diff --git a/astroid/util.py b/astroid/util.py
index 3ddbc09040..510b81cc13 100644
--- a/astroid/util.py
+++ b/astroid/util.py
@@ -5,10 +5,7 @@
 
 from __future__ import annotations
 
-import contextlib
-import sys
 import warnings
-from collections.abc import Iterator, Sequence
 from typing import TYPE_CHECKING, Any, Final, Literal
 
 from astroid.exceptions import InferenceError
@@ -160,26 +157,3 @@ def safe_infer(
         return None  # there is some kind of ambiguity
     except StopIteration:
         return value
-
-
-def _augment_sys_path(additional_paths: Sequence[str]) -> list[str]:
-    original = list(sys.path)
-    changes = []
-    seen = set()
-    for additional_path in additional_paths:
-        if additional_path not in seen:
-            changes.append(additional_path)
-            seen.add(additional_path)
-
-    sys.path[:] = changes + sys.path
-    return original
-
-
-@contextlib.contextmanager
-def augmented_sys_path(additional_paths: Sequence[str]) -> Iterator[None]:
-    """Augment 'sys.path' by adding entries from additional_paths."""
-    original = _augment_sys_path(additional_paths)
-    try:
-        yield
-    finally:
-        sys.path[:] = original
diff --git a/tests/resources.py b/tests/resources.py
index 853fd796f1..ce0bfb3df9 100644
--- a/tests/resources.py
+++ b/tests/resources.py
@@ -4,8 +4,10 @@
 
 from __future__ import annotations
 
+import contextlib
 import os
 import sys
+from collections.abc import Iterator, Sequence
 from pathlib import Path
 
 from astroid import builder
@@ -33,3 +35,26 @@ def tearDown(self) -> None:
         for key in list(sys.path_importer_cache):
             if key.startswith(datadir):
                 del sys.path_importer_cache[key]
+
+
+def _augment_sys_path(additional_paths: Sequence[str]) -> list[str]:
+    original = list(sys.path)
+    changes = []
+    seen = set()
+    for additional_path in additional_paths:
+        if additional_path not in seen:
+            changes.append(additional_path)
+            seen.add(additional_path)
+
+    sys.path[:] = changes + sys.path
+    return original
+
+
+@contextlib.contextmanager
+def augmented_sys_path(additional_paths: Sequence[str]) -> Iterator[None]:
+    """Augment 'sys.path' by adding entries from additional_paths."""
+    original = _augment_sys_path(additional_paths)
+    try:
+        yield
+    finally:
+        sys.path[:] = original
diff --git a/tests/test_modutils.py b/tests/test_modutils.py
index 6b815d986c..6635ba186e 100644
--- a/tests/test_modutils.py
+++ b/tests/test_modutils.py
@@ -22,7 +22,6 @@
 from astroid import modutils
 from astroid.const import PY310_PLUS
 from astroid.interpreter._import import spec
-from astroid.util import augmented_sys_path
 
 from . import resources
 
@@ -185,7 +184,7 @@ def test_modpath_from_file_path_order(self) -> None:
            should be relative to the subdirectory since additional directory has
            higher precedence."""
         with tempfile.TemporaryDirectory() as tmp_dir:
-            with augmented_sys_path([tmp_dir]):
+            with resources.augmented_sys_path([tmp_dir]):
                 mod_name = "module"
                 sub_dirname = "subdir"
                 sub_dir = tmp_dir + "/" + sub_dirname