diff --git a/tests/basics/memoryview1.py b/tests/basics/memoryview1.py
index 6ebde26520..4e916bffe9 100644
--- a/tests/basics/memoryview1.py
+++ b/tests/basics/memoryview1.py
@@ -39,17 +39,6 @@
 print(bytearray(m))
 print(list(memoryview(memoryview(b'1234')))) # read-only memoryview
 
-try:
-    import uarray as array
-except ImportError:
-    import array
-a = array.array('i', [1, 2, 3, 4])
-m = memoryview(a)
-print(list(m))
-print(list(m[1:-1]))
-m[2] = 6
-print(a)
-
 # invalid attribute
 try:
     memoryview(b'a').noexist
diff --git a/tests/basics/memoryview2.py b/tests/basics/memoryview2.py
index 58ac1ca2fd..ba22f38910 100644
--- a/tests/basics/memoryview2.py
+++ b/tests/basics/memoryview2.py
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-# test memoryview accessing maximum values for signed/unsigned elements
+# test memoryview with arrays and accessing maximum values for signed/unsigned elements
 try:
     from uarray import array
 except ImportError:
@@ -14,6 +14,13 @@
     print("SKIP")
     raise SystemExit
 
+a = array('i', [1, 2, 3, 4])
+m = memoryview(a)
+print(list(m))
+print(list(m[1:-1]))
+m[2] = 6
+print(a)
+
 print(list(memoryview(b'\x7f\x80\x81\xff')))
 print(list(memoryview(array('b', [0x7f, -0x80]))))
 print(list(memoryview(array('B', [0x7f, 0x80, 0x81, 0xff]))))