diff --git a/tests/python/contrib/test_ethosu/test_identity_optimizer.py b/tests/python/contrib/test_ethosu/test_identity_optimizer.py
index 49bf0258101b3..551860007ec8f 100644
--- a/tests/python/contrib/test_ethosu/test_identity_optimizer.py
+++ b/tests/python/contrib/test_ethosu/test_identity_optimizer.py
@@ -19,7 +19,10 @@
 Test the identity optimizer pass that removes redundant identity
 operations from the microNPU codegen.
 """
-import numpy as np
+import pytest
+
+pytest.importorskip("ethosu.vela")
+
 import tensorflow as tf
 
 import tvm