diff --git a/packages/tendermint-rpc/src/config.spec.ts b/packages/tendermint-rpc/src/config.spec.ts
deleted file mode 100644
index 8373923a..00000000
--- a/packages/tendermint-rpc/src/config.spec.ts
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,58 +0,0 @@
-export interface ExpectedValues {
-  /** The Tendermint version as reported by Tendermint itself */
-  readonly version: string;
-  readonly appCreator: string;
-  readonly p2pVersion: number;
-  readonly blockVersion: number;
-  readonly appVersion: number;
-}
-
-export interface TendermintInstance {
-  readonly url: string;
-  readonly version: string;
-  /** rough block time in ms */
-  readonly blockTime: number;
-  /** Values we expect in the backend */
-  readonly expected: ExpectedValues;
-}
-
-/**
- * Tendermint instances to be tested.
- *
- * Testing different versions: as a convention, the minor version number is encoded
- * in the port 111<version>, e.g. Tendermint 0.21.0 runs on port 11121. To start
- * a specific version use:
- *   TENDERMINT_VERSION=0.29.2 TENDERMINT_PORT=11129 ./scripts/tendermint/start.sh
- *
- * When more than 1 instances of tendermint are running, stop them manually:
- *   docker container ls | grep tendermint/tendermint
- *   docker container kill <container id from 1st column>
- */
-export const tendermintInstances: readonly TendermintInstance[] = [
-  {
-    url: "localhost:11133",
-    version: "0.33.x",
-    blockTime: 1000,
-    expected: {
-      version: "0.33.8",
-      appCreator: "Cosmoshi Netowoko",
-      p2pVersion: 7,
-      blockVersion: 10,
-      appVersion: 1,
-    },
-  },
-  {
-    url: "localhost:11134",
-    version: "0.34.x",
-    blockTime: 500,
-    expected: {
-      version: "182fa32", // srsly?
-      appCreator: "Cosmoshi Netowoko",
-      p2pVersion: 8,
-      blockVersion: 11,
-      appVersion: 1,
-    },
-  },
-];
-
-export const defaultInstance: TendermintInstance = tendermintInstances[0];
diff --git a/packages/tendermint-rpc/src/legacy/client.spec.ts b/packages/tendermint-rpc/src/legacy/client.spec.ts
index 3bf12c3f..fc1dd0b2 100644
--- a/packages/tendermint-rpc/src/legacy/client.spec.ts
+++ b/packages/tendermint-rpc/src/legacy/client.spec.ts
@@ -5,14 +5,15 @@ import { sleep } from "@cosmjs/utils";
 import { ReadonlyDate } from "readonly-date";
 import { Stream } from "xstream";
 
-import { ExpectedValues, tendermintInstances } from "../config.spec";
 import { HttpClient, RpcClient, WebsocketClient } from "../rpcclients";
 import {
   buildKvTx,
   chainIdMatcher,
+  ExpectedValues,
   pendingWithoutTendermint,
   randomString,
   tendermintEnabled,
+  tendermintInstances,
   tendermintSearchIndexUpdated,
 } from "../testutil.spec";
 import { Adaptor } from "./adaptor";
diff --git a/packages/tendermint-rpc/src/rpcclients/httpclient.spec.ts b/packages/tendermint-rpc/src/rpcclients/httpclient.spec.ts
index a1bcbb4f..5d7637cd 100644
--- a/packages/tendermint-rpc/src/rpcclients/httpclient.spec.ts
+++ b/packages/tendermint-rpc/src/rpcclients/httpclient.spec.ts
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
-import { defaultInstance } from "../config.spec";
 import { createJsonRpcRequest } from "../jsonrpc";
+import { defaultInstance } from "../testutil.spec";
 import { HttpClient } from "./httpclient";
 
 function pendingWithoutTendermint(): void {
diff --git a/packages/tendermint-rpc/src/rpcclients/rpcclient.spec.ts b/packages/tendermint-rpc/src/rpcclients/rpcclient.spec.ts
index d45eb118..c55cd751 100644
--- a/packages/tendermint-rpc/src/rpcclients/rpcclient.spec.ts
+++ b/packages/tendermint-rpc/src/rpcclients/rpcclient.spec.ts
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
-import { defaultInstance } from "../config.spec";
 import { createJsonRpcRequest } from "../jsonrpc";
+import { defaultInstance } from "../testutil.spec";
 import { HttpClient } from "./httpclient";
 import { instanceOfRpcStreamingClient } from "./rpcclient";
 import { WebsocketClient } from "./websocketclient";
diff --git a/packages/tendermint-rpc/src/rpcclients/websocketclient.spec.ts b/packages/tendermint-rpc/src/rpcclients/websocketclient.spec.ts
index fe15e9e9..d8496af4 100644
--- a/packages/tendermint-rpc/src/rpcclients/websocketclient.spec.ts
+++ b/packages/tendermint-rpc/src/rpcclients/websocketclient.spec.ts
@@ -2,8 +2,8 @@ import { Uint53 } from "@cosmjs/math";
 import { toListPromise } from "@cosmjs/stream";
 import { Stream } from "xstream";
 
