diff --git a/GPy/testing/misc_tests.py b/GPy/testing/misc_tests.py
index 628b688d..74a6a896 100644
--- a/GPy/testing/misc_tests.py
+++ b/GPy/testing/misc_tests.py
@@ -1,20 +1,19 @@
-from __future__ import print_function
 import numpy as np
-import scipy as sp
 import GPy
 import warnings
 
 
-class MiscTests(np.testing.TestCase):
+class TestMisc:
     """
     Testing some utilities of misc
     """
 
-    def setUp(self):
+    def setup(self):
         self._lim_val = np.finfo(np.float64).max
         self._lim_val_exp = np.log(self._lim_val)
 
     def test_safe_exp_upper(self):
+        self.setup()
         with warnings.catch_warnings(record=True) as w:
             warnings.simplefilter("always")  # always print
             assert np.isfinite(np.exp(self._lim_val_exp))