diff --git a/src/core/tests/CMakeLists.txt b/src/core/tests/CMakeLists.txt
index 191edb661b5..f99c529ffea 100644
--- a/src/core/tests/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/src/core/tests/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -581,6 +581,7 @@ endif()
 
 target_link_libraries(ov_core_unit_tests PRIVATE ngraph_test_util
                                         engines_test_util
+                                        commonTestUtils
                                         ngraph_reference
                                         ngraph::builder
                                         openvino::util
diff --git a/src/core/tests/build_graph.cpp b/src/core/tests/build_graph.cpp
index 3084a9d520f..ba513cb3445 100644
--- a/src/core/tests/build_graph.cpp
+++ b/src/core/tests/build_graph.cpp
@@ -5,13 +5,13 @@
 #include <memory>
 #include <util/type_prop.hpp>
 
+#include "common_test_utils/graph_comparator.hpp"
 #include "gtest/gtest.h"
 #include "ngraph/builder/autobroadcast.hpp"
 #include "ngraph/file_util.hpp"
 #include "ngraph/ngraph.hpp"
 #include "ngraph/opsets/opset5.hpp"
 #include "ngraph/opsets/opset7.hpp"
-#include "util/graph_comparator.hpp"
 #include "util/test_tools.hpp"
 
 NGRAPH_SUPPRESS_DEPRECATED_START
diff --git a/src/core/tests/constant_folding.cpp b/src/core/tests/constant_folding.cpp
index 9ffb9b2fd85..95a92513c5e 100644
--- a/src/core/tests/constant_folding.cpp
+++ b/src/core/tests/constant_folding.cpp
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@
 
 #include <transformations/utils/utils.hpp>
 
+#include "common_test_utils/ngraph_test_utils.hpp"
 #include "gtest/gtest.h"
 #include "ngraph/ngraph.hpp"
 #include "ngraph/opsets/opset1.hpp"
diff --git a/src/core/tests/graph_rewrite.cpp b/src/core/tests/graph_rewrite.cpp
index da40e1202bd..a7276b76541 100644
--- a/src/core/tests/graph_rewrite.cpp
+++ b/src/core/tests/graph_rewrite.cpp
@@ -4,10 +4,10 @@
 
 #include <gtest/gtest.h>
 
+#include <common_test_utils/ngraph_test_utils.hpp>
 #include <ngraph/opsets/opset3.hpp>
 #include <ngraph/pass/graph_rewrite.hpp>
 #include <ngraph/pass/manager.hpp>
-#include <util/test_tools.hpp>
 
 NGRAPH_SUPPRESS_DEPRECATED_START
 
diff --git a/src/core/tests/onnx/onnx_import.in.cpp b/src/core/tests/onnx/onnx_import.in.cpp
index 56c82f41ac9..dcb3e495db8 100644
--- a/src/core/tests/onnx/onnx_import.in.cpp
+++ b/src/core/tests/onnx/onnx_import.in.cpp
@@ -39,6 +39,7 @@
 #include "util/test_control.hpp"
 #include "util/test_tools.hpp"
 #include "util/type_prop.hpp"
+#include "common_test_utils/ngraph_test_utils.hpp"
 
 NGRAPH_SUPPRESS_DEPRECATED_START
 
diff --git a/src/core/tests/onnx/onnx_import_quant.in.cpp b/src/core/tests/onnx/onnx_import_quant.in.cpp
index 2c93c43e5c0..e92ac768bce 100644
--- a/src/core/tests/onnx/onnx_import_quant.in.cpp
+++ b/src/core/tests/onnx/onnx_import_quant.in.cpp
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@
 #include <stdexcept>
 #include <vector>
 
+#include "common_test_utils/ngraph_test_utils.hpp"
 #include "engines_util/test_case.hpp"
 #include "engines_util/test_engines.hpp"
 #include "gtest/gtest.h"
diff --git a/src/core/tests/onnx/onnx_import_rnn.in.cpp b/src/core/tests/onnx/onnx_import_rnn.in.cpp
index a7947189ea4..44db1c044c5 100644
--- a/src/core/tests/onnx/onnx_import_rnn.in.cpp
+++ b/src/core/tests/onnx/onnx_import_rnn.in.cpp
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@
 #include <stdexcept>
 #include <vector>
 
