diff --git a/psutil/tests/__init__.py b/psutil/tests/__init__.py
index 2269c424f..dd3d53647 100644
--- a/psutil/tests/__init__.py
+++ b/psutil/tests/__init__.py
@@ -104,7 +104,7 @@
     'unittest', 'skip_on_access_denied', 'skip_on_not_implemented',
     'retry_on_failure', 'TestMemoryLeak', 'PsutilTestCase',
     'process_namespace', 'system_namespace', 'print_sysinfo',
-    'is_win_secure_system_proc',
+    'is_win_secure_system_proc', 'fake_pytest',
     # fs utils
     'chdir', 'safe_rmpath', 'create_py_exe', 'create_c_exe', 'get_testfn',
     # os
diff --git a/psutil/tests/test_testutils.py b/psutil/tests/test_testutils.py
index fb8f5eabb..e11c8f783 100755
--- a/psutil/tests/test_testutils.py
+++ b/psutil/tests/test_testutils.py
@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@
 from psutil._common import open_binary
 from psutil._common import open_text
 from psutil._common import supports_ipv6
+from psutil._compat import PY3
 from psutil.tests import CI_TESTING
 from psutil.tests import COVERAGE
 from psutil.tests import HAS_NET_CONNECTIONS_UNIX
@@ -506,12 +507,12 @@ def foo(self):
         assert result.wasSuccessful()
         assert len(result.skipped) == 0
 
+    @pytest.mark.skipif(not PY3, reason="not PY3")
     def test_skip(self):
         class TestCase(unittest.TestCase):
             def foo(self):
                 fake_pytest.skip("reason")
-
-                assert 1 == 1  # noqa
+                assert 1 == 0  # noqa
 
         result = self.run_test_class(TestCase("foo"))
         assert result.wasSuccessful()