diff --git a/tests/storage/linstor/conftest.py b/tests/storage/linstor/conftest.py
index afb09da4d..0dbcc68c8 100644
--- a/tests/storage/linstor/conftest.py
+++ b/tests/storage/linstor/conftest.py
@@ -43,17 +43,30 @@ def lvm_disks(host, sr_disks_for_all_hosts, provisioning_type):
 
 @pytest.fixture(scope="package")
 def storage_pool_name(provisioning_type):
+    # FIXME: this needs an explanation
     return GROUP_NAME if provisioning_type == "thick" else STORAGE_POOL_NAME
 
+# FIXME why having this feature of session scope?  Shouldn't it make
+# it impossible to run both thin and thick tests in the same session?
 @pytest.fixture(params=["thin"], scope="session")
 def provisioning_type(request):
     return request.param
 
+# FIXME: this feature has scope "package" but even test_linsor_sr file
+# includes tests that need *not* to have linstor installed.  Currently
+# pool_with_saved_yum_state's setup is being run for both thin and
+# thick, but with a single teardown at the end (which is even not what
+# --setup-plan claims it will do)?  Is there even a way to make this
+# work, with pool_with_saved_yum_state being of scope package anyway?
+# Possibly by grouping packages with identical package reqs into
+# searate sub-packages?
 @pytest.fixture(scope='package')
 def pool_with_linstor(hostA2, lvm_disks, pool_with_saved_yum_state):
     import concurrent.futures
     pool = pool_with_saved_yum_state
 
+    # FIXME must check we have at least 3 hosts - hostA3 or a simple check here?
+
     def check_linstor_installed(host):
         if host.is_package_installed(LINSTOR_PACKAGE):
             raise Exception(
@@ -69,6 +82,7 @@ def install_linstor(host):
         host.yum_install([LINSTOR_PACKAGE], enablerepo="xcp-ng-linstor-testing")
         # Needed because the linstor driver is not in the xapi sm-plugins list
         # before installing the LINSTOR packages.
+        # FIXME: why multipathd?
         host.ssh(["systemctl", "restart", "multipathd"])
         host.restart_toolstack(verify=True)
 
@@ -77,15 +91,6 @@ def install_linstor(host):
 
     yield pool
 
-    # Need to remove this package as we have separate run of `test_create_sr_without_linstor`
-    # for `thin` and `thick` `provisioning_type`.
-    def remove_linstor(host):
-        logging.info(f"Cleaning up python-linstor from host {host}...")
-        host.yum_remove(["python-linstor"])
-
-    with concurrent.futures.ThreadPoolExecutor() as executor:
-        executor.map(remove_linstor, pool.hosts)
-
 @pytest.fixture(scope='package')
 def linstor_sr(pool_with_linstor, provisioning_type, storage_pool_name):
     sr = pool_with_linstor.master.sr_create('linstor', 'LINSTOR-SR-test', {
@@ -108,3 +113,9 @@ def vm_on_linstor_sr(host, linstor_sr, vm_ref):
     yield vm
     logging.info("<< Destroy VM")
     vm.destroy(verify=True)
+
+@pytest.fixture(scope='module')
+def host_without_linstor(host):
+    # FIXME: is that really the package to test?
+    assert not host.is_package_installed('python-linstor'), \
+        "linstor must not be installed on the host at the beginning of the tests"
diff --git a/tests/storage/linstor/test_linstor_sr.py b/tests/storage/linstor/test_linstor_sr.py
index 7dc6f4597..6df0a9ad3 100644
--- a/tests/storage/linstor/test_linstor_sr.py
+++ b/tests/storage/linstor/test_linstor_sr.py
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
 from tests.storage import vdi_is_open
 
 # Requirements:
-# - two or more XCP-ng hosts >= 8.2 with additional unused disk(s) for the SR
+# - one pool of 3 or more XCP-ng hosts >= 8.2 with additional unused disk(s) for the SR
 # - access to XCP-ng RPM repository from the host
 
 class TestLinstorSRCreateDestroy:
@@ -18,23 +18,20 @@ class TestLinstorSRCreateDestroy:
     and VM import.
     """
 
-    def test_create_sr_without_linstor(self, host, lvm_disks, provisioning_type, storage_pool_name):
+    def test_create_sr_without_linstor(self, host_without_linstor, lvm_disks, provisioning_type, storage_pool_name):
         # This test must be the first in the series in this module
-        assert not host.is_package_installed('python-linstor'), \
-            "linstor must not be installed on the host at the beginning of the tests"
-        try:
+        # FIXME: why would it be?
+        host = host_without_linstor
+        with pytest.raises(SSHCommandFailed):
             sr = host.sr_create('linstor', 'LINSTOR-SR-test', {
                 'group-name': storage_pool_name,
                 'redundancy': '1',
                 'provisioning': provisioning_type
             }, shared=True)
-            try:
+            # if exception was not raised, cleanup
+            # FIXME: ignoring all exceptions looks like a problem here?
+            with contextlib.suppress(Exception):
                 sr.destroy()
-            except Exception:
-                pass
-            assert False, "SR creation should not have succeeded!"
-        except SSHCommandFailed as e:
-            logging.info("SR creation failed, as expected: {}".format(e))
 
     def test_create_and_destroy_sr(self, pool_with_linstor, provisioning_type, storage_pool_name):
         # Create and destroy tested in the same test to leave the host as unchanged as possible