diff --git a/src/borg/testsuite/helpers/misc_test.py b/src/borg/testsuite/helpers/misc_test.py
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..7fa28a6ff
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/borg/testsuite/helpers/misc_test.py
@@ -0,0 +1,52 @@
+from io import StringIO, BytesIO
+
+import pytest
+
+from ...helpers.misc import ChunkIteratorFileWrapper, chunkit, iter_separated
+
+
+def test_chunk_file_wrapper():
+    cfw = ChunkIteratorFileWrapper(iter([b"abc", b"def"]))
+    assert cfw.read(2) == b"ab"
+    assert cfw.read(50) == b"cdef"
+    assert cfw.exhausted
+
+    cfw = ChunkIteratorFileWrapper(iter([]))
+    assert cfw.read(2) == b""
+    assert cfw.exhausted
+
+
+def test_chunkit():
+    it = chunkit("abcdefg", 3)
+    assert next(it) == ["a", "b", "c"]
+    assert next(it) == ["d", "e", "f"]
+    assert next(it) == ["g"]
+    with pytest.raises(StopIteration):
+        next(it)
+    with pytest.raises(StopIteration):
+        next(it)
+
+    it = chunkit("ab", 3)
+    assert list(it) == [["a", "b"]]
+
+    it = chunkit("", 3)
+    assert list(it) == []
+
+
+def test_iter_separated():
+    # newline and utf-8
+    sep, items = "\n", ["foo", "bar/baz", "αáčő"]
+    fd = StringIO(sep.join(items))
+    assert list(iter_separated(fd)) == items
+    # null and bogus ending
+    sep, items = "\0", ["foo/bar", "baz", "spam"]
+    fd = StringIO(sep.join(items) + "\0")
+    assert list(iter_separated(fd, sep=sep)) == ["foo/bar", "baz", "spam"]
+    # multichar
+    sep, items = "SEP", ["foo/bar", "baz", "spam"]
+    fd = StringIO(sep.join(items))
+    assert list(iter_separated(fd, sep=sep)) == items
+    # bytes
+    sep, items = b"\n", [b"foo", b"blop\t", b"gr\xe4ezi"]
+    fd = BytesIO(sep.join(items))
+    assert list(iter_separated(fd)) == items
diff --git a/src/borg/testsuite/helpers_test.py b/src/borg/testsuite/helpers_test.py
index 9d82ae98c..e9ab224d6 100644
--- a/src/borg/testsuite/helpers_test.py
+++ b/src/borg/testsuite/helpers_test.py
@@ -1,14 +1,11 @@
 from argparse import ArgumentTypeError
 from datetime import datetime, timezone
-from io import StringIO, BytesIO
 
 import pytest
 
 from ..archiver.prune_cmd import prune_split
 from ..constants import *  # NOQA
-from ..helpers import ChunkIteratorFileWrapper, ChunkerParams
-from ..helpers import chunkit
-from ..helpers import iter_separated
+from ..helpers import ChunkerParams
 from ..helpers import classify_ec, max_ec
 
 
@@ -151,53 +148,6 @@ def test_prune_split_no_archives():
     assert kept_because == {}
 
 
-def test_chunk_file_wrapper():
-    cfw = ChunkIteratorFileWrapper(iter([b"abc", b"def"]))
-    assert cfw.read(2) == b"ab"
-    assert cfw.read(50) == b"cdef"
-    assert cfw.exhausted
-
-    cfw = ChunkIteratorFileWrapper(iter([]))
-    assert cfw.read(2) == b""
-    assert cfw.exhausted
-
-
-def test_chunkit():
-    it = chunkit("abcdefg", 3)
-    assert next(it) == ["a", "b", "c"]
-    assert next(it) == ["d", "e", "f"]
-    assert next(it) == ["g"]
-    with pytest.raises(StopIteration):
-        next(it)
-    with pytest.raises(StopIteration):
-        next(it)
-
-    it = chunkit("ab", 3)
-    assert list(it) == [["a", "b"]]
-
-    it = chunkit("", 3)
-    assert list(it) == []
-
-
-def test_iter_separated():
-    # newline and utf-8
-    sep, items = "\n", ["foo", "bar/baz", "αáčő"]
-    fd = StringIO(sep.join(items))
-    assert list(iter_separated(fd)) == items
-    # null and bogus ending
-    sep, items = "\0", ["foo/bar", "baz", "spam"]
-    fd = StringIO(sep.join(items) + "\0")
-    assert list(iter_separated(fd, sep=sep)) == ["foo/bar", "baz", "spam"]
-    # multichar
-    sep, items = "SEP", ["foo/bar", "baz", "spam"]
-    fd = StringIO(sep.join(items))
-    assert list(iter_separated(fd, sep=sep)) == items
-    # bytes
-    sep, items = b"\n", [b"foo", b"blop\t", b"gr\xe4ezi"]
-    fd = BytesIO(sep.join(items))
-    assert list(iter_separated(fd)) == items
-
-
 @pytest.mark.parametrize(
     "ec_range,ec_class",
     (