diff --git a/packages/vat-data/package.json b/packages/vat-data/package.json
index 4140b92c53a0..f8faeefcd3ca 100644
--- a/packages/vat-data/package.json
+++ b/packages/vat-data/package.json
@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@
   },
   "devDependencies": {
     "@endo/init": "^0.5.59",
+    "@endo/ses-ava": "^0.2.43",
     "ava": "^5.3.0",
     "tsd": "^0.28.1"
   },
diff --git a/packages/vat-data/test/prepare-test-env-ava.js b/packages/vat-data/test/prepare-test-env-ava.js
index 718c306fa121..4ef18dde3fc4 100644
--- a/packages/vat-data/test/prepare-test-env-ava.js
+++ b/packages/vat-data/test/prepare-test-env-ava.js
@@ -1,7 +1,5 @@
-// eslint-disable-next-line import/no-extraneous-dependencies
 import './prepare-test-env.js';
 
-// eslint-disable-next-line import/no-extraneous-dependencies
 import { wrapTest } from '@endo/ses-ava';
 import rawTest from 'ava';