diff --git a/tests/phpunit/includes/functions.php b/tests/phpunit/includes/functions.php
index 0e644ff824..7a9ef13de4 100644
--- a/tests/phpunit/includes/functions.php
+++ b/tests/phpunit/includes/functions.php
@@ -1,5 +1,8 @@
 <?php
 
+require_once dirname( __FILE__ ) . '/class-basic-object.php';
+require_once dirname( __FILE__ ) . '/class-basic-subclass.php';
+
 /**
  * Resets various `$_SERVER` variables that can get altered during tests.
  */
diff --git a/tests/phpunit/tests/basic.php b/tests/phpunit/tests/basic.php
index 1225ae3854..a17f94e7cc 100644
--- a/tests/phpunit/tests/basic.php
+++ b/tests/phpunit/tests/basic.php
@@ -1,8 +1,5 @@
 <?php
 
-require_once dirname( dirname( __FILE__ ) ) . '/includes/class-basic-object.php';
-require_once dirname( dirname( __FILE__ ) ) . '/includes/class-basic-subclass.php';
-
 /**
  * just make sure the test framework is working
  *