diff --git a/tests/regressiontests/utils/decorators.py b/tests/regressiontests/utils/decorators.py
index ca9214f787..db32418de7 100644
--- a/tests/regressiontests/utils/decorators.py
+++ b/tests/regressiontests/utils/decorators.py
@@ -1,19 +1,39 @@
-from django.test import TestCase
+from django.http import HttpResponse
+from django.middleware.doc import XViewMiddleware
+from django.test import TestCase, RequestFactory
+from django.utils.decorators import decorator_from_middleware
+
+
+xview_dec = decorator_from_middleware(XViewMiddleware)
+
+
+@xview_dec
+def xview(request):
+    return HttpResponse()
+
+
+class ClassXView(object):
+    def __call__(self, request):
+        return HttpResponse()
+
+class_xview = xview_dec(ClassXView())
+
 
 class DecoratorFromMiddlewareTests(TestCase):
     """
     Tests for view decorators created using
     ``django.utils.decorators.decorator_from_middleware``.
     """
+    rf = RequestFactory()
 
     def test_process_view_middleware(self):
         """
         Test a middleware that implements process_view.
         """
-        self.client.get('/utils/xview/')
+        xview(self.rf.get('/'))
 
     def test_callable_process_view_middleware(self):
         """
         Test a middleware that implements process_view, operating on a callable class.
         """
-        self.client.get('/utils/class_xview/')
+        class_xview(self.rf.get('/'))
diff --git a/tests/regressiontests/utils/urls.py b/tests/regressiontests/utils/urls.py
deleted file mode 100644
index ba09d14b3d..0000000000
--- a/tests/regressiontests/utils/urls.py
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,8 +0,0 @@
-from django.conf.urls.defaults import *
-
-import views
-
-urlpatterns = patterns('',
-    (r'^xview/$', views.xview),
-    (r'^class_xview/$', views.class_xview),
-)
diff --git a/tests/regressiontests/utils/views.py b/tests/regressiontests/utils/views.py
deleted file mode 100644
index ef97c6502d..0000000000
--- a/tests/regressiontests/utils/views.py
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,17 +0,0 @@
-from django.http import HttpResponse
-from django.utils.decorators import decorator_from_middleware
-from django.middleware.doc import XViewMiddleware
-
-
-xview_dec = decorator_from_middleware(XViewMiddleware)
-
-def xview(request):
-    return HttpResponse()
-xview = xview_dec(xview)
-
-
-class ClassXView(object):
-    def __call__(self, request):
-        return HttpResponse()
-
-class_xview = xview_dec(ClassXView())
diff --git a/tests/urls.py b/tests/urls.py
index d254407cc4..08cfc94b78 100644
--- a/tests/urls.py
+++ b/tests/urls.py
@@ -29,8 +29,6 @@ urlpatterns = patterns('',
     # admin widget tests
     (r'widget_admin/', include('regressiontests.admin_widgets.urls')),
 
-    (r'^utils/', include('regressiontests.utils.urls')),
-
     # test urlconf for syndication tests
     (r'^syndication/', include('regressiontests.syndication.urls')),