diff --git a/tests/conftest.py b/tests/conftest.py
index 2a4888a50..dacc39c48 100644
--- a/tests/conftest.py
+++ b/tests/conftest.py
@@ -43,10 +43,30 @@ def backing_h5ad(tmp_path):
         ),
     ]
 )
-def ellipsis_index_with_equivalent(request) -> tuple[EllipsisType | slice]:
+def ellipsis_index_with_equivalent(
+    request,
+) -> tuple[tuple[EllipsisType | slice], tuple[slice, slice]]:
     return request.param
 
 
+@pytest.fixture
+def ellipsis_index(
+    ellipsis_index_with_equivalent: tuple[
+        tuple[EllipsisType | slice], tuple[slice, slice]
+    ],
+) -> tuple[EllipsisType | slice]:
+    return ellipsis_index_with_equivalent[0]
+
+
+@pytest.fixture
+def equivalent_ellipsis_index(
+    ellipsis_index_with_equivalent: tuple[
+        tuple[EllipsisType | slice], tuple[slice, slice]
+    ],
+) -> tuple[slice, slice]:
+    return ellipsis_index_with_equivalent[1]
+
+
 #####################
 # Dask tokenization #
 #####################
diff --git a/tests/test_backed_sparse.py b/tests/test_backed_sparse.py
index 699b445f4..02803012c 100644
--- a/tests/test_backed_sparse.py
+++ b/tests/test_backed_sparse.py
@@ -130,13 +130,13 @@ def test_backed_indexing(
 
 def test_backed_ellipsis_indexing(
     ondisk_equivalent_adata: tuple[AnnData, AnnData, AnnData, AnnData],
-    ellipsis_index_with_equivalent: tuple[EllipsisType | slice, ...],
+    ellipsis_index: tuple[EllipsisType | slice],
+    equivalent_ellipsis_index: tuple[slice],
 ):
-    ellipsis_index, equivalent_index = ellipsis_index_with_equivalent
     csr_mem, csr_disk, csc_disk, _ = ondisk_equivalent_adata
 
-    assert_equal(csr_mem.X[equivalent_index], csr_disk.X[ellipsis_index])
-    assert_equal(csr_mem.X[equivalent_index], csc_disk.X[ellipsis_index])
+    assert_equal(csr_mem.X[equivalent_ellipsis_index], csr_disk.X[ellipsis_index])
+    assert_equal(csr_mem.X[equivalent_ellipsis_index], csc_disk.X[ellipsis_index])
 
 
 def make_randomized_mask(size: int) -> np.ndarray:
diff --git a/tests/test_views.py b/tests/test_views.py
index d640cda7d..c095aa23b 100644
--- a/tests/test_views.py
+++ b/tests/test_views.py
@@ -791,12 +791,13 @@ def test_dataframe_view_index_setting():
 
 
 def test_ellipsis_index(
-    ellipsis_index_with_equivalent: tuple[slice | EllipsisType, ...], matrix_type
+    ellipsis_index: tuple[EllipsisType | slice],
+    equivalent_ellipsis_index: tuple[slice],
+    matrix_type,
 ):
-    ellipsis_index, equivalent_index = ellipsis_index_with_equivalent
     adata = gen_adata((10, 10), X_type=matrix_type, **GEN_ADATA_DASK_ARGS)
     subset_ellipsis = adata[ellipsis_index]
-    subset = adata[equivalent_index]
+    subset = adata[equivalent_ellipsis_index]
     assert_equal(subset_ellipsis, subset)