diff --git a/src/lerobot/utils/import_utils.py b/src/lerobot/utils/import_utils.py
index 7d461fb88..b9a9e6825 100644
--- a/src/lerobot/utils/import_utils.py
+++ b/src/lerobot/utils/import_utils.py
@@ -62,7 +62,6 @@ def is_package_available(pkg_name: str, return_version: bool = False) -> tuple[b
 
 
 _transformers_available = is_package_available("transformers")
-_timm_available = is_package_available("timm")
 _peft_available = is_package_available("peft")
 
 
diff --git a/tests/policies/xvla/test_xvla_original_vs_lerobot.py b/tests/policies/xvla/test_xvla_original_vs_lerobot.py
index a893c9988..4c35a7c60 100644
--- a/tests/policies/xvla/test_xvla_original_vs_lerobot.py
+++ b/tests/policies/xvla/test_xvla_original_vs_lerobot.py
@@ -26,21 +26,14 @@ import numpy as np
 import pytest
 import torch
 
-# Conditional import for type checking and lazy loading
-from lerobot.utils.import_utils import _timm_available, _transformers_available
-
-if _timm_available and _transformers_available:
-    from lerobot.policies.xvla.configuration_xvla import XVLAConfig
-    from lerobot.policies.xvla.modeling_xvla import XVLAPolicy
-    from lerobot.policies.xvla.processor_xvla import make_xvla_pre_post_processors
-else:
-    XVLAConfig = None
-    XVLAPolicy = None
-    make_xvla_pre_post_processors = None
+pytest.importorskip("timm")
+pytest.importorskip("transformers")
 
+from lerobot.policies.xvla.configuration_xvla import XVLAConfig
+from lerobot.policies.xvla.modeling_xvla import XVLAPolicy
+from lerobot.policies.xvla.processor_xvla import make_xvla_pre_post_processors
 from lerobot.processor import PolicyAction, PolicyProcessorPipeline  # noqa: E402
 from lerobot.utils.constants import OBS_IMAGES, OBS_STATE  # noqa: E402
-from tests.utils import require_package  # noqa: E402
 
 # Constants
 DUMMY_ACTION_DIM = 7  # Standard robot arm action dimension
@@ -171,8 +164,6 @@ def preprocessor(xvla_components):
     return xvla_components[1]
 
 
-@require_package("transformers")
-@require_package("timm")
 def test_xvla_preprocessor_alignment(policy, preprocessor):
     """Test that LeRobot XVLA preprocessor produces expected outputs."""
     print("\n" + "=" * 80)
@@ -219,8 +210,6 @@ def test_xvla_preprocessor_alignment(policy, preprocessor):
     print("\nAll preprocessor outputs have correct shapes!")
 
 
-@require_package("transformers")
-@require_package("timm")
 def test_xvla_action_generation(policy, preprocessor):
     """Test XVLA LeRobot implementation generates expected actions."""
     print("\n" + "=" * 80)
@@ -298,8 +287,6 @@ def test_xvla_action_generation(policy, preprocessor):
     print(f"\nSuccess: Actions match expected values within tolerance ({tolerance})!")
 
 
-@require_package("transformers")
-@require_package("timm")
 def test_xvla_inference_reproducibility(policy, preprocessor):
     """Test that XVLA inference is reproducible with the same seed."""
     print("\n" + "=" * 80)