diff --git a/python/tvm/testing/utils.py b/python/tvm/testing/utils.py
index b86596feed6b..8be5cc8ec471 100644
--- a/python/tvm/testing/utils.py
+++ b/python/tvm/testing/utils.py
@@ -404,6 +404,10 @@ def _get_targets(target_str=None):
         if target_kind == "cuda" and "cudnn" in tvm.target.Target(target).attrs.get("libs", []):
             is_enabled = tvm.support.libinfo()["USE_CUDNN"].lower() in ["on", "true", "1"]
             is_runnable = is_enabled and cudnn.exists()
+        elif target_kind == "hexagon":
+            is_enabled = tvm.support.libinfo()["USE_HEXAGON"].lower() in ["on", "true", "1"]
+            # If Hexagon has compile-time support, we can always fall back
+            is_runnable = is_enabled and "ANDROID_SERIAL_NUMBER" in os.environ
         else:
             is_enabled = tvm.runtime.enabled(target_kind)
             is_runnable = is_enabled and tvm.device(target_kind).exist
diff --git a/tests/python/contrib/test_hexagon/benchmark_hexagon.py b/tests/python/contrib/test_hexagon/benchmark_hexagon.py
index f17530c3efdc..979bd111707b 100644
--- a/tests/python/contrib/test_hexagon/benchmark_hexagon.py
+++ b/tests/python/contrib/test_hexagon/benchmark_hexagon.py
@@ -27,13 +27,7 @@
 
 import tvm.testing
 from tvm import te
-from tvm import relay
-from tvm.relay.backend import Executor, Runtime
-from tvm.contrib import utils, ndk
-from tvm.contrib.hexagon.build import HexagonLauncher
-import tvm.contrib.hexagon as hexagon
-
-from .conftest import requires_hexagon_toolchain
+from tvm.contrib.hexagon.build import HexagonLauncherRPC
 
 RPC_SERVER_PORT = 7070
 
@@ -47,8 +41,8 @@
 # server to bind to the same port until the wait time elapses.
 
 
-@requires_hexagon_toolchain
-def test_elemwise_add(android_serial_number, hexagon_launcher):
+@tvm.testing.requires_hexagon
+def test_elemwise_add(hexagon_launcher: HexagonLauncherRPC):
     """
     Starting with an elementwise-add computation, try various schedules / optimizations to
     see the impact they have on performance.
diff --git a/tests/python/contrib/test_hexagon/test_2d_physical_buffers.py b/tests/python/contrib/test_hexagon/test_2d_physical_buffers.py
index 9de55996b031..78e1eb11ad9f 100644
--- a/tests/python/contrib/test_hexagon/test_2d_physical_buffers.py
+++ b/tests/python/contrib/test_hexagon/test_2d_physical_buffers.py
@@ -19,8 +19,6 @@
 
 import contextlib
 import sys
-import tempfile
-import pathlib
 
 import pytest
 import numpy as np
@@ -272,6 +270,12 @@ def test_lower(self, schedule_args):
 
     @requires_hexagon_toolchain
     def test_build(self, schedule_args, target_host, input_layout, working_layout, output_layout):
+        """Testing build success/failure
+
+        * On Hexagon targets, build must succeed for both 1-d and 2-d memory.
+        * On non-Hexagon targets, build must succeed 1-d memory.
+        * On non-Hexagon targets, build must fail and report an error for 2-d memory.
+        """
         # contextlib.nullcontext wasn't added until python3.7, and the
         # CI currently runs on python3.6.  Therefore, using ExitStack
         # to manage an optional context instead.
@@ -292,7 +296,7 @@ def runtime_module(self, schedule_args, target_host):
 
         return tvm.build(*schedule_args, target=target_host)
 
-    @requires_hexagon_toolchain
+    @tvm.testing.requires_hexagon
     def test_execute(
         self,
         runtime_module,
diff --git a/tests/python/contrib/test_hexagon/test_launcher.py b/tests/python/contrib/test_hexagon/test_launcher.py
index 7dadc8f2f4ab..5c5e8f6c39f1 100644
--- a/tests/python/contrib/test_hexagon/test_launcher.py
+++ b/tests/python/contrib/test_hexagon/test_launcher.py
@@ -25,10 +25,8 @@
 from tvm.relay.backend import Executor, Runtime
 from tvm.contrib.hexagon.session import Session
 
