diff --git a/testing/__init__.py b/testing/__init__.py
deleted file mode 100644
index 792d60054..000000000
--- a/testing/__init__.py
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-#
diff --git a/testing/path/svntestbase.py b/testing/path/svntestbase.py
index e28bb994a..8d94a9ca6 100644
--- a/testing/path/svntestbase.py
+++ b/testing/path/svntestbase.py
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 import sys
 import py
 from py._path import svnwc as svncommon
-from testing.path.common import CommonFSTests
+from common import CommonFSTests
 
 class CommonSvnTests(CommonFSTests):
 
diff --git a/testing/path/test_local.py b/testing/path/test_local.py
index 8aeb36ff3..15751281a 100644
--- a/testing/path/test_local.py
+++ b/testing/path/test_local.py
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 import py
 import sys
 from py.path import local
-from testing.path import common
+import common
 
 failsonjython = py.test.mark.xfail("sys.platform.startswith('java')")
 failsonjywin32 = py.test.mark.xfail("sys.platform.startswith('java') "
diff --git a/testing/path/test_svnauth.py b/testing/path/test_svnauth.py
index 15914551d..27a53c746 100644
--- a/testing/path/test_svnauth.py
+++ b/testing/path/test_svnauth.py
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 import py
-from testing.path import svntestbase
+import svntestbase
 from py.path import SvnAuth
 import time
 import sys
diff --git a/testing/path/test_svnurl.py b/testing/path/test_svnurl.py
index e6e226661..e3a3e96ab 100644
--- a/testing/path/test_svnurl.py
+++ b/testing/path/test_svnurl.py
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ import py
 from py._path.svnurl import InfoSvnCommand
 import datetime
 import time
-from testing.path.svntestbase import CommonSvnTests
+from svntestbase import CommonSvnTests
 
 def pytest_funcarg__path1(request):
     repo, repourl, wc = request.getfuncargvalue("repowc1")
diff --git a/testing/path/test_svnwc.py b/testing/path/test_svnwc.py
index 7b8c97666..82ff8f4c4 100644
--- a/testing/path/test_svnwc.py
+++ b/testing/path/test_svnwc.py
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ import py
 import os, sys
 from py._path.svnwc import InfoSvnWCCommand, XMLWCStatus, parse_wcinfotime
 from py._path import svnwc as svncommon
-from testing.path.svntestbase import CommonSvnTests
+from svntestbase import CommonSvnTests
 
 def test_make_repo(path1, tmpdir):
     repo = tmpdir.join("repo")