diff --git a/src/vs/base/test/node/testUtils.ts b/src/vs/base/test/node/testUtils.ts
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..452e8ae07681
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/vs/base/test/node/testUtils.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+/*---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+ *  Copyright (c) Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved.
+ *  Licensed under the MIT License. See License.txt in the project root for license information.
+ *--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------*/
+
+import { join } from 'vs/base/common/path';
+import { generateUuid } from 'vs/base/common/uuid';
+
+export function getRandomTestPath(tmpdir: string, ...segments: string[]): string {
+	return join(tmpdir, ...segments, generateUuid());
+}
diff --git a/src/vs/platform/backup/test/electron-main/backupMainService.test.ts b/src/vs/platform/backup/test/electron-main/backupMainService.test.ts
index feefaef22d08..da0bc320159e 100644
--- a/src/vs/platform/backup/test/electron-main/backupMainService.test.ts
+++ b/src/vs/platform/backup/test/electron-main/backupMainService.test.ts
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ import { TestConfigurationService } from 'vs/platform/configuration/test/common/
 import { ConsoleLogMainService } from 'vs/platform/log/common/log';
 import { IWorkspaceIdentifier } from 'vs/platform/workspaces/common/workspaces';
 import { createHash } from 'crypto';
-import { getRandomTestPath } from 'vs/workbench/test/workbenchTestServices';
+import { getRandomTestPath } from 'vs/base/test/node/testUtils';
 import { Schemas } from 'vs/base/common/network';
 
 suite('BackupMainService', () => {
diff --git a/src/vs/platform/extensionManagement/test/node/extensionGalleryService.test.ts b/src/vs/platform/extensionManagement/test/node/extensionGalleryService.test.ts
index 1b9af7cde943..6106afdb08f6 100644
--- a/src/vs/platform/extensionManagement/test/node/extensionGalleryService.test.ts
+++ b/src/vs/platform/extensionManagement/test/node/extensionGalleryService.test.ts
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ import * as os from 'os';
 import * as extfs from 'vs/base/node/extfs';
 import { EnvironmentService } from 'vs/platform/environment/node/environmentService';
 import { parseArgs } from 'vs/platform/environment/node/argv';
-import { getRandomTestPath } from 'vs/workbench/test/workbenchTestServices';
+import { getRandomTestPath } from 'vs/base/test/node/testUtils';
 import { join } from 'vs/base/common/path';
 import { mkdirp } from 'vs/base/node/pfs';
 import { resolveMarketplaceHeaders } from 'vs/platform/extensionManagement/node/extensionGalleryService';
diff --git a/src/vs/platform/state/test/node/state.test.ts b/src/vs/platform/state/test/node/state.test.ts
index abb30e484a9d..0f071932b306 100644
--- a/src/vs/platform/state/test/node/state.test.ts
+++ b/src/vs/platform/state/test/node/state.test.ts
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ import * as assert from 'assert';
 import * as os from 'os';
 import * as path from 'vs/base/common/path';
 import * as extfs from 'vs/base/node/extfs';
-import { getRandomTestPath } from 'vs/workbench/test/workbenchTestServices';
+import { getRandomTestPath } from 'vs/base/test/node/testUtils';
 import { FileStorage } from 'vs/platform/state/node/stateService';
 
 suite('StateService', () => {
diff --git a/src/vs/platform/telemetry/test/electron-browser/commonProperties.test.ts b/src/vs/platform/telemetry/test/electron-browser/commonProperties.test.ts
index 92f60d3c0889..1a15de0384b7 100644
--- a/src/vs/platform/telemetry/test/electron-browser/commonProperties.test.ts
+++ b/src/vs/platform/telemetry/test/electron-browser/commonProperties.test.ts
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ import * as path from 'vs/base/common/path';
 import * as os from 'os';
 import * as fs from 'fs';
 import { resolveWorkbenchCommonProperties } from 'vs/platform/telemetry/node/workbenchCommonProperties';
-import { getRandomTestPath } from 'vs/workbench/test/workbenchTestServices';
+import { getRandomTestPath } from 'vs/base/test/node/testUtils';
 import { IStorageService, StorageScope, InMemoryStorageService } from 'vs/platform/storage/common/storage';
 import { del } from 'vs/base/node/extfs';
 import { mkdirp } from 'vs/base/node/pfs';
diff --git a/src/vs/platform/workspaces/test/electron-main/workspacesMainService.test.ts b/src/vs/platform/workspaces/test/electron-main/workspacesMainService.test.ts
index e5476a84dfd6..670c1b5a8dfb 100644
--- a/src/vs/platform/workspaces/test/electron-main/workspacesMainService.test.ts
+++ b/src/vs/platform/workspaces/test/electron-main/workspacesMainService.test.ts
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ import { WorkspacesMainService, IStoredWorkspace } from 'vs/platform/workspaces/
 import { WORKSPACE_EXTENSION, IWorkspaceIdentifier, IRawFileWorkspaceFolder, IWorkspaceFolderCreationData, IRawUriWorkspaceFolder } from 'vs/platform/workspaces/common/workspaces';
 import { NullLogService } from 'vs/platform/log/common/log';
 import { URI } from 'vs/base/common/uri';
-import { getRandomTestPath } from 'vs/workbench/test/workbenchTestServices';
+import { getRandomTestPath } from 'vs/base/test/node/testUtils';
 import { isWindows } from 'vs/base/common/platform';
 import { normalizeDriveLetter } from 'vs/base/common/labels';
 
