diff --git a/tests/file_helper.cpp b/tests/file_helper.cpp
index 37dc0f6f..f82e6758 100644
--- a/tests/file_helper.cpp
+++ b/tests/file_helper.cpp
@@ -7,15 +7,6 @@ using namespace spdlog::details;
 
 static const std::string filename = "logs/file_helper_test.txt";
 
-size_t filesize2(const std::string& filename)
-{
-    std::ifstream ifs(filename, std::ifstream::ate | std::ifstream::binary);
-    if (!ifs)
-        throw std::runtime_error("Failed open file ");
-
-    return (size_t)ifs.tellg();
-}
-
 static void write_with_helper(file_helper &helper, size_t howmany)
 {
     log_msg msg;
@@ -45,7 +36,7 @@ TEST_CASE("file_helper_size", "[file_helper::size()]]")
         write_with_helper(helper, expected_size);
         REQUIRE(helper.size() == expected_size);
     }
-    REQUIRE(filesize2(filename) == expected_size);
+    REQUIRE(filesize(filename) == expected_size);
 }
 
 
diff --git a/tests/file_log.cpp b/tests/file_log.cpp
index 40e967cd..e728a963 100644
--- a/tests/file_log.cpp
+++ b/tests/file_log.cpp
@@ -3,39 +3,6 @@
  */
 #include "includes.h"
 
-static std::string file_contents(const std::string& filename)
-{
-    std::ifstream ifs(filename);
-    if (!ifs)
-        throw std::runtime_error("Failed open file ");
-    return std::string((std::istreambuf_iterator<char>(ifs)),
-                       (std::istreambuf_iterator<char>()));
-
-}
-
-static std::size_t count_lines(const std::string& filename)
-{
-    std::ifstream ifs(filename);
-    if (!ifs)
-        throw std::runtime_error("Failed open file ");
-
-    std::string line;
-    size_t counter = 0;
-    while(std::getline(ifs, line))
-        counter++;
-    return counter;
-}
-
-std::ifstream::pos_type filesize(const std::string& filename)
-{
-    std::ifstream ifs(filename, std::ifstream::ate | std::ifstream::binary);
-    if (!ifs)
-        throw std::runtime_error("Failed open file ");
-
-    return ifs.tellg();
-}
-
-
 
 TEST_CASE("simple_file_logger", "[simple_logger]]")
 {
diff --git a/tests/utils.cpp b/tests/utils.cpp
index 5ae8ea8f..ef6018b6 100644
--- a/tests/utils.cpp
+++ b/tests/utils.cpp
@@ -9,3 +9,37 @@ void prepare_logdir()
     auto rv = system("rm -f logs/*");
 #endif
 }
+
+
+std::string file_contents(const std::string& filename)
+{
+    std::ifstream ifs(filename);
+    if (!ifs)
+        throw std::runtime_error("Failed open file ");
+    return std::string((std::istreambuf_iterator<char>(ifs)),
+                       (std::istreambuf_iterator<char>()));
+
+}
+
+std::size_t count_lines(const std::string& filename)
+{
+    std::ifstream ifs(filename);
+    if (!ifs)
+        throw std::runtime_error("Failed open file ");
+
+    std::string line;
+    size_t counter = 0;
+    while(std::getline(ifs, line))
+        counter++;
+    return counter;
+}
+
+std::ifstream::pos_type filesize(const std::string& filename)
+{
+    std::ifstream ifs(filename, std::ifstream::ate | std::ifstream::binary);
+    if (!ifs)
+        throw std::runtime_error("Failed open file ");
+
+    return ifs.tellg();
+}
+
diff --git a/tests/utils.h b/tests/utils.h
index 6701d6e7..eea5d6c5 100644
--- a/tests/utils.h
+++ b/tests/utils.h
@@ -1,4 +1,15 @@
 #pragma once
 
+#include <string>
+#include<cstddef>
+
+std::size_t count_lines(const std::string& filename);
+
 void prepare_logdir();
 
+std::string file_contents(const std::string& filename);
+
+std::size_t count_lines(const std::string& filename);
+
+std::ifstream::pos_type filesize(const std::string& filename);
+