+#include "common_test_utils/ngraph_test_utils.hpp"
 #include "engines_util/test_case.hpp"
 #include "engines_util/test_engines.hpp"
 #include "gtest/gtest.h"
diff --git a/src/core/tests/op_eval/gelu.cpp b/src/core/tests/op_eval/gelu.cpp
index c1ced09df89..c49f43c1425 100644
--- a/src/core/tests/op_eval/gelu.cpp
+++ b/src/core/tests/op_eval/gelu.cpp
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@
 #include "engines_util/execute_tools.hpp"
 #include "gtest/gtest.h"
 #include "ngraph/runtime/host_tensor.hpp"
+#include "ngraph/util.hpp"
 #include "ngraph/validation_util.hpp"
 #include "util/test_tools.hpp"
 
diff --git a/src/core/tests/op_eval/hsigmoid.cpp b/src/core/tests/op_eval/hsigmoid.cpp
index d0bb86076fd..29b84c54c25 100644
--- a/src/core/tests/op_eval/hsigmoid.cpp
+++ b/src/core/tests/op_eval/hsigmoid.cpp
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@
 #include "engines_util/execute_tools.hpp"
 #include "gtest/gtest.h"
 #include "ngraph/runtime/host_tensor.hpp"
+#include "ngraph/util.hpp"
 #include "ngraph/validation_util.hpp"
 #include "util/test_tools.hpp"
 
diff --git a/src/core/tests/op_eval/hswish.cpp b/src/core/tests/op_eval/hswish.cpp
index ebc43ea5313..ab67b809b74 100644
--- a/src/core/tests/op_eval/hswish.cpp
+++ b/src/core/tests/op_eval/hswish.cpp
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@
 #include "engines_util/execute_tools.hpp"
 #include "gtest/gtest.h"
 #include "ngraph/runtime/host_tensor.hpp"
+#include "ngraph/util.hpp"
 #include "ngraph/validation_util.hpp"
 #include "util/test_tools.hpp"
 
diff --git a/src/core/tests/op_eval/interpolate.cpp b/src/core/tests/op_eval/interpolate.cpp
index e173fb91fba..7090c12d5dd 100644
--- a/src/core/tests/op_eval/interpolate.cpp
+++ b/src/core/tests/op_eval/interpolate.cpp
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@
 #include "gtest/gtest.h"
 #include "ngraph/op/constant.hpp"
 #include "ngraph/runtime/host_tensor.hpp"
+#include "ngraph/util.hpp"
 #include "ngraph/validation_util.hpp"
 #include "util/all_close_f.hpp"
 #include "util/test_tools.hpp"
diff --git a/src/core/tests/op_eval/matmul.cpp b/src/core/tests/op_eval/matmul.cpp
index 1f570063bcd..e7052b05a46 100644
--- a/src/core/tests/op_eval/matmul.cpp
+++ b/src/core/tests/op_eval/matmul.cpp
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@
 #include "engines_util/execute_tools.hpp"
 #include "gtest/gtest.h"
 #include "ngraph/runtime/host_tensor.hpp"
+#include "ngraph/util.hpp"
 #include "util/all_close_f.hpp"
 
