diff --git a/src/autoscaler/api/cmd/api/api_test.go b/src/autoscaler/api/cmd/api/api_test.go
index 47cfbf4613..13bba98162 100644
--- a/src/autoscaler/api/cmd/api/api_test.go
+++ b/src/autoscaler/api/cmd/api/api_test.go
@@ -14,8 +14,6 @@ import (
 	"code.cloudfoundry.org/app-autoscaler/src/autoscaler/db"
 	"code.cloudfoundry.org/app-autoscaler/src/autoscaler/testhelpers"
 
-	. "code.cloudfoundry.org/app-autoscaler/src/autoscaler/testhelpers"
-
 	. "github.com/onsi/ginkgo/v2"
 	. "github.com/onsi/gomega"
 
@@ -47,9 +45,9 @@ var _ = Describe("Api", func() {
 
 		vcapPort = 8080 + GinkgoParallelProcess()
 
-		brokerHttpClient = NewServiceBrokerClient()
+		brokerHttpClient = testhelpers.NewServiceBrokerClient()
 		healthHttpClient = &http.Client{}
-		apiHttpClient = NewPublicApiClient()
+		apiHttpClient = testhelpers.NewPublicApiClient()
 		cfServerHttpClient = &http.Client{}
 
 		serverURL, err = url.Parse(fmt.Sprintf("https://127.0.0.1:%d", cfg.Server.Port))
@@ -169,7 +167,7 @@ var _ = Describe("Api", func() {
 
 				bodyBytes, err := io.ReadAll(rsp.Body)
 
-				FailOnError("Read failed", err)
+				testhelpers.FailOnError("Read failed", err)
 				if len(bodyBytes) == 0 {
 					Fail("body empty")
 				}
diff --git a/src/autoscaler/api/config/config_test.go b/src/autoscaler/api/config/config_test.go
index f561eb133a..8848750828 100644
--- a/src/autoscaler/api/config/config_test.go
+++ b/src/autoscaler/api/config/config_test.go
@@ -4,7 +4,6 @@ import (
 	"crypto/rand"
 	"crypto/rsa"
 	"fmt"
-	"io/ioutil"
 	"os"
 	"time"
 
@@ -67,13 +66,13 @@ var _ = Describe("Config", func() {
 				})
 
 				It("sets EventGenerator TlSClientCert", func() {
-					actualKeyContent, err := ioutil.ReadFile(conf.EventGenerator.TLSClientCerts.KeyFile)
+					actualKeyContent, err := os.ReadFile(conf.EventGenerator.TLSClientCerts.KeyFile)
 					Expect(err).NotTo(HaveOccurred())
 
-					actualCertContent, err := ioutil.ReadFile(conf.EventGenerator.TLSClientCerts.CertFile)
+					actualCertContent, err := os.ReadFile(conf.EventGenerator.TLSClientCerts.CertFile)
 					Expect(err).NotTo(HaveOccurred())
 
-					actualCACertContent, err := ioutil.ReadFile(conf.EventGenerator.TLSClientCerts.CACertFile)
+					actualCACertContent, err := os.ReadFile(conf.EventGenerator.TLSClientCerts.CACertFile)
 					Expect(err).NotTo(HaveOccurred())
 
 					Expect(actualKeyContent).To(Equal(cfInstanceKey))