diff --git a/cmd/integration/integration.go b/cmd/integration/integration.go
index 97ca7731c56..7a2da6477cd 100644
--- a/cmd/integration/integration.go
+++ b/cmd/integration/integration.go
@@ -64,8 +64,8 @@ import (
 	_ "k8s.io/kubernetes/plugin/pkg/scheduler/algorithmprovider"
 	"k8s.io/kubernetes/plugin/pkg/scheduler/factory"
 	e2e "k8s.io/kubernetes/test/e2e/framework"
-	"k8s.io/kubernetes/test/integration"
 	"k8s.io/kubernetes/test/integration/framework"
+	testutils "k8s.io/kubernetes/test/utils"
 
 	etcd "github.com/coreos/etcd/client"
 	"github.com/golang/glog"
@@ -210,8 +210,8 @@ func startComponents(firstManifestURL, secondManifestURL string) (string, string
 	cadvisorInterface := new(cadvisortest.Fake)
 
 	// Kubelet (localhost)
-	testRootDir := integration.MakeTempDirOrDie("kubelet_integ_1.", "")
-	configFilePath := integration.MakeTempDirOrDie("config", testRootDir)
+	testRootDir := testutils.MakeTempDirOrDie("kubelet_integ_1.", "")
+	configFilePath := testutils.MakeTempDirOrDie("config", testRootDir)
 	glog.Infof("Using %s as root dir for kubelet #1", testRootDir)
 	cm := cm.NewStubContainerManager()
 	kcfg := kubeletapp.SimpleKubelet(
@@ -245,7 +245,7 @@ func startComponents(firstManifestURL, secondManifestURL string) (string, string
 	// Kubelet (machine)
 	// Create a second kubelet so that the guestbook example's two redis slaves both
 	// have a place they can schedule.
-	testRootDir = integration.MakeTempDirOrDie("kubelet_integ_2.", "")
+	testRootDir = testutils.MakeTempDirOrDie("kubelet_integ_2.", "")
 	glog.Infof("Using %s as root dir for kubelet #2", testRootDir)
 
 	kcfg = kubeletapp.SimpleKubelet(
diff --git a/pkg/kubemark/hollow_kubelet.go b/pkg/kubemark/hollow_kubelet.go
index 0c0f08d1645..c08869b6eef 100644
--- a/pkg/kubemark/hollow_kubelet.go
+++ b/pkg/kubemark/hollow_kubelet.go
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ import (
 	containertest "k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/kubelet/container/testing"
 	"k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/kubelet/dockertools"
 	"k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/volume/empty_dir"
-	"k8s.io/kubernetes/test/integration"
+	"k8s.io/kubernetes/test/utils"
 
 	"github.com/golang/glog"
 )
@@ -45,8 +45,8 @@ func NewHollowKubelet(
 	containerManager cm.ContainerManager,
 	maxPods int, podsPerCore int,
 ) *HollowKubelet {
-	testRootDir := integration.MakeTempDirOrDie("hollow-kubelet.", "")
-	manifestFilePath := integration.MakeTempDirOrDie("manifest", testRootDir)
+	testRootDir := utils.MakeTempDirOrDie("hollow-kubelet.", "")
+	manifestFilePath := utils.MakeTempDirOrDie("manifest", testRootDir)
 	glog.Infof("Using %s as root dir for hollow-kubelet", testRootDir)
 
 	return &HollowKubelet{
diff --git a/test/integration/utils.go b/test/integration/utils.go
index 9c3391368d7..290cc8a94c0 100644
--- a/test/integration/utils.go
+++ b/test/integration/utils.go
@@ -18,9 +18,7 @@ package integration
 
 import (
 	"fmt"
-	"io/ioutil"
 	"math/rand"
-	"os"
 	"testing"
 
 	etcd "github.com/coreos/etcd/client"
@@ -67,20 +65,6 @@ func deleteAllEtcdKeys() {
 
 }
 
-func MakeTempDirOrDie(prefix string, baseDir string) string {
-	if baseDir == "" {
-		baseDir = "/tmp"
-	}
-	tempDir, err := ioutil.TempDir(baseDir, prefix)
-	if err != nil {
-		glog.Fatalf("Can't make a temp rootdir: %v", err)
-	}
-	if err = os.MkdirAll(tempDir, 0750); err != nil {
-		glog.Fatalf("Can't mkdir(%q): %v", tempDir, err)
-	}
-	return tempDir
-}
-
 func deletePodOrErrorf(t *testing.T, c *client.Client, ns, name string) {
 	if err := c.Pods(ns).Delete(name, nil); err != nil {
 		t.Errorf("unable to delete pod %v: %v", name, err)
diff --git a/test/utils/tmpdir.go b/test/utils/tmpdir.go
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..e8cc23d4ce9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/utils/tmpdir.go
@@ -0,0 +1,38 @@
+/*
+Copyright 2016 The Kubernetes Authors All rights reserved.
+
+Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+You may obtain a copy of the License at
+
+    http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+
+Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+limitations under the License.
+*/
+
+package utils
+
+import (
+	"io/ioutil"
+	"os"
+
+	"github.com/golang/glog"
+)
+
+func MakeTempDirOrDie(prefix string, baseDir string) string {
+	if baseDir == "" {
+		baseDir = "/tmp"
+	}
+	tempDir, err := ioutil.TempDir(baseDir, prefix)
+	if err != nil {
+		glog.Fatalf("Can't make a temp rootdir: %v", err)
+	}
+	if err = os.MkdirAll(tempDir, 0750); err != nil {
+		glog.Fatalf("Can't mkdir(%q): %v", tempDir, err)
+	}
+	return tempDir
+}