diff --git a/tests/common.bash b/tests/common.bash
index 85c25d21bf..0088b481cb 100644
--- a/tests/common.bash
+++ b/tests/common.bash
@@ -254,3 +254,74 @@ function compress_metrics_results_dir()
 	cd "${path_results}" && tar -czf "${tarball_fname}" *.json && cd -
 	info "tarball generated: ${tarball_fname}"
 }
+
+function create_symbolic_links() {
+	local KATA_HYPERVISOR="${1}"
+
+	local link_configuration_file="/opt/kata/share/defaults/kata-containers/configuration.toml"
+	local source_configuration_file="/opt/kata/share/defaults/kata-containers/configuration-${KATA_HYPERVISOR}.toml"
+
+	if [ "${KATA_HYPERVISOR}" != 'qemu' ] && [ "${KATA_HYPERVISOR}" != 'clh' ]; then
+		die "Failed to set the configuration.toml: '${KATA_HYPERVISOR}' is not recognized as a valid hypervisor name."
+	fi
+
+	sudo ln -sf "${source_configuration_file}" "${link_configuration_file}"
+}
+
+# Configures containerd
+function overwrite_containerd_config() {
+	containerd_config="/etc/containerd/config.toml"
+	sudo rm "${containerd_config}"
+	sudo tee "${containerd_config}" << EOF
+version = 2
+[plugins."io.containerd.grpc.v1.cri".containerd.runtimes.runc.options]
+  SystemdCgroup = true
+
+[plugins]
+  [plugins."io.containerd.grpc.v1.cri"]
+    [plugins."io.containerd.grpc.v1.cri".containerd]
+      default_runtime_name = "kata"
+      [plugins."io.containerd.grpc.v1.cri".containerd.runtimes]
+        [plugins."io.containerd.grpc.v1.cri".containerd.runtimes.kata]
+          runtime_type = "io.containerd.kata.v2"
+EOF
+}
+
+function install_kata() {
+	local kata_tarball="kata-static.tar.xz"
+	declare -r katadir="/opt/kata"
+	declare -r destdir="/"
+	declare -r local_bin_dir="/usr/local/bin/"
+
+	# Removing previous kata installation
+	sudo rm -rf "${katadir}"
+
+	pushd "${kata_tarball_dir}"
+	sudo tar -xvf "${kata_tarball}" -C "${destdir}"
+	popd
+
+	# create symbolic links to kata components
+	for b in "${katadir}/bin/*" ; do
+		sudo ln -sf "${b}" "${local_bin_dir}/$(basename $b)"
+	done
+
+	check_containerd_config_for_kata
+	restart_containerd_service
+	install_checkmetrics
+}
+
+function check_containerd_config_for_kata() {
+	# check containerd config
+	declare -r line1="default_runtime_name = \"kata\""
+	declare -r line2="runtime_type = \"io.containerd.kata.v2\""
+	declare -r num_lines_containerd=2
+	declare -r containerd_path="/etc/containerd/config.toml"
+	local count_matches=$(grep -ic  "$line1\|$line2" "${containerd_path}")
+
+	if [ "${count_matches}" = "${num_lines_containerd}" ]; then
+		info "containerd ok"
+	else
+		info "overwriting containerd configuration w/ a valid one"
+		overwrite_containerd_config
+	fi
+}
diff --git a/tests/metrics/gha-run.sh b/tests/metrics/gha-run.sh
index 665acd7c9a..3e6d46817b 100755
--- a/tests/metrics/gha-run.sh
+++ b/tests/metrics/gha-run.sh
@@ -18,59 +18,6 @@ declare -r results_dir="${metrics_dir}/results"
 declare -r checkmetrics_dir="${metrics_dir}/cmd/checkmetrics"
 declare -r checkmetrics_config_dir="${checkmetrics_dir}/ci_worker"
 
