diff --git a/skimage/io/tests/test_imread.py b/skimage/io/tests/test_imread.py
index be6e4d32..9f045d12 100644
--- a/skimage/io/tests/test_imread.py
+++ b/skimage/io/tests/test_imread.py
@@ -61,26 +61,6 @@ def test_bilevel():
     assert_array_equal(img.astype(bool), expected)
 
 
-@skipif(not imread_available)
-def test_imread_separate_channels():
-    # Test that imread returns RGBA values contiguously even when they are
-    # stored in separate planes.
-    x = np.random.rand(3, 16, 8)
-    f = NamedTemporaryFile(suffix='.tif')
-    fname = f.name
-    f.close()
-    imsave(fname, x)
-    img = imread(fname)
-    os.remove(fname)
-    assert img.shape == (16, 8, 3), img.shape
-
-
-@skipif(not imread_available)
-def test_imread_multipage_rgb_tif():
-    img = imread(os.path.join(data_dir, 'multipage_rgb.png'))
-    assert img.shape == (10, 10, 3), img.shape
-
-
 class TestSave:
     def roundtrip(self, x, scaling=1):
         f = NamedTemporaryFile(suffix='.png')
diff --git a/skimage/io/tests/test_pil.py b/skimage/io/tests/test_pil.py
index 77957053..1ac184a2 100644
--- a/skimage/io/tests/test_pil.py
+++ b/skimage/io/tests/test_pil.py
@@ -50,6 +50,24 @@ def test_imread_flatten():
     assert np.sctype2char(img.dtype) in np.typecodes['AllInteger']
 
 
+def test_imread_separate_channels():
+    # Test that imread returns RGBA values contiguously even when they are
+    # stored in separate planes.
+    x = np.random.rand(3, 16, 8)
+    f = NamedTemporaryFile(suffix='.tif')
+    fname = f.name
+    f.close()
+    imsave(fname, x)
+    img = imread(fname)
+    os.remove(fname)
+    assert img.shape == (16, 8, 3), img.shape
+
+
+def test_imread_multipage_rgb_tif():
+    img = imread(os.path.join(data_dir, 'multipage_rgb.tif'))
+    assert img.shape == (10, 10, 3), img.shape
+
+
 def test_imread_palette():
     img = imread(os.path.join(data_dir, 'palette_gray.png'))
     assert img.ndim == 2