-from .conftest import requires_hexagon_toolchain
 
-
-@requires_hexagon_toolchain
+@tvm.testing.requires_hexagon
 def test_add(hexagon_session: Session):
     dtype = "int8"
     A = tvm.te.placeholder((2,), dtype=dtype)
@@ -53,7 +51,7 @@ def test_add(hexagon_session: Session):
     assert (C_data.numpy() == np.array([6, 7])).all()
 
 
-@requires_hexagon_toolchain
+@tvm.testing.requires_hexagon
 def test_add_vtcm(hexagon_session: Session):
     dtype = "int8"
     A = tvm.te.placeholder((2,), dtype=dtype)
@@ -87,7 +85,7 @@ class TestMatMul:
     N = tvm.testing.parameter(32)
     K = tvm.testing.parameter(32)
 
-    @requires_hexagon_toolchain
+    @tvm.testing.requires_hexagon
     def test_matmul(self, hexagon_session, M, N, K):
         X = te.placeholder((M, K), dtype="float32")
         Y = te.placeholder((K, N), dtype="float32")
@@ -122,7 +120,7 @@ def test_matmul(self, hexagon_session, M, N, K):
         tvm.testing.assert_allclose(zt.numpy(), ztcpu.numpy(), rtol=1e-4)
 
 
-@requires_hexagon_toolchain
+@tvm.testing.requires_hexagon
 def test_graph_executor(hexagon_session: Session):
     dtype = "float32"
     data = relay.var("data", relay.TensorType((1, 64, 64, 3), dtype))
@@ -178,7 +176,7 @@ def test_graph_executor(hexagon_session: Session):
     tvm.testing.assert_allclose(hexagon_output, expected_output, rtol=1e-4, atol=1e-5)
 
 
-@requires_hexagon_toolchain
+@tvm.testing.requires_hexagon
 def test_graph_executor_multiple_conv2d(hexagon_session: Session):
     dtype = "float32"
     input_shape = (1, 8, 8, 3)
@@ -255,7 +253,7 @@ def test_graph_executor_multiple_conv2d(hexagon_session: Session):
     tvm.testing.assert_allclose(hexagon_output, expected_output, rtol=1e-4, atol=1e-5)
 
 
-@requires_hexagon_toolchain
+@tvm.testing.requires_hexagon
 def test_aot_executor(hexagon_session: Session, aot_host_target, aot_target):
     dtype = "float32"
     input_shape = (1, 128, 128, 3)
@@ -314,7 +312,7 @@ def test_aot_executor(hexagon_session: Session, aot_host_target, aot_target):
     tvm.testing.assert_allclose(hexagon_output, expected_output, rtol=1e-4, atol=1e-5)
 
 
-@requires_hexagon_toolchain
+@tvm.testing.requires_hexagon
 def test_aot_executor_multiple_conv2d(hexagon_session: Session, aot_host_target, aot_target):
     dtype = "float32"
     input_shape = (1, 8, 8, 3)
diff --git a/tests/python/contrib/test_hexagon/test_models.py b/tests/python/contrib/test_hexagon/test_models.py
index 649cc5b3f4dd..74f52f20d97c 100644
--- a/tests/python/contrib/test_hexagon/test_models.py
+++ b/tests/python/contrib/test_hexagon/test_models.py
@@ -24,8 +24,6 @@
 from tvm.relay.backend import Executor, Runtime
 from tvm.contrib.hexagon.session import Session
 
-from .conftest import requires_hexagon_toolchain
-
 
 def get_mobilenet():
     """Download and import mobilenet model with ONNX"""
@@ -38,7 +36,7 @@ def get_mobilenet():
     return onnx.load(model_path)
 
