diff --git a/test/units/utils/collection_loader/fixtures/collections_masked/ansible_collections/testns/__init__.py b/test/units/utils/collection_loader/fixtures/collections_masked/ansible_collections/testns/__init__.py
index efcfba7b39e..c197d42ed36 100644
--- a/test/units/utils/collection_loader/fixtures/collections_masked/ansible_collections/testns/__init__.py
+++ b/test/units/utils/collection_loader/fixtures/collections_masked/ansible_collections/testns/__init__.py
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-from __future__ import annotations
+from __future__ import annotations  # pragma: nocover
 
 
-raise Exception('this code should never execute')
+raise Exception('this code should never execute')  # pragma: nocover