diff --git a/tests/driver_isl29020/Makefile b/tests/driver_isl29020/Makefile
index 989872cf97cc737cb262fa70e7e0a5366e94e0d4..c5c52a55abb0f9a22597f830475ebf2297e877ad 100644
--- a/tests/driver_isl29020/Makefile
+++ b/tests/driver_isl29020/Makefile
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ ifneq (,$(filter iotlab-m3,$(BOARD)))
 endif
 
 USEMODULE += isl29020
-USEMODULE += vtimer
+USEMODULE += xtimer
 
 ifneq (,$(TEST_ISL29020_I2C))
   CFLAGS += -DTEST_ISL29020_I2C=$(TEST_ISL29020_I2C)
diff --git a/tests/driver_isl29020/main.c b/tests/driver_isl29020/main.c
index 6b0bcca2a7d80cc74d493b466defaa10b3467f9e..1484078e5c1cb29e148a5070c726195dab823b48 100644
--- a/tests/driver_isl29020/main.c
+++ b/tests/driver_isl29020/main.c
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@
 
 #include <stdio.h>
 
-#include "vtimer.h"
+#include "xtimer.h"
 #include "isl29020.h"
 
 #define MODE        ISL29020_MODE_AMBIENT
@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@ int main(void)
     while (1) {
         value = isl29020_read(&dev);
         printf("Light value: %5i LUX\n", value);
-        vtimer_usleep(SLEEP);
+        xtimer_usleep(SLEEP);
     }
 
     return 0;