diff --git a/swh/lister/cgit/tests/conftest.py b/swh/lister/cgit/tests/conftest.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..d299271
--- /dev/null
+++ b/swh/lister/cgit/tests/conftest.py
@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+# Copyright (C) 2019-2020 The Software Heritage developers
+# See the AUTHORS file at the top-level directory of this distribution
+# License: GNU General Public License version 3, or any later version
+# See top-level LICENSE file for more information
+
+import pytest
+
+
+@pytest.fixture
+def lister_under_test():
+    return "cgit"
+
+
+@pytest.fixture
+def lister_cgit(swh_lister):
+    for task_type in [
+        {
+            "type": "load-git",
+            "description": "Load git repository",
+            "backend_name": "swh.loader.git.tasks.UpdateGitRepository",
+            "default_interval": "1 day",
+        },
+    ]:
+        swh_lister.scheduler.create_task_type(task_type)
+
+    return swh_lister
diff --git a/swh/lister/cgit/tests/test_lister.py b/swh/lister/cgit/tests/test_lister.py
index bed9096..197a1d7 100644
--- a/swh/lister/cgit/tests/test_lister.py
+++ b/swh/lister/cgit/tests/test_lister.py
@@ -1,88 +1,74 @@
 # Copyright (C) 2019-2020 the Software Heritage developers
 # License: GNU General Public License version 3, or any later version
 # See top-level LICENSE file for more information
 
-import pytest
-
 from swh.lister import __version__
 
 
-@pytest.fixture
-def lister_under_test():
-    return "cgit"
-
-
-def test_lister_no_page(requests_mock_datadir, swh_lister):
-    lister = swh_lister
+def test_lister_cgit_no_page(requests_mock_datadir, lister_cgit):
+    assert lister_cgit.url == "https://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/"
 
-    assert lister.url == "https://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/"
-
-    repos = list(lister.get_repos())
+    repos = list(lister_cgit.get_repos())
     assert len(repos) == 977
 
     assert repos[0] == "https://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/elisp-es.git/"
     # note the url below is NOT a subpath of /cgit/
     assert repos[-1] == "https://git.savannah.gnu.org/path/to/yetris.git/"  # noqa
     # note the url below is NOT on the same server
     assert repos[-2] == "http://example.org/cgit/xstarcastle.git/"
 
 
-def test_lister_model(requests_mock_datadir, swh_lister):
-    lister = swh_lister
-
-    repo = next(lister.get_repos())
+def test_lister_cgit_model(requests_mock_datadir, lister_cgit):
+    repo = next(lister_cgit.get_repos())
 
-    model = lister.build_model(repo)
+    model = lister_cgit.build_model(repo)
     assert model == {
         "uid": "https://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/elisp-es.git/",
         "name": "elisp-es.git",
         "origin_type": "git",
         "instance": "git.savannah.gnu.org",
         "origin_url": "https://git.savannah.gnu.org/git/elisp-es.git",
     }
 
 
-def test_lister_with_pages(requests_mock_datadir, swh_lister):
-    lister = swh_lister
-    lister.url = "https://git.tizen/cgit/"
+def test_lister_cgit_with_pages(requests_mock_datadir, lister_cgit):
+    lister_cgit.url = "https://git.tizen/cgit/"
 
-    repos = list(lister.get_repos())
+    repos = list(lister_cgit.get_repos())
     # we should have 16 repos (listed on 3 pages)
     assert len(repos) == 16
 
 
-def test_lister_run(requests_mock_datadir, swh_lister):
-    lister = swh_lister
-    lister.url = "https://git.tizen/cgit/"
-    lister.run()
+def test_lister_cgit_run(requests_mock_datadir, lister_cgit):
+    lister_cgit.url = "https://git.tizen/cgit/"
+    lister_cgit.run()
 
-    r = lister.scheduler.search_tasks(task_type="load-git")
+    r = lister_cgit.scheduler.search_tasks(task_type="load-git")
     assert len(r) == 16
 
     for row in r:
         assert row["type"] == "load-git"
         # arguments check
         args = row["arguments"]["args"]
         assert len(args) == 0
 
         # kwargs
         kwargs = row["arguments"]["kwargs"]
         assert len(kwargs) == 1
         url = kwargs["url"]
         assert url.startswith("https://git.tizen")
 
         assert row["policy"] == "recurring"
         assert row["priority"] is None
 
 
-def test_lister_requests(requests_mock_datadir, swh_lister):
-    lister = swh_lister
-    lister.url = "https://git.tizen/cgit/"
-    lister.run()
+def test_lister_cgit_requests(requests_mock_datadir, lister_cgit):
+    lister_cgit.url = "https://git.tizen/cgit/"
+    lister_cgit.run()
 
     assert len(requests_mock_datadir.request_history) != 0
     for request in requests_mock_datadir.request_history:
         assert "User-Agent" in request.headers
         user_agent = request.headers["User-Agent"]
         assert "Software Heritage Lister" in user_agent
         assert __version__ in user_agent