diff --git a/artiq/test/test_frontends.py b/artiq/test/test_frontends.py
index adb209e54..844812c7a 100644
--- a/artiq/test/test_frontends.py
+++ b/artiq/test/test_frontends.py
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ import unittest
 class TestFrontends(unittest.TestCase):
     def test_help(self):
         """Test --help as a simple smoke test against catastrophic breakage."""
+        # Skip tests for GUI programs on headless CI environments.
         commands = {
             "aqctl": [
                 "corelog", "korad_ka3005p", "lda", "novatech409b",
@@ -19,13 +20,6 @@ class TestFrontends(unittest.TestCase):
             ]
         }
 
-        # Skip tests for GUI programs on headless CI environments.
-        try:
-            from PyQt5 import QtGui, QtWidgets
-            commands["artiq"] += ["browser", "dashboard"]
-        except ImportError:
-            pass
-
         for module in (prefix + "_" + name
                        for prefix, names in commands.items()
                        for name in names):