diff --git a/ckan/new_tests/factories.py b/ckan/new_tests/factories.py
index e338c1caa1b..b68fa7789f7 100644
--- a/ckan/new_tests/factories.py
+++ b/ckan/new_tests/factories.py
@@ -78,3 +78,19 @@ def _create(cls, target_class, *args, **kwargs):
             assert False, "Positional args aren't supported, use keyword args."
         user_dict = helpers.call_action('user_create', **kwargs)
         return user_dict
+
+
+def validator_data_dict():
+    '''Return a data dict with some arbitrary data in it, suitable to be passed
+    to validator functions for testing.
+
+    '''
+    return {('other key',): 'other value'}
+
+
+def validator_errors_dict():
+    '''Return an errors dict with some arbitrary errors in it, suitable to be
+    passed to validator functions for testing.
+
+    '''
+    return {('other key',): ['other error']}
diff --git a/ckan/new_tests/logic/test_validators.py b/ckan/new_tests/logic/test_validators.py
index 712f3787672..20347575db0 100644
--- a/ckan/new_tests/logic/test_validators.py
+++ b/ckan/new_tests/logic/test_validators.py
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
 import nose.tools
 
 import ckan.new_tests.helpers as helpers
-import ckan.new_tests.data as test_data
+import ckan.new_tests.factories as factories
 
 
 class TestValidators(object):
@@ -133,9 +133,9 @@ def test_user_name_validator_with_non_string_value(self):
 
         key = ('name',)
         for non_string_value in non_string_values:
-            data = test_data.validator_data_dict()
+            data = factories.validator_data_dict()
             data[key] = non_string_value
-            errors = test_data.validator_errors_dict()
+            errors = factories.validator_errors_dict()
             errors[key] = []
 
             # Make copies of the data and errors dicts for asserting later.
@@ -164,10 +164,10 @@ def test_user_name_validator_with_a_name_that_already_exists(self):
         # the same user name in the database.
         mock_model = mock.MagicMock()
 
-        data = test_data.validator_data_dict()
+        data = factories.validator_data_dict()
         key = ('name',)
         data[key] = 'user_name'
-        errors = test_data.validator_errors_dict()
+        errors = factories.validator_errors_dict()
         errors[key] = []
 
         # Make copies of the data and errors dicts for asserting later.
@@ -199,10 +199,10 @@ def test_user_name_validator_successful(self):
 
         import ckan.logic.validators as validators
 
-        data = test_data.validator_data_dict()
+        data = factories.validator_data_dict()
         key = ('name',)
         data[key] = 'new_user_name'
-        errors = test_data.validator_errors_dict()
+        errors = factories.validator_errors_dict()
         errors[key] = []
 
         # Mock ckan.model.