diff --git a/pandas/tests/series/test_validate.py b/pandas/tests/series/test_validate.py
index a0cde5f81d021..8c4b6ee5b1d75 100644
--- a/pandas/tests/series/test_validate.py
+++ b/pandas/tests/series/test_validate.py
@@ -1,14 +1,7 @@
-from pandas.core.series import Series
-
 import pytest
 import pandas.util.testing as tm
 
 
-@pytest.fixture
-def series():
-    return Series([1, 2, 3, 4, 5])
-
-
 class TestSeriesValidate(object):
     """Tests for error handling related to data types of method arguments."""
 
@@ -16,7 +9,7 @@ class TestSeriesValidate(object):
                                       "sort_values", "sort_index",
                                       "rename", "dropna"])
     @pytest.mark.parametrize("inplace", [1, "True", [1, 2, 3], 5.0])
-    def test_validate_bool_args(self, series, func, inplace):
+    def test_validate_bool_args(self, string_series, func, inplace):
         msg = "For argument \"inplace\" expected type bool"
         kwargs = dict(inplace=inplace)
 
@@ -24,4 +17,4 @@ def test_validate_bool_args(self, series, func, inplace):
             kwargs["name"] = "hello"
 
         with tm.assert_raises_regex(ValueError, msg):
-            getattr(series, func)(**kwargs)
+            getattr(string_series, func)(**kwargs)