diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index 3e0415520..eed959258 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -684,7 +684,6 @@ dependencies = [
  "insta",
  "itertools",
  "jujutsu-lib",
- "lazy_static",
  "maplit",
  "pest",
  "pest_derive",
@@ -713,6 +712,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "hex",
  "insta",
  "itertools",
+ "lazy_static",
  "maplit",
  "num_cpus",
  "once_cell",
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 2a62d11db..5dfa946bf 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -60,7 +60,6 @@ assert_cmd = "2.0.5"
 criterion = "0.4.0"
 criterion_bencher_compat = "0.4.0"
 insta = "1.21.0"
-lazy_static = "1.4.0"
 regex = "1.6.0"
 predicates = "2.1.1"
 test-case = "2.2.2"
diff --git a/lib/Cargo.toml b/lib/Cargo.toml
index f9b2b6596..a7d9a6933 100644
--- a/lib/Cargo.toml
+++ b/lib/Cargo.toml
@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@ config = { version = "0.13.2", default-features = false, features = ["toml"] }
 git2 = "0.15.0"
 hex = "0.4.3"
 itertools = "0.10.5"
+lazy_static = "1.4.0"
 maplit = "1.0.2"
 once_cell = "1.15.0"
 pest = "2.4.0"
diff --git a/lib/src/testutils.rs b/lib/src/testutils.rs
index f62a3eaf9..8961af068 100644
--- a/lib/src/testutils.rs
+++ b/lib/src/testutils.rs
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@ use std::path::{Path, PathBuf};
 use std::sync::Arc;
 
 use itertools::Itertools;
+use lazy_static::lazy_static;
 use tempfile::TempDir;
 
 use crate::backend::{FileId, TreeId, TreeValue};
@@ -35,6 +36,28 @@ use crate::tree::Tree;
 use crate::tree_builder::TreeBuilder;
 use crate::workspace::Workspace;
 
+lazy_static! {
+    // libgit2 respects init.defaultBranch (and possibly other config
+    // variables) in the user's config files. Disable access to them to make
+    // our tests hermetic.
+    //
+    // set_search_path is unsafe because it cannot guarantee thread safety (as
+    // its documentation states). For the same reason, we wrap these invocations
+    // in lazy_static!.
+    static ref CONFIGURE_GIT2: () = {
+        unsafe {
+            git2::opts::set_search_path(git2::ConfigLevel::System, "").unwrap();
+            git2::opts::set_search_path(git2::ConfigLevel::Global, "").unwrap();
+            git2::opts::set_search_path(git2::ConfigLevel::XDG, "").unwrap();
+            git2::opts::set_search_path(git2::ConfigLevel::ProgramData, "").unwrap();
+        }
+    };
+}
+
+pub fn hermetic_libgit2() {
+    lazy_static::initialize(&CONFIGURE_GIT2);
+}
+
 pub fn new_temp_dir() -> TempDir {
     tempfile::Builder::new()
         .prefix("jj-test-")
diff --git a/tests/common/mod.rs b/tests/common/mod.rs
index c1f4ed1ca..9ab4a1fdd 100644
--- a/tests/common/mod.rs
+++ b/tests/common/mod.rs
@@ -17,7 +17,6 @@ use std::collections::HashMap;
 use std::path::{Path, PathBuf};
 
 use jujutsu_lib::testutils;
-use lazy_static::lazy_static;
 use tempfile::TempDir;
 
 pub struct TestEnvironment {
@@ -30,27 +29,9 @@ pub struct TestEnvironment {
     command_number: RefCell<i64>,
 }
 
-lazy_static! {
-    // libgit2 respects init.defaultBranch (and possibly other config
-    // variables) in the user's config files. Disable access to them to make
-    // our tests hermetic.
-    //
-    // set_search_path is unsafe because it cannot guarantee thread safety (as
-    // its documentation states). For the same reason, we wrap these invocations
-    // in lazy_static!.
-    static ref CONFIGURE_GIT2: () = {
-        unsafe {
-            git2::opts::set_search_path(git2::ConfigLevel::System, "").unwrap();
-            git2::opts::set_search_path(git2::ConfigLevel::Global, "").unwrap();
-            git2::opts::set_search_path(git2::ConfigLevel::XDG, "").unwrap();
-            git2::opts::set_search_path(git2::ConfigLevel::ProgramData, "").unwrap();
-        }
-    };
-}
-
 impl Default for TestEnvironment {
     fn default() -> Self {
-        lazy_static::initialize(&CONFIGURE_GIT2);
+        testutils::hermetic_libgit2();
 
         let tmp_dir = testutils::new_temp_dir();
         let env_root = tmp_dir.path().canonicalize().unwrap();