diff --git a/tests/integration_tests/extensions/metastore_cache_test.py b/tests/integration_tests/extensions/metastore_cache_test.py
index 6bfe6598e4f6..401c2f988bed 100644
--- a/tests/integration_tests/extensions/metastore_cache_test.py
+++ b/tests/integration_tests/extensions/metastore_cache_test.py
@@ -18,13 +18,14 @@
 
 from contextlib import nullcontext
 from datetime import datetime, timedelta
-from typing import Any, TYPE_CHECKING
+from typing import Any
 from uuid import UUID
 
 import pytest
 from flask.ctx import AppContext
 from freezegun import freeze_time
 
+from superset.extensions.metastore_cache import SupersetMetastoreCache
 from superset.key_value.exceptions import KeyValueCodecEncodeException
 from superset.key_value.types import (
     JsonKeyValueCodec,
@@ -32,9 +33,6 @@
     PickleKeyValueCodec,
 )
 
-if TYPE_CHECKING:
-    from superset.extensions.metastore_cache import SupersetMetastoreCache
-
 NAMESPACE = UUID("ee173d1b-ccf3-40aa-941c-985c15224496")
 
 FIRST_KEY = "foo"
@@ -47,8 +45,6 @@
 
 @pytest.fixture
 def cache() -> SupersetMetastoreCache:
-    from superset.extensions.metastore_cache import SupersetMetastoreCache
-
     return SupersetMetastoreCache(
         namespace=NAMESPACE,
         default_timeout=600,
@@ -56,10 +52,6 @@ def cache() -> SupersetMetastoreCache:
     )
 
 
-def test_instantiation(cache: SupersetMetastoreCache) -> None:
-    assert cache
-
-
 def test_caching_flow(app_context: AppContext, cache: SupersetMetastoreCache) -> None:
     assert cache.has(FIRST_KEY) is False
     assert cache.add(FIRST_KEY, FIRST_KEY_INITIAL_VALUE) is True