diff --git a/command/agent/agent_test.go b/command/agent/agent_test.go
index 10ee331b8c..1e4aec000c 100644
--- a/command/agent/agent_test.go
+++ b/command/agent/agent_test.go
@@ -81,11 +81,11 @@ func makeAgentKeyring(t *testing.T, conf *Config, key string) (string, *Agent) {
 	conf.DataDir = dir
 
 	fileLAN := filepath.Join(dir, serfLANKeyring)
-	if err := testutil.InitKeyring(fileLAN, key); err != nil {
+	if err := initKeyring(fileLAN, key); err != nil {
 		t.Fatalf("err: %s", err)
 	}
 	fileWAN := filepath.Join(dir, serfWANKeyring)
-	if err := testutil.InitKeyring(fileWAN, key); err != nil {
+	if err := initKeyring(fileWAN, key); err != nil {
 		t.Fatalf("err: %s", err)
 	}
 
diff --git a/command/keyring_test.go b/command/keyring_test.go
index cc75d9797e..7f2d4c0748 100644
--- a/command/keyring_test.go
+++ b/command/keyring_test.go
@@ -1,9 +1,6 @@
 package command
 
 import (
-	"io/ioutil"
-	"os"
-	"path/filepath"
 	"strings"
 	"testing"
 
@@ -110,53 +107,6 @@ func TestKeyringCommandRun_initKeyringFail(t *testing.T) {
 	}
 }
 
-func TestKeyringCommandRun_initKeyring(t *testing.T) {
-	ui := new(cli.MockUi)
-	c := &KeyringCommand{Ui: ui}
-
-	tempDir, err := ioutil.TempDir("", "consul")
-	if err != nil {
-		t.Fatalf("err: %s", err)
-	}
-	defer os.RemoveAll(tempDir)
-
-	args := []string{
-		"-init=HS5lJ+XuTlYKWaeGYyG+/A==",
-		"-data-dir=" + tempDir,
-	}
-	code := c.Run(args)
-	if code != 0 {
-		t.Fatalf("bad: %d. %#v", code, ui.ErrorWriter.String())
-	}
-
-	fileLAN := filepath.Join(tempDir, agent.serfLANKeyring)
-	fileWAN := filepath.Join(tempDir, agent.serfWANKeyring)
-	if _, err := os.Stat(fileLAN); err != nil {
-		t.Fatalf("err: %s", err)
-	}
-	if _, err := os.Stat(fileWAN); err != nil {
-		t.Fatalf("err: %s", err)
-	}
-
-	expected := `["HS5lJ+XuTlYKWaeGYyG+/A=="]`
-
-	contentLAN, err := ioutil.ReadFile(fileLAN)
-	if err != nil {
-		t.Fatalf("err: %s", err)
-	}
-	if string(contentLAN) != expected {
-		t.Fatalf("bad: %#v", string(contentLAN))
-	}
-
-	contentWAN, err := ioutil.ReadFile(fileWAN)
-	if err != nil {
-		t.Fatalf("err: %s", err)
-	}
-	if string(contentWAN) != expected {
-		t.Fatalf("bad: %#v", string(contentWAN))
-	}
-}
-
 func listKeys(t *testing.T, addr string) string {
 	ui := new(cli.MockUi)
 	c := &KeyringCommand{Ui: ui}
diff --git a/testutil/keyring.go b/testutil/keyring.go
deleted file mode 100644
index 60486bbb88..0000000000
--- a/testutil/keyring.go
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,43 +0,0 @@
-package testutil
-
-import (
-	"encoding/base64"
-	"encoding/json"
-	"fmt"
-	"os"
-	"path/filepath"
-)
-
-// InitKeyring will create a keyring file at a given path.
-func InitKeyring(path, key string) error {
-	if _, err := base64.StdEncoding.DecodeString(key); err != nil {
-		return fmt.Errorf("Invalid key: %s", err)
-	}
-
-	keys := []string{key}
-	keyringBytes, err := json.Marshal(keys)
-	if err != nil {
-		return err
-	}
-
-	if err := os.MkdirAll(filepath.Dir(path), 0700); err != nil {
-		return err
-	}
-
-	if _, err := os.Stat(path); err == nil {
-		return fmt.Errorf("File already exists: %s", path)
-	}
-
-	fh, err := os.OpenFile(path, os.O_CREATE|os.O_WRONLY|os.O_TRUNC, 0600)
-	if err != nil {
-		return err
-	}
-	defer fh.Close()
-
-	if _, err := fh.Write(keyringBytes); err != nil {
-		os.Remove(path)
-		return err
-	}
-
-	return nil
-}
diff --git a/testutil/keyring_test.go b/testutil/keyring_test.go
deleted file mode 100644
index 7e5b3e63fe..0000000000
--- a/testutil/keyring_test.go
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,42 +0,0 @@
-package testutil
-
-import (
-	"io/ioutil"
-	"os"
-	"path/filepath"
-	"testing"
-)
-
-func TestAgent_InitKeyring(t *testing.T) {
-	key := "tbLJg26ZJyJ9pK3qhc9jig=="
-
-	dir, err := ioutil.TempDir("", "agent")
-	if err != nil {
-		t.Fatalf("err: %s", err)
-	}
-	defer os.RemoveAll(dir)
-	keyFile := filepath.Join(dir, "test/keyring")
-
-	if err := InitKeyring(keyFile, key); err != nil {
-		t.Fatalf("err: %s", err)
-	}
-
-	fi, err := os.Stat(filepath.Dir(keyFile))
-	if err != nil {
-		t.Fatalf("err: %s", err)
-	}
-
-	if !fi.IsDir() {
-		t.Fatalf("bad: %#v", fi)
-	}
-
-	data, err := ioutil.ReadFile(keyFile)
-	if err != nil {
-		t.Fatalf("err: %s", err)
-	}
-
-	expected := `["tbLJg26ZJyJ9pK3qhc9jig=="]`
-	if string(data) != expected {
-		t.Fatalf("bad: %#v", string(data))
-	}
-}