 using namespace std;
diff --git a/src/core/tests/op_eval/memory.cpp b/src/core/tests/op_eval/memory.cpp
index 3d992b9cd75..3545e528a3c 100644
--- a/src/core/tests/op_eval/memory.cpp
+++ b/src/core/tests/op_eval/memory.cpp
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@
 #include "ngraph/op/util/variable.hpp"
 #include "ngraph/op/util/variable_context.hpp"
 #include "ngraph/opsets/opset7.hpp"
+#include "ngraph/util.hpp"
 #include "ngraph/validation_util.hpp"
 #include "ngraph/variant.hpp"
 #include "util/all_close_f.hpp"
diff --git a/src/core/tests/op_eval/mish.cpp b/src/core/tests/op_eval/mish.cpp
index 4d83aaa1ff1..249759d68d8 100644
--- a/src/core/tests/op_eval/mish.cpp
+++ b/src/core/tests/op_eval/mish.cpp
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@
 #include "engines_util/execute_tools.hpp"
 #include "gtest/gtest.h"
 #include "ngraph/runtime/host_tensor.hpp"
+#include "ngraph/util.hpp"
 #include "ngraph/validation_util.hpp"
 #include "util/test_tools.hpp"
 #include "util/type_prop.hpp"
diff --git a/src/core/tests/op_eval/non_zero.cpp b/src/core/tests/op_eval/non_zero.cpp
index e962a6b0d21..b977bc512c4 100644
--- a/src/core/tests/op_eval/non_zero.cpp
+++ b/src/core/tests/op_eval/non_zero.cpp
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@
 #include "engines_util/execute_tools.hpp"
 #include "gtest/gtest.h"
 #include "ngraph/runtime/host_tensor.hpp"
+#include "ngraph/util.hpp"
 #include "ngraph/validation_util.hpp"
 #include "util/test_tools.hpp"
 #include "util/type_prop.hpp"
diff --git a/src/core/tests/op_eval/roi_align.cpp b/src/core/tests/op_eval/roi_align.cpp
index 151cd9bcb87..01622b6bcc3 100644
--- a/src/core/tests/op_eval/roi_align.cpp
+++ b/src/core/tests/op_eval/roi_align.cpp
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@
 #include "engines_util/execute_tools.hpp"
 #include "gtest/gtest.h"
 #include "ngraph/runtime/host_tensor.hpp"
+#include "ngraph/util.hpp"
 #include "ngraph/validation_util.hpp"
 #include "util/all_close_f.hpp"
 #include "util/test_tools.hpp"
diff --git a/src/core/tests/op_eval/round.cpp b/src/core/tests/op_eval/round.cpp
index 01bb4be88ef..e8eb0f8e9c6 100644
--- a/src/core/tests/op_eval/round.cpp
+++ b/src/core/tests/op_eval/round.cpp
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@
 #include "engines_util/execute_tools.hpp"
 #include "gtest/gtest.h"
 #include "ngraph/runtime/host_tensor.hpp"
+#include "ngraph/util.hpp"
 #include "ngraph/validation_util.hpp"
 #include "util/test_tools.hpp"
 
diff --git a/src/core/tests/op_eval/softplus.cpp b/src/core/tests/op_eval/softplus.cpp
index f9ea3bb9d60..505b8890473 100644
--- a/src/core/tests/op_eval/softplus.cpp
+++ b/src/core/tests/op_eval/softplus.cpp
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@
 #include "engines_util/execute_tools.hpp"
 #include "gtest/gtest.h"
 #include "ngraph/runtime/host_tensor.hpp"
+#include "ngraph/util.hpp"
 #include "ngraph/validation_util.hpp"
 #include "util/test_tools.hpp"
 
diff --git a/src/core/tests/op_eval/split.cpp b/src/core/tests/op_eval/split.cpp
index db44f02466a..24273ef771e 100644
--- a/src/core/tests/op_eval/split.cpp
+++ b/src/core/tests/op_eval/split.cpp
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@
 #include "engines_util/execute_tools.hpp"
 #include "gtest/gtest.h"
 #include "ngraph/runtime/host_tensor.hpp"
+#include "ngraph/util.hpp"
 #include "ngraph/validation_util.hpp"
 #include "util/test_tools.hpp"
 #include "util/type_prop.hpp"
diff --git a/src/core/tests/op_eval/strided_slice.cpp b/src/core/tests/op_eval/strided_slice.cpp
index e538dab0a90..a8d7532b8b6 100644
--- a/src/core/tests/op_eval/strided_slice.cpp
+++ b/src/core/tests/op_eval/strided_slice.cpp
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@
 #include "engines_util/execute_tools.hpp"
 #include "gtest/gtest.h"
 #include "ngraph/runtime/host_tensor.hpp"
+#include "ngraph/util.hpp"
 #include "ngraph/validation_util.hpp"
 #include "util/test_tools.hpp"
 #include "util/type_prop.hpp"
diff --git a/src/core/tests/op_eval/swish.cpp b/src/core/tests/op_eval/swish.cpp
index 17856f40e78..5c1b499ac48 100644
--- a/src/core/tests/op_eval/swish.cpp
+++ b/src/core/tests/op_eval/swish.cpp
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@
 #include "engines_util/execute_tools.hpp"
 #include "gtest/gtest.h"
 #include "ngraph/runtime/host_tensor.hpp"
+#include "ngraph/util.hpp"
 #include "ngraph/validation_util.hpp"
 #include "util/test_tools.hpp"
 
