diff --git a/test/units/module_utils/common/text/converters/test_to_str.py b/test/units/module_utils/common/text/converters/test_to_str.py
index b645db6dcb8..712ed85bbbe 100644
--- a/test/units/module_utils/common/text/converters/test_to_str.py
+++ b/test/units/module_utils/common/text/converters/test_to_str.py
@@ -13,7 +13,6 @@ import pytest
 from ansible.module_utils.six import PY3
 
 from ansible.module_utils.common.text.converters import to_text, to_bytes, to_native
-from ansible.utils.unsafe_proxy import AnsibleUnsafeBytes, AnsibleUnsafeText
 
 
 # Format: byte representation, text representation, encoding of byte representation
@@ -49,13 +48,3 @@ def test_to_bytes(in_string, encoding, expected):
 def test_to_native(in_string, encoding, expected):
     """test happy path of encoding to native strings"""
     assert to_native(in_string, encoding) == expected
-
-
-def test_to_text_unsafe():
-    assert isinstance(to_text(AnsibleUnsafeBytes(b'foo')), AnsibleUnsafeText)
-    assert to_text(AnsibleUnsafeBytes(b'foo')) == AnsibleUnsafeText(u'foo')
-
-
-def test_to_bytes_unsafe():
-    assert isinstance(to_bytes(AnsibleUnsafeText(u'foo')), AnsibleUnsafeBytes)
-    assert to_bytes(AnsibleUnsafeText(u'foo')) == AnsibleUnsafeBytes(b'foo')
diff --git a/test/units/utils/test_unsafe_proxy.py b/test/units/utils/test_unsafe_proxy.py
index 205c0c652df..ea653cfeabf 100644
--- a/test/units/utils/test_unsafe_proxy.py
+++ b/test/units/utils/test_unsafe_proxy.py
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ __metaclass__ = type
 
 from ansible.module_utils.six import PY3
 from ansible.utils.unsafe_proxy import AnsibleUnsafe, AnsibleUnsafeBytes, AnsibleUnsafeText, wrap_var
+from ansible.module_utils.common.text.converters import to_text, to_bytes
 
 
 def test_wrap_var_text():
@@ -108,3 +109,13 @@ def test_AnsibleUnsafeText():
 
 def test_AnsibleUnsafeBytes():
     assert isinstance(AnsibleUnsafeBytes(b'foo'), AnsibleUnsafe)
+
+
+def test_to_text_unsafe():
+    assert isinstance(to_text(AnsibleUnsafeBytes(b'foo')), AnsibleUnsafeText)
+    assert to_text(AnsibleUnsafeBytes(b'foo')) == AnsibleUnsafeText(u'foo')
+
+
+def test_to_bytes_unsafe():
+    assert isinstance(to_bytes(AnsibleUnsafeText(u'foo')), AnsibleUnsafeBytes)
+    assert to_bytes(AnsibleUnsafeText(u'foo')) == AnsibleUnsafeBytes(b'foo')