diff --git a/backend/api/tests/api/__init__.py b/backend/api/tests/api/__init__.py
deleted file mode 100644
index e69de29b..00000000
diff --git a/backend/api/tests/api/utils.py b/backend/api/tests/utils.py
similarity index 100%
rename from backend/api/tests/api/utils.py
rename to backend/api/tests/utils.py
diff --git a/backend/auto_labeling/tests/test_views.py b/backend/auto_labeling/tests/test_views.py
index 249acb58..93e5aab9 100644
--- a/backend/auto_labeling/tests/test_views.py
+++ b/backend/auto_labeling/tests/test_views.py
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ from rest_framework import status
 from rest_framework.reverse import reverse
 
 
-from api.tests.api.utils import CRUDMixin
+from api.tests.utils import CRUDMixin
 from auto_labeling.pipeline.labels import Categories, Spans, Texts
 from examples.tests.utils import make_doc
 from labels.models import Category, Span, TextLabel
diff --git a/backend/data_export/tests/test_views.py b/backend/data_export/tests/test_views.py
index 60568e17..390ed5e9 100644
--- a/backend/data_export/tests/test_views.py
+++ b/backend/data_export/tests/test_views.py
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 from rest_framework import status
 from rest_framework.reverse import reverse
 
-from api.tests.api.utils import CRUDMixin
+from api.tests.utils import CRUDMixin
 from projects.models import DOCUMENT_CLASSIFICATION
 from projects.tests.utils import prepare_project
 
diff --git a/backend/data_import/tests/test_views.py b/backend/data_import/tests/test_views.py
index 08406e48..416bcfdf 100644
--- a/backend/data_import/tests/test_views.py
+++ b/backend/data_import/tests/test_views.py
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 from rest_framework import status
 from rest_framework.reverse import reverse
 
-from api.tests.api.utils import CRUDMixin
+from api.tests.utils import CRUDMixin
 from projects.models import DOCUMENT_CLASSIFICATION
 from projects.tests.utils import prepare_project
 
diff --git a/backend/examples/tests/test_comment.py b/backend/examples/tests/test_comment.py
index dec1455e..c63120b8 100644
--- a/backend/examples/tests/test_comment.py
+++ b/backend/examples/tests/test_comment.py
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 from rest_framework import status
 from rest_framework.reverse import reverse
 
-from api.tests.api.utils import CRUDMixin
+from api.tests.utils import CRUDMixin
 from projects.tests.utils import prepare_project
 from users.tests.utils import make_user
 from .utils import make_comment, make_doc
diff --git a/backend/examples/tests/test_document.py b/backend/examples/tests/test_document.py
index 33ed57f8..74fdddb0 100644
--- a/backend/examples/tests/test_document.py
+++ b/backend/examples/tests/test_document.py
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ from django.utils.http import urlencode
 from rest_framework import status
 from rest_framework.reverse import reverse
 
-from api.tests.api.utils import CRUDMixin
+from api.tests.utils import CRUDMixin
 from users.tests.utils import make_user
 from projects.models import DOCUMENT_CLASSIFICATION
 from projects.tests.utils import assign_user_to_role, prepare_project
diff --git a/backend/examples/tests/test_example_state.py b/backend/examples/tests/test_example_state.py
index 0740cc1c..cb228efc 100644
--- a/backend/examples/tests/test_example_state.py
+++ b/backend/examples/tests/test_example_state.py
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 from rest_framework import status
 from rest_framework.reverse import reverse
 
-from api.tests.api.utils import (CRUDMixin)
+from api.tests.utils import CRUDMixin
 from projects.tests.utils import prepare_project
 from users.tests.utils import make_user
 from .utils import make_doc, make_example_state
diff --git a/backend/label_types/tests/test_views.py b/backend/label_types/tests/test_views.py
index 51c4f0a3..c2982337 100644
--- a/backend/label_types/tests/test_views.py
+++ b/backend/label_types/tests/test_views.py
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ from rest_framework import status
 from rest_framework.reverse import reverse
 from rest_framework.test import APITestCase
 
-from api.tests.api.utils import CRUDMixin
+from api.tests.utils import CRUDMixin
 from projects.models import DOCUMENT_CLASSIFICATION
 from projects.tests.utils import make_project, prepare_project
 from users.tests.utils import make_user
diff --git a/backend/labels/tests/test_views.py b/backend/labels/tests/test_views.py
index fc43cb55..148894c2 100644
--- a/backend/labels/tests/test_views.py
+++ b/backend/labels/tests/test_views.py
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 from rest_framework import status
 from rest_framework.reverse import reverse
 
-from api.tests.api.utils import CRUDMixin
+from api.tests.utils import CRUDMixin
 from examples.tests.utils import make_doc
 from labels.models import Category, Span, TextLabel
 from label_types.tests.utils import make_label
diff --git a/backend/metrics/tests.py b/backend/metrics/tests.py
index d74bb09a..fce3af12 100644
--- a/backend/metrics/tests.py
+++ b/backend/metrics/tests.py
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ from model_mommy import mommy
 from rest_framework import status
 from rest_framework.reverse import reverse
 
-from api.tests.api.utils import CRUDMixin
+from api.tests.utils import CRUDMixin
 from examples.tests.utils import make_doc
 from label_types.tests.utils import make_label
 from projects.models import DOCUMENT_CLASSIFICATION
diff --git a/backend/projects/tests/test_member.py b/backend/projects/tests/test_member.py
index c844f754..038e93f1 100644
--- a/backend/projects/tests/test_member.py
+++ b/backend/projects/tests/test_member.py
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ from rest_framework import status
 from rest_framework.reverse import reverse
 from model_mommy import mommy
 
-from api.tests.api.utils import CRUDMixin
+from api.tests.utils import CRUDMixin
 from projects.models import Member
 from projects.tests.utils import prepare_project
 from roles.models import Role
diff --git a/backend/projects/tests/test_project.py b/backend/projects/tests/test_project.py
index 9fb93172..10fda35f 100644
--- a/backend/projects/tests/test_project.py
+++ b/backend/projects/tests/test_project.py
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 from rest_framework import status
 from rest_framework.reverse import reverse
 
-from api.tests.api.utils import CRUDMixin
+from api.tests.utils import CRUDMixin
 from projects.tests.utils import prepare_project
 from roles.tests.utils import create_default_roles
 from users.tests.utils import make_user
diff --git a/backend/projects/tests/test_tag.py b/backend/projects/tests/test_tag.py
index c5458b55..005f6a9f 100644
--- a/backend/projects/tests/test_tag.py
+++ b/backend/projects/tests/test_tag.py
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 from rest_framework import status
 from rest_framework.reverse import reverse
 
-from api.tests.api.utils import CRUDMixin
+from api.tests.utils import CRUDMixin
 from projects.tests.utils import make_tag, prepare_project
 from users.tests.utils import make_user
 
diff --git a/backend/roles/tests/test_views.py b/backend/roles/tests/test_views.py
index 979f7a14..a5eacf66 100644
--- a/backend/roles/tests/test_views.py
+++ b/backend/roles/tests/test_views.py
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 from rest_framework import status
 from rest_framework.reverse import reverse
 
-from api.tests.api.utils import (CRUDMixin)
+from api.tests.utils import (CRUDMixin)
 from users.tests.utils import make_user
 from .utils import create_default_roles