diff --git a/camelot/parsers/lattice.py b/camelot/parsers/lattice.py
index 13d1d61..9687ee8 100644
--- a/camelot/parsers/lattice.py
+++ b/camelot/parsers/lattice.py
@@ -142,9 +142,10 @@ class Lattice(BaseParser):
         if isinstance(backend, str):
             if backend in BACKENDS.keys():
                 if backend == "ghostscript":
-                    raise DeprecationWarning(
+                    warnings.warn(
                         "'ghostscript' will be replaced by 'poppler' as the default image conversion"
-                        " backend in v0.12.0. You can try out 'poppler' with backend='poppler'."
+                        " backend in v0.12.0. You can try out 'poppler' with backend='poppler'.",
+                        DeprecationWarning
                     )
 
                 return BACKENDS[backend]()
diff --git a/tests/test_cli.py b/tests/test_cli.py
index 5ae7980..70b5b7b 100755
--- a/tests/test_cli.py
+++ b/tests/test_cli.py
@@ -1,7 +1,9 @@
 # -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
 
 import os
+import sys
 
+import pytest
 from click.testing import CliRunner
 
 from camelot.cli import cli
@@ -11,7 +13,10 @@ from camelot.utils import TemporaryDirectory
 testdir = os.path.dirname(os.path.abspath(__file__))
 testdir = os.path.join(testdir, "files")
 
-skip_on_windows = pytest.mark.skip(sys.platform.startswith("win"))
+skip_on_windows = pytest.mark.skipif(
+    sys.platform.startswith("win"),
+    reason="Ghostscript not installed in Windows test environment",
+)
 
 
 def test_help_output():
@@ -38,7 +43,7 @@ def test_cli_lattice():
             cli, ["--format", "csv", "--output", outfile, "lattice", infile]
         )
         assert result.exit_code == 0
-        assert result.output == "Found 1 tables\n"
+        assert "Found 1 tables" in result.output
 
         result = runner.invoke(cli, ["--format", "csv", "lattice", infile])
         output_error = "Error: Please specify output file path using --output"
diff --git a/tests/test_common.py b/tests/test_common.py
index 0f33ebb..9e07efa 100644
--- a/tests/test_common.py
+++ b/tests/test_common.py
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
 import os
 import sys
 
+import pytest
 import pandas as pd
 from pandas.testing import assert_frame_equal
 
@@ -16,7 +17,10 @@ from .data import *
 testdir = os.path.dirname(os.path.abspath(__file__))
 testdir = os.path.join(testdir, "files")
 
-skip_on_windows = pytest.mark.skip(sys.platform.startswith("win"))
+skip_on_windows = pytest.mark.skipif(
+    sys.platform.startswith("win"),
+    reason="Ghostscript not installed in Windows test environment",
+)
 
 
 def test_version_generation():
diff --git a/tests/test_errors.py b/tests/test_errors.py
index 5a37112..1cdb344 100755
--- a/tests/test_errors.py
+++ b/tests/test_errors.py
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 # -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
 
 import os
+import sys
 import warnings
 
 import pytest
@@ -12,7 +13,10 @@ testdir = os.path.dirname(os.path.abspath(__file__))
 testdir = os.path.join(testdir, "files")
 filename = os.path.join(testdir, "foo.pdf")
 
-skip_on_windows = pytest.mark.skip(sys.platform.startswith("win"))
+skip_on_windows = pytest.mark.skipif(
+    sys.platform.startswith("win"),
+    reason="Ghostscript not installed in Windows test environment",
+)
 
 
 def test_unknown_flavor():
@@ -87,7 +91,7 @@ def test_stream_equal_length():
 def test_image_warning():
     filename = os.path.join(testdir, "image.pdf")
     with warnings.catch_warnings():
-        warnings.simplefilter("error")
+        warnings.simplefilter("error", category=UserWarning)
         with pytest.raises(UserWarning) as e:
             tables = camelot.read_pdf(filename)
             assert (
@@ -117,7 +121,7 @@ def test_stream_no_tables_in_area():
 def test_lattice_no_tables_on_page():
     filename = os.path.join(testdir, "empty.pdf")
     with warnings.catch_warnings():
-        warnings.simplefilter("error")
+        warnings.simplefilter("error", category=UserWarning)
         with pytest.raises(UserWarning) as e:
             tables = camelot.read_pdf(filename, flavor="lattice")
         assert str(e.value) == "No tables found on page-1"
diff --git a/tests/test_lattice.py b/tests/test_lattice.py
index edd0966..7636b1b 100644
--- a/tests/test_lattice.py
+++ b/tests/test_lattice.py
@@ -1,7 +1,9 @@
 # -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
 
 import os
+import sys
 
+import pytest
 import pandas as pd
 from pandas.testing import assert_frame_equal
 
@@ -14,7 +16,10 @@ from .data import *
 testdir = os.path.dirname(os.path.abspath(__file__))
 testdir = os.path.join(testdir, "files")
 
-skip_on_windows = pytest.mark.skip(sys.platform.startswith("win"))
+skip_on_windows = pytest.mark.skipif(
+    sys.platform.startswith("win"),
+    reason="Ghostscript not installed in Windows test environment",
+)
 
 
 @skip_on_windows
diff --git a/tests/test_plotting.py b/tests/test_plotting.py
index d38fbad..071dfff 100644
--- a/tests/test_plotting.py
+++ b/tests/test_plotting.py
@@ -10,7 +10,10 @@ import camelot
 testdir = os.path.dirname(os.path.abspath(__file__))
 testdir = os.path.join(testdir, "files")
 
-skip_on_windows = pytest.mark.skip(sys.platform.startswith("win"))
+skip_on_windows = pytest.mark.skipif(
+    sys.platform.startswith("win"),
+    reason="Ghostscript not installed in Windows test environment",
+)
 
 
 @skip_on_windows
diff --git a/tests/test_stream.py b/tests/test_stream.py
index 4a0ec0c..0626ea7 100644
--- a/tests/test_stream.py
+++ b/tests/test_stream.py
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 
 import os
 
+import pytest
 import pandas as pd
 from pandas.testing import assert_frame_equal