diff --git a/tests/__init__.py b/tests/__init__.py
index c8fe2c3..27e7da5 100644
--- a/tests/__init__.py
+++ b/tests/__init__.py
@@ -2,7 +2,6 @@ from pathlib import Path
 from typing import Any
 from unittest import TestCase
 
-import warnings
 import numpy as np
 
 import shutil
@@ -267,7 +266,4 @@ def load_table(fname: Path) -> np.array:
     Loads a GRAY output file as a structured numpy array
     (columns are named as in the file header)
     '''
-    # ignore warnings about empty files
-    with warnings.catch_warnings():
-        warnings.simplefilter("ignore")
-        return np.genfromtxt(fname, names=True, skip_header=21, ndmin=1)
+    return np.genfromtxt(fname, names=True, skip_header=21, ndmin=1)