diff --git a/testsuite/MDAnalysisTests/core/test_groups.py b/testsuite/MDAnalysisTests/core/test_groups.py
index 6142043a110..aeee158074e 100644
--- a/testsuite/MDAnalysisTests/core/test_groups.py
+++ b/testsuite/MDAnalysisTests/core/test_groups.py
@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@
 )
 import pytest
 import operator
+import warnings
 
 import MDAnalysis as mda
 from MDAnalysis.exceptions import NoDataError
@@ -1465,8 +1466,10 @@ def test_decorator(self, compound, pbc, unwrap):
 
 @pytest.fixture()
 def tpr():
-    return mda.Universe(TPR)
-
+    with warnings.catch_warnings():
+        warnings.filterwarnings("ignore",
+                                message="No coordinate reader found")
+        return mda.Universe(TPR)
 
 class TestGetConnectionsAtoms(object):
     """Test Atom and AtomGroup.get_connections"""