diff --git a/pygmt/tests/test_basemap.py b/pygmt/tests/test_basemap.py
index d9b52432549..726661ab165 100644
--- a/pygmt/tests/test_basemap.py
+++ b/pygmt/tests/test_basemap.py
@@ -2,13 +2,9 @@
 Tests Figure.basemap.
 """
 import pytest
-from packaging.version import Version
-from pygmt import Figure, clib
+from pygmt import Figure
 from pygmt.exceptions import GMTInvalidInput
 
-with clib.Session() as _lib:
-    gmt_version = Version(_lib.info["version"])
-
 
 def test_basemap_required_args():
     """
diff --git a/pygmt/tests/test_clib.py b/pygmt/tests/test_clib.py
index 22fd4d6d7b8..e88c04a874e 100644
--- a/pygmt/tests/test_clib.py
+++ b/pygmt/tests/test_clib.py
@@ -27,9 +27,6 @@
 TEST_DATA_DIR = os.path.join(os.path.dirname(__file__), "data")
 POINTS_DATA = os.path.join(TEST_DATA_DIR, "points.txt")
 
-with clib.Session() as _lib:
-    gmt_version = Version(_lib.info["version"])
-
 
 @pytest.fixture(scope="module")
 def data():
diff --git a/pygmt/tests/test_clib_put_strings.py b/pygmt/tests/test_clib_put_strings.py
index 2e9e66ad858..a37ca3affe6 100644
--- a/pygmt/tests/test_clib_put_strings.py
+++ b/pygmt/tests/test_clib_put_strings.py
@@ -4,14 +4,10 @@
 import numpy as np
 import numpy.testing as npt
 import pytest
-from packaging.version import Version
 from pygmt import clib
 from pygmt.exceptions import GMTCLibError
 from pygmt.helpers import GMTTempFile
 
-with clib.Session() as _lib:
-    gmt_version = Version(_lib.info["version"])
-
 
 def test_put_strings():
     """