diff --git a/pygmt/tests/test_clib_vectors_to_arrays.py b/pygmt/tests/test_clib_vectors_to_arrays.py
index 53d8f8e0c0f..8c746f68bce 100644
--- a/pygmt/tests/test_clib_vectors_to_arrays.py
+++ b/pygmt/tests/test_clib_vectors_to_arrays.py
@@ -11,11 +11,8 @@
 import pytest
 from pygmt.clib.conversion import vectors_to_arrays
 
-try:
-    importlib.util.find_spec("pyarrow")
-    _HAS_PYARROW = True
-except ImportError:
-    _HAS_PYARROW = False
+pa = importlib.util.find_spec("pyarrow")
+_HAS_PYARROW = not pa
 
 
 def _check_arrays(arrays):