-function create_symbolic_links() {
-	local link_configuration_file="/opt/kata/share/defaults/kata-containers/configuration.toml"
-	local source_configuration_file="/opt/kata/share/defaults/kata-containers/configuration-${KATA_HYPERVISOR}.toml"
-
-	if [ "${KATA_HYPERVISOR}" != 'qemu' ] && [ "${KATA_HYPERVISOR}" != 'clh' ]; then
-		die "Failed to set the configuration.toml: '${KATA_HYPERVISOR}' is not recognized as a valid hypervisor name."
-	fi
-
-	sudo ln -sf "${source_configuration_file}" "${link_configuration_file}"
-}
-
-# Configures containerd
-function overwrite_containerd_config() {
-	containerd_config="/etc/containerd/config.toml"
-	sudo rm "${containerd_config}"
-	sudo tee "${containerd_config}" << EOF
-version = 2
-[plugins."io.containerd.grpc.v1.cri".containerd.runtimes.runc.options]
-  SystemdCgroup = true
-
-[plugins]
-  [plugins."io.containerd.grpc.v1.cri"]
-    [plugins."io.containerd.grpc.v1.cri".containerd]
-      default_runtime_name = "kata"
-      [plugins."io.containerd.grpc.v1.cri".containerd.runtimes]
-        [plugins."io.containerd.grpc.v1.cri".containerd.runtimes.kata]
-          runtime_type = "io.containerd.kata.v2"
-EOF
-}
-
-function install_kata() {
-	local kata_tarball="kata-static.tar.xz"
-	declare -r katadir="/opt/kata"
-	declare -r destdir="/"
-	declare -r local_bin_dir="/usr/local/bin/"
-
-	# Removing previous kata installation
-	sudo rm -rf "${katadir}"
-
-	pushd "${kata_tarball_dir}"
-	sudo tar -xvf "${kata_tarball}" -C "${destdir}"
-	popd
-
-	# create symbolic links to kata components
-	for b in "${katadir}/bin/*" ; do
-		sudo ln -sf "${b}" "${local_bin_dir}/$(basename $b)"
-	done
-
-	check_containerd_config_for_kata
-	restart_containerd_service
-	install_checkmetrics
-}
-
 function install_checkmetrics() {
 	# Ensure we have the latest checkmetrics
 	pushd "${checkmetrics_dir}"
@@ -79,22 +26,6 @@ function install_checkmetrics() {
 	popd
 }
 
-function check_containerd_config_for_kata() {
-	# check containerd config
-	declare -r line1="default_runtime_name = \"kata\""
-	declare -r line2="runtime_type = \"io.containerd.kata.v2\""
-	declare -r num_lines_containerd=2
-	declare -r containerd_path="/etc/containerd/config.toml"
-	local count_matches=$(grep -ic  "$line1\|$line2" "${containerd_path}")
-
-	if [ "${count_matches}" = "${num_lines_containerd}" ]; then
-		info "containerd ok"
-	else
-		info "overwriting containerd configuration w/ a valid one"
-		overwrite_containerd_config
-	fi
-}
-
 function check_metrics() {
 	local cm_base_file="${checkmetrics_config_dir}/checkmetrics-json-${KATA_HYPERVISOR}-kata-metric8.toml"
 	checkmetrics --debug --percentage --basefile "${cm_base_file}" --metricsdir "${results_dir}"
@@ -111,21 +42,21 @@ function make_tarball_results() {
 function run_test_launchtimes() {
 	info "Running Launch Time test using ${KATA_HYPERVISOR} hypervisor"
 
-	create_symbolic_links
+	create_symbolic_links ${KATA_HYPERVISOR}
 	bash tests/metrics/time/launch_times.sh -i public.ecr.aws/ubuntu/ubuntu:latest -n 20
 }
 
 function run_test_memory_usage() {
 	info "Running memory-usage test using ${KATA_HYPERVISOR} hypervisor"
 
-	create_symbolic_links
+	create_symbolic_links ${KATA_HYPERVISOR}
 	bash tests/metrics/density/memory_usage.sh 20 5
 }
 
 function run_test_memory_usage_inside_container() {
 	info "Running memory-usage inside the container test using ${KATA_HYPERVISOR} hypervisor"
 
-	create_symbolic_links
+	create_symbolic_links ${KATA_HYPERVISOR}
 	bash tests/metrics/density/memory_usage_inside_container.sh 5
 
 	check_metrics
@@ -136,7 +67,7 @@ function run_test_blogbench() {
 
 	# ToDo: remove the exit once the metrics workflow is stable
 	exit 0
-	create_symbolic_links
+	create_symbolic_links ${KATA_HYPERVISOR}
 	bash tests/metrics/storage/blogbench.sh
 }