diff --git a/test/AlgebraicGeometry/Schemes/FunctionFields.jl b/test/AlgebraicGeometry/Schemes/FunctionFields.jl
index 9a1781df7d93..7b7e838faac0 100644
--- a/test/AlgebraicGeometry/Schemes/FunctionFields.jl
+++ b/test/AlgebraicGeometry/Schemes/FunctionFields.jl
@@ -1,5 +1,10 @@
 const rng = Oscar.get_seeded_rng()
 
+if !isdefined(Main, :test_Field_interface)
+  import Oscar.AbstractAlgebra
+  include(joinpath(pathof(AbstractAlgebra), "..", "..", "test", "Rings-conformance-tests.jl"))
+end
+
 function test_elem(K::VarietyFunctionField)
   F = representative_field(K)
   P = base_ring(F)::MPolyRing
diff --git a/test/Groups/conformance.jl b/test/Groups/conformance.jl
index a37f33d86955..154b6ff2f973 100644
--- a/test/Groups/conformance.jl
+++ b/test/Groups/conformance.jl
@@ -1,9 +1,10 @@
 L = [ alternating_group(5), cyclic_group(18), SL(3,3), free_group(0), free_group(1), free_group(2) ]
 
-import Oscar.AbstractAlgebra
-import Oscar.AbstractAlgebra: Group
-
-include(joinpath(dirname(pathof(AbstractAlgebra)), "..", "test", "Groups-conformance-tests.jl"))
+if !isdefined(Main, :test_Group_interface)
+  import Oscar.AbstractAlgebra
+  import Oscar.AbstractAlgebra: Group
+  include(joinpath(dirname(pathof(AbstractAlgebra)), "..", "test", "Groups-conformance-tests.jl"))
+end
 
 @testset "GAPGroups_interface_conformance $G of type $(typeof(G))" for G in L
 
diff --git a/test/LieTheory/WeylGroup.jl b/test/LieTheory/WeylGroup.jl
index fbf9120bd38a..379cc699be38 100644
--- a/test/LieTheory/WeylGroup.jl
+++ b/test/LieTheory/WeylGroup.jl
@@ -1,9 +1,3 @@
-import Oscar.AbstractAlgebra
-import Oscar.AbstractAlgebra: Group
-include(
-  joinpath(dirname(pathof(AbstractAlgebra)), "..", "test", "Groups-conformance-tests.jl")
-)
-
 @testset "LieTheory.WeylGroup" begin
   function is_in_normal_form(x::WeylGroupElem)
     return word(parent(x)(word(x))) == word(x)
@@ -348,7 +342,7 @@ include(
     @test parent(x) === x.parent
     @test parent(x) isa WeylGroup
   end
-  
+
   @testset "reflection" begin
     for i in 2:4
       R = root_system(:A, i)
@@ -411,7 +405,7 @@ include(
       end
     end
   end
-  
+
   @testset "ReducedExpressionIterator" begin
     W = weyl_group(:A, 3)
     s = gens(W)
diff --git a/test/LieTheory/setup_tests.jl b/test/LieTheory/setup_tests.jl
index e3c3c4f541d4..0519485de4bb 100644
--- a/test/LieTheory/setup_tests.jl
+++ b/test/LieTheory/setup_tests.jl
@@ -1,8 +1,15 @@
 if !isdefined(Main, :test_mutating_op_like_zero)
+  import Oscar.AbstractAlgebra
   include(
-    joinpath(
-      pathof(Oscar.Nemo.AbstractAlgebra), "..", "..", "test", "Rings-conformance-tests.jl"
-    ),
+    joinpath(pathof(AbstractAlgebra), "..", "..", "test", "Rings-conformance-tests.jl")
+  )
+end
+
+if !isdefined(Main, :test_Group_interface)
+  import Oscar.AbstractAlgebra
+  import Oscar.AbstractAlgebra: Group
+  include(
+    joinpath(pathof(AbstractAlgebra), "..", "..", "test", "Groups-conformance-tests.jl")
   )
 end
 
diff --git a/test/Rings/PBWAlgebraQuo.jl b/test/Rings/PBWAlgebraQuo.jl
index e33b52b1ddb5..c333a03c8f07 100644
--- a/test/Rings/PBWAlgebraQuo.jl
+++ b/test/Rings/PBWAlgebraQuo.jl
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+function test_elem(Q::PBWAlgQuo{QQFieldElem})
+  R = base_ring(Q)
+  return Q(R(rand(base_ring(R), 1:4, 1:4, 1:4)))
+end
+
 @testset "PBWAlgebraQuo.constructor" begin
   r, (x, y, z) = QQ[:x, :y, :z]
   R, (x, y, z) = pbw_algebra(r, [0 x*y x*z; 0 0 y*z + 1; 0 0 0], deglex(r))
@@ -25,11 +30,6 @@ end
   @test string(one(R)) == "1"
 end
 
-function test_elem(Q::PBWAlgQuo{QQFieldElem})
-  R = base_ring(Q)
-  return Q(R(rand(base_ring(R), 1:4, 1:4, 1:4)))
-end
-
 @testset "PBWAlgebraQuo.conformance" begin
   r, (a, h, f, e) = QQ[:a, :h, :f, :e]
   rel = @pbw_relations(e*f == f*e-h, e*h == h*e+2*e, f*h == h*f-2*f)
diff --git a/test/Rings/setup_tests.jl b/test/Rings/setup_tests.jl
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..78177924a4e2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/Rings/setup_tests.jl
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+if !isdefined(Main, :test_Field_interface) || !isdefined(Main, :test_NCRing_interface)
+  import Oscar.AbstractAlgebra
+  include(joinpath(pathof(AbstractAlgebra), "..", "..", "test", "Rings-conformance-tests.jl"))
+end
diff --git a/test/runtests.jl b/test/runtests.jl
index a3293ac8b99d..d7f1a0d96483 100644
--- a/test/runtests.jl
+++ b/test/runtests.jl
@@ -50,9 +50,6 @@ if VERSION >= v"1.8.0"
   @everywhere  GC.enable_logging(true)
 end
 
-@everywhere import Oscar.Nemo.AbstractAlgebra
-@everywhere include(joinpath(pathof(Oscar.Nemo.AbstractAlgebra), "..", "..", "test", "Rings-conformance-tests.jl"))
-
 # hotfix, otherwise StraightLinePrograms returns something which then leads to an error
 module SLPTest
 end