diff --git a/plugins/woocommerce/changelog/fix-hpos-unit-test-trait b/plugins/woocommerce/changelog/fix-hpos-unit-test-trait
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..863e64c0279
--- /dev/null
+++ b/plugins/woocommerce/changelog/fix-hpos-unit-test-trait
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+Significance: patch
+Type: fix
+
+add HPOSToggleTrait.php to unit test loader
diff --git a/plugins/woocommerce/tests/legacy/bootstrap.php b/plugins/woocommerce/tests/legacy/bootstrap.php
index 273c943e31d..5b0c9363807 100644
--- a/plugins/woocommerce/tests/legacy/bootstrap.php
+++ b/plugins/woocommerce/tests/legacy/bootstrap.php
@@ -264,6 +264,7 @@ class WC_Unit_Tests_Bootstrap {
 
 		// Traits.
 		require_once $this->tests_dir . '/framework/traits/trait-wc-rest-api-complex-meta.php';
+		require_once dirname( $this->tests_dir ) . '/php/helpers/HPOSToggleTrait.php';
 	}
 
 	/**
diff --git a/plugins/woocommerce/tests/php/helpers/HPOSToggleTrait.php b/plugins/woocommerce/tests/php/helpers/HPOSToggleTrait.php
index 4531a3eb28d..0915542c914 100644
--- a/plugins/woocommerce/tests/php/helpers/HPOSToggleTrait.php
+++ b/plugins/woocommerce/tests/php/helpers/HPOSToggleTrait.php
@@ -2,12 +2,8 @@
 
 namespace Automattic\WooCommerce\RestApi\UnitTests;
 
-use Automattic\WooCommerce\Internal\DataStores\Orders\CustomOrdersTableController;
 use Automattic\WooCommerce\Internal\DataStores\Orders\DataSynchronizer;
-use Automattic\WooCommerce\Internal\DataStores\Orders\OrdersTableDataStore;
-use Automattic\WooCommerce\Internal\Features\FeaturesController;
 use Automattic\WooCommerce\RestApi\UnitTests\Helpers\OrderHelper;
-use WC_Data_Store;
 
 /**
  * Trait HPOSToggleTrait.
diff --git a/plugins/woocommerce/tests/php/src/Internal/DataStores/Orders/OrdersTableDataStoreTests.php b/plugins/woocommerce/tests/php/src/Internal/DataStores/Orders/OrdersTableDataStoreTests.php
index 23bcd9e8483..b3aa6c9184e 100644
--- a/plugins/woocommerce/tests/php/src/Internal/DataStores/Orders/OrdersTableDataStoreTests.php
+++ b/plugins/woocommerce/tests/php/src/Internal/DataStores/Orders/OrdersTableDataStoreTests.php
@@ -9,8 +9,6 @@ use Automattic\WooCommerce\RestApi\UnitTests\Helpers\OrderHelper;
 use Automattic\WooCommerce\RestApi\UnitTests\HPOSToggleTrait;
 use Automattic\WooCommerce\Utilities\OrderUtil;
 
-require_once __DIR__ . '/../../../../helpers/HPOSToggleTrait.php';
-
 /**
  * Class OrdersTableDataStoreTests.
  *