diff --git a/tests/project/test_browser.py b/tests/project/test_browser.py
index d38e4fb3..59c32dcf 100644
--- a/tests/project/test_browser.py
+++ b/tests/project/test_browser.py
@@ -56,8 +56,11 @@ def test_activate_gui(self):
         self.assertIsInstance(gui_pr, Project,
                               msg="activate_gui should return a Project inherited from a pyiron_base Project.")
         for attribute in object.__dir__(self.project):
-            self.assertTrue(hasattr(gui_pr, attribute),
-                            msg=f"GuiProject does not have the {attribute} attribute from the Project.")
+            try:
+                self.assertTrue(hasattr(gui_pr, attribute),
+                                msg=f"GuiProject does not have the {attribute} attribute from the Project.")
+            except ImportError:  # some attributes might have additional requirements like conda_environment
+                pass
         self.assertTrue(hasattr(gui_pr, 'browser'), msg="GuiProject does not have the added browser attribute.")
         self.assertIsInstance(gui_pr.browser, ProjectBrowser,
                               msg='The browser attribute should return a ProjectBrowser')