diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index be38857b0..dcf63f6fd 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -28,7 +28,6 @@ def main():
                 "mock",
                 "nose",
                 "requests",
-                "numpy",
                 "xmlschema",
             ]
         },
diff --git a/testing/python/fixtures.py b/testing/python/fixtures.py
index 4fcab0245..45c56f9a8 100644
--- a/testing/python/fixtures.py
+++ b/testing/python/fixtures.py
@@ -4190,6 +4190,8 @@ def test_indirect_fixture_does_not_break_scope(testdir):
 
 
 def test_fixture_parametrization_nparray(testdir):
+    pytest.importorskip("numpy")
+
     testdir.makepyfile(
         """
         from numpy import linspace