diff --git a/test/conftest.py b/test/conftest.py
index 0a9a3cec059287e5068958351e8d21a81a578808..17fa67de0193e188c777f77c13ee9d7e4def792d 100644
--- a/test/conftest.py
+++ b/test/conftest.py
@@ -6,9 +6,12 @@ import re
 import shutil
 import tempfile
 
+from lxml import etree
 import pytest
+
 import inventory_provider
 from inventory_provider import config
+from inventory_provider.tasks import worker
 
 TEST_DATA_DIRNAME = os.path.realpath(os.path.join(
     inventory_provider.__path__[0],
@@ -197,3 +200,22 @@ def mocked_netifaces(mocker):
     data = ast.literal_eval(s)
     mocker.patch('netifaces.interfaces', lambda: data.keys())
     mocker.patch('netifaces.ifaddresses', lambda n: data[n])
+
+@pytest.fixture
+def mocked_worker_module(
+        mocker, mocked_redis, data_config,
+        cached_test_data, mocked_netifaces):
+
+    worker.InventoryTask.config = data_config
+
+    def _mocked_snmp_interfaces(hostname, community, _):
+        return json.loads(cached_test_data['snmp-interfaces:' + hostname])
+    mocker.patch(
+        'inventory_provider.snmp.get_router_interfaces',
+        _mocked_snmp_interfaces)
+
+    def _mocked_load_juniper_netconf_config(hostname, _):
+        return etree.XML(cached_test_data['netconf:' + hostname])
+    mocker.patch(
+        'inventory_provider.juniper.load_config',
+        _mocked_load_juniper_netconf_config)
diff --git a/test/per_router/test_celery_worker.py b/test/per_router/test_celery_worker.py
index 37a676a9731d2c588be288e9f31d095cc1db9ed7..e3e636c8b5bcb4772ffc7ef1ea9dae6bba89eea6 100644
--- a/test/per_router/test_celery_worker.py
+++ b/test/per_router/test_celery_worker.py
@@ -2,10 +2,6 @@
 just checks that the worker methods call the right functions
 and some data ends up in the right place ... otherwise not very detailed
 """
-import json
-
-from lxml import etree
-import pytest
 from inventory_provider.tasks import worker
 from inventory_provider.tasks.common import get_redis
 
@@ -16,26 +12,6 @@ def backend_db():
     }).db
 
 
-@pytest.fixture
-def mocked_worker_module(
-        mocker, mocked_redis, data_config,
-        cached_test_data, mocked_netifaces):
-
-    worker.InventoryTask.config = data_config
-
-    def _mocked_snmp_interfaces(hostname, community, _):
-        return json.loads(cached_test_data['snmp-interfaces:' + hostname])
-    mocker.patch(
-        'inventory_provider.snmp.get_router_interfaces',
-        _mocked_snmp_interfaces)
-
-    def _mocked_load_juniper_netconf_config(hostname, _):
-        return etree.XML(cached_test_data['netconf:' + hostname])
-    mocker.patch(
-        'inventory_provider.juniper.load_config',
-        _mocked_load_juniper_netconf_config)
-
-
 def test_netconf_refresh_config(mocked_worker_module, router):
     del backend_db()['netconf:' + router]
     worker.netconf_refresh_config(router)