diff --git a/pandas/conftest.py b/pandas/conftest.py
index 8f71028f51ab4..09fe8e0829fa1 100644
--- a/pandas/conftest.py
+++ b/pandas/conftest.py
@@ -12,6 +12,8 @@
 import pandas.util._test_decorators as td
 
 import pandas as pd
+from pandas import DataFrame
+import pandas.util.testing as tm
 
 hypothesis.settings.register_profile(
     "ci",
@@ -690,3 +692,32 @@ def tick_classes(request):
         normalize=st.booleans(),
         startingMonth=st.integers(min_value=1, max_value=12)
     ))
+
+
+@pytest.fixture
+def float_frame():
+    """
+    Fixture for DataFrame of floats with index of unique strings
+
+    Columns are ['A', 'B', 'C', 'D'].
+
+                       A         B         C         D
+    P7GACiRnxd -0.465578 -0.361863  0.886172 -0.053465
+    qZKh6afn8n -0.466693 -0.373773  0.266873  1.673901
+    tkp0r6Qble  0.148691 -0.059051  0.174817  1.598433
+    wP70WOCtv8  0.133045 -0.581994 -0.992240  0.261651
+    M2AeYQMnCz -1.207959 -0.185775  0.588206  0.563938
+    QEPzyGDYDo -0.381843 -0.758281  0.502575 -0.565053
+    r78Jwns6dn -0.653707  0.883127  0.682199  0.206159
+    ...              ...       ...       ...       ...
+    IHEGx9NO0T -0.277360  0.113021 -1.018314  0.196316
+    lPMj8K27FA -1.313667 -0.604776 -1.305618 -0.863999
+    qa66YMWQa5  1.110525  0.475310 -0.747865  0.032121
+    yOa0ATsmcE -0.431457  0.067094  0.096567 -0.264962
+    65znX3uRNG  1.528446  0.160416 -0.109635 -0.032987
+    eCOBvKqf3e  0.235281  1.622222  0.781255  0.392871
+    xSucinXxuV -1.263557  0.252799 -0.552247  0.400426
+
+    [30 rows x 4 columns]
+    """
+    return DataFrame(tm.getSeriesData())
diff --git a/pandas/tests/frame/conftest.py b/pandas/tests/frame/conftest.py
index c451cd58f1497..d8a590bc492a4 100644
--- a/pandas/tests/frame/conftest.py
+++ b/pandas/tests/frame/conftest.py
@@ -5,35 +5,6 @@
 import pandas.util.testing as tm
 
 
-@pytest.fixture
-def float_frame():
-    """
-    Fixture for DataFrame of floats with index of unique strings
-
-    Columns are ['A', 'B', 'C', 'D'].
-
-                       A         B         C         D
-    P7GACiRnxd -0.465578 -0.361863  0.886172 -0.053465
-    qZKh6afn8n -0.466693 -0.373773  0.266873  1.673901
-    tkp0r6Qble  0.148691 -0.059051  0.174817  1.598433
-    wP70WOCtv8  0.133045 -0.581994 -0.992240  0.261651
-    M2AeYQMnCz -1.207959 -0.185775  0.588206  0.563938
-    QEPzyGDYDo -0.381843 -0.758281  0.502575 -0.565053
-    r78Jwns6dn -0.653707  0.883127  0.682199  0.206159
-    ...              ...       ...       ...       ...
-    IHEGx9NO0T -0.277360  0.113021 -1.018314  0.196316
-    lPMj8K27FA -1.313667 -0.604776 -1.305618 -0.863999
-    qa66YMWQa5  1.110525  0.475310 -0.747865  0.032121
-    yOa0ATsmcE -0.431457  0.067094  0.096567 -0.264962
-    65znX3uRNG  1.528446  0.160416 -0.109635 -0.032987
-    eCOBvKqf3e  0.235281  1.622222  0.781255  0.392871
-    xSucinXxuV -1.263557  0.252799 -0.552247  0.400426
-
-    [30 rows x 4 columns]
-    """
-    return DataFrame(tm.getSeriesData())
-
-
 @pytest.fixture
 def float_frame_with_na():
     """
diff --git a/pandas/tests/io/formats/test_to_latex.py b/pandas/tests/io/formats/test_to_latex.py
index 5a6511fbd20ee..b9f28ec36d021 100644
--- a/pandas/tests/io/formats/test_to_latex.py
+++ b/pandas/tests/io/formats/test_to_latex.py
@@ -8,19 +8,14 @@
 from pandas.util import testing as tm
 
 
-@pytest.fixture
-def frame():
-    return DataFrame(tm.getSeriesData())
-
-
 class TestToLatex:
 
-    def test_to_latex_filename(self, frame):
+    def test_to_latex_filename(self, float_frame):
         with tm.ensure_clean('test.tex') as path:
-            frame.to_latex(path)
+            float_frame.to_latex(path)
 
             with open(path, 'r') as f:
-                assert frame.to_latex() == f.read()
+                assert float_frame.to_latex() == f.read()
 
         # test with utf-8 and encoding option (GH 7061)
         df = DataFrame([['au\xdfgangen']])
@@ -35,9 +30,9 @@ def test_to_latex_filename(self, frame):
             with codecs.open(path, 'r', encoding='utf-8') as f:
                 assert df.to_latex() == f.read()
 
-    def test_to_latex(self, frame):
+    def test_to_latex(self, float_frame):
         # it works!
-        frame.to_latex()
+        float_frame.to_latex()
 
         df = DataFrame({'a': [1, 2], 'b': ['b1', 'b2']})
         withindex_result = df.to_latex()
@@ -66,9 +61,9 @@ def test_to_latex(self, frame):
 
         assert withoutindex_result == withoutindex_expected
 
-    def test_to_latex_format(self, frame):
+    def test_to_latex_format(self, float_frame):
         # GH Bug #9402
-        frame.to_latex(column_format='ccc')
+        float_frame.to_latex(column_format='ccc')
 
         df = DataFrame({'a': [1, 2], 'b': ['b1', 'b2']})
         withindex_result = df.to_latex(column_format='ccc')
@@ -389,8 +384,8 @@ def test_to_latex_special_escape(self):
 """
         assert escaped_result == escaped_expected
 
-    def test_to_latex_longtable(self, frame):
-        frame.to_latex(longtable=True)
+    def test_to_latex_longtable(self, float_frame):
+        float_frame.to_latex(longtable=True)
 
         df = DataFrame({'a': [1, 2], 'b': ['b1', 'b2']})
         withindex_result = df.to_latex(longtable=True)
@@ -535,9 +530,9 @@ def test_to_latex_specified_header(self):
         with pytest.raises(ValueError):
             df.to_latex(header=['A'])
 
-    def test_to_latex_decimal(self, frame):
+    def test_to_latex_decimal(self, float_frame):
         # GH 12031
-        frame.to_latex()
+        float_frame.to_latex()
 
         df = DataFrame({'a': [1.0, 2.1], 'b': ['b1', 'b2']})
         withindex_result = df.to_latex(decimal=',')