diff --git a/apps/components_tests/esm/testrefid.cpp b/apps/components_tests/esm/testrefid.cpp
index 8a69b62d74..1911cd1a5a 100644
--- a/apps/components_tests/esm/testrefid.cpp
+++ b/apps/components_tests/esm/testrefid.cpp
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 #include <components/esm/refid.hpp>
 #include <components/esm3/esmreader.hpp>
 #include <components/esm3/esmwriter.hpp>
-#include <components/testing/util.hpp>
+#include <components/testing/expecterror.hpp>
 
 #include <gmock/gmock.h>
 #include <gtest/gtest.h>
diff --git a/apps/components_tests/lua/test_async.cpp b/apps/components_tests/lua/test_async.cpp
index 41a3cfc045..e4010e319f 100644
--- a/apps/components_tests/lua/test_async.cpp
+++ b/apps/components_tests/lua/test_async.cpp
@@ -3,12 +3,11 @@
 
 #include <components/lua/asyncpackage.hpp>
 #include <components/lua/luastate.hpp>
-#include <components/testing/util.hpp>
+#include <components/testing/expecterror.hpp>
 
 namespace
 {
     using namespace testing;
-    using namespace TestingOpenMW;
 
     struct LuaCoroutineCallbackTest : Test
     {
diff --git a/apps/components_tests/lua/test_configuration.cpp b/apps/components_tests/lua/test_configuration.cpp
index f2badde878..4d48927ecc 100644
--- a/apps/components_tests/lua/test_configuration.cpp
+++ b/apps/components_tests/lua/test_configuration.cpp
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@
 #include <components/esm3/readerscache.hpp>
 #include <components/lua/configuration.hpp>
 #include <components/lua/serialization.hpp>
+#include <components/testing/expecterror.hpp>
 #include <components/testing/util.hpp>
 
 namespace
diff --git a/apps/components_tests/lua/test_lua.cpp b/apps/components_tests/lua/test_lua.cpp
index d5bc1eb7bf..09f0151267 100644
--- a/apps/components_tests/lua/test_lua.cpp
+++ b/apps/components_tests/lua/test_lua.cpp
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 #include <gtest/gtest.h>
 
 #include <components/lua/luastate.hpp>
+#include <components/testing/expecterror.hpp>
 #include <components/testing/util.hpp>
 
 namespace
diff --git a/apps/components_tests/lua/test_serialization.cpp b/apps/components_tests/lua/test_serialization.cpp
index f9368b7a06..cff41dde9a 100644
--- a/apps/components_tests/lua/test_serialization.cpp
+++ b/apps/components_tests/lua/test_serialization.cpp
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@
 #include <components/misc/color.hpp>
 #include <components/misc/endianness.hpp>
 
-#include <components/testing/util.hpp>
+#include <components/testing/expecterror.hpp>
 
 namespace
 {
diff --git a/apps/components_tests/lua/test_utilpackage.cpp b/apps/components_tests/lua/test_utilpackage.cpp
index 6f022031b7..3eb22a9a46 100644
--- a/apps/components_tests/lua/test_utilpackage.cpp
+++ b/apps/components_tests/lua/test_utilpackage.cpp
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 
 #include <components/lua/luastate.hpp>
 #include <components/lua/utilpackage.hpp>
-#include <components/testing/util.hpp>
+#include <components/testing/expecterror.hpp>
 
 namespace
 {
diff --git a/components/CMakeLists.txt b/components/CMakeLists.txt
index 348007cd58..fb5718a979 100644
--- a/components/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/components/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -513,6 +513,7 @@ else ()
 endif()
 
 add_component_dir(testing
+    expecterror
     util
 )
 
diff --git a/components/testing/expecterror.hpp b/components/testing/expecterror.hpp
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..abd59124af
--- /dev/null
+++ b/components/testing/expecterror.hpp
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+#ifndef OPENMW_COMPONENTS_TESTING_EXPECTERROR_H
+#define OPENMW_COMPONENTS_TESTING_EXPECTERROR_H
+
+#include <gmock/gmock.h>
+#include <gtest/gtest.h>
+
+#include <exception>
+
+#define EXPECT_ERROR(X, ERR_SUBSTR)                                                                                    \
+    try                                                                                                                \
+    {                                                                                                                  \
+        X;                                                                                                             \
+        FAIL() << "Expected error";                                                                                    \
+    }                                                                                                                  \
+    catch (const std::exception& e)                                                                                    \
+    {                                                                                                                  \
+        EXPECT_THAT(e.what(), ::testing::HasSubstr(ERR_SUBSTR));                                                       \
+    }
+
+#endif
diff --git a/components/testing/util.hpp b/components/testing/util.hpp
index 81c5d181db..65dbfe927d 100644
--- a/components/testing/util.hpp
+++ b/components/testing/util.hpp
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
 
 #include <filesystem>
 #include <initializer_list>
+#include <memory>
 #include <sstream>
 
 #include <components/misc/strings/conversion.hpp>
@@ -80,15 +81,4 @@ namespace TestingOpenMW
     }
 }
 
-#define EXPECT_ERROR(X, ERR_SUBSTR)                                                                                    \
-    try                                                                                                                \
-    {                                                                                                                  \
-        X;                                                                                                             \
-        FAIL() << "Expected error";                                                                                    \
-    }                                                                                                                  \
-    catch (const std::exception& e)                                                                                    \
-    {                                                                                                                  \
-        EXPECT_THAT(e.what(), ::testing::HasSubstr(ERR_SUBSTR));                                                       \
-    }
-
 #endif