diff --git a/tests/exchange/test_exchange.py b/tests/exchange/test_exchange.py
index ab4ea8dce..fe426b252 100644
--- a/tests/exchange/test_exchange.py
+++ b/tests/exchange/test_exchange.py
@@ -35,7 +35,6 @@ from freqtrade.exchange.common import (
     API_FETCH_ORDER_RETRY_COUNT,
     API_RETRY_COUNT,
     calculate_backoff,
-    remove_exchange_credentials,
 )
 from freqtrade.resolvers.exchange_resolver import ExchangeResolver
 from freqtrade.util import dt_now, dt_ts
@@ -167,20 +166,6 @@ def test_init(default_conf, mocker, caplog):
     assert log_has("Instance is running with dry_run enabled", caplog)
 
 
-def test_remove_exchange_credentials(default_conf) -> None:
-    conf = deepcopy(default_conf)
-    remove_exchange_credentials(conf["exchange"], False)
-
-    assert conf["exchange"]["key"] != ""
-    assert conf["exchange"]["secret"] != ""
-
-    remove_exchange_credentials(conf["exchange"], True)
-    assert conf["exchange"]["key"] == ""
-    assert conf["exchange"]["secret"] == ""
-    assert conf["exchange"]["password"] == ""
-    assert conf["exchange"]["uid"] == ""
-
-
 def test_init_ccxt_kwargs(default_conf, mocker, caplog):
     mocker.patch(f"{EXMS}.reload_markets")
     mocker.patch(f"{EXMS}.validate_stakecurrency")
diff --git a/tests/test_configuration.py b/tests/test_configuration.py
index 2ae72692b..b395e34f0 100644
--- a/tests/test_configuration.py
+++ b/tests/test_configuration.py
@@ -9,8 +9,12 @@ import pytest
 from jsonschema import ValidationError
 
 from freqtrade.commands import Arguments
-from freqtrade.configuration import Configuration, validate_config_consistency
-from freqtrade.configuration.config_secrets import sanitize_config
+from freqtrade.configuration import (
+    Configuration,
+    remove_exchange_credentials,
+    sanitize_config,
+    validate_config_consistency,
+)
 from freqtrade.configuration.config_validation import validate_config_schema
 from freqtrade.configuration.deprecated_settings import (
     check_conflicting_settings,
@@ -1587,3 +1591,17 @@ def test_sanitize_config(default_conf_usdt):
     res = sanitize_config(default_conf_usdt, show_sensitive=True)
     assert res["exchange"]["key"] == default_conf_usdt["exchange"]["key"]
     assert res["exchange"]["secret"] == default_conf_usdt["exchange"]["secret"]
+
+
+def test_remove_exchange_credentials(default_conf) -> None:
+    conf = deepcopy(default_conf)
+    remove_exchange_credentials(conf["exchange"], False)
+
+    assert conf["exchange"]["key"] != ""
+    assert conf["exchange"]["secret"] != ""
+
+    remove_exchange_credentials(conf["exchange"], True)
+    assert conf["exchange"]["key"] == ""
+    assert conf["exchange"]["secret"] == ""
+    assert conf["exchange"]["password"] == ""
+    assert conf["exchange"]["uid"] == ""