diff --git a/bigquery/noxfile.py b/bigquery/noxfile.py
index fc44db1c120e..a6d8094ebbc3 100644
--- a/bigquery/noxfile.py
+++ b/bigquery/noxfile.py
@@ -20,11 +20,7 @@
 import nox
 
 
-LOCAL_DEPS = (
-    os.path.join("..", "api_core[grpc]"),
-    os.path.join("..", "core"),
-    os.path.join("..", "test_utils"),
-)
+LOCAL_DEPS = (os.path.join("..", "api_core[grpc]"), os.path.join("..", "core"))
 
 BLACK_PATHS = ("docs", "google", "samples", "tests", "noxfile.py", "setup.py")
 
@@ -42,6 +38,7 @@ def default(session):
     for local_dep in LOCAL_DEPS:
         session.install("-e", local_dep)
 
+    session.install("-e", os.path.join("..", "test_utils"))
     dev_install = ".[all]"
     session.install("-e", dev_install)