diff --git a/cmd/restic/integration_test.go b/cmd/restic/integration_test.go
index b279a75b0..9d1595e43 100644
--- a/cmd/restic/integration_test.go
+++ b/cmd/restic/integration_test.go
@@ -21,7 +21,6 @@ import (
 
 	"github.com/restic/restic/internal/errors"
 	"github.com/restic/restic/internal/filter"
-	"github.com/restic/restic/internal/fs"
 	"github.com/restic/restic/internal/repository"
 	"github.com/restic/restic/internal/restic"
 	rtest "github.com/restic/restic/internal/test"
@@ -66,7 +65,7 @@ func testRunBackupAssumeFailure(t testing.TB, dir string, target []string, opts
 	gopts.stdout = ioutil.Discard
 	t.Logf("backing up %v in %v", target, dir)
 	if dir != "" {
-		cleanup := fs.TestChdir(t, dir)
+		cleanup := rtest.Chdir(t, dir)
 		defer cleanup()
 	}
 
@@ -1003,7 +1002,7 @@ func TestRestoreLatest(t *testing.T) {
 
 	// chdir manually here so we can get the current directory. This is not the
 	// same as the temp dir returned by ioutil.TempDir() on darwin.
-	back := fs.TestChdir(t, filepath.Dir(env.testdata))
+	back := rtest.Chdir(t, filepath.Dir(env.testdata))
 	defer back()
 
 	curdir, err := os.Getwd()
diff --git a/internal/archiver/archiver_test.go b/internal/archiver/archiver_test.go
index 6fc5ab648..643da5d24 100644
--- a/internal/archiver/archiver_test.go
+++ b/internal/archiver/archiver_test.go
@@ -803,7 +803,7 @@ func TestArchiverSaveDir(t *testing.T) {
 				chdir = filepath.Join(chdir, test.chdir)
 			}
 
-			back := fs.TestChdir(t, chdir)
+			back := restictest.Chdir(t, chdir)
 			defer back()
 
 			fi, err := fs.Lstat(test.target)
@@ -1063,7 +1063,7 @@ func TestArchiverSaveTree(t *testing.T) {
 
 			arch.runWorkers(ctx, &tmb)
 
-			back := fs.TestChdir(t, tempdir)
+			back := restictest.Chdir(t, tempdir)
 			defer back()
 
 			if test.prepare != nil {
@@ -1353,7 +1353,7 @@ func TestArchiverSnapshot(t *testing.T) {
 				chdir = filepath.Join(chdir, filepath.FromSlash(test.chdir))
 			}
 
-			back := fs.TestChdir(t, chdir)
+			back := restictest.Chdir(t, chdir)
 			defer back()
 
 			var targets []string
@@ -1507,7 +1507,7 @@ func TestArchiverSnapshotSelect(t *testing.T) {
 			arch := New(repo, fs.Track{FS: fs.Local{}}, Options{})
 			arch.Select = test.selFn
 
-			back := fs.TestChdir(t, tempdir)
+			back := restictest.Chdir(t, tempdir)
 			defer back()
 
 			targets := []string{"."}
@@ -1614,7 +1614,7 @@ func TestArchiverParent(t *testing.T) {
 
 			arch := New(repo, testFS, Options{})
 
-			back := fs.TestChdir(t, tempdir)
+			back := restictest.Chdir(t, tempdir)
 			defer back()
 
 			_, firstSnapshotID, err := arch.Snapshot(ctx, []string{"."}, SnapshotOptions{Time: time.Now()})
@@ -1774,7 +1774,7 @@ func TestArchiverErrorReporting(t *testing.T) {
 			tempdir, repo, cleanup := prepareTempdirRepoSrc(t, test.src)
 			defer cleanup()
 
-			back := fs.TestChdir(t, tempdir)
+			back := restictest.Chdir(t, tempdir)
 			defer back()
 
 			if test.prepare != nil {
@@ -1915,7 +1915,7 @@ func TestArchiverAbortEarlyOnError(t *testing.T) {
 			tempdir, repo, cleanup := prepareTempdirRepoSrc(t, test.src)
 			defer cleanup()
 
-			back := fs.TestChdir(t, tempdir)
+			back := restictest.Chdir(t, tempdir)
 			defer back()
 
 			testFS := &TrackFS{
@@ -2046,7 +2046,7 @@ func TestMetadataChanged(t *testing.T) {
 	tempdir, repo, cleanup := prepareTempdirRepoSrc(t, files)
 	defer cleanup()
 
-	back := fs.TestChdir(t, tempdir)
+	back := restictest.Chdir(t, tempdir)
 	defer back()
 
 	// get metadata
@@ -2121,7 +2121,7 @@ func TestRacyFileSwap(t *testing.T) {
 	tempdir, repo, cleanup := prepareTempdirRepoSrc(t, files)
 	defer cleanup()
 
-	back := fs.TestChdir(t, tempdir)
+	back := restictest.Chdir(t, tempdir)
 	defer back()
 
 	// get metadata of current folder
diff --git a/internal/archiver/scanner_test.go b/internal/archiver/scanner_test.go
index a171df5f6..3d4cfacdd 100644
--- a/internal/archiver/scanner_test.go
+++ b/internal/archiver/scanner_test.go
@@ -88,7 +88,7 @@ func TestScanner(t *testing.T) {
 
 			TestCreateFiles(t, tempdir, test.src)
 
