diff --git a/test/helper.py b/test/helper.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..842ffc2fd3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/helper.py
@@ -0,0 +1,33 @@
+import io
+import json
+import os.path
+
+from youtube_dl import YoutubeDL, YoutubeDLHandler
+from youtube_dl.utils import (
+    compat_cookiejar,
+    compat_urllib_request,
+)
+
+# General configuration (from __init__, not very elegant...)
+jar = compat_cookiejar.CookieJar()
+cookie_processor = compat_urllib_request.HTTPCookieProcessor(jar)
+proxy_handler = compat_urllib_request.ProxyHandler()
+opener = compat_urllib_request.build_opener(proxy_handler, cookie_processor, YoutubeDLHandler())
+compat_urllib_request.install_opener(opener)
+
+PARAMETERS_FILE = os.path.join(os.path.dirname(os.path.abspath(__file__)), "parameters.json")
+with io.open(PARAMETERS_FILE, encoding='utf-8') as pf:
+    parameters = json.load(pf)
+
+class FakeYDL(YoutubeDL):
+    def __init__(self):
+        self.result = []
+        # Different instances of the downloader can't share the same dictionary
+        # some test set the "sublang" parameter, which would break the md5 checks.
+        self.params = dict(parameters)
+    def to_screen(self, s):
+        print(s)
+    def trouble(self, s, tb=None):
+        raise Exception(s)
+    def download(self, x):
+        self.result.append(x)
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/test/test_youtube_lists.py b/test/test_youtube_lists.py
index 320b44082f..4486b7eb0f 100644
--- a/test/test_youtube_lists.py
+++ b/test/test_youtube_lists.py
@@ -10,30 +10,8 @@ sys.path.append(os.path.dirname(os.path.dirname(os.path.abspath(__file__))))
 
 from youtube_dl.extractor import YoutubeUserIE, YoutubePlaylistIE, YoutubeIE, YoutubeChannelIE
 from youtube_dl.utils import *
-from youtube_dl import YoutubeDL
 
-PARAMETERS_FILE = os.path.join(os.path.dirname(os.path.abspath(__file__)), "parameters.json")
-with io.open(PARAMETERS_FILE, encoding='utf-8') as pf:
-    parameters = json.load(pf)
-
-# General configuration (from __init__, not very elegant...)
-jar = compat_cookiejar.CookieJar()
-cookie_processor = compat_urllib_request.HTTPCookieProcessor(jar)
-proxy_handler = compat_urllib_request.ProxyHandler()
-opener = compat_urllib_request.build_opener(proxy_handler, cookie_processor, YoutubeDLHandler())
-compat_urllib_request.install_opener(opener)
-
-class FakeYDL(YoutubeDL):
-    def __init__(self):
-        self.result = []
-        self.params = parameters
-    def to_screen(self, s):
-        print(s)
-    def trouble(self, s, tb=None):
-        raise Exception(s)
-    def extract_info(self, url):
-        self.result.append(url)
-        return url
+from helper import FakeYDL
 
 class TestYoutubeLists(unittest.TestCase):
     def assertIsPlaylist(self,info):
diff --git a/test/test_youtube_subtitles.py b/test/test_youtube_subtitles.py
index 5814e13d48..86e09c9b1b 100644
--- a/test/test_youtube_subtitles.py
+++ b/test/test_youtube_subtitles.py
@@ -12,31 +12,7 @@ sys.path.append(os.path.dirname(os.path.dirname(os.path.abspath(__file__))))
 
 from youtube_dl.extractor import YoutubeIE
 from youtube_dl.utils import *
-from youtube_dl import YoutubeDL
-
-PARAMETERS_FILE = os.path.join(os.path.dirname(os.path.abspath(__file__)), "parameters.json")
-with io.open(PARAMETERS_FILE, encoding='utf-8') as pf:
-    parameters = json.load(pf)
-
-# General configuration (from __init__, not very elegant...)
-jar = compat_cookiejar.CookieJar()
-cookie_processor = compat_urllib_request.HTTPCookieProcessor(jar)
-proxy_handler = compat_urllib_request.ProxyHandler()
-opener = compat_urllib_request.build_opener(proxy_handler, cookie_processor, YoutubeDLHandler())
-compat_urllib_request.install_opener(opener)
-
-class FakeYDL(YoutubeDL):
-    def __init__(self):
-        self.result = []
-        # Different instances of the downloader can't share the same dictionary
-        # some test set the "sublang" parameter, which would break the md5 checks.
-        self.params = dict(parameters)
-    def to_screen(self, s):
-        print(s)
-    def trouble(self, s, tb=None):
-        raise Exception(s)
-    def download(self, x):
-        self.result.append(x)
+from helper import FakeYDL
 
 md5 = lambda s: hashlib.md5(s.encode('utf-8')).hexdigest()