diff --git a/packages/calendar/test-helpers.js b/packages/calendar/test-helpers.js
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..6c35209c3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/calendar/test-helpers.js
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+export { CalendarObject } from './test-helpers/CalendarObject.js';
+export { DayObject } from './test-helpers/DayObject.js';
+export { weekdayNames } from './test-helpers/weekdayNames.js';
diff --git a/packages/calendar/test/test-utils.js b/packages/calendar/test-helpers/CalendarObject.js
similarity index 63%
rename from packages/calendar/test/test-utils.js
rename to packages/calendar/test-helpers/CalendarObject.js
index 3da3d9699..36882e209 100644
--- a/packages/calendar/test/test-utils.js
+++ b/packages/calendar/test-helpers/CalendarObject.js
@@ -1,94 +1,4 @@
-export const weekdayNames = {
-  'en-GB': {
-    Sunday: {
-      long: ['Sunday', 'Monday', 'Tuesday', 'Wednesday', 'Thursday', 'Friday', 'Saturday'],
-      short: ['Sun', 'Mon', 'Tue', 'Wed', 'Thu', 'Fri', 'Sat'],
-    },
-  },
-};
-
-/**
- * Abstraction around calendar day DOM structure,
- * allows for writing readable, 'DOM structure agnostic' tests
- */
-export class DayObject {
-  constructor(dayEl) {
-    this.el = dayEl;
-  }
-
-  /**
-   * Node references
-   */
-
-  get calendarShadowRoot() {
-    return this.el.parentNode.parentNode.parentNode.parentNode.parentNode.parentNode.parentNode;
-  }
-
-  get cellEl() {
-    return this.el.parentElement;
-  }
-
-  get buttonEl() {
-    return this.el;
-  }
-
-  /**
-   * States
-   */
-
-  get isDisabled() {
-    return this.buttonEl.hasAttribute('disabled');
-  }
-
-  get isSelected() {
-    return this.buttonEl.hasAttribute('selected');
-  }
-
-  get isToday() {
-    return this.buttonEl.hasAttribute('today');
-  }
-
-  get isCentral() {
-    return this.buttonEl.getAttribute('tabindex') === '0';
-  }
-
-  get isFocused() {
-    this.calendarShadowRoot.activeElement;
-    this.buttonEl;
-    return this.calendarShadowRoot.activeElement === this.buttonEl;
-  }
-
-  get monthday() {
-    return Number(this.buttonEl.textContent);
-  }
-
-  /**
-   * Text
-   */
-
-  get weekdayNameShort() {
-    const weekdayEls = Array.from(
-      this.el.parentElement.parentElement.querySelectorAll('.calendar__day-cell'),
-    );
-    const dayIndex = weekdayEls.indexOf(this.el.parentElement);
-    return weekdayNames['en-GB'].Sunday.short[dayIndex];
-  }
-
-  get weekdayNameLong() {
-    const weekdayEls = Array.from(
-      this.el.parentElement.parentElement.querySelectorAll('.calendar__day-cell'),
-    );
-    const dayIndex = weekdayEls.indexOf(this.el.parentElement);
-    return weekdayNames['en-GB'].Sunday.long[dayIndex];
-  }
-
-  /**
-   * Other
-   */
-  get cellIndex() {
-    return Array.from(this.cellEl.parentElement.children).indexOf(this.cellEl);
-  }
-}
+import { DayObject } from './DayObject.js';
 
