diff --git a/tests/cartesian_tests/unit_tests/test_gtc/dace/utils.py b/tests/cartesian_tests/unit_tests/test_gtc/dace/utils.py
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-# GT4Py - GridTools Framework
-#
-# Copyright (c) 2014-2024, ETH Zurich
-# All rights reserved.
-#
-# Please, refer to the LICENSE file in the root directory.
-# SPDX-License-Identifier: BSD-3-Clause
-
-import dace
-
-from gt4py.cartesian.gtc.dace import daceir as dcir
-from gt4py.cartesian.gtc.dace.expansion.daceir_builder import DaCeIRBuilder
-from gt4py.cartesian.gtc.dace.nodes import StencilComputation
-from gt4py.cartesian.gtc.dace.oir_to_dace import OirSDFGBuilder
-from gt4py.cartesian.gtc.dace.expansion.expansion import StencilComputationExpansion
-
-from cartesian_tests.unit_tests.test_gtc.oir_utils import StencilFactory
-
-
-def library_node_expansions(stencil: StencilFactory) -> list[dcir.NestedSDFG]:
-    """Return all expanded library nodes in a given stencil."""
-    sdfg = OirSDFGBuilder().visit(stencil)
-    assert isinstance(sdfg, dace.SDFG)
-
-    expansions = []
-    for state in sdfg.nodes():
-        for node in state.nodes():
-            if not isinstance(node, StencilComputation):
-                continue
-
-            arrays = StencilComputationExpansion._get_parent_arrays(node, state, sdfg)
-            nested_SDFG = DaCeIRBuilder().visit(
-                node.oir_node,
-                global_ctx=DaCeIRBuilder.GlobalContext(library_node=node, arrays=arrays),
-            )
-            expansions.append(nested_SDFG)
-
-    return expansions
-
-
-def nested_SDFG_inside_triple_loop(nSDFG: dcir.NestedSDFG) -> dcir.NestedSDFG:
-    """Pick the inner nested SDFG out of the triple loop."""
-    assert isinstance(nSDFG, dcir.NestedSDFG)
-    assert isinstance(nSDFG.states[0], dcir.ComputationState)
-    assert isinstance(nSDFG.states[0].computations[0], dcir.DomainMap)
-    assert isinstance(nSDFG.states[0].computations[0].computations[0], dcir.DomainMap)
-    assert isinstance(
-        nSDFG.states[0].computations[0].computations[0].computations[0], dcir.DomainMap
-    )
-    assert isinstance(
-        nSDFG.states[0].computations[0].computations[0].computations[0].computations[0],
-        dcir.NestedSDFG,
-    )
-    return nSDFG.states[0].computations[0].computations[0].computations[0].computations[0]