diff --git a/tests.py b/tests.py
index 0ebb457d..db0f1e2a 100644
--- a/tests.py
+++ b/tests.py
@@ -370,6 +370,32 @@ def tearDownModule():
     teardown()
 
 
+preferred_binding = None
+
+# Use whichever binding is currently available
+try:
+    import PySide as __
+    preferred_binding = "PySide"
+except ImportError:
+    try:
+        import PySide2 as __
+        preferred_binding = "PySide2"
+    except ImportError:
+        try:
+            import PySide6 as __
+            preferred_binding = "PySide6"
+        except ImportError:
+            try:
+                import PyQt4 as __
+                preferred_binding = "PyQt4"
+            except ImportError:
+                try:
+                    import PyQt5 as __
+                    preferred_binding = "PyQt5"
+                except ImportError:
+                    pass
+
+
 def binding(binding):
     """Isolate test to a particular binding
 
@@ -380,7 +406,11 @@ def binding(binding):
 
     """
 
-    return os.getenv("QT_PREFERRED_BINDING") == binding
+    if "QT_PREFERRED_BINDING" in os.environ:
+        return os.getenv("QT_PREFERRED_BINDING") == binding
+
+    return binding == preferred_binding
+
 
 
 @contextlib.contextmanager
@@ -404,20 +434,6 @@ def messageOutputHandler(msgType, logContext, msg):
         QtCompat.qInstallMessageHandler(None)
 
 
-def test_environment():
-    """Tests require all bindings to be installed (except PySide on py3.5+)"""
-
-    if sys.version_info < (3, 5):
-        # PySide is not available for Python > 3.4
-        imp.find_module("PySide")
-    elif os.environ.get("QT_PREFERRED_BINDING") == "PySide6":
-        imp.find_module("PySide6")
-    else:
-        imp.find_module("PySide2")
-        imp.find_module("PyQt4")
-        imp.find_module("PyQt5")
-
-
 def test_load_ui_returntype():
     """load_ui returns an instance of QObject"""
 
@@ -829,7 +845,7 @@ def test_vendoring():
     env = os.environ.copy()
     env["QT_PREFERRED_BINDING_JSON"] = json.dumps(
         {
-            "Qt": ["PySide6", "PyQt5", "PyQt4"],
+            "Qt": ["PySide6", "PySide2", "PyQt5", "PyQt4"],
             "default": ["None"]
         }
     )
@@ -842,7 +858,7 @@ def test_vendoring():
     ) == 0
 
     print("Testing QT_PREFERRED_BINDING_JSON and QT_PREFERRED_BINDING work..")
-    env["QT_PREFERRED_BINDING_JSON"] = '{"Qt":["PySide6","PyQt5","PyQt4"]}'
+    env["QT_PREFERRED_BINDING_JSON"] = '{"Qt":["PySide6", "PySide2","PyQt5","PyQt4"]}'
     env["QT_PREFERRED_BINDING"] = "None"
     assert subprocess.call(
         [sys.executable, "-c", cmd],
@@ -999,8 +1015,10 @@ def test_binding_and_qt_version():
 def test_binding_states():
     """Tests to see if the Qt binding enum states are set properly"""
     import Qt
+    print(Qt)
+    print("ADTAD A---- - - -- - - _SDFSD")
     assert Qt.IsPySide == binding("PySide")
-    assert Qt.IsPySide2 == binding("PySide2")
+    assert Qt.IsPySide2 == binding("PySide2"), "%s != %s" % (Qt.IsPySide2, binding("PySide2"))
     assert Qt.IsPySide6 == binding("PySide6")
     assert Qt.IsPyQt5 == binding("PyQt5")
     assert Qt.IsPyQt4 == binding("PyQt4")
@@ -1374,26 +1392,26 @@ def test_preferred_pyside():
             "PySide should have been picked, "
             "instead got %s" % Qt.__binding__)
 
-
-if binding("PySide2"):
-    def test_preferred_pyside2():
-        """QT_PREFERRED_BINDING = PySide2 properly forces the binding"""
-        import Qt
-        assert Qt.__binding__ == "PySide2", (
-            "PySide2 should have been picked, "
-            "instead got %s" % Qt.__binding__)
-
     def test_coexistence():
         """Qt.py may be use alongside the actual binding"""
 
         from Qt import QtCore
-        import PySide2.QtGui
+        import PySide.QtGui
 
         # Qt remaps QStringListModel
         assert QtCore.QStringListModel
 
         # But does not delete the original
-        assert PySide2.QtGui.QStringListModel
+        assert PySide.QtGui.QStringListModel
+
+
+if binding("PySide2"):
+    def test_preferred_pyside2():
+        """QT_PREFERRED_BINDING = PySide2 properly forces the binding"""
+        import Qt
+        assert Qt.__binding__ == "PySide2", (
+            "PySide2 should have been picked, "
+            "instead got %s" % Qt.__binding__)
 
 
 if binding("PySide6"):