diff --git a/ci/run_tests.sh b/ci/run_tests.sh
index b91cfb3bed8cc..d13fc381e8a43 100755
--- a/ci/run_tests.sh
+++ b/ci/run_tests.sh
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ PYTEST_CMD="pytest -m \"$PATTERN\" -n auto --dist=loadfile -s --strict --duratio
 
 # Travis does not have have an X server
 if [[ "$TRAVIS_OS_NAME" == "linux" ]]; then
-    DISPLAY=DISPLAY=:99.0
+    export DISPLAY=:99.0
     PYTEST_CMD="xvfb-run -e /dev/stdout $PYTEST_CMD"
 fi
 
diff --git a/pandas/io/clipboard/__init__.py b/pandas/io/clipboard/__init__.py
index 4f690a57893d1..014e49c8cecf5 100644
--- a/pandas/io/clipboard/__init__.py
+++ b/pandas/io/clipboard/__init__.py
@@ -627,6 +627,8 @@ def lazy_load_stub_copy(text):
     """
     global copy, paste
     copy, paste = determine_clipboard()
+    print("*" * 40, " CLIPBOARDS ", "*" * 40)
+    print(copy.__name__, paste.__name__)
     return copy(text)
 
 
@@ -649,6 +651,8 @@ def lazy_load_stub_paste():
     """
     global copy, paste
     copy, paste = determine_clipboard()
+    print("*" * 40, " CLIPBOARDS ", "*" * 40)
+    print(copy.__name__, paste.__name__)
     return paste()
 
 
diff --git a/pandas/tests/io/test_clipboard.py b/pandas/tests/io/test_clipboard.py
index 4559ba264d8b7..2801a83384278 100644
--- a/pandas/tests/io/test_clipboard.py
+++ b/pandas/tests/io/test_clipboard.py
@@ -10,12 +10,6 @@
 
 from pandas.io.clipboard import PyperclipException, clipboard_get, clipboard_set
 
-try:
-    DataFrame({"A": [1, 2]}).to_clipboard()
-    _DEPS_INSTALLED = 1
-except (PyperclipException, RuntimeError):
-    _DEPS_INSTALLED = 0
-
 
 def build_kwargs(sep, excel):
     kwargs = {}
@@ -146,9 +140,17 @@ def test_mock_clipboard(mock_clipboard):
     assert result == "abc"
 
 
+@pytest.fixture(scope="module")
+def check_clipboard():
+    """Check if we have a clipboard, skipping if it's not present"""
+    try:
+        DataFrame({"A": [1, 2]}).to_clipboard()
+    except (PyperclipException, RuntimeError):
+        pytest.skip("Missing clipboard dependency")
+
+
 @pytest.mark.single
 @pytest.mark.clipboard
-@pytest.mark.skipif(not _DEPS_INSTALLED, reason="clipboard primitives not installed")
 @pytest.mark.usefixtures("mock_clipboard")
 class TestClipboard:
     def check_round_trip_frame(self, data, excel=None, sep=None, encoding=None):
@@ -256,8 +258,8 @@ def test_round_trip_valid_encodings(self, enc, df):
 
 @pytest.mark.single
 @pytest.mark.clipboard
-@pytest.mark.skipif(not _DEPS_INSTALLED, reason="clipboard primitives not installed")
 @pytest.mark.parametrize("data", ["\U0001f44d...", "Ωœ∑´...", "abcd..."])
+@pytest.mark.usefixtures("check_clipboard")
 def test_raw_roundtrip(data):
     # PR #25040 wide unicode wasn't copied correctly on PY3 on windows
     clipboard_set(data)
diff --git a/pandas/tests/io/test_compression.py b/pandas/tests/io/test_compression.py
index d68b6a1effaa0..9bcdda2039458 100644
--- a/pandas/tests/io/test_compression.py
+++ b/pandas/tests/io/test_compression.py
@@ -140,7 +140,7 @@ def test_with_missing_lzma():
         import pandas
         """
     )
-    subprocess.check_output([sys.executable, "-c", code])
+    subprocess.check_output([sys.executable, "-c", code], stderr=subprocess.PIPE)
 
 
 def test_with_missing_lzma_runtime():
@@ -157,4 +157,4 @@ def test_with_missing_lzma_runtime():
             df.to_csv('foo.csv', compression='xz')
         """
     )
-    subprocess.check_output([sys.executable, "-c", code])
+    subprocess.check_output([sys.executable, "-c", code], stderr=subprocess.PIPE)