diff --git a/backend/api/tests/api/utils.py b/backend/api/tests/api/utils.py
index afc04016..60a32234 100644
--- a/backend/api/tests/api/utils.py
+++ b/backend/api/tests/api/utils.py
@@ -109,22 +109,6 @@ def make_label(project, **kwargs):
         return mommy.make('SpanType', project=project, **kwargs)
 
 
-def make_doc(project):
-    return mommy.make('Example', text='example', project=project)
-
-
-def make_image(project, filepath):
-    return mommy.make('Example', filename=filepath, project=project)
-
-
-def make_comment(doc, user):
-    return mommy.make('Comment', example=doc, user=user)
-
-
-def make_example_state(example, user):
-    return mommy.make('ExampleState', example=example, confirmed_by=user)
-
-
 def make_auto_labeling_config(project):
     return mommy.make('AutoLabelingConfig', project=project)
 
diff --git a/backend/auto_labeling/tests/test_views.py b/backend/auto_labeling/tests/test_views.py
index 48078342..a03f0f5f 100644
--- a/backend/auto_labeling/tests/test_views.py
+++ b/backend/auto_labeling/tests/test_views.py
@@ -9,7 +9,8 @@ from rest_framework.reverse import reverse
 
 from projects.models import DOCUMENT_CLASSIFICATION, SEQUENCE_LABELING, SEQ2SEQ
 from labels.models import Category, Span, TextLabel
-from api.tests.api.utils import CRUDMixin, make_doc, prepare_project
+from api.tests.api.utils import CRUDMixin, prepare_project
+from examples.tests.utils import make_doc
 from auto_labeling.pipeline.labels import Categories, Spans, Texts
 
 data_dir = pathlib.Path(__file__).parent / 'data'
diff --git a/backend/examples/tests/test_comment.py b/backend/examples/tests/test_comment.py
index 4fde4a32..093102f1 100644
--- a/backend/examples/tests/test_comment.py
+++ b/backend/examples/tests/test_comment.py
@@ -1,7 +1,8 @@
 from rest_framework import status
 from rest_framework.reverse import reverse
 
-from api.tests.api.utils import (CRUDMixin, make_comment, make_doc, make_user, prepare_project)
+from api.tests.api.utils import (CRUDMixin, make_user, prepare_project)
+from .utils import make_comment, make_doc
 
 
 class TestCommentListDocAPI(CRUDMixin):
diff --git a/backend/examples/tests/test_document.py b/backend/examples/tests/test_document.py
index c5b9553e..737dd4e5 100644
--- a/backend/examples/tests/test_document.py
+++ b/backend/examples/tests/test_document.py
@@ -4,8 +4,8 @@ from rest_framework import status
 from rest_framework.reverse import reverse
 
 from projects.models import DOCUMENT_CLASSIFICATION
-from api.tests.api.utils import (CRUDMixin, assign_user_to_role, make_doc,
-                                 make_example_state, make_user, prepare_project)
+from api.tests.api.utils import (CRUDMixin, assign_user_to_role, make_user, prepare_project)
+from .utils import make_doc, make_example_state
 
 
 class TestExampleListAPI(CRUDMixin):
diff --git a/backend/examples/tests/test_example_state.py b/backend/examples/tests/test_example_state.py
index dab3da5f..a2d93afe 100644
--- a/backend/examples/tests/test_example_state.py
+++ b/backend/examples/tests/test_example_state.py
@@ -1,7 +1,8 @@
 from rest_framework import status
 from rest_framework.reverse import reverse
 
-from api.tests.api.utils import (CRUDMixin, make_doc, make_example_state, make_user, prepare_project)
+from api.tests.api.utils import (CRUDMixin, make_user, prepare_project)
+from .utils import make_doc, make_example_state
 
 
 class TestExampleStateList(CRUDMixin):
diff --git a/backend/examples/tests/test_filters.py b/backend/examples/tests/test_filters.py
index ef26954f..60506432 100644
--- a/backend/examples/tests/test_filters.py
+++ b/backend/examples/tests/test_filters.py
@@ -2,9 +2,10 @@ from unittest.mock import MagicMock
 
 from django.test import TestCase
 
-from api.tests.api.utils import make_doc, make_example_state, prepare_project
+from api.tests.api.utils import prepare_project
 from examples.models import Example
 from examples.filters import ExampleFilter
+from .utils import make_doc, make_example_state
 
 
 class TestFilterMixin(TestCase):
diff --git a/backend/examples/tests/utils.py b/backend/examples/tests/utils.py
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..47d0426a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/backend/examples/tests/utils.py
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+from model_mommy import mommy
+
+
+def make_comment(doc, user):
+    return mommy.make('Comment', example=doc, user=user)
+
+
+def make_doc(project):
+    return mommy.make('Example', text='example', project=project)
+
+
+def make_image(project, filepath):
+    return mommy.make('Example', filename=filepath, project=project)
+
+
+def make_example_state(example, user):
+    return mommy.make('ExampleState', example=example, confirmed_by=user)
diff --git a/backend/labels/tests/test_views.py b/backend/labels/tests/test_views.py
index c36df40d..7d912b93 100644
--- a/backend/labels/tests/test_views.py
+++ b/backend/labels/tests/test_views.py
@@ -3,8 +3,9 @@ from rest_framework.reverse import reverse
 
 from projects.models import DOCUMENT_CLASSIFICATION, SEQUENCE_LABELING, SEQ2SEQ
 from labels.models import Category, Span, TextLabel
-from api.tests.api.utils import (CRUDMixin, make_doc, make_label,
+from api.tests.api.utils import (CRUDMixin, make_label,
                                  make_user, prepare_project)
+from examples.tests.utils import make_doc
 from .utils import make_annotation
 
 
diff --git a/backend/metrics/tests.py b/backend/metrics/tests.py
index 47358e38..da1d75da 100644
--- a/backend/metrics/tests.py
+++ b/backend/metrics/tests.py
@@ -2,7 +2,8 @@ from model_mommy import mommy
 from rest_framework import status
 from rest_framework.reverse import reverse
 
-from api.tests.api.utils import CRUDMixin, prepare_project, make_doc, make_label
+from api.tests.api.utils import CRUDMixin, prepare_project, make_label
+from examples.tests.utils import make_doc
 from projects.models import DOCUMENT_CLASSIFICATION