diff --git a/tests/conftest.py b/tests/conftest.py
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..f254045c5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/conftest.py
@@ -0,0 +1,41 @@
+# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
+# Copyright (C) 2004-2005 Tristan Seligmann and Jonathan Jacobs
+# Copyright (C) 2012-2014 Bastian Kleineidam
+# Copyright (C) 2014-2016 Tobias Gruetzmacher
+
+import re
+import operator
+import os
+
+from dosagelib import scraper
+
+
+def get_test_scrapers():
+    """Return scrapers that should be tested."""
+    if "TESTALL" in os.environ:
+        # test all comics (this will take some time)
+        scrapers = scraper.get_scrapers()
+    else:
+        if 'TESTCOMICS' in os.environ:
+            scraper_pattern = re.compile(os.environ['TESTCOMICS'])
+        else:
+            # Get limited number of scraper tests on Travis builds to make it
+            # faster
+            testscrapernames = [
+                    'AbstruseGoose',
+                    'GoComics/CalvinAndHobbes',
+                    'xkcd'
+            ]
+            scraper_pattern = re.compile('|'.join(testscrapernames))
+
+        scrapers = [
+            scraperobj for scraperobj in scraper.get_scrapers()
+            if scraper_pattern.match(scraperobj.name)
+        ]
+    return scrapers
+
+
+def pytest_generate_tests(metafunc):
+    if 'scraperobj' in metafunc.fixturenames:
+        metafunc.parametrize('scraperobj', get_test_scrapers(),
+                             ids=operator.attrgetter('name'))
diff --git a/tests/test_comics.py b/tests/test_comics.py
index 7cfc643d3..d13d9e485 100644
--- a/tests/test_comics.py
+++ b/tests/test_comics.py
@@ -5,13 +5,11 @@
 
 import re
 import os
-import operator
 import multiprocessing
 try:
     from urllib.parse import urlsplit
 except ImportError:
     from urlparse import urlsplit
-from dosagelib import scraper
 
 
 def get_host(url):
@@ -119,34 +117,3 @@ def _check_stripurl(strip, scraperobj):
     err = 'strip URL %r does not match stripUrl pattern %s' % (
             strip.stripUrl, urlmatch)
     assert mo is not None, err
-
-
-def get_test_scrapers():
-    """Return scrapers that should be tested."""
-    if "TESTALL" in os.environ:
-        # test all comics (this will take some time)
-        scrapers = scraper.get_scrapers()
-    else:
-        if 'TESTCOMICS' in os.environ:
-            scraper_pattern = re.compile(os.environ['TESTCOMICS'])
-        else:
-            # Get limited number of scraper tests on Travis builds to make it
-            # faster
-            testscrapernames = [
-                    'AbstruseGoose',
-                    'GoComics/CalvinAndHobbes',
-                    'xkcd'
-            ]
-            scraper_pattern = re.compile('|'.join(testscrapernames))
-
-        scrapers = [
-            scraperobj for scraperobj in scraper.get_scrapers()
-            if scraper_pattern.match(scraperobj.name)
-        ]
-    return scrapers
-
-
-def pytest_generate_tests(metafunc):
-    if 'scraperobj' in metafunc.fixturenames:
-        metafunc.parametrize('scraperobj', get_test_scrapers(),
-                             ids=operator.attrgetter('name'))