diff --git a/swh/web/misc/__init__.py b/swh/web/misc/__init__.py
deleted file mode 100644
diff --git a/swh/web/tests/test_urls.py b/swh/web/tests/test_urls.py
--- a/swh/web/tests/test_urls.py
+++ b/swh/web/tests/test_urls.py
@@ -7,6 +7,9 @@
 
 from django.urls import get_resolver
 
+from swh.web.tests.helpers import check_http_get_response
+from swh.web.utils import reverse
+
 
 def test_swh_web_urls_have_trailing_slash():
     urls = set(
@@ -25,3 +28,8 @@
         AssertionError, match=f"Django application {app_name} not found !"
     ):
         django_settings.SWH_DJANGO_APPS = django_settings.SWH_DJANGO_APPS + [app_name]
+
+
+def test_stat_counters_view(client):
+    url = reverse("stat-counters")
+    check_http_get_response(client, url, status_code=200)
diff --git a/swh/web/misc/urls.py b/swh/web/tests/urls.py
rename from swh/web/misc/urls.py
rename to swh/web/tests/urls.py
--- a/swh/web/misc/urls.py
+++ b/swh/web/tests/urls.py
@@ -1,86 +1,47 @@
-# Copyright (C) 2019-2022  The Software Heritage developers
+# Copyright (C) 2018-2022  The Software Heritage developers
 # See the AUTHORS file at the top-level directory of this distribution
 # License: GNU Affero General Public License version 3, or any later version
 # See top-level LICENSE file for more information
 
-import json
-
-import requests
-
-from django.http import JsonResponse
 from django.urls import re_path as url
 
 from swh.web.config import get_config
-from swh.web.utils import archive
-from swh.web.utils.exc import sentry_capture_exception
-
-
-def _stat_counters(request):
-    stat_counters = archive.stat_counters()
-    url = get_config()["history_counters_url"]
-    stat_counters_history = {}
-    try:
-        response = requests.get(url, timeout=5)
-        stat_counters_history = json.loads(response.text)
-    except Exception as exc:
-        sentry_capture_exception(exc)
-
-    counters = {
-        "stat_counters": stat_counters,
-        "stat_counters_history": stat_counters_history,
-    }
-    return JsonResponse(counters)
-
-
-urlpatterns = [
-    url(r"^stat_counters/$", _stat_counters, name="stat-counters"),
-]
-
-
+from swh.web.tests.views import (
+    get_content_code_data_all_exts,
+    get_content_code_data_all_filenames,
+    get_content_code_data_by_ext,
+    get_content_code_data_by_filename,
+    get_content_other_data_by_ext,
+)
+
+urlpatterns = []
 # when running end to end tests through cypress, declare some extra
 # endpoints to provide input data for some of those tests
 if get_config()["e2e_tests_mode"]:
-
-    from swh.web.tests.views import (
-        get_content_code_data_all_exts,
-        get_content_code_data_all_filenames,
-        get_content_code_data_by_ext,
-        get_content_code_data_by_filename,
-        get_content_other_data_by_ext,
-    )
-
-    urlpatterns.append(
+    urlpatterns = [
         url(
             r"^tests/data/content/code/extension/(?P<ext>.+)/$",
             get_content_code_data_by_ext,
             name="tests-content-code-extension",
-        )
-    )
-    urlpatterns.append(
+        ),
         url(
             r"^tests/data/content/other/extension/(?P<ext>.+)/$",
             get_content_other_data_by_ext,
             name="tests-content-other-extension",
-        )
-    )
-    urlpatterns.append(
+        ),
         url(
             r"^tests/data/content/code/extensions/$",
             get_content_code_data_all_exts,
             name="tests-content-code-extensions",
-        )
-    )
-    urlpatterns.append(
+        ),
         url(
             r"^tests/data/content/code/filename/(?P<filename>.+)/$",
             get_content_code_data_by_filename,
             name="tests-content-code-filename",
-        )
-    )
-    urlpatterns.append(
+        ),
         url(
             r"^tests/data/content/code/filenames/$",
             get_content_code_data_all_filenames,
             name="tests-content-code-filenames",
-        )
-    )
+        ),
+    ]
diff --git a/swh/web/urls.py b/swh/web/urls.py
--- a/swh/web/urls.py
+++ b/swh/web/urls.py
@@ -4,13 +4,16 @@
 # See top-level LICENSE file for more information
 
 from importlib.util import find_spec
+import json
 from typing import List, Union
 
 from django_js_reverse.views import urls_js
+import requests
 
 from django.conf import settings
 from django.conf.urls import handler400, handler403, handler404, handler500, include
 from django.contrib.staticfiles.views import serve
+from django.http import JsonResponse
 from django.shortcuts import render
 from django.urls import URLPattern, URLResolver
 from django.urls import re_path as url
@@ -18,7 +21,7 @@
 
 from swh.web.browse.identifiers import swhid_browse
 from swh.web.config import get_config
-from swh.web.utils import origin_visit_types
+from swh.web.utils import archive, origin_visit_types
 from swh.web.utils.exc import swh_handle400, swh_handle403, swh_handle404, swh_handle500
 
 swh_web_config = get_config()
@@ -32,6 +35,22 @@
     return render(request, "homepage.html", {"visit_types": origin_visit_types()})
 
 
+def _stat_counters(request):
+    stat_counters = archive.stat_counters()
+    url = get_config()["history_counters_url"]
+    stat_counters_history = {}
+
+    if url:
+        response = requests.get(url, timeout=5)
+        stat_counters_history = json.loads(response.text)
+
+    counters = {
+        "stat_counters": stat_counters,
+        "stat_counters_history": stat_counters_history,
+    }
+    return JsonResponse(counters)
+
+
 urlpatterns: List[Union[URLPattern, URLResolver]] = []
 
 # Register URLs for each SWH Django application
@@ -59,7 +78,8 @@
         swhid_browse,
         name="browse-swhid",
     ),
-    url(r"^", include("swh.web.misc.urls")),
+    url(r"^stat_counters/$", _stat_counters, name="stat-counters"),
+    url(r"^", include("swh.web.tests.urls")),
 ]