diff --git a/tests/admin_checks/tests.py b/tests/admin_checks/tests.py
index d5661a137d..df1cd6f96f 100644
--- a/tests/admin_checks/tests.py
+++ b/tests/admin_checks/tests.py
@@ -132,7 +132,7 @@ class SystemChecksTestCase(SimpleTestCase):
     @override_settings(
         TEMPLATES=[
             {
-                'BACKEND': 'django.template.backends.jinja2.Jinja2',
+                'BACKEND': 'django.template.backends.dummy.TemplateStrings',
                 'DIRS': [],
                 'APP_DIRS': True,
             },