-import { defaultInstance } from "../config.spec";
 import { createJsonRpcRequest } from "../jsonrpc";
+import { defaultInstance } from "../testutil.spec";
 import { SubscriptionEvent } from "./rpcclient";
 import { WebsocketClient } from "./websocketclient";
 
diff --git a/packages/tendermint-rpc/src/tendermint34/tendermint34client.spec.ts b/packages/tendermint-rpc/src/tendermint34/tendermint34client.spec.ts
index a933cc38..e43d2311 100644
--- a/packages/tendermint-rpc/src/tendermint34/tendermint34client.spec.ts
+++ b/packages/tendermint-rpc/src/tendermint34/tendermint34client.spec.ts
@@ -5,14 +5,15 @@ import { sleep } from "@cosmjs/utils";
 import { ReadonlyDate } from "readonly-date";
 import { Stream } from "xstream";
 
-import { ExpectedValues, tendermintInstances } from "../config.spec";
 import { HttpClient, RpcClient, WebsocketClient } from "../rpcclients";
 import {
   buildKvTx,
   chainIdMatcher,
+  ExpectedValues,
   pendingWithoutTendermint,
   randomString,
   tendermintEnabled,
+  tendermintInstances,
   tendermintSearchIndexUpdated,
 } from "../testutil.spec";
 import { adaptor34 } from "./adaptors";
diff --git a/packages/tendermint-rpc/src/testutil.spec.ts b/packages/tendermint-rpc/src/testutil.spec.ts
index 8c815867..c7315bf5 100644
--- a/packages/tendermint-rpc/src/testutil.spec.ts
+++ b/packages/tendermint-rpc/src/testutil.spec.ts
@@ -1,6 +1,65 @@
 import { toAscii } from "@cosmjs/encoding";
 import { sleep } from "@cosmjs/utils";
 
+export interface ExpectedValues {
+  /** The Tendermint version as reported by Tendermint itself */
+  readonly version: string;
+  readonly appCreator: string;
+  readonly p2pVersion: number;
+  readonly blockVersion: number;
+  readonly appVersion: number;
+}
+
+export interface TendermintInstance {
+  readonly url: string;
+  readonly version: string;
+  /** rough block time in ms */
+  readonly blockTime: number;
+  /** Values we expect in the backend */
+  readonly expected: ExpectedValues;
+}
+
+/**
+ * Tendermint instances to be tested.
+ *
+ * Testing different versions: as a convention, the minor version number is encoded
+ * in the port 111<version>, e.g. Tendermint 0.21.0 runs on port 11121. To start
+ * a specific version use:
+ *   TENDERMINT_VERSION=0.29.2 TENDERMINT_PORT=11129 ./scripts/tendermint/start.sh
+ *
+ * When more than 1 instances of tendermint are running, stop them manually:
+ *   docker container ls | grep tendermint/tendermint
+ *   docker container kill <container id from 1st column>
+ */
+export const tendermintInstances: readonly TendermintInstance[] = [
+  {
+    url: "localhost:11133",
+    version: "0.33.x",
+    blockTime: 1000,
+    expected: {
+      version: "0.33.8",
+      appCreator: "Cosmoshi Netowoko",
+      p2pVersion: 7,
+      blockVersion: 10,
+      appVersion: 1,
+    },
+  },
+  {
+    url: "localhost:11134",
+    version: "0.34.x",
+    blockTime: 500,
+    expected: {
+      version: "182fa32", // srsly?
+      appCreator: "Cosmoshi Netowoko",
+      p2pVersion: 8,
+      blockVersion: 11,
+      appVersion: 1,
+    },
+  },
+];
+
+export const defaultInstance: TendermintInstance = tendermintInstances[0];
+
 export const chainIdMatcher = /^[-a-zA-Z0-9]{3,30}$/;
 
 export function tendermintEnabled(): boolean {