 /**
  * Abstraction around calendar DOM structure,
diff --git a/packages/calendar/test-helpers/DayObject.js b/packages/calendar/test-helpers/DayObject.js
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..f42dad165
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/calendar/test-helpers/DayObject.js
@@ -0,0 +1,82 @@
+import { weekdayNames } from './weekdayNames.js';
+
+/**
+ * Abstraction around calendar day DOM structure,
+ * allows for writing readable, 'DOM structure agnostic' tests
+ */
+export class DayObject {
+  constructor(dayEl) {
+    this.el = dayEl;
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Node references
+   */
+
+  get calendarShadowRoot() {
+    return this.el.parentNode.parentNode.parentNode.parentNode.parentNode.parentNode.parentNode;
+  }
+
+  get cellEl() {
+    return this.el.parentElement;
+  }
+
+  get buttonEl() {
+    return this.el;
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * States
+   */
+
+  get isDisabled() {
+    return this.buttonEl.hasAttribute('disabled');
+  }
+
+  get isSelected() {
+    return this.buttonEl.hasAttribute('selected');
+  }
+
+  get isToday() {
+    return this.buttonEl.hasAttribute('today');
+  }
+
+  get isCentral() {
+    return this.buttonEl.getAttribute('tabindex') === '0';
+  }
+
+  get isFocused() {
+    return this.calendarShadowRoot.activeElement === this.buttonEl;
+  }
+
+  get monthday() {
+    return Number(this.buttonEl.textContent);
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Text
+   */
+
+  get weekdayNameShort() {
+    const weekdayEls = Array.from(
+      this.el.parentElement.parentElement.querySelectorAll('.calendar__day-cell'),
+    );
+    const dayIndex = weekdayEls.indexOf(this.el.parentElement);
+    return weekdayNames['en-GB'].Sunday.short[dayIndex];
+  }
+
+  get weekdayNameLong() {
+    const weekdayEls = Array.from(
+      this.el.parentElement.parentElement.querySelectorAll('.calendar__day-cell'),
+    );
+    const dayIndex = weekdayEls.indexOf(this.el.parentElement);
+    return weekdayNames['en-GB'].Sunday.long[dayIndex];
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Other
+   */
+  get cellIndex() {
+    return Array.from(this.cellEl.parentElement.children).indexOf(this.cellEl);
+  }
+}
diff --git a/packages/calendar/test-helpers/weekdayNames.js b/packages/calendar/test-helpers/weekdayNames.js
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..15c4e8a72
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/calendar/test-helpers/weekdayNames.js
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+export const weekdayNames = {
+  'en-GB': {
+    Sunday: {
+      long: ['Sunday', 'Monday', 'Tuesday', 'Wednesday', 'Thursday', 'Friday', 'Saturday'],
+      short: ['Sun', 'Mon', 'Tue', 'Wed', 'Thu', 'Fri', 'Sat'],
+    },
+  },
+};
diff --git a/packages/calendar/test/lion-calendar.test.js b/packages/calendar/test/lion-calendar.test.js
index fee43708b..c2d720bd5 100644
--- a/packages/calendar/test/lion-calendar.test.js
+++ b/packages/calendar/test/lion-calendar.test.js
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ import { html } from '@lion/core';
 import { localize } from '@lion/localize';
 import { localizeTearDown } from '@lion/localize/test-helpers.js';
 
-import { CalendarObject, DayObject } from './test-utils.js';
+import { CalendarObject, DayObject } from '../test-helpers.js';
 import './keyboardEventShimIE.js';
 
 import { isSameDate } from '../src/utils/isSameDate.js';
diff --git a/packages/calendar/test/utils/dataTemplate.test.js b/packages/calendar/test/utils/dataTemplate.test.js
index 7b7113eb8..41c53e349 100644
--- a/packages/calendar/test/utils/dataTemplate.test.js
+++ b/packages/calendar/test/utils/dataTemplate.test.js
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ import { expect, fixture } from '@open-wc/testing';
 
 import { createMultipleMonth } from '../../src/utils/createMultipleMonth.js';
 import { dataTemplate } from '../../src/utils/dataTemplate.js';
-import { weekdayNames } from '../test-utils.js';
+import { weekdayNames } from '../../test-helpers.js';
 
 // eslint-disable-next-line camelcase
 import snapshot_enGB_Sunday_201812 from './snapshots/monthTemplate_en-GB_Sunday_2018-12.js';
diff --git a/packages/input-datepicker/test-helpers.js b/packages/input-datepicker/test-helpers.js
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..21d3f7ca2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/input-datepicker/test-helpers.js
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+export { DatepickerInputObject } from './test-helpers/DatepickerInputObject.js';
diff --git a/packages/input-datepicker/test/test-utils.js b/packages/input-datepicker/test-helpers/DatepickerInputObject.js
similarity index 95%
rename from packages/input-datepicker/test/test-utils.js
rename to packages/input-datepicker/test-helpers/DatepickerInputObject.js
index bb6b5a192..93f8a9d1a 100644
--- a/packages/input-datepicker/test/test-utils.js
+++ b/packages/input-datepicker/test-helpers/DatepickerInputObject.js
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-import { CalendarObject } from '@lion/calendar/test/test-utils.js';
+import { CalendarObject } from '@lion/calendar/test-helpers.js';
 
 // TODO: refactor CalendarObject to this approach (only methods when arguments are needed)
 export class DatepickerInputObject {
diff --git a/packages/input-datepicker/test/lion-input-datepicker.test.js b/packages/input-datepicker/test/lion-input-datepicker.test.js
index 5297e96a9..646a0eb2b 100644
--- a/packages/input-datepicker/test/lion-input-datepicker.test.js
+++ b/packages/input-datepicker/test/lion-input-datepicker.test.js
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ import { keyCodes } from '@lion/overlays/src/utils/key-codes.js';
 import { keyUpOn } from '@polymer/iron-test-helpers/mock-interactions.js';
 import { LionCalendar } from '@lion/calendar';
 import { isSameDate } from '@lion/calendar/src/utils/isSameDate.js';
-import { DatepickerInputObject } from './test-utils.js';
+import { DatepickerInputObject } from '../test-helpers.js';
 import { LionInputDatepicker } from '../src/LionInputDatepicker.js';
 import '../lion-input-datepicker.js';
 
diff --git a/packages/input-iban/test/validators.test.js b/packages/input-iban/test/validators.test.js
index 8834a0f0e..8a08bcdd2 100644
--- a/packages/input-iban/test/validators.test.js
+++ b/packages/input-iban/test/validators.test.js
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 import { expect } from '@open-wc/testing';
-import { smokeTestValidator } from '@lion/validate/test/test-utils.js';
+import { smokeTestValidator } from '@lion/validate/test-helpers.js';
 
