diff --git a/tests/__init__.py b/tests/__init__.py
deleted file mode 100644
index e69de29bb2d1d6434b8b29ae775ad8c2e48c5391..0000000000000000000000000000000000000000
diff --git a/tests/test_basics.py b/tests/test_basics.py
index 07df21c97fa1dbb09b458337cfe65446c7b1dea5..5175ce70492dffe24a245195abca5c7b80c64072 100644
--- a/tests/test_basics.py
+++ b/tests/test_basics.py
@@ -14,9 +14,7 @@ class TestBasicFunction(unittest.TestCase):
         sys.path.insert(0, modPath)
 
     def test_python_imports(self):
-        """
-        Test imports
-        """
+        """Test imports"""
         import numpy, scipy, matplotlib, vtk, AmpScan.core
         s = str(type(numpy))
         self.assertEqual(s, "<class 'module'>")
@@ -31,8 +29,6 @@ class TestBasicFunction(unittest.TestCase):
 
     @unittest.expectedFailure
     def test_failure(self):
-        """
-        Test expected failure functionality of test suite
-        """
+        """Test expected failure functionality of test suite"""
         s = str(type("string"))
         self.assertEqual(s, "<class 'module'>")
diff --git a/tests/test_core.py b/tests/test_core.py
index b1ebb53eec1e7038f46803c9285bb10ec0bf0ef1..e53afd22399f0a276d1549fbbc5527be9cc9a2e6 100644
--- a/tests/test_core.py
+++ b/tests/test_core.py
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 """
-Testing suite for the core functionality
+Testing suite for the core module
 """
 
 import unittest
@@ -21,9 +21,7 @@ class TestCore(unittest.TestCase):
         self.amp = AmpObject(stl_path)
 
     def test_centre(self):
-        """
-        Test the centre method of AmpObject
-        """
+        """Test the centre method of AmpObject"""
 
         # Translate the mesh
         self.amp.translate([1, 0, 0])
@@ -35,9 +33,7 @@ class TestCore(unittest.TestCase):
         self.assertTrue(all(centre[i] < (10**-TestCore.ACCURACY) for i in range(3)))
 
     def test_rotate_ang(self):
-        """
-        Tests the rotateAng method of AmpObject
-        """
+        """Tests the rotateAng method of AmpObject"""
 
         # Test rotation on random node
         n = randrange(len(self.amp.vert))
@@ -59,9 +55,7 @@ class TestCore(unittest.TestCase):
             self.amp.rotateAng(dict())
 
     def test_rotate(self):
-        """
-        Tests the rotate method of AmpObject
-        """
+        """Tests the rotate method of AmpObject"""
         # A test rotation and translation using list
         m = [[1, 0, 0], [0, np.sqrt(3)/2, 1/2], [0, -1/2, np.sqrt(3)/2]]
         self.amp.rotate(m)
@@ -83,9 +77,7 @@ class TestCore(unittest.TestCase):
             self.amp.rotate([[], [], []])
 
     def test_translate(self):
-        """
-        Test translating method of AmpObject
-        """
+        """Test translating method of AmpObject"""
 
         # Check that everything has been translated correctly to a certain accuracy
         start = self.amp.vert.mean(axis=0).copy()
@@ -108,9 +100,7 @@ class TestCore(unittest.TestCase):
             self.amp.translate([0, 0, 0, 0])
 
     def test_rigid_transform(self):
-        """
-        Test the rigid transform method of AmpObject
-        """
+        """Test the rigid transform method of AmpObject"""
 
         # Test if no transform is applied, vertices aren't affected
         before_vert = self.amp.vert.copy()
diff --git a/tests/test_trim.py b/tests/test_trim.py
index 77e2165f98d9101dda9dba60867b75254d3d92e8..abf9f4a5814014a9f22014cd262888dbe84f9e42 100644
--- a/tests/test_trim.py
+++ b/tests/test_trim.py
@@ -8,8 +8,7 @@ import os
 class TestTrim(unittest.TestCase):
 
     def setUp(self):
-        """
-        Runs before each unit test
+        """Runs before each unit test
         Sets up the AmpObject object using "sample_stl_sphere_BIN.stl"
         """
         from AmpScan.core import AmpObject
@@ -17,16 +16,13 @@ class TestTrim(unittest.TestCase):
         self.amp = AmpObject(stl_path)
 
     def test_trim(self):
-        """
-        a new test for the trim module
-        """
+        """Tests the trim method of AmpObject"""
         with self.assertRaises(TypeError):
             self.amp.planarTrim([], plane=[])
 
     @staticmethod
     def get_path(filename):
-        """
-        Returns the absolute path to the testing files
+        """Returns the absolute path to the testing files
 
         :param filename: Name of the file in tests folder
         :return: The absolute path to the file