diff --git a/packer_test/lib/plugin.go b/packer_test/lib/plugin.go
index 28afb1adf..a9530a5a0 100644
--- a/packer_test/lib/plugin.go
+++ b/packer_test/lib/plugin.go
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ import (
 	"fmt"
 	"io"
 	"os"
+	"os/exec"
 	"path/filepath"
 	"runtime"
 	"strings"
@@ -104,6 +105,48 @@ func currentDir() (string, error) {
 	return filepath.Dir(testDir), nil
 }
 
+// BuildSimplePlugin creates a plugin that essentially does nothing.
+//
+// The plugin's code is contained in a subdirectory of this, and lets us
+// change the attributes of the plugin binary itself, like the SDK version,
+// the plugin's version, etc.
+//
+// The plugin is functional, and can be used to run builds with.
+// There won't be anything substantial created though, its goal is only
+// to validate the core functionality of Packer.
+//
+// The path to the plugin is returned, it won't be removed automatically
+// though, deletion is the caller's responsibility.
+func (ts *PackerTestSuite) BuildSimplePlugin(versionString string, t *testing.T) string {
+	// Only build plugin binary if not already done beforehand
+	path, ok := ts.LoadPluginVersion(versionString)
+	if ok {
+		return path
+	}
+
+	v := version.Must(version.NewSemver(versionString))
+
+	t.Logf("Building plugin in version %v", v)
+
+	testDir, err := currentDir()
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("failed to compile plugin binary: %s", err)
+	}
+
+	testerPluginDir := filepath.Join(testDir, "plugin_tester")
+	outBin := filepath.Join(ts.pluginsDirectory, BinaryName(v))
+
+	compileCommand := exec.Command("go", "build", "-C", testerPluginDir, "-o", outBin, "-ldflags", LDFlags(v), ".")
+	logs, err := compileCommand.CombinedOutput()
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("failed to compile plugin binary: %s\ncompiler logs: %s", err, logs)
+	}
+
+	ts.StorePluginVersion(v.String(), outBin)
+
+	return outBin
+}
+
 // MakePluginDir installs a list of plugins into a temporary directory and returns its path
 //
 // This can be set in the environment for a test through a function like t.SetEnv(), so
diff --git a/packer_test/lib/suite.go b/packer_test/lib/suite.go
index 2b8d10b7a..65cfdede8 100644
--- a/packer_test/lib/suite.go
+++ b/packer_test/lib/suite.go
@@ -3,12 +3,9 @@ package lib
 import (
 	"fmt"
 	"os"
-	"os/exec"
-	"path/filepath"
 	"sync"
 	"testing"
 
-	"github.com/hashicorp/go-version"
 	"github.com/stretchr/testify/suite"
 )
 
@@ -51,48 +48,6 @@ func (ts *PackerTestSuite) CompileTestPluginVersions(t *testing.T, versions ...s
 	wg.Wait()
 }
 
-// BuildSimplePlugin creates a plugin that essentially does nothing.
-//
-// The plugin's code is contained in a subdirectory of this, and lets us
-// change the attributes of the plugin binary itself, like the SDK version,
-// the plugin's version, etc.
-//
-// The plugin is functional, and can be used to run builds with.
-// There won't be anything substantial created though, its goal is only
-// to validate the core functionality of Packer.
-//
-// The path to the plugin is returned, it won't be removed automatically
-// though, deletion is the caller's responsibility.
-func (ts *PackerTestSuite) BuildSimplePlugin(versionString string, t *testing.T) string {
-	// Only build plugin binary if not already done beforehand
-	path, ok := ts.LoadPluginVersion(versionString)
-	if ok {
-		return path
-	}
-
-	v := version.Must(version.NewSemver(versionString))
-
-	t.Logf("Building plugin in version %v", v)
-
-	testDir, err := currentDir()
-	if err != nil {
-		t.Fatalf("failed to compile plugin binary: %s", err)
-	}
-
-	testerPluginDir := filepath.Join(testDir, "plugin_tester")
-	outBin := filepath.Join(ts.pluginsDirectory, BinaryName(v))
-
-	compileCommand := exec.Command("go", "build", "-C", testerPluginDir, "-o", outBin, "-ldflags", LDFlags(v), ".")
-	logs, err := compileCommand.CombinedOutput()
-	if err != nil {
-		t.Fatalf("failed to compile plugin binary: %s\ncompiler logs: %s", err, logs)
-	}
-
-	ts.StorePluginVersion(v.String(), outBin)
-
-	return outBin
-}
-
 // SkipNoAcc is a pre-condition that skips the test if the PACKER_ACC environment
 // variable is unset, or set to "0".
 //