diff --git a/plugins/github-issues/src/components/GitHubIssues/GitHubIssues.test.tsx b/plugins/github-issues/src/components/GitHubIssues/GitHubIssues.test.tsx
index 7b9d6d87b2..c8486d3d70 100644
--- a/plugins/github-issues/src/components/GitHubIssues/GitHubIssues.test.tsx
+++ b/plugins/github-issues/src/components/GitHubIssues/GitHubIssues.test.tsx
@@ -20,12 +20,48 @@ import {
   catalogApiRef,
   CatalogApi,
 } from '@backstage/plugin-catalog-react';
+import { faker } from '@faker-js/faker';
+import { Entity } from '@backstage/catalog-model';
 
-import { generateTestIssue } from '../../utils';
-import { GitHubIssuesApi, gitHubIssuesApiRef } from '../../api';
+import { GitHubIssuesApi, gitHubIssuesApiRef, Issue } from '../../api';
 
 import { GitHubIssues } from './GitHubIssues';
-import { Entity } from '@backstage/catalog-model';
+
+const generateTestIssue = (
+  overwrites: Partial<Issue> = {},
+): { node: Issue } => ({
+  node: {
+    ...{
+      assignees: {
+        edges: [
+          {
+            node: {
+              avatarUrl: faker.internet.avatar(),
+              login: `${faker.word.adjective()}-${faker.animal.type()}`,
+            },
+          },
+        ],
+      },
+      author: {
+        login: `${faker.word.adjective()}-${faker.animal.type()}`,
+      },
+      repository: {
+        nameWithOwner: `${faker.animal.type()}/${faker.animal.type()}`,
+      },
+      title: faker.lorem.words(3),
+      url: faker.internet.url(),
+      participants: {
+        totalCount: +faker.random.numeric(),
+      },
+      updatedAt: faker.date.past().toISOString(),
+      createdAt: faker.date.past().toISOString(),
+      comments: {
+        totalCount: +faker.random.numeric(),
+      },
+    },
+    ...overwrites,
+  },
+});
 
 jest
   .useFakeTimers()
diff --git a/plugins/github-issues/src/utils/generateTestIssue.ts b/plugins/github-issues/src/utils/generateTestIssue.ts
deleted file mode 100644
index a07c8dfc57..0000000000
--- a/plugins/github-issues/src/utils/generateTestIssue.ts
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,53 +0,0 @@
-/*
- * Copyright 2022 The Backstage Authors
- *
- * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
- * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
- * You may obtain a copy of the License at
- *
- *     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
- *
- * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
- * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
- * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
- * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
- * limitations under the License.
- */
-import { faker } from '@faker-js/faker';
-import { Issue } from '../api';
-
-export const generateTestIssue = (
-  overwrites: Partial<Issue> = {},
-): { node: Issue } => ({
-  node: {
-    ...{
-      assignees: {
-        edges: [
-          {
-            node: {
-              avatarUrl: faker.internet.avatar(),
-              login: `${faker.word.adjective()}-${faker.animal.type()}`,
-            },
-          },
-        ],
-      },
-      author: {
-        login: `${faker.word.adjective()}-${faker.animal.type()}`,
-      },
-      repository: {
-        nameWithOwner: `${faker.animal.type()}/${faker.animal.type()}`,
-      },
-      title: faker.lorem.words(3),
-      url: faker.internet.url(),
-      participants: {
-        totalCount: +faker.random.numeric(),
-      },
-      updatedAt: faker.date.past().toISOString(),
-      createdAt: faker.date.past().toISOString(),
-      comments: {
-        totalCount: +faker.random.numeric(),
-      },
-    },
-    ...overwrites,
-  },
-});
diff --git a/plugins/github-issues/src/utils/index.ts b/plugins/github-issues/src/utils/index.ts
deleted file mode 100644
index 16740dac94..0000000000
--- a/plugins/github-issues/src/utils/index.ts
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,16 +0,0 @@
-/*
- * Copyright 2022 The Backstage Authors
- *
- * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
- * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
- * You may obtain a copy of the License at
- *
- *     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
- *
- * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
- * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
- * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
- * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
- * limitations under the License.
- */
-export * from './generateTestIssue';