diff --git a/tests/test_connection.py b/tests/test_connection.py
index f1821903..83661d92 100755
--- a/tests/test_connection.py
+++ b/tests/test_connection.py
@@ -307,30 +307,6 @@ class IsolationLevelsTestCase(unittest.TestCase):
         self.assertEqual(2, cur2.fetchone()[0])
 
 
-def skip_if_tpc_disabled(f):
-    """Skip a test if the server has tpc support disabled."""
-    def skip_if_tpc_disabled_(self):
-        cnn = self.connect()
-        cur = cnn.cursor()
-        try:
-            cur.execute("SHOW max_prepared_transactions;")
-        except psycopg2.ProgrammingError:
-            return self.skipTest(
-                "server too old: two phase transactions not supported.")
-        else:
-            mtp = int(cur.fetchone()[0])
-        cnn.close()
-
-        if not mtp:
-            return self.skipTest(
-                "server not configured for two phase transactions. "
-                "set max_prepared_transactions to > 0 to run the test")
-        return f(self)
-
-    skip_if_tpc_disabled_.__name__ = f.__name__
-    return skip_if_tpc_disabled_
-
-
 class ConnectionTwoPhaseTests(unittest.TestCase):
     def setUp(self):
         self._conns = []
@@ -346,7 +322,6 @@ class ConnectionTwoPhaseTests(unittest.TestCase):
             if not conn.closed:
                 conn.close()
 
-
     def clear_test_xacts(self):
         """Rollback all the prepared transaction in the testing db."""
         cnn = self.connect()
@@ -700,6 +675,7 @@ class ConnectionTwoPhaseTests(unittest.TestCase):
         cnn.tpc_prepare()
         self.assertRaises(psycopg2.ProgrammingError, cnn.cancel)
 
+from testutils import skip_if_tpc_disabled
 decorate_all_tests(ConnectionTwoPhaseTests, skip_if_tpc_disabled)
 
 
diff --git a/tests/test_psycopg2_dbapi20.py b/tests/test_psycopg2_dbapi20.py
index 5eec97a2..222d9341 100755
--- a/tests/test_psycopg2_dbapi20.py
+++ b/tests/test_psycopg2_dbapi20.py
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@
 
 import dbapi20
 import dbapi20_tpc
-from test_connection import skip_if_tpc_disabled
+from testutils import skip_if_tpc_disabled
 from testutils import unittest, decorate_all_tests
 import psycopg2
 
diff --git a/tests/testutils.py b/tests/testutils.py
index 6d04fc02..e0b8eaf2 100644
--- a/tests/testutils.py
+++ b/tests/testutils.py
@@ -88,3 +88,30 @@ def skip_if_no_pg_sleep(name):
         return skip_if_no_pg_sleep__
 
     return skip_if_no_pg_sleep_
+
+
+def skip_if_tpc_disabled(f):
+    """Skip a test if the server has tpc support disabled."""
+    def skip_if_tpc_disabled_(self):
+        from psycopg2 import ProgrammingError
+        cnn = self.connect()
+        cur = cnn.cursor()
+        try:
+            cur.execute("SHOW max_prepared_transactions;")
+        except ProgrammingError:
+            return self.skipTest(
+                "server too old: two phase transactions not supported.")
+        else:
+            mtp = int(cur.fetchone()[0])
+        cnn.close()
+
+        if not mtp:
+            return self.skipTest(
+                "server not configured for two phase transactions. "
+                "set max_prepared_transactions to > 0 to run the test")
+        return f(self)
+
+    skip_if_tpc_disabled_.__name__ = f.__name__
+    return skip_if_tpc_disabled_
+
+