diff --git a/freqtrade/utils/__init__.py b/freqtrade/utils/__init__.py
deleted file mode 100644
index 361a06c38..000000000
--- a/freqtrade/utils/__init__.py
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,3 +0,0 @@
-# flake8: noqa: F401
-
-from freqtrade.utils.get_sides import get_sides
diff --git a/freqtrade/utils/get_sides.py b/freqtrade/utils/get_sides.py
deleted file mode 100644
index 9ab97e7b3..000000000
--- a/freqtrade/utils/get_sides.py
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,5 +0,0 @@
-from typing import Tuple
-
-
-def get_sides(is_short: bool) -> Tuple[str, str]:
-    return ("sell", "buy") if is_short else ("buy", "sell")
diff --git a/tests/conftest.py b/tests/conftest.py
index 188236f40..609823409 100644
--- a/tests/conftest.py
+++ b/tests/conftest.py
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ from copy import deepcopy
 from datetime import datetime, timedelta
 from functools import reduce
 from pathlib import Path
+from typing import Tuple
 from unittest.mock import MagicMock, Mock, PropertyMock
 
 import arrow
@@ -262,6 +263,10 @@ def create_mock_trades_with_leverage(fee, use_db: bool = True):
         Trade.query.session.flush()
 
 
+def get_sides(is_short: bool) -> Tuple[str, str]:
+    return ("sell", "buy") if is_short else ("buy", "sell")
+
+
 @pytest.fixture(autouse=True)
 def patch_coingekko(mocker) -> None:
     """
diff --git a/tests/test_persistence.py b/tests/test_persistence.py
index 800e3f541..dbb1133c3 100644
--- a/tests/test_persistence.py
+++ b/tests/test_persistence.py
@@ -13,8 +13,8 @@ from sqlalchemy import create_engine, inspect, text
 from freqtrade import constants
 from freqtrade.exceptions import DependencyException, OperationalException
 from freqtrade.persistence import LocalTrade, Order, Trade, clean_dry_run_db, init_db
-from freqtrade.utils import get_sides
-from tests.conftest import create_mock_trades, create_mock_trades_with_leverage, log_has, log_has_re
+from tests.conftest import (create_mock_trades, create_mock_trades_with_leverage, get_sides,
+                            log_has, log_has_re)
 
 
 def test_init_create_session(default_conf):