diff --git a/python/pyarrow/tests/test_hdfs.py b/python/pyarrow/tests/test_hdfs.py
index 56b74eb94b0ac..c71353b45f077 100644
--- a/python/pyarrow/tests/test_hdfs.py
+++ b/python/pyarrow/tests/test_hdfs.py
@@ -28,20 +28,13 @@
 import pyarrow as pa
 from pyarrow.pandas_compat import _pandas_api
 from pyarrow.tests import util
+from pyarrow.tests.parquet.common import _test_dataframe
+from pyarrow.tests.parquet.test_dataset import (
+    _test_read_common_metadata_files, _test_write_to_dataset_with_partitions,
+    _test_write_to_dataset_no_partitions
+)
 from pyarrow.util import guid
 
-try:
-    import pyarrow.parquet as pq
-except ImportError:
-    pass
-else:
-    from pyarrow.tests.parquet.common import _test_dataframe
-    from pyarrow.tests.parquet.test_dataset import (
-        _test_read_common_metadata_files,
-        _test_write_to_dataset_with_partitions,
-        _test_write_to_dataset_no_partitions
-    )
-
 # ----------------------------------------------------------------------
 # HDFS tests
 
@@ -290,6 +283,7 @@ def test_read_whole_file(self):
         assert result == data
 
     def _write_multiple_hdfs_pq_files(self, tmpdir):
+        import pyarrow.parquet as pq
         nfiles = 10
         size = 5
         test_data = []
@@ -331,6 +325,8 @@ def test_read_multiple_parquet_files(self):
     @pytest.mark.pandas
     @pytest.mark.parquet
     def test_read_multiple_parquet_files_with_uri(self):
+        import pyarrow.parquet as pq
+
         tmpdir = pjoin(self.tmp_path, 'multi-parquet-uri-' + guid())
 
         self.hdfs.mkdir(tmpdir)
@@ -347,6 +343,8 @@ def test_read_multiple_parquet_files_with_uri(self):
     @pytest.mark.pandas
     @pytest.mark.parquet
     def test_read_write_parquet_files_with_uri(self):
+        import pyarrow.parquet as pq
+
         tmpdir = pjoin(self.tmp_path, 'uri-parquet-' + guid())
         self.hdfs.mkdir(tmpdir)
         path = _get_hdfs_uri(pjoin(tmpdir, 'test.parquet'))
@@ -430,6 +428,7 @@ def test_fastparquet_read_with_hdfs():
     except ImportError:
         pytest.skip('fastparquet test requires snappy')
 
+    import pyarrow.parquet as pq
     fastparquet = pytest.importorskip('fastparquet')
 
     fs = hdfs_test_client()