diff --git a/tests/imports.py b/tests/imports.py
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--- a/tests/imports.py
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-''' Some basic code for testing whether forest modules can be imported.
-
-'''
-
-
-def test_imports(subpackage_name, module_names):
-    n_success = 0
-    n_failure = 0
-    print('Testing imports from %s...' % subpackage_name)
-    for m in module_names:
-        test_import = 'from %s.%s import *' % (subpackage_name, m)
-        try:
-            exec(test_import)
-            n_success += 1
-        except Exception:
-            print('    Failed to import %s.%s' % (subpackage_name, m))
-            n_failure += 1
-    print('Successful imports: %s' % n_success)
-    print('Failed imports: %s \n' % n_failure)
-
-
-# Test imports for forest.willow
-test_imports('forest.willow',
-             ['log_stats'])
-
-# Test imports for forest.jasmine
-test_imports('forest.jasmine',
-             ['data2mobmat', 'mobmat2traj', 'sogp_gps', 'traj2stats',
-              'simulate_gps_data'])
-
-# Test imports for forest.poplar
-test_imports('forest.poplar.classes',
-             ['history', 'registry', 'template', 'trackers'])
-test_imports('forest.poplar.constants',
-             ['misc', 'time'])
-test_imports('forest.poplar.functions',
-             ['helpers', 'holidays', 'io', 'log', 'time', 'timezone'])
-test_imports('forest.poplar.legacy',
-             ['common_funcs'])
-test_imports('forest.poplar.raw',
-             ['doc', 'readers'])