diff --git a/freqtrade/tests/conftest.py b/freqtrade/tests/conftest.py
index dcc69fcb1..5693d4d80 100644
--- a/freqtrade/tests/conftest.py
+++ b/freqtrade/tests/conftest.py
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ import logging
 import re
 from datetime import datetime
 from functools import reduce
+from typing import List
 from unittest.mock import MagicMock, PropertyMock
 
 import arrow
@@ -11,6 +12,7 @@ import pytest
 from telegram import Chat, Message, Update
 
 from freqtrade import constants, persistence
+from freqtrade.arguments import Arguments
 from freqtrade.data.converter import parse_ticker_dataframe
 from freqtrade.edge import Edge, PairInfo
 from freqtrade.exchange import Exchange
@@ -35,6 +37,10 @@ def log_has_re(line, logs):
                   False)
 
 
+def get_args(args) -> List[str]:
+    return Arguments(args, '').get_parsed_arg()
+
+
 def patch_exchange(mocker, api_mock=None, id='bittrex') -> None:
     mocker.patch('freqtrade.exchange.Exchange._load_markets', MagicMock(return_value={}))
     mocker.patch('freqtrade.exchange.Exchange.validate_pairs', MagicMock())
diff --git a/freqtrade/tests/optimize/test_backtesting.py b/freqtrade/tests/optimize/test_backtesting.py
index 3f88a8d6c..cf32934c7 100644
--- a/freqtrade/tests/optimize/test_backtesting.py
+++ b/freqtrade/tests/optimize/test_backtesting.py
@@ -3,7 +3,6 @@
 import json
 import math
 import random
-from typing import List
 from unittest.mock import MagicMock
 
 import numpy as np
@@ -12,7 +11,7 @@ import pytest
 from arrow import Arrow
 
 from freqtrade import DependencyException, constants
-from freqtrade.arguments import Arguments, TimeRange
+from freqtrade.arguments import TimeRange
 from freqtrade.data import history
 from freqtrade.data.btanalysis import evaluate_result_multi
 from freqtrade.data.converter import parse_ticker_dataframe
@@ -23,11 +22,7 @@ from freqtrade.optimize.backtesting import Backtesting
 from freqtrade.state import RunMode
 from freqtrade.strategy.default_strategy import DefaultStrategy
 from freqtrade.strategy.interface import SellType
-from freqtrade.tests.conftest import log_has, log_has_re, patch_exchange
-
-
-def get_args(args) -> List[str]:
-    return Arguments(args, '').get_parsed_arg()
+from freqtrade.tests.conftest import get_args, log_has, log_has_re, patch_exchange
 
 
 def trim_dictlist(dict_list, num):
diff --git a/freqtrade/tests/optimize/test_edge_cli.py b/freqtrade/tests/optimize/test_edge_cli.py
index 5d16b0f2d..b46f353d8 100644
--- a/freqtrade/tests/optimize/test_edge_cli.py
+++ b/freqtrade/tests/optimize/test_edge_cli.py
@@ -2,19 +2,13 @@
 # pragma pylint: disable=protected-access, too-many-lines, invalid-name, too-many-arguments
 
 import json
-from typing import List
 from unittest.mock import MagicMock
 
-from freqtrade.arguments import Arguments
 from freqtrade.edge import PairInfo
-from freqtrade.optimize import start_edge, setup_configuration
+from freqtrade.optimize import setup_configuration, start_edge
 from freqtrade.optimize.edge_cli import EdgeCli
 from freqtrade.state import RunMode
-from freqtrade.tests.conftest import log_has, log_has_re, patch_exchange
-
-
-def get_args(args) -> List[str]:
-    return Arguments(args, '').get_parsed_arg()
+from freqtrade.tests.conftest import get_args, log_has, log_has_re, patch_exchange
 
 
 def test_setup_configuration_without_arguments(mocker, default_conf, caplog) -> None:
diff --git a/freqtrade/tests/optimize/test_hyperopt.py b/freqtrade/tests/optimize/test_hyperopt.py
index a51d74dbb..baa5da545 100644
--- a/freqtrade/tests/optimize/test_hyperopt.py
+++ b/freqtrade/tests/optimize/test_hyperopt.py
@@ -16,8 +16,7 @@ from freqtrade.optimize.hyperopt import Hyperopt, HYPEROPT_LOCKFILE
 from freqtrade.optimize import setup_configuration, start_hyperopt
 from freqtrade.resolvers.hyperopt_resolver import HyperOptResolver
 from freqtrade.state import RunMode
-from freqtrade.tests.conftest import log_has, log_has_re, patch_exchange
-from freqtrade.tests.optimize.test_backtesting import get_args
+from freqtrade.tests.conftest import get_args, log_has, log_has_re, patch_exchange
 
 
 @pytest.fixture(scope='function')