diff --git a/app/controllers/problems_controller.rb b/app/controllers/problems_controller.rb
--- a/app/controllers/problems_controller.rb
+++ b/app/controllers/problems_controller.rb
@@ -147,10 +147,14 @@
   end
 
   def import
+    @allow_test_pair_import = allow_test_pair_import?
   end
 
   def do_import
     old_problem = Problem.find_by_name(params[:name])
+    if !allow_test_pair_import? and params.has_key? :import_to_db
+      params.delete :import_to_db
+    end
     @problem, import_log = Problem.create_from_import_form_params(params,
                                                                   old_problem)
 
@@ -167,6 +171,14 @@
   ##################################
   protected
 
+  def allow_test_pair_import?
+    if defined? ALLOW_TEST_PAIR_IMPORT
+      return ALLOW_TEST_PAIR_IMPORT
+    else
+      return false
+    end
+  end
+
   def change_date_added
     problems = get_problems_from_params
     year = params[:date_added][:year].to_i