diff --git a/ReferenceTests/src/tests/figures_and_makielayout.jl b/ReferenceTests/src/tests/figures_and_makielayout.jl
index 98557769540..88828000dbe 100644
--- a/ReferenceTests/src/tests/figures_and_makielayout.jl
+++ b/ReferenceTests/src/tests/figures_and_makielayout.jl
@@ -224,3 +224,18 @@ end
 
     fig
 end
+
+@reference_test "datashader" begin
+    fig, ax, ds = datashader(rand(Point2f, 100); async=false)
+    Colorbar(fig[1, 2], ds; width=100)
+    hidedecorations!(ax)
+    hidespines!(ax)
+
+    normaldist = randn(Point2f, 100000)
+    ds1 = normaldist .+ (Point2f(-1, 0),)
+    ds2 = normaldist .+ (Point2f(1, 0),)
+    ax, pl = datashader(fig[2, :], Dict("a" => ds1, "b" => ds2))
+    hidedecorations!(ax)
+    axislegend(ax)
+    fig
+end
diff --git a/ReferenceTests/src/tests/primitives.jl b/ReferenceTests/src/tests/primitives.jl
index f965feface9..dbc411ac2d0 100644
--- a/ReferenceTests/src/tests/primitives.jl
+++ b/ReferenceTests/src/tests/primitives.jl
@@ -457,18 +457,3 @@ end
 
     fig
 end
-
-@reference_test "datashader" begin
-    airports = Point2f.(eachrow(readdlm(Makie.assetpath("airportlocations.csv"))))
-    fig, ax, ds = datashader(airports, async = false)
-    Colorbar(fig[1, 2], ds, width=100)
-    hidedecorations!(ax); hidespines!(ax)
-
-    normaldist = randn(Point2f, 1_000_000)
-    ds1 = normaldist .+ (Point2f(-1, 0),)
-    ds2 = normaldist .+ (Point2f(1, 0),)
-    ax, pl = datashader(fig[2, :], Dict("a" => ds1, "b" => ds2))
-    hidedecorations!(ax)
-    axislegend(ax)
-    fig
-end