diff --git a/array_api_tests/dtype_helpers.py b/array_api_tests/dtype_helpers.py
index 4729d8f9..d7346aa1 100644
--- a/array_api_tests/dtype_helpers.py
+++ b/array_api_tests/dtype_helpers.py
@@ -164,6 +164,11 @@ def _make_dtype_tuple_from_names(names: List[str]) -> Tuple[DataType]:
 }
 
 
+def available_kinds():
+    return {
+        kind for kind, dtypes in kind_to_dtypes.items() if dtypes
+    }
+
 def is_int_dtype(dtype):
     return dtype in all_int_dtypes
 
diff --git a/array_api_tests/test_inspection_functions.py b/array_api_tests/test_inspection_functions.py
index eaac0276..cff25f99 100644
--- a/array_api_tests/test_inspection_functions.py
+++ b/array_api_tests/test_inspection_functions.py
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 import pytest
 from hypothesis import given, strategies as st
+from array_api_tests.dtype_helpers import available_kinds
 
 from . import xp
 
@@ -16,7 +17,8 @@ def test_array_namespace_info():
 
     default_dtypes = out.default_dtypes()
     assert isinstance(default_dtypes, dict)
-    assert {"real floating", "complex floating", "integral", "indexing"}.issubset(set(default_dtypes.keys()))
+    expected_subset = {"real floating", "complex floating", "integral"} & available_kinds() | {"indexing"}
+    assert expected_subset.issubset(set(default_dtypes.keys()))
 
     devices = out.devices()
     assert isinstance(devices, list)