diff --git a/tests/prompt_strategies/test_alpacha.py b/tests/prompt_strategies/test_alpacha.py
index 882307d69..dd618be38 100644
--- a/tests/prompt_strategies/test_alpacha.py
+++ b/tests/prompt_strategies/test_alpacha.py
@@ -3,12 +3,11 @@ Test module for alpacha integration w chatml
 """
 import pytest
 from datasets import Dataset
-from tokenizers import AddedToken
-from transformers import AutoTokenizer
 
 from axolotl.datasets import TokenizedPromptDataset
 from axolotl.prompt_tokenizers import AlpacaPromptTokenizingStrategy
 from axolotl.prompters import AlpacaPrompter
+from utils import fixture_tokenizer
 
 
 @pytest.fixture(name="alpacha_dataset")
@@ -24,25 +23,6 @@ def fixture_alpacha_dataset():
     )
 
 
-@pytest.fixture(name="tokenizer")
-def fixture_tokenizer():
-    tokenizer = AutoTokenizer.from_pretrained("mistralai/Mistral-7B-v0.1")
-    tokenizer.add_special_tokens(
-        {
-            "eos_token": AddedToken(
-                "<|im_end|>", rstrip=False, lstrip=False, normalized=False
-            )
-        }
-    )
-    tokenizer.add_tokens(
-        [
-            AddedToken("<|im_start|>", rstrip=False, lstrip=False, normalized=False),
-        ]
-    )
-
-    return tokenizer
-
-
 class TestAlpacha:
     """
     Test class for alpacha prompter
diff --git a/tests/prompt_strategies/test_sharegpt.py b/tests/prompt_strategies/test_sharegpt.py
index ee62ab5d0..5be5c1012 100644
--- a/tests/prompt_strategies/test_sharegpt.py
+++ b/tests/prompt_strategies/test_sharegpt.py
@@ -3,12 +3,11 @@ Test module for sharegpt integration w chatml
 """
 import pytest
 from datasets import Dataset
-from tokenizers import AddedToken
-from transformers import AutoTokenizer
 
 from axolotl.datasets import TokenizedPromptDataset
 from axolotl.prompt_strategies.sharegpt import SimpleShareGPTPromptTokenizingStrategy
 from axolotl.prompters import ShareGPTPrompterV2
+from utils import fixture_tokenizer
 
 
 @pytest.fixture(name="sharegpt_dataset")
@@ -43,25 +42,6 @@ def fixture_sharegpt_dataset():
     )
 
 
-@pytest.fixture(name="tokenizer")
-def fixture_tokenizer():
-    tokenizer = AutoTokenizer.from_pretrained("mistralai/Mistral-7B-v0.1")
-    tokenizer.add_special_tokens(
-        {
-            "eos_token": AddedToken(
-                "<|im_end|>", rstrip=False, lstrip=False, normalized=False
-            )
-        }
-    )
-    tokenizer.add_tokens(
-        [
-            AddedToken("<|im_start|>", rstrip=False, lstrip=False, normalized=False),
-        ]
-    )
-
-    return tokenizer
-
-
 class TestSharegpt:
     """
     Test class for sharegpt prompter
@@ -96,7 +76,7 @@ class TestSharegpt:
         ]
         # fmt: on
 
-    def test_w_train_on_input(self, sharegpt_dataset, tokenizer):
+    def test_no_train_on_input(self, sharegpt_dataset, tokenizer):
         strategy = SimpleShareGPTPromptTokenizingStrategy(
             ShareGPTPrompterV2(
                 conversation="chatml",
@@ -124,7 +104,7 @@ class TestSharegpt:
         ]
         # fmt: on
 
-    def test_no_train_on_input(self, sharegpt_dataset, tokenizer):
+    def test_w_train_on_input(self, sharegpt_dataset, tokenizer):
         strategy = SimpleShareGPTPromptTokenizingStrategy(
             ShareGPTPrompterV2(
                 conversation="chatml",