_img_tiles.py
+++ b/lib/cartopy/tests/test_img_tiles.py
@@ -13,6 +13,12 @@
 import pytest
 import shapely.geometry as sgeom
 
+from cartopy.tests.conftest import _HAS_PYKDTREE_OR_SCIPY
+
+
+if not _HAS_PYKDTREE_OR_SCIPY:
+    pytest.skip('pykdtree or scipy is required', allow_module_level=True)
+
 from cartopy import config
 import cartopy.crs as ccrs
 import cartopy.io.img_tiles as cimgt