 import {
   isIBAN,
diff --git a/packages/localize/test-helpers.js b/packages/localize/test-helpers.js
index ea1a85e10..37b59cbfc 100644
--- a/packages/localize/test-helpers.js
+++ b/packages/localize/test-helpers.js
@@ -1,9 +1,7 @@
-import { localize } from './src/localize.js';
-
-export const localizeTearDown = () => {
-  // makes sure that between tests the localization is reset to default state
-  localize._teardownHtmlLangAttributeObserver();
-  document.documentElement.lang = 'en-GB';
-  localize._setupHtmlLangAttributeObserver();
-  localize.reset();
-};
+export {
+  fakeImport,
+  resetFakeImport,
+  setupEmptyFakeImportsFor,
+  setupFakeImport,
+} from './test-helpers/fake-imports.js';
+export { localizeTearDown } from './test-helpers/localizeTearDown.js';
diff --git a/packages/localize/test/test-utils.js b/packages/localize/test-helpers/fake-imports.js
similarity index 100%
rename from packages/localize/test/test-utils.js
rename to packages/localize/test-helpers/fake-imports.js
diff --git a/packages/localize/test-helpers/localizeTearDown.js b/packages/localize/test-helpers/localizeTearDown.js
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..ad37ec777
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/localize/test-helpers/localizeTearDown.js
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+import { localize } from '../src/localize.js';
+
+export const localizeTearDown = () => {
+  // makes sure that between tests the localization is reset to default state
+  localize._teardownHtmlLangAttributeObserver();
+  document.documentElement.lang = 'en-GB';
+  localize._setupHtmlLangAttributeObserver();
+  localize.reset();
+};
diff --git a/packages/localize/test/LocalizeManager.test.js b/packages/localize/test/LocalizeManager.test.js
index fecc2f8d7..8f494bde2 100644
--- a/packages/localize/test/LocalizeManager.test.js
+++ b/packages/localize/test/LocalizeManager.test.js
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 import { expect, oneEvent, aTimeout } from '@open-wc/testing';
 import sinon from 'sinon';
 import { fetchMock } from '@bundled-es-modules/fetch-mock';
-import { setupFakeImport, resetFakeImport, fakeImport } from './test-utils.js';
+import { setupFakeImport, resetFakeImport, fakeImport } from '../test-helpers.js';
 
 import { LocalizeManager } from '../src/LocalizeManager.js';
 
diff --git a/packages/localize/test/LocalizeMixin.test.js b/packages/localize/test/LocalizeMixin.test.js
index 059b9ac35..f323a0ff0 100644
--- a/packages/localize/test/LocalizeMixin.test.js
+++ b/packages/localize/test/LocalizeMixin.test.js
@@ -11,14 +11,14 @@ import sinon from 'sinon';
 import { isDirective } from '@lion/core';
 import { LionLitElement } from '@lion/core/src/LionLitElement.js';
 import {
+  localizeTearDown,
   setupEmptyFakeImportsFor,
   resetFakeImport,
   fakeImport,
   setupFakeImport,
-} from './test-utils.js';
+} from '../test-helpers.js';
 
 import { localize } from '../src/localize.js';
-import { localizeTearDown } from '../test-helpers.js';
 
 import { LocalizeMixin } from '../src/LocalizeMixin.js';
 
diff --git a/packages/validate/test-helpers.js b/packages/validate/test-helpers.js
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..95a395010
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/validate/test-helpers.js
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+export { smokeTestValidator } from './test-helpers/smokeTestValidator.js';
diff --git a/packages/validate/test/test-utils.js b/packages/validate/test-helpers/smokeTestValidator.js
similarity index 65%
rename from packages/validate/test/test-utils.js
rename to packages/validate/test-helpers/smokeTestValidator.js
index bdf10ac1f..2b59cba17 100644
--- a/packages/validate/test/test-utils.js
+++ b/packages/validate/test-helpers/smokeTestValidator.js
@@ -1,8 +1,9 @@
+// eslint-disable-next-line import/no-extraneous-dependencies
 import { expect } from '@open-wc/testing';
 
 export const smokeTestValidator = (name, validator, value, params = undefined) => {
   const generated = validator(params);
-  expect(generated[0](value, params)[name]).to.be.true;
+  expect(generated[0](value, params)[name]).to.equal(true);
   if (params) {
     expect(generated[1]).to.equals(params);
   }
diff --git a/packages/validate/test/validators.test.js b/packages/validate/test/validators.test.js
index b97b060d5..6e4e902a9 100644
--- a/packages/validate/test/validators.test.js
+++ b/packages/validate/test/validators.test.js
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 import { expect } from '@open-wc/testing';
-import { smokeTestValidator } from './test-utils.js';
+import { smokeTestValidator } from '../test-helpers.js';
 
 import {
   isString,