diff --git a/src/core/tests/op_eval/transpose.cpp b/src/core/tests/op_eval/transpose.cpp
index 4a24d726b09..8aad4553bc3 100644
--- a/src/core/tests/op_eval/transpose.cpp
+++ b/src/core/tests/op_eval/transpose.cpp
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@
 #include "gtest/gtest.h"
 #include "ngraph/runtime/host_tensor.hpp"
 #include "ngraph/runtime/reference/transpose.hpp"
+#include "ngraph/util.hpp"
 #include "ngraph/validation_util.hpp"
 #include "util/all_close_f.hpp"
 #include "util/test_tools.hpp"
diff --git a/src/core/tests/op_eval/variadic_split.cpp b/src/core/tests/op_eval/variadic_split.cpp
index 014bbcfa47a..9f8858d3168 100644
--- a/src/core/tests/op_eval/variadic_split.cpp
+++ b/src/core/tests/op_eval/variadic_split.cpp
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@
 #include "engines_util/execute_tools.hpp"
 #include "gtest/gtest.h"
 #include "ngraph/runtime/host_tensor.hpp"
+#include "ngraph/util.hpp"
 #include "ngraph/validation_util.hpp"
 #include "util/test_tools.hpp"
 #include "util/type_prop.hpp"
diff --git a/src/core/tests/pass/serialization/cleanup.cpp b/src/core/tests/pass/serialization/cleanup.cpp
index 3c95576a791..2d20d872b1c 100644
--- a/src/core/tests/pass/serialization/cleanup.cpp
+++ b/src/core/tests/pass/serialization/cleanup.cpp
@@ -8,7 +8,6 @@
 
 #include "openvino/opsets/opset8.hpp"
 #include "openvino/pass/serialize.hpp"
-#include "util/graph_comparator.hpp"
 #include "util/test_common.hpp"
 
 class SerializationCleanupTest : public ov::test::TestsCommon {
diff --git a/src/core/tests/pass/serialization/deterministicity.cpp b/src/core/tests/pass/serialization/deterministicity.cpp
index e015dbce979..64f07aee93c 100644
--- a/src/core/tests/pass/serialization/deterministicity.cpp
+++ b/src/core/tests/pass/serialization/deterministicity.cpp
@@ -9,7 +9,6 @@
 #include "openvino/pass/serialize.hpp"
 #include "openvino/util/file_util.hpp"
 #include "read_ir.hpp"
-#include "util/graph_comparator.hpp"
 #include "util/test_common.hpp"
 
 class SerializationDeterministicityTest : public ov::test::TestsCommon {
diff --git a/src/core/tests/pass/serialization/from_model.cpp b/src/core/tests/pass/serialization/from_model.cpp
index 8615349881b..ea8e14734d9 100644
--- a/src/core/tests/pass/serialization/from_model.cpp
+++ b/src/core/tests/pass/serialization/from_model.cpp
@@ -6,10 +6,10 @@
 
 #include <fstream>
 
+#include "common_test_utils/graph_comparator.hpp"
 #include "openvino/pass/serialize.hpp"
 #include "openvino/util/file_util.hpp"
 #include "read_ir.hpp"
-#include "util/graph_comparator.hpp"
 #include "util/test_common.hpp"
 
 using ModelBuilder = std::function<std::shared_ptr<ov::Model>()>;
diff --git a/src/core/tests/pass/serialization/serialize.cpp b/src/core/tests/pass/serialization/serialize.cpp
index ad9400ee958..1537deed7d2 100644
--- a/src/core/tests/pass/serialization/serialize.cpp
+++ b/src/core/tests/pass/serialization/serialize.cpp
@@ -8,11 +8,11 @@
 
 #include <fstream>
 
+#include "common_test_utils/graph_comparator.hpp"
 #include "ngraph/pass/manager.hpp"
 #include "ngraph/pass/serialize.hpp"
 #include "openvino/util/file_util.hpp"
 #include "read_ir.hpp"
-#include "util/graph_comparator.hpp"
 #include "util/test_common.hpp"
 
 using SerializationParams = std::tuple<std::string, std::string>;
diff --git a/src/core/tests/pass/serialization/tensor_names.cpp b/src/core/tests/pass/serialization/tensor_names.cpp
index afec3176ac6..9f1caf26e35 100644
--- a/src/core/tests/pass/serialization/tensor_names.cpp
+++ b/src/core/tests/pass/serialization/tensor_names.cpp
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
 #include "openvino/opsets/opset8.hpp"
 #include "openvino/pass/serialize.hpp"
 #include "read_ir.hpp"
-#include "util/graph_comparator.hpp"
+#include "common_test_utils/graph_comparator.hpp"
 #include "util/test_common.hpp"
 
 class TensorNameSerializationTest : public ov::test::TestsCommon {
diff --git a/src/core/tests/pattern.cpp b/src/core/tests/pattern.cpp
index c137145d991..e982e3f45e1 100644
--- a/src/core/tests/pattern.cpp
+++ b/src/core/tests/pattern.cpp
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
 //
 
