diff --git a/tests/fakepatchtime.py b/tests/fakepatchtime.py
--- a/tests/fakepatchtime.py
+++ b/tests/fakepatchtime.py
@@ -1,7 +1,13 @@
 # extension to emulate invoking 'patch.internalpatch()' at the time
 # specified by '[fakepatchtime] fakenow'
 
-from mercurial import extensions, patch as patchmod, util
+from __future__ import absolute_import
+
+from mercurial import (
+    extensions,
+    patch as patchmod,
+    util,
+)
 
 def internalpatch(orig, ui, repo, patchobj, strip,
                   prefix='', files=None,
diff --git a/tests/test-check-py3-compat.t b/tests/test-check-py3-compat.t
--- a/tests/test-check-py3-compat.t
+++ b/tests/test-check-py3-compat.t
@@ -143,7 +143,6 @@
   mercurial/util.py not using absolute_import
   mercurial/windows.py not using absolute_import
   setup.py not using absolute_import
-  tests/fakepatchtime.py not using absolute_import
   tests/filterpyflakes.py not using absolute_import
   tests/filterpyflakes.py requires print_function
   tests/generate-working-copy-states.py not using absolute_import