diff --git a/Tests/cu2qu/cli_test.py b/Tests/cu2qu/cli_test.py
index be6468474..61e077539 100644
--- a/Tests/cu2qu/cli_test.py
+++ b/Tests/cu2qu/cli_test.py
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ import py
 ufoLib2 = pytest.importorskip("ufoLib2")
 
 from fontTools.cu2qu.ufo import CURVE_TYPE_LIB_KEY
-from fontTools.cu2qu.cli import main
+from fontTools.cu2qu.cli import _main as main
 
 
 DATADIR = os.path.join(os.path.dirname(__file__), "data")
diff --git a/Tests/qu2cu/qu2cu_cli_test.py b/Tests/qu2cu/qu2cu_cli_test.py
index 55cd27180..bd6a55ca2 100644
--- a/Tests/qu2cu/qu2cu_cli_test.py
+++ b/Tests/qu2cu/qu2cu_cli_test.py
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ import os
 import pytest
 import py
 
-from fontTools.qu2cu.cli import main
+from fontTools.qu2cu.cli import _main as main
 from fontTools.ttLib import TTFont