diff --git a/pandas/conftest.py b/conftest.py
similarity index 100%
rename from pandas/conftest.py
rename to conftest.py
diff --git a/pandas/tests/api/test_api.py b/pandas/tests/api/test_api.py
index 73222c246fc70..2972427f1b245 100644
--- a/pandas/tests/api/test_api.py
+++ b/pandas/tests/api/test_api.py
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ class TestPDApi(Base, tm.TestCase):
 
     # these are optionally imported based on testing
     # & need to be ignored
-    ignored = ['tests', 'locale', 'conftest']
+    ignored = ['tests', 'locale']
 
     # top-level sub-packages
     lib = ['api', 'compat', 'computation', 'core',