diff --git a/pandas/tests/indexes/interval/test_interval_new.py b/pandas/tests/indexes/interval/test_interval_new.py
index c8b30e19daa02..a0d11db46d316 100644
--- a/pandas/tests/indexes/interval/test_interval_new.py
+++ b/pandas/tests/indexes/interval/test_interval_new.py
@@ -4,14 +4,13 @@
 import numpy as np
 
 from pandas import Interval, IntervalIndex, Int64Index
-from pandas.tests.indexes.common import Base
 import pandas.util.testing as tm
 
 
 pytestmark = pytest.mark.skip(reason="new indexing tests for issue 16316")
 
 
-class TestIntervalIndex(Base):
+class TestIntervalIndex(object):
 
     def _compare_tuple_of_numpy_array(self, result, expected):
         lidx, ridx = result