diff --git a/tests/helper/common.go b/tests/helper/common.go
deleted file mode 100644
index 21ea2261f..000000000
--- a/tests/helper/common.go
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,11 +0,0 @@
-package helper
-
-import "github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/common"
-
-func FromHex(h string) []byte {
-	if common.IsHex(h) {
-		h = h[2:]
-	}
-
-	return common.Hex2Bytes(h)
-}
diff --git a/tests/helper/init.go b/tests/helper/init.go
deleted file mode 100644
index 73d563e02..000000000
--- a/tests/helper/init.go
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,16 +0,0 @@
-package helper
-
-import (
-	"log"
-	"os"
-
-	logpkg "github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/logger"
-)
-
-var Logger *logpkg.StdLogSystem
-var Log = logpkg.NewLogger("TEST")
-
-func init() {
-	Logger = logpkg.NewStdLogSystem(os.Stdout, log.LstdFlags, logpkg.InfoLevel)
-	logpkg.AddLogSystem(Logger)
-}
diff --git a/tests/helper/trie.go b/tests/helper/trie.go
deleted file mode 100644
index 9e666d333..000000000
--- a/tests/helper/trie.go
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,31 +0,0 @@
-package helper
-
-import "github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/trie"
-
-type MemDatabase struct {
-	db map[string][]byte
-}
-
-func NewMemDatabase() (*MemDatabase, error) {
-	db := &MemDatabase{db: make(map[string][]byte)}
-	return db, nil
-}
-func (db *MemDatabase) Put(key []byte, value []byte) {
-	db.db[string(key)] = value
-}
-func (db *MemDatabase) Get(key []byte) ([]byte, error) {
-	return db.db[string(key)], nil
-}
-func (db *MemDatabase) Delete(key []byte) error {
-	delete(db.db, string(key))
-	return nil
-}
-func (db *MemDatabase) Print()              {}
-func (db *MemDatabase) Close()              {}
-func (db *MemDatabase) LastKnownTD() []byte { return nil }
-
-func NewTrie() *trie.Trie {
-	db, _ := NewMemDatabase()
-
-	return trie.New(nil, db)
-}
diff --git a/tests/helper/readers.go b/tests/init.go
similarity index 69%
rename from tests/helper/readers.go
rename to tests/init.go
index 03313aeda..b487f81c3 100644
--- a/tests/helper/readers.go
+++ b/tests/init.go
@@ -1,14 +1,25 @@
-package helper
+package tests
 
 import (
 	"encoding/json"
 	"io"
 	"io/ioutil"
+	// "log"
 	"net/http"
 	"os"
 	"testing"
+
+	// logpkg "github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/logger"
 )
 
+// var Logger *logpkg.StdLogSystem
+// var Log = logpkg.NewLogger("TEST")
+
+// func init() {
+// 	Logger = logpkg.NewStdLogSystem(os.Stdout, log.LstdFlags, logpkg.InfoLevel)
+// 	logpkg.AddLogSystem(Logger)
+// }
+
 func readJSON(t *testing.T, reader io.Reader, value interface{}) {
 	data, err := ioutil.ReadAll(reader)
 	err = json.Unmarshal(data, &value)
diff --git a/tests/helper/vm.go b/tests/vm.go
similarity index 98%
rename from tests/helper/vm.go
rename to tests/vm.go
index e29a2d8ee..52e498ccc 100644
--- a/tests/helper/vm.go
+++ b/tests/vm.go
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-package helper
+package tests
 
 import (
 	"errors"
@@ -144,7 +144,7 @@ func RunVm(state *state.StateDB, env, exec map[string]string) ([]byte, state.Log
 	var (
 		to    = common.HexToAddress(exec["address"])
 		from  = common.HexToAddress(exec["caller"])
-		data  = FromHex(exec["data"])
+		data  = common.FromHex(exec["data"])
 		gas   = common.Big(exec["gas"])
 		price = common.Big(exec["gasPrice"])
 		value = common.Big(exec["value"])
@@ -166,7 +166,7 @@ func RunVm(state *state.StateDB, env, exec map[string]string) ([]byte, state.Log
 func RunState(statedb *state.StateDB, env, tx map[string]string) ([]byte, state.Logs, *big.Int, error) {
 	var (
 		keyPair, _ = crypto.NewKeyPairFromSec([]byte(common.Hex2Bytes(tx["secretKey"])))
-		data       = FromHex(tx["data"])
+		data       = common.FromHex(tx["data"])
 		gas        = common.Big(tx["gasLimit"])
 		price      = common.Big(tx["gasPrice"])
 		value      = common.Big(tx["value"])
diff --git a/tests/vm_test_util.go b/tests/vm_test_util.go
index f91070736..cf95db80f 100644
--- a/tests/vm_test_util.go
+++ b/tests/vm_test_util.go
@@ -11,7 +11,6 @@ import (
 	"github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/core/types"
 	"github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/ethdb"
 	"github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/logger"
-	"github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/tests/helper"
 )
 
 type Account struct {
@@ -52,7 +51,7 @@ func StateObjectFromAccount(db common.Database, addr string, account Account) *s
 	return obj
 }
 
-type Env struct {
+type VmEnv struct {
 	CurrentCoinbase   string
 	CurrentDifficulty string
 	CurrentGasLimit   string
@@ -64,7 +63,7 @@ type Env struct {
 type VmTest struct {
 	Callcreates interface{}
 	//Env         map[string]string
-	Env           Env
+	Env           VmEnv
 	Exec          map[string]string
 	Transaction   map[string]string
 	Logs          []Log
@@ -78,7 +77,7 @@ type VmTest struct {
 func RunVmTest(p string, t *testing.T) {
 
 	tests := make(map[string]VmTest)
-	helper.CreateFileTests(t, p, &tests)
+	CreateFileTests(t, p, &tests)
 
 	for name, test := range tests {
 		/*
@@ -121,9 +120,9 @@ func RunVmTest(p string, t *testing.T) {
 
 		isVmTest := len(test.Exec) > 0
 		if isVmTest {
-			ret, logs, gas, err = helper.RunVm(statedb, env, test.Exec)
+			ret, logs, gas, err = RunVm(statedb, env, test.Exec)
 		} else {
-			ret, logs, gas, err = helper.RunState(statedb, env, test.Transaction)
+			ret, logs, gas, err = RunState(statedb, env, test.Transaction)
 		}
 
 		switch name {
@@ -131,7 +130,7 @@ func RunVmTest(p string, t *testing.T) {
 		// on 19 May 2015 decided to skip these tests their output.
 		case "mload32bitBound_return", "mload32bitBound_return2":
 		default:
-			rexp := helper.FromHex(test.Out)
+			rexp := common.FromHex(test.Out)
 			if bytes.Compare(rexp, ret) != 0 {
 				t.Errorf("%s's return failed. Expected %x, got %x\n", name, rexp, ret)
 			}
@@ -192,7 +191,7 @@ func RunVmTest(p string, t *testing.T) {
 						t.Errorf("'%s' log address expected %v got %x", name, log.AddressF, logs[i].Address)
 					}
 
-					if !bytes.Equal(logs[i].Data, helper.FromHex(log.DataF)) {
+					if !bytes.Equal(logs[i].Data, common.FromHex(log.DataF)) {
 						t.Errorf("'%s' log data expected %v got %x", name, log.DataF, logs[i].Data)
 					}