diff --git a/tests/test_config.py b/tests/test_config.py
index 4ba9b162d8d50407549b528371035cb172fe3f87..a71825b672c5bf0664846230d08d827cfb86cfc7 100644
--- a/tests/test_config.py
+++ b/tests/test_config.py
@@ -5,14 +5,12 @@ import logging
 import os
 import pathlib
 
-START_DATE = datetime.date.today()
-
 from unittest import mock
 
 import pytest
 from import2ledger import config, errors, strparse
 
-from . import DATA_DIR
+from . import DATA_DIR, START_DATE
 
 def config_from_file(path, arglist=[], stdout=None, stderr=None, *, init=True):
     path = pathlib.Path(path)