diff --git a/packages/type-utils/package.json b/packages/type-utils/package.json
index 8a75e95d79b4..91b8c385dc3d 100644
--- a/packages/type-utils/package.json
+++ b/packages/type-utils/package.json
@@ -44,6 +44,7 @@
     "tsutils": "^3.21.0"
   },
   "devDependencies": {
+    "@typescript-eslint/parser": "5.8.1",
     "typescript": "*"
   },
   "peerDependencies": {
diff --git a/packages/type-utils/tests/eslint-utils/index.test.ts b/packages/type-utils/tests/eslint-utils/index.test.ts
deleted file mode 100644
index 81702dffc1a1..000000000000
--- a/packages/type-utils/tests/eslint-utils/index.test.ts
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,7 +0,0 @@
-import { ESLintTypeUtils } from '../../src';
-
-describe('index', () => {
-  it('exists', () => {
-    expect(ESLintTypeUtils).toBeDefined();
-  });
-});
diff --git a/packages/type-utils/tests/fixtures/file.ts b/packages/type-utils/tests/fixtures/file.ts
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..e69de29bb2d1
diff --git a/packages/type-utils/tests/fixtures/tsconfig.json b/packages/type-utils/tests/fixtures/tsconfig.json
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..65b63294fc1e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/type-utils/tests/fixtures/tsconfig.json
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+{
+  "compilerOptions": {
+    "jsx": "preserve",
+    "target": "es5",
+    "module": "commonjs",
+    "strict": true,
+    "esModuleInterop": true,
+    "lib": ["es2015", "es2017", "esnext"],
+    "experimentalDecorators": true
+  },
+  "include": [
+    "file.ts"
+  ]
+}
diff --git a/packages/eslint-plugin/tests/util/isUnsafeAssignment.test.ts b/packages/type-utils/tests/isUnsafeAssignment.test.ts
similarity index 97%
rename from packages/eslint-plugin/tests/util/isUnsafeAssignment.test.ts
rename to packages/type-utils/tests/isUnsafeAssignment.test.ts
index a0bfbae8a6e3..060dc880e53a 100644
--- a/packages/eslint-plugin/tests/util/isUnsafeAssignment.test.ts
+++ b/packages/type-utils/tests/isUnsafeAssignment.test.ts
@@ -1,12 +1,11 @@
 import * as ts from 'typescript';
 import { TSESTree } from '@typescript-eslint/experimental-utils';
 import { parseForESLint } from '@typescript-eslint/parser';
-import { isUnsafeAssignment } from '@typescript-eslint/type-utils';
+import { isUnsafeAssignment } from '../src/isUnsafeAssignment';
 import path from 'path';
-import { getFixturesRootDir } from '../RuleTester';
 
 describe('isUnsafeAssignment', () => {
-  const rootDir = getFixturesRootDir();
+  const rootDir = path.join(__dirname, 'fixtures');
 
   function getTypes(code: string): {
     sender: ts.Type;