 
-@requires_hexagon_toolchain
+@tvm.testing.requires_hexagon
 def test_mobilenet(hexagon_session: Session):
     dtype = "float32"
     onnx_model = get_mobilenet()
@@ -88,7 +86,7 @@ def test_mobilenet(hexagon_session: Session):
 enable_usmp = tvm.testing.parameter(False, True)
 
 
-@requires_hexagon_toolchain
+@tvm.testing.requires_hexagon
 def test_mobilenet_aot(hexagon_session: Session, aot_host_target, aot_target, enable_usmp):
     if hexagon_session._launcher._serial_number == "simulator":
         pytest.skip(msg="Skip on simulator due to long runtime.")
diff --git a/tests/python/contrib/test_hexagon/test_run_unit_tests.py b/tests/python/contrib/test_hexagon/test_run_unit_tests.py
index 3a383d30e5f4..010c79b8f554 100644
--- a/tests/python/contrib/test_hexagon/test_run_unit_tests.py
+++ b/tests/python/contrib/test_hexagon/test_run_unit_tests.py
@@ -18,20 +18,21 @@
 import os
 import pytest
 import numpy as np
-from tvm.contrib.hexagon.build import HexagonLauncher
-from .conftest import requires_hexagon_toolchain
+
+import tvm
+from tvm.contrib.hexagon.session import Session
 
 
 # use pytest -sv to observe gtest output
 # use --gtest_args to pass arguments to gtest
 # for example to run all "foo" tests twice and observe gtest output run
 # pytest -sv <this file> --gtests_args="--gtest_filter=*foo* --gtest_repeat=2"
-@requires_hexagon_toolchain
+@tvm.testing.requires_hexagon
 @pytest.mark.skipif(
     os.environ.get("HEXAGON_GTEST") == None,
     reason="Test requires environment variable HEXAGON_GTEST set with a path to a Hexagon gtest version normally located at /path/to/hexagon/sdk/utils/googletest/gtest",
 )
-def test_run_unit_tests(hexagon_session, gtest_args):
+def test_run_unit_tests(hexagon_session: Session, gtest_args):
     try:
         func = hexagon_session._rpc.get_function("hexagon.run_unit_tests")
     except:
diff --git a/tests/python/contrib/test_hexagon/test_thread_pool.py b/tests/python/contrib/test_hexagon/test_thread_pool.py
index 8a35bff7e7c9..d95c4120b775 100644
--- a/tests/python/contrib/test_hexagon/test_thread_pool.py
+++ b/tests/python/contrib/test_hexagon/test_thread_pool.py
@@ -25,7 +25,6 @@
 import tvm.testing
 from tvm import te
 
-from .conftest import requires_hexagon_toolchain
 from tvm.script import tir as T
 
 
@@ -67,11 +66,8 @@ def benchmark_func(mod, name, args, hexagon_session):
     return evaluator(a, b, c, n).mean
 
 
-@requires_hexagon_toolchain
-def test_speedup(hexagon_session, capsys):
-    if hexagon_session is None:
-        pytest.skip(msg="Skip hardware test, ANDROID_SERIAL_NUMBER is not set.")
-
+@tvm.testing.requires_hexagon
+def test_speedup(hexagon_session: Session, capsys):
     target_hexagon = tvm.target.hexagon("v68", link_params=True)
     func = tvm.build(
         ElemwiseSumIRModule, target=tvm.target.Target(target_hexagon, host=target_hexagon)
@@ -85,11 +81,8 @@ def test_speedup(hexagon_session, capsys):
         print("... speedup of {:.2f}".format(serial_mean / parallel_mean), end=" ")
 
 
-@requires_hexagon_toolchain
+@tvm.testing.requires_hexagon
 def test_elemwise_sum_parallel(hexagon_session: Session):
-    if hexagon_session is None:
-        pytest.skip(msg="Skip hardware test, ANDROID_SERIAL_NUMBER is not set.")
-
     target_hexagon = tvm.target.hexagon("v68", link_params=True)
     func = tvm.build(
         ElemwiseSumIRModule, target=tvm.target.Target(target_hexagon, host=target_hexagon)
diff --git a/tests/python/contrib/test_hexagon/topi/test_batch_matmul.py b/tests/python/contrib/test_hexagon/topi/test_batch_matmul.py
index 2816322b6d43..093ce37e5efa 100644
--- a/tests/python/contrib/test_hexagon/topi/test_batch_matmul.py
+++ b/tests/python/contrib/test_hexagon/topi/test_batch_matmul.py
@@ -25,8 +25,8 @@
 from tvm.contrib.hexagon.session import Session
 import tvm.topi.testing
 from tvm.topi.utils import get_const_tuple
+from tvm.contrib.hexagon.session import Session
 
