diff --git a/tests/bench_runtime_coreapis/tests/01-run.py b/tests/bench_runtime_coreapis/tests/01-run.py
index d74144223015bb5f18c60fb19ef4b82d2930af9b..9f78f46d1c5175a9eca1c9fb9471bbc1577320a5 100755
--- a/tests/bench_runtime_coreapis/tests/01-run.py
+++ b/tests/bench_runtime_coreapis/tests/01-run.py
@@ -6,8 +6,8 @@
 # General Public License v2.1. See the file LICENSE in the top level
 # directory for more details.
 
-import os
 import sys
+from testrunner import run
 
 
 # The default timeout is not enough for this test on some of the slower boards
@@ -19,6 +19,4 @@ def testfunc(child):
 
 
 if __name__ == "__main__":
-    sys.path.append(os.path.join(os.environ['RIOTTOOLS'], 'testrunner'))
-    from testrunner import run
     sys.exit(run(testfunc))