diff --git a/Makefile.am b/Makefile.am
index 7bb5758a45..92a2603299 100644
--- a/Makefile.am
+++ b/Makefile.am
@@ -548,7 +548,6 @@ SCM_TESTS =					\
   tests/combinators.scm			\
   tests/composer.scm				\
   tests/containers.scm				\
-  tests/cpan.scm				\
   tests/cpio.scm				\
   tests/cran.scm				\
   tests/crate.scm				\
@@ -570,6 +569,7 @@ SCM_TESTS =					\
   tests/graph.scm				\
   tests/gremlin.scm				\
   tests/hexpm.scm				\
+  tests/import/cpan.scm				\
   tests/import/hackage.scm			\
   tests/import/pypi.scm				\
   tests/home-import.scm				\
diff --git a/gnu/packages/admin.scm b/gnu/packages/admin.scm
index fbd4a518e1..fd7c3e808f 100644
--- a/gnu/packages/admin.scm
+++ b/gnu/packages/admin.scm
@@ -3334,7 +3334,7 @@ provides the following commands:
     (native-search-paths
      ;; XXX: Attempting to use (package-native-search-paths python)
      ;; here would cause an error about python being an unbound
-     ;; variable in the tests/cpan.scm test.
+     ;; variable in the tests/import/cpan.scm test.
      (list (search-path-specification
             (variable "GUIX_PYTHONPATH")
             (files (list "lib/python3.11/site-packages")))))
diff --git a/tests/cpan.scm b/tests/import/cpan.scm
similarity index 100%
rename from tests/cpan.scm
rename to tests/import/cpan.scm