diff --git a/tests/testthat.R b/tests/testthat.R
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+++ b/tests/testthat.R
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+if (requireNamespace("testthat", quietly = TRUE)) {
+  library("testthat")
+  library("mlr3forecast")
+
+  test_check("mlr3forecast")
+}
diff --git a/tests/testthat/test.R b/tests/testthat/test.R
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+++ b/tests/testthat/test.R
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+test_that("testthat is working", {
+  expect_true(TRUE)
+})