diff --git a/examples/consumer/conftest.py b/examples/consumer/conftest.py
index 252c027ca..90ac63b9a 100644
--- a/examples/consumer/conftest.py
+++ b/examples/consumer/conftest.py
@@ -1,49 +1,8 @@
-import pytest
-from testcontainers.compose import DockerCompose
+import sys
 
+# Load in the fixtures from common/sharedfixtures.py
+sys.path.append("../common")
 
-def pytest_addoption(parser):
-    parser.addoption(
-        "--publish-pact",
-        type=str,
-        action="store",
-        help="Upload generated Pact file to Pact Broker with the version provided",
-    )
-
-    parser.addoption("--run-broker", type=bool, action="store", help="Whether to run broker in this test or not")
-
-
-# This fixture is to simulate a managed Pact Broker or Pactflow account.
-# For almost all purposes outside this example, you will want to use a real
-# broker. See https://github.com/pact-foundation/pact_broker for further details.
-@pytest.fixture(scope="session", autouse=True)
-def broker(request):
-    version = request.config.getoption("--publish-pact")
-    publish = True if version else False
-
-    # If the results are not going to be published to the broker, there is
-    # nothing further to do anyway
-    if not publish:
-        yield
-        return
-
-    run_broker = request.config.getoption("--run-broker")
-
-    if run_broker:
-        # Start up the broker using docker-compose
-        print("Starting broker")
-        with DockerCompose("../broker", compose_file_name=["docker-compose.yml"], pull=True) as compose:
-            stdout, stderr = compose.get_logs()
-            if stderr:
-                print("Errors\\n:{}".format(stderr))
-            print("{}".format(stdout))
-            print("Started broker")
-
-            yield
-            print("Stopping broker")
-        print("Broker stopped")
-    else:
-        # Assuming there is a broker available already, docker-compose has been
-        # used manually as the --run-broker option has not been provided
-        yield
-        return
+pytest_plugins = [
+    "sharedfixtures",
+]