diff --git a/tests/conftest.py b/tests/conftest.py
index 1b162cd5dc6..c3757c41473 100644
--- a/tests/conftest.py
+++ b/tests/conftest.py
@@ -1,14 +1,11 @@
 import fileinput
-import json
 import logging
 import os
 import resource
 import shutil
-import stat
 import sys
 from argparse import ArgumentParser
 from pathlib import Path
-from textwrap import dedent
 from typing import List, Optional
 from unittest.mock import MagicMock
 
@@ -485,61 +482,6 @@ def __init__(self, *args, **kwargs):
     monkeypatch.setattr("ert.cli.main.EvaluatorServerConfig", MockESConfig)
 
 
-QSTAT_HEADER = (
-    "Job id                         Name            User             Time Use S Queue\n"
-    "-----------------------------  --------------- ---------------  -------- - ---------------\n"
-)
-QSTAT_HEADER_FORMAT = "%-30s %-15s %-15s %-8s %-1s %-5s"
-
-
-@pytest.fixture
-def create_mock_flaky_qstat(monkeypatch, tmp_path):
-    bin_path = tmp_path / "bin"
-    bin_path.mkdir()
-    monkeypatch.chdir(bin_path)
-    monkeypatch.setenv("PATH", f"{bin_path}:{os.environ['PATH']}")
-    yield _mock_flaky_qstat
-
-
-def _mock_flaky_qstat(error_message_to_output: str):
-    qsub_path = Path("qsub")
-    qsub_path.write_text("#!/bin/sh\necho '1'")
-    qsub_path.chmod(qsub_path.stat().st_mode | stat.S_IEXEC)
-    qstat_path = Path("qstat")
-    qstat_path.write_text(
-        "#!/bin/sh"
-        + dedent(
-            f"""
-            count=0
-            if [ -f counter_file ]; then
-                count=$(cat counter_file)
-            fi
-            echo "$((count+1))" > counter_file
-            if [ $count -ge 3 ]; then
-                json_flag_set=false;
-                while [ "$#" -gt 0 ]; do
-                    case "$1" in
-                        -Fjson)
-                            json_flag_set=true
-                            ;;
-                    esac
-                    shift
-                done
-                if [ "$json_flag_set" = true ]; then
-                    echo '{json.dumps({"Jobs": {"1": {"Job_Name": "1", "job_state": "E", "Exit_status": "0"}}})}'
-                else
-                    echo "{QSTAT_HEADER}"; printf "{QSTAT_HEADER_FORMAT}" 1 foo someuser 0 E normal
-                fi
-            else
-                echo "{error_message_to_output}" >&2
-                exit 2
-            fi
-        """
-        )
-    )
-    qstat_path.chmod(qstat_path.stat().st_mode | stat.S_IEXEC)
-
-
 @pytest.fixture
 def run_paths():
     def func(ert_config: ErtConfig):
diff --git a/tests/unit_tests/scheduler/test_openpbs_driver.py b/tests/unit_tests/scheduler/test_openpbs_driver.py
index 31e7e3f32cc..23977a92f37 100644
--- a/tests/unit_tests/scheduler/test_openpbs_driver.py
+++ b/tests/unit_tests/scheduler/test_openpbs_driver.py
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 import asyncio
 import contextlib
+import json
 import logging
 import os
 import shlex
@@ -31,7 +32,6 @@
     _create_job_class,
     _parse_jobs_dict,
 )
-from tests.conftest import QSTAT_HEADER, QSTAT_HEADER_FORMAT
 from tests.ui_tests.cli.run_cli import run_cli
 from tests.utils import poll
 
@@ -40,6 +40,13 @@
 pytestmark = pytest.mark.xdist_group("openpbs")
 
 
+QSTAT_HEADER = (
+    "Job id                         Name            User             Time Use S Queue\n"
+    "-----------------------------  --------------- ---------------  -------- - ---------------\n"
+)
+QSTAT_HEADER_FORMAT = "%-30s %-15s %-15s %-8s %-1s %-5s"
+
+
 @given(st.lists(st.sampled_from(JOB_STATES)))
 async def test_events_produced_from_jobstate_updates(jobstate_sequence: List[str]):
     # Determine what to expect from the sequence:
@@ -507,6 +514,54 @@ async def test_keep_qsub_output(value: bool):
         )
 
 
+@pytest.fixture
+def create_mock_flaky_qstat(monkeypatch, tmp_path):
+    bin_path = tmp_path / "bin"
+    bin_path.mkdir()
+    monkeypatch.chdir(bin_path)
+    monkeypatch.setenv("PATH", f"{bin_path}:{os.environ['PATH']}")
+    yield _mock_flaky_qstat
+
+
+def _mock_flaky_qstat(error_message_to_output: str):
+    qsub_path = Path("qsub")
+    qsub_path.write_text("#!/bin/sh\necho '1'")
+    qsub_path.chmod(qsub_path.stat().st_mode | stat.S_IEXEC)
+    qstat_path = Path("qstat")
+    qstat_path.write_text(
+        "#!/bin/sh"
+        + dedent(
+            f"""
+            count=0
+            if [ -f counter_file ]; then
+                count=$(cat counter_file)
+            fi
+            echo "$((count+1))" > counter_file
+            if [ $count -ge 3 ]; then
+                json_flag_set=false;
+                while [ "$#" -gt 0 ]; do
+                    case "$1" in
+                        -Fjson)
+                            json_flag_set=true
+                            ;;
+                    esac
+                    shift
+                done
+                if [ "$json_flag_set" = true ]; then
+                    echo '{json.dumps({"Jobs": {"1": {"Job_Name": "1", "job_state": "E", "Exit_status": "0"}}})}'
+                else
+                    echo "{QSTAT_HEADER}"; printf "{QSTAT_HEADER_FORMAT}" 1 foo someuser 0 E normal
+                fi
+            else
+                echo "{error_message_to_output}" >&2
+                exit 2
+            fi
+        """
+        )
+    )
+    qstat_path.chmod(qstat_path.stat().st_mode | stat.S_IEXEC)
+
+
 @pytest.mark.parametrize(
     "text_to_ignore",
     [