diff --git a/vault/testing_util.go b/vault/testing_util.go
index 0e5ec52d38287..980b214619d4e 100644
--- a/vault/testing_util.go
+++ b/vault/testing_util.go
@@ -1,13 +1,9 @@
 // Copyright (c) HashiCorp, Inc.
 // SPDX-License-Identifier: BUSL-1.1
 
-//go:build !enterprise
-
 package vault
 
 import (
-	"crypto/ed25519"
-	"testing"
 	"time"
 
 	"github.com/hashicorp/vault/version"
@@ -15,16 +11,10 @@ import (
 
 func init() {
 	// The BuildDate is set as part of the build process in CI so we need to
-	// initialize it for testing.
+	// initialize it for testing. By setting it to now minus one year we
+	// provide some headroom to ensure that test license expiration (for enterprise)
+	// does not exceed the BuildDate as that is invalid.
 	if version.BuildDate == "" {
 		version.BuildDate = time.Now().UTC().AddDate(-1, 0, 0).Format(time.RFC3339)
 	}
 }
-
-func GenerateTestLicenseKeys() (ed25519.PublicKey, ed25519.PrivateKey, error) { return nil, nil, nil }
-func testGetLicensingConfig(key ed25519.PublicKey) *LicensingConfig           { return &LicensingConfig{} }
-func testExtraTestCoreSetup(testing.TB, ed25519.PrivateKey, *TestClusterCore) {}
-func testAdjustUnderlyingStorage(tcc *TestClusterCore) {
-	tcc.UnderlyingStorage = tcc.physical
-}
-func testApplyEntBaseConfig(coreConfig, base *CoreConfig) {}
diff --git a/vault/testing_util_stubs_oss.go b/vault/testing_util_stubs_oss.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..0aff91c60c044
--- /dev/null
+++ b/vault/testing_util_stubs_oss.go
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+// Copyright (c) HashiCorp, Inc.
+// SPDX-License-Identifier: BUSL-1.1
+
+//go:build !enterprise
+
+package vault
+
+import (
+	"crypto/ed25519"
+	"testing"
+)
+
+func GenerateTestLicenseKeys() (ed25519.PublicKey, ed25519.PrivateKey, error) { return nil, nil, nil }
+func testGetLicensingConfig(key ed25519.PublicKey) *LicensingConfig           { return &LicensingConfig{} }
+func testExtraTestCoreSetup(testing.TB, ed25519.PrivateKey, *TestClusterCore) {}
+func testAdjustUnderlyingStorage(tcc *TestClusterCore) {
+	tcc.UnderlyingStorage = tcc.physical
+}
+func testApplyEntBaseConfig(coreConfig, base *CoreConfig) {}