diff --git a/tests/test_command_check.py b/tests/test_command_check.py
index 815f87026..794c6d400 100644
--- a/tests/test_command_check.py
+++ b/tests/test_command_check.py
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ from unittest import TestCase
 from unittest.mock import MagicMock, Mock, PropertyMock, call, patch
 
 from scrapy.commands.check import Command, TextTestResult
-from tests.test_commands import TestProjectBase
+from tests.utils.base_commands import TestProjectBase
 from tests.utils.cmdline import proc
 
 if TYPE_CHECKING:
diff --git a/tests/test_command_crawl.py b/tests/test_command_crawl.py
index dd69d36ba..6293e973e 100644
--- a/tests/test_command_crawl.py
+++ b/tests/test_command_crawl.py
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ from __future__ import annotations
 
 from typing import TYPE_CHECKING
 
-from tests.test_commands import TestProjectBase
+from tests.utils.base_commands import TestProjectBase
 from tests.utils.cmdline import proc
 
 if TYPE_CHECKING:
diff --git a/tests/test_command_genspider.py b/tests/test_command_genspider.py
index 2872a0e19..f465d0b30 100644
--- a/tests/test_command_genspider.py
+++ b/tests/test_command_genspider.py
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ from pathlib import Path
 
 import pytest
 
-from tests.test_commands import TestProjectBase
+from tests.utils.base_commands import TestProjectBase
 from tests.utils.cmdline import call, proc, write_recording_editor
 
 
diff --git a/tests/test_command_parse.py b/tests/test_command_parse.py
index c210a06e8..a3581d764 100644
--- a/tests/test_command_parse.py
+++ b/tests/test_command_parse.py
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ import pytest
 
 from scrapy.commands import parse
 from scrapy.settings import Settings
-from tests.test_commands import TestProjectBase
+from tests.utils.base_commands import TestProjectBase
 from tests.utils.cmdline import call, proc
 
 if TYPE_CHECKING:
diff --git a/tests/test_commands.py b/tests/test_commands.py
index 4b65062a0..9e7d4d5a1 100644
--- a/tests/test_commands.py
+++ b/tests/test_commands.py
@@ -4,7 +4,6 @@ import argparse
 import json
 import sys
 from io import StringIO
-from shutil import copytree
 from typing import TYPE_CHECKING
 from unittest import mock
 
@@ -16,6 +15,7 @@ from scrapy.commands import ScrapyCommand, ScrapyHelpFormatter, view
 from scrapy.exceptions import ScrapyDeprecationWarning
 from scrapy.settings import Settings
 from scrapy.utils.reactor import _asyncio_reactor_path
+from tests.utils.base_commands import TestProjectBase
 from tests.utils.cmdline import call, proc, write_recording_editor
 
 if TYPE_CHECKING:
@@ -109,29 +109,6 @@ class TestCommandSettings:
         )
 
 
-class TestProjectBase:
-    """A base class for tests that may need a Scrapy project."""
-
-    project_name = "testproject"
-
-    @pytest.fixture(scope="session")
-    def _proj_path_cached(self, tmp_path_factory: pytest.TempPathFactory) -> Path:
-        """Create a Scrapy project in a temporary directory and return its path.
-
-        Used as a cache for ``proj_path``.
-        """
-        tmp_path = tmp_path_factory.mktemp("proj")
-        call("startproject", self.project_name, cwd=tmp_path)
-        return tmp_path / self.project_name
-
-    @pytest.fixture
-    def proj_path(self, tmp_path: Path, _proj_path_cached: Path) -> Path:
-        """Copy a pre-generated Scrapy project into a temporary directory and return its path."""
-        proj_path = tmp_path / self.project_name
-        copytree(_proj_path_cached, proj_path)
-        return proj_path
-
-
 class TestCommandCrawlerProcess(TestProjectBase):
     """Test that the command uses the expected kind of *CrawlerProcess
     and produces expected errors when needed."""
diff --git a/tests/utils/base_commands.py b/tests/utils/base_commands.py
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..594544c83
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/utils/base_commands.py
@@ -0,0 +1,34 @@
+from __future__ import annotations
+
+from shutil import copytree
+from typing import TYPE_CHECKING
+
+import pytest
+
+from tests.utils.cmdline import call
+
+if TYPE_CHECKING:
+    from pathlib import Path
+
+
+class TestProjectBase:
+    """A base class for tests that may need a Scrapy project."""
+
+    project_name = "testproject"
+
+    @pytest.fixture(scope="session")
+    def _proj_path_cached(self, tmp_path_factory: pytest.TempPathFactory) -> Path:
+        """Create a Scrapy project in a temporary directory and return its path.
+
+        Used as a cache for ``proj_path``.
+        """
+        tmp_path = tmp_path_factory.mktemp("proj")
+        call("startproject", self.project_name, cwd=tmp_path)
+        return tmp_path / self.project_name
+
+    @pytest.fixture
+    def proj_path(self, tmp_path: Path, _proj_path_cached: Path) -> Path:
+        """Copy a pre-generated Scrapy project into a temporary directory and return its path."""
+        proj_path = tmp_path / self.project_name
+        copytree(_proj_path_cached, proj_path)
+        return proj_path