diff --git a/rq/compat/connections.py b/rq/compat/connections.py
index ac22af3..221e653 100644
--- a/rq/compat/connections.py
+++ b/rq/compat/connections.py
@@ -18,12 +18,14 @@ def fix_return_type(func):
     return _inner
 
 
+PATCHED_METHODS = ['_setex', '_lrem', '_zadd', '_pipeline', '_ttl']
+
+
 def patch_connection(connection):
     if not isinstance(connection, StrictRedis):
         raise ValueError('A StrictRedis or Redis connection is required.')
 
     # Don't patch already patches objects
-    PATCHED_METHODS = ['_setex', '_lrem', '_zadd', '_pipeline', '_ttl']
     if all([hasattr(connection, attr) for attr in PATCHED_METHODS]):
         return connection
 
@@ -35,6 +37,7 @@ def patch_connection(connection):
         connection._ttl = fix_return_type(partial(StrictRedis.ttl, connection))
         if hasattr(connection, 'pttl'):
             connection._pttl = fix_return_type(partial(StrictRedis.pttl, connection))
+
     elif isinstance(connection, StrictRedis):
         connection._setex = connection.setex
         connection._lrem = connection.lrem
diff --git a/tests/test_job.py b/tests/test_job.py
index 6971d7b..4a57e6e 100644
--- a/tests/test_job.py
+++ b/tests/test_job.py
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ from __future__ import (absolute_import, division, print_function,
 from datetime import datetime
 import time
 
-from tests import RQTestCase
+from tests import fixtures, RQTestCase
 from tests.helpers import strip_microseconds
 
 from rq.compat import PY2, as_text
@@ -16,8 +16,6 @@ from rq.registry import DeferredJobRegistry
 from rq.utils import utcformat
 from rq.worker import Worker
 
-from . import fixtures
-
 try:
     from cPickle import loads, dumps
 except ImportError: