diff --git a/pytket/tests/__init__.py b/pytket/tests/__init__.py
deleted file mode 100644
index e69de29bb2..0000000000
diff --git a/pytket/tests/assertion_test.py b/pytket/tests/assertion_test.py
index ed953df01d..a957dda1d5 100644
--- a/pytket/tests/assertion_test.py
+++ b/pytket/tests/assertion_test.py
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@
 )
 
 from pytket.pauli import PauliStabiliser, Pauli
-from .simulator import TketSimShotBackend
+from simulator import TketSimShotBackend  # type: ignore
 
 
 def test_assertion_init() -> None:
diff --git a/pytket/tests/backend_test.py b/pytket/tests/backend_test.py
index 387044be4b..ec44b23481 100644
--- a/pytket/tests/backend_test.py
+++ b/pytket/tests/backend_test.py
@@ -34,8 +34,8 @@
 from pytket.backends.backend_exceptions import InvalidResultType, CircuitNotRunError
 from pytket.backends.status import CircuitStatus, StatusEnum
 
-from .strategies import outcomearrays, backendresults
-from .simulator import TketSimShotBackend, TketSimBackend
+from strategies import outcomearrays, backendresults  # type: ignore
+from simulator import TketSimShotBackend, TketSimBackend  # type: ignore
 
 
 def test_resulthandle() -> None:
diff --git a/pytket/tests/backendinfo_test.py b/pytket/tests/backendinfo_test.py
index 799f9f5ff1..c44a885651 100644
--- a/pytket/tests/backendinfo_test.py
+++ b/pytket/tests/backendinfo_test.py
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@
 from pytket.architecture import SquareGrid, RingArch, FullyConnected
 from pytket.circuit import OpType, Node
 
-import tests.strategies as st
+import strategies as st  # type: ignore
 
 
 def test_nodes() -> None:
diff --git a/pytket/tests/circuit_test.py b/pytket/tests/circuit_test.py
index 5c873dc45d..f9a3e1ea00 100644
--- a/pytket/tests/circuit_test.py
+++ b/pytket/tests/circuit_test.py
@@ -71,8 +71,8 @@
 import pytest  # type: ignore
 
 from hypothesis import given, settings
-import tests.strategies as st
-from tests.useful_typedefs import ParamType
+import strategies as st  # type: ignore
+from useful_typedefs import ParamType  # type: ignore
 
 curr_file_path = Path(__file__).resolve().parent
 
diff --git a/pytket/tests/classical_test.py b/pytket/tests/classical_test.py
index 2488b1325a..83c32c8954 100644
--- a/pytket/tests/classical_test.py
+++ b/pytket/tests/classical_test.py
@@ -68,7 +68,7 @@
 
 from pytket.passes import DecomposeClassicalExp, FlattenRegisters
 
-from .strategies import reg_name_regex, binary_digits, uint32
+from strategies import reg_name_regex, binary_digits, uint32  # type: ignore
 
 curr_file_path = Path(__file__).resolve().parent
 
diff --git a/pytket/tests/passes_serialisation_test.py b/pytket/tests/passes_serialisation_test.py
index 6da794f2ae..6c0b04b415 100644
--- a/pytket/tests/passes_serialisation_test.py
+++ b/pytket/tests/passes_serialisation_test.py
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@
     MultiGateReorderRoutingMethod,
     BoxDecompositionRoutingMethod,
 )
-from tests.useful_typedefs import ParamType
+from useful_typedefs import ParamType  # type: ignore
 
 
 def standard_pass_dict(content: Dict[str, Any]) -> Dict[str, Any]:
diff --git a/pytket/tests/predicates_test.py b/pytket/tests/predicates_test.py
index 7a06537650..d8ce02347e 100644
--- a/pytket/tests/predicates_test.py
+++ b/pytket/tests/predicates_test.py
@@ -86,7 +86,7 @@
 from sympy import Symbol
 from typing import Dict, Any, List, cast
 
-from tests.useful_typedefs import ParamType as Param
+from useful_typedefs import ParamType as Param  # type: ignore
 
 
 circ2 = Circuit(1)
diff --git a/pytket/tests/qubitpaulioperator_test.py b/pytket/tests/qubitpaulioperator_test.py
index 7dbd7c3e54..86d11e8912 100644
--- a/pytket/tests/qubitpaulioperator_test.py
+++ b/pytket/tests/qubitpaulioperator_test.py
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@
 from pytket.pauli import Pauli, QubitPauliString, pauli_string_mult
 from pytket.circuit import Qubit
 
-import tests.strategies as st
+import strategies as st  # type: ignore
 
 
 def test_QubitPauliOperator_addition() -> None:
diff --git a/pytket/tests/transform_test.py b/pytket/tests/transform_test.py
index 7d0ef6cd07..0957c438ae 100644
--- a/pytket/tests/transform_test.py
+++ b/pytket/tests/transform_test.py
@@ -59,7 +59,7 @@
 import json
 import pytest
 
-from .useful_typedefs import ParamType
+from useful_typedefs import ParamType  # type: ignore
 
 
 def get_test_circuit() -> Circuit:
diff --git a/pytket/tests/utils_test.py b/pytket/tests/utils_test.py
index 86e31a0695..7a45ec1bf7 100644
--- a/pytket/tests/utils_test.py
+++ b/pytket/tests/utils_test.py
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@
 import types
 from sympy import symbols  # type: ignore
 from typing import Any, Callable, Tuple, Dict, List
-from .simulator import TketSimShotBackend, TketSimBackend
+from simulator import TketSimShotBackend, TketSimBackend  # type: ignore
 
 
 def test_append_measurements() -> None: