diff --git a/internal/backend/testing.go b/internal/backend/testing.go
index af9f355114..843adad64a 100644
--- a/internal/backend/testing.go
+++ b/internal/backend/testing.go
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ import (
 	"github.com/hashicorp/hcl/v2/hcldec"
 
 	"github.com/hashicorp/terraform/internal/addrs"
-	"github.com/hashicorp/terraform/internal/configs"
+	"github.com/hashicorp/terraform/internal/configs/configtesting"
 	"github.com/hashicorp/terraform/internal/configs/hcl2shim"
 	"github.com/hashicorp/terraform/internal/states"
 	"github.com/hashicorp/terraform/internal/states/statemgr"
@@ -68,7 +68,7 @@ func TestBackendConfig(t *testing.T, b Backend, c hcl.Body) Backend {
 // this function will panic.
 func TestWrapConfig(raw map[string]interface{}) hcl.Body {
 	obj := hcl2shim.HCL2ValueFromConfigValue(raw)
-	return configs.SynthBody("<TestWrapConfig>", obj.AsValueMap())
+	return configtesting.SynthBody("<TestWrapConfig>", obj.AsValueMap())
 }
 
 // TestBackend will test the functionality of a Backend. The backend is
diff --git a/internal/configs/synth_body.go b/internal/configs/configtesting/synth_body.go
similarity index 99%
rename from internal/configs/synth_body.go
rename to internal/configs/configtesting/synth_body.go
index 479251b2df..39e61a1553 100644
--- a/internal/configs/synth_body.go
+++ b/internal/configs/configtesting/synth_body.go
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 // Copyright (c) HashiCorp, Inc.
 // SPDX-License-Identifier: BUSL-1.1
 
-package configs
+package configtesting
 
 import (
 	"fmt"
diff --git a/internal/configs/synth_body_test.go b/internal/configs/configtesting/synth_body_test.go
similarity index 98%
rename from internal/configs/synth_body_test.go
rename to internal/configs/configtesting/synth_body_test.go
index cbf842d2fd..5c708bb42d 100644
--- a/internal/configs/synth_body_test.go
+++ b/internal/configs/configtesting/synth_body_test.go
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 // Copyright (c) HashiCorp, Inc.
 // SPDX-License-Identifier: BUSL-1.1
 
-package configs
+package configtesting
 
 import (
 	"testing"
diff --git a/internal/configs/util.go b/internal/configs/util.go
index 019f57598e..5315ac1a0f 100644
--- a/internal/configs/util.go
+++ b/internal/configs/util.go
@@ -6,6 +6,9 @@ package configs
 import (
 	"github.com/hashicorp/hcl/v2"
 	"github.com/hashicorp/hcl/v2/hclsyntax"
+	"github.com/zclconf/go-cty/cty"
+
+	"github.com/hashicorp/terraform/internal/configs/configtesting"
 )
 
 // exprIsNativeQuotedString determines whether the given expression looks like
@@ -64,3 +67,13 @@ func schemaWithDynamic(schema *hcl.BodySchema) *hcl.BodySchema {
 
 	return ret
 }
+
+// SynthBody is a forwarding alias for the old location of
+// [configtesting.SynthBody].
+//
+// Using the new name is preferable because it might avoid you needing to
+// import this entire configs package, if you didn't have some other
+// use for it anyway.
+func SynthBody(filename string, values map[string]cty.Value) hcl.Body {
+	return configtesting.SynthBody(filename, values)
+}