-from ..conftest import requires_hexagon_toolchain
 
 dtype = tvm.testing.parameter(
     "float32",
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ class TestMatMulFloat:
     )
 
     # TODO(mehrdadh): add dynamic testing
-    @requires_hexagon_toolchain
+    @tvm.testing.requires_hexagon
     def test_batch_matmul(self, hexagon_session: Session, x_batch, y_batch, M, N, K, dtype):
         if dtype == "float16":
             pytest.xfail("float16 is not supported.")
@@ -98,7 +98,7 @@ class TestMatMulInt8:
         (5, 1, 16, 16, 32),
     )
 
-    @requires_hexagon_toolchain
+    @tvm.testing.requires_hexagon
     def test_batch_matmul_int8(self, hexagon_session: Session, x_batch, y_batch, M, N, K):
         dtype = "int8"
         out_dtype = "int8"
diff --git a/tests/python/contrib/test_hexagon/topi/test_cache_read_write.py b/tests/python/contrib/test_hexagon/topi/test_cache_read_write.py
index bfb597f7b7f3..435ab7190752 100644
--- a/tests/python/contrib/test_hexagon/topi/test_cache_read_write.py
+++ b/tests/python/contrib/test_hexagon/topi/test_cache_read_write.py
@@ -21,8 +21,7 @@
 
 import tvm.testing
 from tvm import te
-
-from ..conftest import requires_hexagon_toolchain
+from tvm.contrib.hexagon.session import Session
 
 
 def intrin_mem_copy(shape, dtype, dst_scope, src_scope):
@@ -98,7 +97,7 @@ def verify(hexagon_session: Session, s, x, y, z, size):
     np.testing.assert_equal(zt.numpy(), ref)
 
 
-@requires_hexagon_toolchain
+@tvm.testing.requires_hexagon
 def test_cache_read_write(hexagon_session: Session):
     size = 128
     outer_shape = (size,)
@@ -140,7 +139,7 @@ def layout_transform_2d(n):
     return [n // 16, te.AXIS_SEPARATOR, n % 16]
 
 
-@requires_hexagon_toolchain
+@tvm.testing.requires_hexagon
 def test_cache_read_write_2d(hexagon_session: Session):
     size = 128
     outer_shape = (size,)
diff --git a/tests/python/contrib/test_hexagon/topi/test_conv2d_nchw.py b/tests/python/contrib/test_hexagon/topi/test_conv2d_nchw.py
index b3d6832ffaa9..7f530a5c4d80 100644
--- a/tests/python/contrib/test_hexagon/topi/test_conv2d_nchw.py
+++ b/tests/python/contrib/test_hexagon/topi/test_conv2d_nchw.py
@@ -27,8 +27,6 @@
 from tvm.topi.utils import get_const_tuple
 from tvm.topi.nn.utils import get_pad_tuple
 
-from ..conftest import requires_hexagon_toolchain
-
 
 dtype = tvm.testing.parameter("float32")
 random_seed = tvm.testing.parameter(0)
@@ -91,7 +89,7 @@ class BaseConv2DTests:
     dilation = tvm.testing.parameter(1)
     batch = tvm.testing.parameter(1)
 