 #include <algorithm>
+#include <common_test_utils/ngraph_test_utils.hpp>
 #include <cstdio>
 #include <iostream>
 #include <list>
diff --git a/src/core/tests/visitors/op/if.cpp b/src/core/tests/visitors/op/if.cpp
index ab90b9a0a8f..518f978e8d2 100644
--- a/src/core/tests/visitors/op/if.cpp
+++ b/src/core/tests/visitors/op/if.cpp
@@ -2,11 +2,11 @@
 // SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
 //
 
+#include "common_test_utils/graph_comparator.hpp"
 #include "gtest/gtest.h"
 #include "ngraph/ngraph.hpp"
 #include "ngraph/op/util/attr_types.hpp"
 #include "ngraph/opsets/opset8.hpp"
-#include "util/graph_comparator.hpp"
 #include "util/visitor.hpp"
 
 using namespace std;
diff --git a/src/frontends/tests/frontend/shared/src/json_config.cpp b/src/frontends/tests/frontend/shared/src/json_config.cpp
index 6caff415aab..91fbac6e877 100644
--- a/src/frontends/tests/frontend/shared/src/json_config.cpp
+++ b/src/frontends/tests/frontend/shared/src/json_config.cpp
@@ -4,11 +4,11 @@
 
 #include "json_config.hpp"
 
+#include <common_test_utils/graph_comparator.hpp>
 #include <extension/json_config.hpp>
 #include <extension/json_transformation.hpp>
 #include <nlohmann/json-schema.hpp>
 #include <ostream>
-#include <util/graph_comparator.hpp>
 
 #include "utils.hpp"
 
diff --git a/src/tests/engines_util/execute_tools.hpp b/src/tests/engines_util/execute_tools.hpp
index 901a547c855..e31d8babb5d 100644
--- a/src/tests/engines_util/execute_tools.hpp
+++ b/src/tests/engines_util/execute_tools.hpp
@@ -13,16 +13,15 @@
 #include <random>
 #include <vector>
 
-#include "graph_comparator.hpp"
 #include "gtest/gtest.h"
 #include "ngraph/file_util.hpp"
+#include "ngraph/function.hpp"
 #include "ngraph/log.hpp"
 #include "ngraph/node.hpp"
 #include "ngraph/op/op.hpp"
 #include "ngraph/runtime/host_tensor.hpp"
 #include "ngraph/runtime/tensor.hpp"
 #include "ngraph/type/element_type_traits.hpp"
-#include "test_tools.hpp"
 
 namespace ngraph {
 class TestOpMultiOut : public op::Op {
diff --git a/src/tests/engines_util/random.hpp b/src/tests/engines_util/random.hpp
index 36ab7ad1178..487984a822c 100644
--- a/src/tests/engines_util/random.hpp
+++ b/src/tests/engines_util/random.hpp
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@
 #include "execute_tools.hpp"
 #include "ngraph/runtime/tensor.hpp"
 #include "ngraph/type/element_type.hpp"
+#include "ngraph/util.hpp"
 
 namespace ngraph {
 namespace test {
diff --git a/src/tests/functional/inference_engine/ir_serialization/partial_shape_deserialization.cpp b/src/tests/functional/inference_engine/ir_serialization/partial_shape_deserialization.cpp
index be0cbaf03d8..a51e55ad3aa 100644
--- a/src/tests/functional/inference_engine/ir_serialization/partial_shape_deserialization.cpp
+++ b/src/tests/functional/inference_engine/ir_serialization/partial_shape_deserialization.cpp
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@
 #include <string>
 #include "openvino/frontend/manager.hpp"
 
