diff --git a/tests/conftest.py b/tests/conftest.py
index b7981c9..7f8e71d 100644
--- a/tests/conftest.py
+++ b/tests/conftest.py
@@ -16,13 +16,8 @@
 import pytest
 
 from cryptography.hazmat.backends import _available_backends
-from cryptography.hazmat.backends.interfaces import (
-    CMACBackend, CipherBackend, DSABackend, EllipticCurveBackend, HMACBackend,
-    HashBackend, PBKDF2HMACBackend, PEMSerializationBackend,
-    PKCS8SerializationBackend, RSABackend,
-    TraditionalOpenSSLSerializationBackend
-)
-from .utils import check_backend_support, check_for_iface, select_backends
+
+from .utils import check_backend_support, select_backends
 
 
 def pytest_generate_tests(metafunc):
@@ -35,21 +30,17 @@
 
 @pytest.mark.trylast
 def pytest_runtest_setup(item):
-    check_for_iface("hmac", HMACBackend, item)
-    check_for_iface("cipher", CipherBackend, item)
-    check_for_iface("cmac", CMACBackend, item)
-    check_for_iface("hash", HashBackend, item)
-    check_for_iface("pbkdf2hmac", PBKDF2HMACBackend, item)
-    check_for_iface("dsa", DSABackend, item)
-    check_for_iface("rsa", RSABackend, item)
-    check_for_iface(
-        "traditional_openssl_serialization",
-        TraditionalOpenSSLSerializationBackend,
-        item
-    )
-    check_for_iface("pkcs8_serialization", PKCS8SerializationBackend, item)
-    check_for_iface("elliptic", EllipticCurveBackend, item)
-    check_for_iface("pem_serialization", PEMSerializationBackend, item)
+    required = item.keywords.get("requires_backend_interface")
+    if (
+        required is not None and
+        "backend" in item.funcargs and
+        not isinstance(item.funcargs["backend"], required.kwargs['interface'])
+    ):
+        pytest.skip("{0} backend does not support {1}".format(
+            item.funcargs["backend"],
+            required.kwargs['interface'].__name__
+        ))
+
     check_backend_support(item)