-    @requires_hexagon_toolchain
+    @tvm.testing.requires_hexagon
     def test_conv2d_nchw(
         self,
         hexagon_session: Session,
diff --git a/tests/python/contrib/test_hexagon/topi/test_conv2d_nhwc.py b/tests/python/contrib/test_hexagon/topi/test_conv2d_nhwc.py
index 30b54d51348d..74a3f8dafa3e 100644
--- a/tests/python/contrib/test_hexagon/topi/test_conv2d_nhwc.py
+++ b/tests/python/contrib/test_hexagon/topi/test_conv2d_nhwc.py
@@ -25,9 +25,6 @@
 from tvm.contrib.hexagon.session import Session
 import tvm.topi.testing
 from tvm.topi.utils import get_const_tuple
-from tvm.topi.nn.utils import get_pad_tuple
-
-from ..conftest import requires_hexagon_toolchain
 
 dtype = tvm.testing.parameter("float32")
 
@@ -46,7 +43,7 @@ def ref_data(dtype, batch, in_channel, in_size, num_filter, kernel, stride, padd
 
 
 class BaseConv2DTests:
-    @requires_hexagon_toolchain
+    @tvm.testing.requires_hexagon
     def test_conv2d_nhwc(
         self,
         hexagon_session: Session,
diff --git a/tests/python/contrib/test_hexagon/topi/test_conv2d_transpose.py b/tests/python/contrib/test_hexagon/topi/test_conv2d_transpose.py
index 0da740614f9d..629403965eae 100644
--- a/tests/python/contrib/test_hexagon/topi/test_conv2d_transpose.py
+++ b/tests/python/contrib/test_hexagon/topi/test_conv2d_transpose.py
@@ -22,9 +22,7 @@
 from tvm import te
 from tvm import topi
 import tvm.topi.testing
-from tvm.contrib.pickle_memoize import memoize
 from tvm.topi.utils import get_const_tuple
-from ..conftest import requires_hexagon_toolchain
 
 
 # TODO Should add kernal to tvm.testing.fixture
@@ -68,7 +66,7 @@ def shift_shape(output_padding):
 
 
 class BaseConv2DTransposeTests:
-    @requires_hexagon_toolchain
+    @tvm.testing.requires_hexagon
     def test_conv2d(
         self,
         hexagon_session: Session,
diff --git a/tests/python/contrib/test_hexagon/topi/test_dense.py b/tests/python/contrib/test_hexagon/topi/test_dense.py
index c63873a62d96..189b05fcaade 100644
--- a/tests/python/contrib/test_hexagon/topi/test_dense.py
+++ b/tests/python/contrib/test_hexagon/topi/test_dense.py
@@ -26,8 +26,6 @@
 import tvm.topi.testing
 from tvm.topi.utils import get_const_tuple
 
-from ..conftest import requires_hexagon_toolchain
-
 random_seed = tvm.testing.parameter(0)
 
 use_bias = tvm.testing.parameter(True, False)
@@ -68,7 +66,7 @@ def dense_ref_data(random_seed, batch_size, in_dim, out_dim, use_bias, in_dtype,
     return (a_np, b_np, c_np, d_np)
 
 
-@requires_hexagon_toolchain
+@tvm.testing.requires_hexagon
 def test_dense(
     hexagon_session: Session,
     batch_size,
diff --git a/tests/python/contrib/test_hexagon/topi/test_depthwise_conv2d.py b/tests/python/contrib/test_hexagon/topi/test_depthwise_conv2d.py
index ab2ce36e1f82..63ae0e7b3253 100644
--- a/tests/python/contrib/test_hexagon/topi/test_depthwise_conv2d.py
+++ b/tests/python/contrib/test_hexagon/topi/test_depthwise_conv2d.py
@@ -28,7 +28,6 @@
 from tvm import te, topi
 from tvm.topi.utils import get_const_tuple
 from tvm.topi.nn.utils import get_pad_tuple
-from ..conftest import requires_hexagon_toolchain
 
 
 random_seed = tvm.testing.parameter(0)
@@ -155,7 +154,7 @@ class BaseDepthwiseConv2D:
     (e.g. implemented only for llvm).
     """
 
-    @requires_hexagon_toolchain
+    @tvm.testing.requires_hexagon
     def test_conv2d(
         self,
         hexagon_session: Session,
diff --git a/tests/python/contrib/test_hexagon/topi/test_pooling.py b/tests/python/contrib/test_hexagon/topi/test_pooling.py
index 38b7f387e5c6..9ce54bf9a6eb 100644
--- a/tests/python/contrib/test_hexagon/topi/test_pooling.py
+++ b/tests/python/contrib/test_hexagon/topi/test_pooling.py
@@ -26,8 +26,6 @@
 import tvm.topi.testing
 from tvm.topi.utils import get_const_tuple
 