-#include "graph_comparator.hpp"
+#include "common_test_utils/graph_comparator.hpp"
 #include "ie_blob.h"
 #include "ngraph/op/parameter.hpp"
 #include "ngraph/type/element_type.hpp"
diff --git a/src/tests/functional/inference_engine/ir_serialization/rt_info_deserialization.cpp b/src/tests/functional/inference_engine/ir_serialization/rt_info_deserialization.cpp
index 0f614ae60e7..6902ee30b47 100644
--- a/src/tests/functional/inference_engine/ir_serialization/rt_info_deserialization.cpp
+++ b/src/tests/functional/inference_engine/ir_serialization/rt_info_deserialization.cpp
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@
 #include <transformations/rt_info/old_api_map_order_attribute.hpp>
 #include <transformations/rt_info/old_api_map_element_type_attribute.hpp>
 #include "openvino/frontend/manager.hpp"
-#include "graph_comparator.hpp"
+#include "common_test_utils/graph_comparator.hpp"
 #include "ie_blob.h"
 #include "ie_precision.hpp"
 #include "ngraph/node.hpp"
diff --git a/src/tests/functional/shared_test_classes/src/base/ov_subgraph.cpp b/src/tests/functional/shared_test_classes/src/base/ov_subgraph.cpp
index 4afc336f35f..0e2d0d1f115 100644
--- a/src/tests/functional/shared_test_classes/src/base/ov_subgraph.cpp
+++ b/src/tests/functional/shared_test_classes/src/base/ov_subgraph.cpp
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@
 #include "openvino/core/preprocess/pre_post_process.hpp"
 #include "openvino/pass/serialize.hpp"
 
-#include "graph_comparator.hpp"
+#include "common_test_utils/graph_comparator.hpp"
 
 #include "ngraph_functions/utils/ngraph_helpers.hpp"
 
diff --git a/src/tests/ie_test_utils/common_test_utils/CMakeLists.txt b/src/tests/ie_test_utils/common_test_utils/CMakeLists.txt
index 4cb38f5fe6e..c4a7e2dfe92 100644
--- a/src/tests/ie_test_utils/common_test_utils/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/src/tests/ie_test_utils/common_test_utils/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -17,7 +17,6 @@ function(add_common_utils ADD_TARGET_NAME)
                 PUBLIC
                     gtest
                     gtest_main
-                    ngraph_test_util
                     ngraphFunctions
                     openvino::runtime
                     openvino::runtime::dev
diff --git a/src/tests/util/graph_comparator.cpp b/src/tests/ie_test_utils/common_test_utils/graph_comparator.cpp
similarity index 100%
rename from src/tests/util/graph_comparator.cpp
rename to src/tests/ie_test_utils/common_test_utils/graph_comparator.cpp
diff --git a/src/tests/util/graph_comparator.hpp b/src/tests/ie_test_utils/common_test_utils/graph_comparator.hpp
similarity index 100%
rename from src/tests/util/graph_comparator.hpp
rename to src/tests/ie_test_utils/common_test_utils/graph_comparator.hpp
diff --git a/src/tests/ie_test_utils/common_test_utils/ngraph_test_utils.hpp b/src/tests/ie_test_utils/common_test_utils/ngraph_test_utils.hpp
index 9c6dd8250ce..549ada20f7f 100644
--- a/src/tests/ie_test_utils/common_test_utils/ngraph_test_utils.hpp
+++ b/src/tests/ie_test_utils/common_test_utils/ngraph_test_utils.hpp
@@ -23,7 +23,6 @@
 #include "test_common.hpp"
 
 #include "graph_comparator.hpp"
-#include "test_tools.hpp"
 
 #define DYN ngraph::Dimension::dynamic()
 
@@ -95,3 +94,15 @@ private:
 void init_unique_names(std::shared_ptr<ngraph::Function> f, const std::shared_ptr<ngraph::pass::UniqueNamesHolder>& unh);
 
 void check_unique_names(std::shared_ptr<ngraph::Function> f, const std::shared_ptr<ngraph::pass::UniqueNamesHolder>& unh);
+
+template <typename T>
+size_t count_ops_of_type(const std::shared_ptr<ngraph::Function>& f) {
+    size_t count = 0;
+    for (auto op : f->get_ops()) {
+        if (ngraph::is_type<T>(op)) {
+            count++;
+        }
+    }
+
+    return count;
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/tests/util/test_tools.hpp b/src/tests/util/test_tools.hpp
index 0b04e7c65a1..323ed3053cb 100644
--- a/src/tests/util/test_tools.hpp
+++ b/src/tests/util/test_tools.hpp
@@ -16,18 +16,6 @@
 #include "gtest/gtest.h"
 #include "ngraph/function.hpp"
 
-template <typename T>
-size_t count_ops_of_type(const std::shared_ptr<ngraph::Function>& f) {
-    size_t count = 0;
-    for (auto op : f->get_ops()) {
-        if (ngraph::is_type<T>(op)) {
-            count++;
-        }
-    }
-
-    return count;
-}
-
 /// \brief      Reads a binary file to a vector.
 ///
 /// \param[in]  path  The path where the file is located.