--- xt/release/tidyall.t
+++ xt/release/tidyall.t
@@ -6,7 +6,9 @@ BEGIN {
         plan skip_all => 'This test requires Perl version 5.010';
     }
 }
-use Test::Code::TidyAll 0.24;
+eval 'use Test::Code::TidyAll 0.24;';
+plan skip_all => 'Test::Code::TidyAll 0.24 required for testing tidiness'
+    if $@;
 
 tidyall_ok(
      verbose => ( exists $ENV{TEST_TIDYALL_VERBOSE} ? $ENV{TEST_TIDYALL_VERBOSE} : 1 ),