-from ..conftest import requires_hexagon_toolchain
-
 
 class TestAdaptivePool:
     dshape, out_size, pool_type, layout = tvm.testing.parameters(
@@ -57,7 +55,7 @@ class TestAdaptivePool:
         ((1, 16, 32, 32, 32), (2, 4, 4), "max", "NDHWC"),
     )
 
-    @requires_hexagon_toolchain
+    @tvm.testing.requires_hexagon
     def test_adaptive_pool(self, hexagon_session: Session, dshape, out_size, pool_type, layout):
         dtype = "float32"
         np_data = np.random.uniform(low=0, high=255, size=dshape).astype(dtype)
@@ -233,10 +231,10 @@ class TestPool1D:
         ([1, 31, 16], [3], [3], [3], [3, 0], "max", True, True, "NWC"),
     )
 
-    @requires_hexagon_toolchain
+    @tvm.testing.requires_hexagon
     def test_pool1d(
         self,
-        hexagon_session,
+        hexagon_session: Session,
         input_shape,
         kernel,
         stride,
@@ -310,10 +308,10 @@ class TestPool2D:
         ([1, 31, 31, 16], [3, 3], [3, 3], [2, 2], [3, 2, 1, 0], "max", True, True, "NHWC"),
     )
 
-    @requires_hexagon_toolchain
+    @tvm.testing.requires_hexagon
     def test_pool2d(
         self,
-        hexagon_session,
+        hexagon_session: Session,
         input_shape,
         kernel,
         stride,
@@ -708,10 +706,10 @@ class TestPool3D:
         ),
     )
 
-    @requires_hexagon_toolchain
+    @tvm.testing.requires_hexagon
     def test_pool3d(
         self,
-        hexagon_session,
+        hexagon_session: Session,
         input_shape,
         kernel,
         stride,
diff --git a/tests/python/contrib/test_hexagon/topi/test_reduce.py b/tests/python/contrib/test_hexagon/topi/test_reduce.py
index beacb8cd1800..203a2bd31d6e 100644
--- a/tests/python/contrib/test_hexagon/topi/test_reduce.py
+++ b/tests/python/contrib/test_hexagon/topi/test_reduce.py
@@ -25,8 +25,6 @@
 from tvm.contrib.hexagon.session import Session
 import tvm.topi.testing
 
-from ..conftest import requires_hexagon_toolchain
-
 
 in_shape, axis, keepdims, reduce_type, dtype = tvm.testing.parameters(
     ((32,), 0, False, "argmax", "float32"),
@@ -101,7 +99,7 @@ def ref_data(in_shape, axis, keepdims, reduce_type, dtype):
     return in_npy, in_npy_map, out_npy
 
 
-@requires_hexagon_toolchain
+@tvm.testing.requires_hexagon
 def test_reduce_map(
     hexagon_session: Session, ref_data, in_shape, axis, keepdims, reduce_type, dtype
 ):
diff --git a/tests/python/contrib/test_hexagon/topi/test_softmax.py b/tests/python/contrib/test_hexagon/topi/test_softmax.py
index 6857decabf95..7e734af7e026 100644
--- a/tests/python/contrib/test_hexagon/topi/test_softmax.py
+++ b/tests/python/contrib/test_hexagon/topi/test_softmax.py
@@ -26,8 +26,6 @@
 import tvm.topi.testing
 from tvm.topi.utils import get_const_tuple
 
-from ..conftest import requires_hexagon_toolchain
-
 dtype = tvm.testing.parameter(
     "float16",
     "float32",
@@ -54,7 +52,7 @@
 )
 
 
-@requires_hexagon_toolchain
+@tvm.testing.requires_hexagon
 def test_softmax(hexagon_session: Session, shape, dtype, softmax_operation):
     if dtype == "float16":
         pytest.xfail("float16 is not supported.")