-			back := fs.TestChdir(t, tempdir)
+			back := restictest.Chdir(t, tempdir)
 			defer back()
 
 			cur, err := os.Getwd()
@@ -225,7 +225,7 @@ func TestScannerError(t *testing.T) {
 
 			TestCreateFiles(t, tempdir, test.src)
 
-			back := fs.TestChdir(t, tempdir)
+			back := restictest.Chdir(t, tempdir)
 			defer back()
 
 			cur, err := os.Getwd()
@@ -299,7 +299,7 @@ func TestScannerCancel(t *testing.T) {
 
 	TestCreateFiles(t, tempdir, src)
 
-	back := fs.TestChdir(t, tempdir)
+	back := restictest.Chdir(t, tempdir)
 	defer back()
 
 	cur, err := os.Getwd()
diff --git a/internal/archiver/testing_test.go b/internal/archiver/testing_test.go
index 5d9c43363..e11b86250 100644
--- a/internal/archiver/testing_test.go
+++ b/internal/archiver/testing_test.go
@@ -495,7 +495,7 @@ func TestTestEnsureSnapshot(t *testing.T) {
 
 			createFilesAt(t, targetDir, test.files)
 
-			back := fs.TestChdir(t, tempdir)
+			back := restictest.Chdir(t, tempdir)
 			defer back()
 
 			repo, cleanup := repository.TestRepository(t)
diff --git a/internal/archiver/tree_test.go b/internal/archiver/tree_test.go
index 00d0b6b82..73ace7bfc 100644
--- a/internal/archiver/tree_test.go
+++ b/internal/archiver/tree_test.go
@@ -444,7 +444,7 @@ func TestTree(t *testing.T) {
 
 			TestCreateFiles(t, tempdir, test.src)
 
-			back := fs.TestChdir(t, tempdir)
+			back := restictest.Chdir(t, tempdir)
 			defer back()
 
 			tree, err := NewTree(fs.Local{}, test.targets)
diff --git a/internal/dump/tar_test.go b/internal/dump/tar_test.go
index fddbef7f0..a8ce336fd 100644
--- a/internal/dump/tar_test.go
+++ b/internal/dump/tar_test.go
@@ -79,7 +79,7 @@ func TestWriteTar(t *testing.T) {
 
 			arch := archiver.New(repo, fs.Track{FS: fs.Local{}}, archiver.Options{})
 
-			back := fs.TestChdir(t, tmpdir)
+			back := rtest.Chdir(t, tmpdir)
 			defer back()
 
 			sn, _, err := arch.Snapshot(ctx, []string{"."}, archiver.SnapshotOptions{})
diff --git a/internal/fs/helpers.go b/internal/fs/helpers.go
index 787fe485a..7ce24afe9 100644
--- a/internal/fs/helpers.go
+++ b/internal/fs/helpers.go
@@ -16,31 +16,6 @@ func IsRegularFile(fi os.FileInfo) bool {
 	return fi.Mode()&(os.ModeType|os.ModeCharDevice) == 0
 }
 
-// TestChdir changes the current directory to dest, the function back returns to the previous directory.
-func TestChdir(t testing.TB, dest string) (back func()) {
-	t.Helper()
-
-	prev, err := os.Getwd()
-	if err != nil {
-		t.Fatal(err)
-	}
-
-	t.Logf("chdir to %v", dest)
-	err = os.Chdir(dest)
-	if err != nil {
-		t.Fatal(err)
-	}
-
-	return func() {
-		t.Helper()
-		t.Logf("chdir back to %v", prev)
-		err = os.Chdir(prev)
-		if err != nil {
-			t.Fatal(err)
-		}
-	}
-}
-
 // TestTempFile returns a new temporary file, which is removed when cleanup()
 // is called.
 func TestTempFile(t testing.TB, prefix string) (File, func()) {
diff --git a/internal/restorer/restorer_test.go b/internal/restorer/restorer_test.go
index 333d4598b..00c56bccd 100644
--- a/internal/restorer/restorer_test.go
+++ b/internal/restorer/restorer_test.go
@@ -442,7 +442,7 @@ func TestRestorerRelative(t *testing.T) {
 			tempdir, cleanup := rtest.TempDir(t)
 			defer cleanup()
 
-			cleanup = fs.TestChdir(t, tempdir)
+			cleanup = rtest.Chdir(t, tempdir)
 			defer cleanup()
 
 			errors := make(map[string]string)
diff --git a/internal/test/helpers.go b/internal/test/helpers.go
index 785189598..cd2d215cf 100644
--- a/internal/test/helpers.go
+++ b/internal/test/helpers.go
@@ -202,3 +202,29 @@ func TempDir(t testing.TB) (path string, cleanup func()) {
 		RemoveAll(t, tempdir)
 	}
 }
+
+// Chdir changes the current directory to dest.
+// The function back returns to the previous directory.
+func Chdir(t testing.TB, dest string) (back func()) {
+	t.Helper()
+
+	prev, err := os.Getwd()
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatal(err)
+	}
+
+	t.Logf("chdir to %v", dest)
+	err = os.Chdir(dest)
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatal(err)
+	}
+
+	return func() {
+		t.Helper()
+		t.Logf("chdir back to %v", prev)
+		err = os.Chdir(prev)
+		if err != nil {
+			t.Fatal(err)
+		}
+	}
+}