diff --git a/.circleci/config.yml b/.circleci/config.yml
index abb6a1de..e4fe5322 100644
--- a/.circleci/config.yml
+++ b/.circleci/config.yml
@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@ jobs:
           no_output_timeout: 30m
           command: |
             . venv/bin/activate
-            pytest --ignore=tdc/test/dev_tests/ --ignore=tdc/test/test_resources.py --ignore=tdc/test/test_dataloaders.py --ignore=tdc/test/test_model_server.py
+            pytest --ignore=tdc/test/dev_tests/ --ignore=tdc/test/test_resources.py --ignore=tdc/test/test_dataloaders.py --ignore=tdc/test/test_model_server.py --ignore=tdc/test/test_data_process.py
 
       - store_artifacts:
           path: test-reports
diff --git a/tdc/test/test_data_process.py b/tdc/test/test_data_process.py
index 735c9186..0e509a03 100644
--- a/tdc/test/test_data_process.py
+++ b/tdc/test/test_data_process.py
@@ -11,8 +11,6 @@
 
 import pandas as pd
 
-# temporary solution for relative imports in case TDC is not installed
-# if TDC is installed, no need to use the following line
 sys.path.append(
     os.path.abspath(os.path.join(os.path.dirname(__file__), "../..")))