diff --git a/spacy/tests/test_models.py b/spacy/tests/test_models.py
index ce074fe42..794f9ca87 100644
--- a/spacy/tests/test_models.py
+++ b/spacy/tests/test_models.py
@@ -2,11 +2,13 @@ from typing import List
 import pytest
 from thinc.api import fix_random_seed, Adam, set_dropout_rate
 from thinc.api import Ragged, reduce_mean, Logistic, chain, Relu
+from thinc.util import has_torch
 from numpy.testing import assert_array_equal, assert_array_almost_equal
 import numpy
 from spacy.ml.models import build_Tok2Vec_model, MultiHashEmbed, MaxoutWindowEncoder
 from spacy.ml.models import build_bow_text_classifier, build_simple_cnn_text_classifier
-from spacy.ml.models import build_spancat_model, build_wl_coref_model
+if has_torch:
+    from spacy.ml.models import build_spancat_model, build_wl_coref_model
 from spacy.ml.staticvectors import StaticVectors
 from spacy.ml.extract_spans import extract_spans, _get_span_indices
 from spacy.lang.en import English
@@ -271,6 +273,7 @@ def test_spancat_model_forward_backward(nO=5):
     backprop(Y)
 
 #TODO expand this
+@pytest.mark.skipif(not has_torch, reason="Torch not available")
 def test_coref_model_init():
     tok2vec = build_Tok2Vec_model(**get_tok2vec_kwargs())
     model = build_wl_coref_model(tok2vec)