diff --git a/src/vs/workbench/services/backup/test/electron-browser/backupFileService.test.ts b/src/vs/workbench/services/backup/test/electron-browser/backupFileService.test.ts
index e39ddee054bc..181fd500468a 100644
--- a/src/vs/workbench/services/backup/test/electron-browser/backupFileService.test.ts
+++ b/src/vs/workbench/services/backup/test/electron-browser/backupFileService.test.ts
@@ -13,7 +13,8 @@ import { URI as Uri } from 'vs/base/common/uri';
 import { BackupFileService, BackupFilesModel, hashPath } from 'vs/workbench/services/backup/node/backupFileService';
 import { FileService } from 'vs/workbench/services/files/electron-browser/fileService';
 import { TextModel, createTextBufferFactory } from 'vs/editor/common/model/textModel';
-import { TestContextService, TestTextResourceConfigurationService, getRandomTestPath, TestLifecycleService, TestEnvironmentService, TestStorageService } from 'vs/workbench/test/workbenchTestServices';
+import { TestContextService, TestTextResourceConfigurationService, TestLifecycleService, TestEnvironmentService, TestStorageService } from 'vs/workbench/test/workbenchTestServices';
+import { getRandomTestPath } from 'vs/base/test/node/testUtils';
 import { TestNotificationService } from 'vs/platform/notification/test/common/testNotificationService';
 import { Workspace, toWorkspaceFolders } from 'vs/platform/workspace/common/workspace';
 import { TestConfigurationService } from 'vs/platform/configuration/test/common/testConfigurationService';
diff --git a/src/vs/workbench/services/files/test/electron-browser/fileService.test.ts b/src/vs/workbench/services/files/test/electron-browser/fileService.test.ts
index c36d6a01d345..279e1e47c5d5 100644
--- a/src/vs/workbench/services/files/test/electron-browser/fileService.test.ts
+++ b/src/vs/workbench/services/files/test/electron-browser/fileService.test.ts
@@ -14,7 +14,8 @@ import * as uuid from 'vs/base/common/uuid';
 import * as pfs from 'vs/base/node/pfs';
 import * as encodingLib from 'vs/base/node/encoding';
 import * as utils from 'vs/workbench/services/files/test/electron-browser/utils';
-import { TestEnvironmentService, TestContextService, TestTextResourceConfigurationService, getRandomTestPath, TestLifecycleService, TestStorageService } from 'vs/workbench/test/workbenchTestServices';
+import { TestEnvironmentService, TestContextService, TestTextResourceConfigurationService, TestLifecycleService, TestStorageService } from 'vs/workbench/test/workbenchTestServices';
+import { getRandomTestPath } from 'vs/base/test/node/testUtils';
 import { TestNotificationService } from 'vs/platform/notification/test/common/testNotificationService';
 import { Workspace, toWorkspaceFolders } from 'vs/platform/workspace/common/workspace';
 import { TestConfigurationService } from 'vs/platform/configuration/test/common/testConfigurationService';
diff --git a/src/vs/workbench/test/workbenchTestServices.ts b/src/vs/workbench/test/workbenchTestServices.ts
index 27b8ebaed90d..4eed1759dea0 100644
--- a/src/vs/workbench/test/workbenchTestServices.ts
+++ b/src/vs/workbench/test/workbenchTestServices.ts
@@ -42,7 +42,6 @@ import { TestWorkspace } from 'vs/platform/workspace/test/common/testWorkspace';
 import { createTextBufferFactory } from 'vs/editor/common/model/textModel';
 import { IEnvironmentService } from 'vs/platform/environment/common/environment';
 import { IThemeService } from 'vs/platform/theme/common/themeService';
-import { generateUuid } from 'vs/base/common/uuid';
 import { TestThemeService } from 'vs/platform/theme/test/common/testThemeService';
 import { IWorkspaceIdentifier, ISingleFolderWorkspaceIdentifier, isSingleFolderWorkspaceIdentifier } from 'vs/platform/workspaces/common/workspaces';
 import { IRecentlyOpened } from 'vs/platform/history/common/history';
@@ -1473,7 +1472,3 @@ export class TestViewletService implements IViewletService {
 
 	getProgressIndicator(_id: string): IProgressService | null { return null; }
 }
-
-export function getRandomTestPath(tmpdir: string, ...segments: string[]): string {
-	return join(tmpdir, ...segments, generateUuid());
-}