diff --git a/cli/tests/cli_run.rs b/cli/tests/cli_run.rs
index fb94c79cce..2eb3f1ad89 100644
--- a/cli/tests/cli_run.rs
+++ b/cli/tests/cli_run.rs
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ extern crate roc_module;
 mod cli_run {
     use cli_utils::helpers::{
         example_file, examples_dir, extract_valgrind_errors, fixture_file, fixtures_dir,
-        known_bad_file, run_cmd, run_roc, run_with_valgrind, Out, ValgrindError,
+        known_bad_file, run_cmd, run_roc, run_with_valgrind, strip_colors, Out, ValgrindError,
         ValgrindErrorXWhat,
     };
     use const_format::concatcp;
@@ -68,21 +68,6 @@ mod cli_run {
         use_valgrind: bool,
     }
 
-    fn strip_colors(str: &str) -> String {
-        use roc_reporting::report::ANSI_STYLE_CODES;
-        str.replace(ANSI_STYLE_CODES.red, "")
-            .replace(ANSI_STYLE_CODES.green, "")
-            .replace(ANSI_STYLE_CODES.yellow, "")
-            .replace(ANSI_STYLE_CODES.blue, "")
-            .replace(ANSI_STYLE_CODES.magenta, "")
-            .replace(ANSI_STYLE_CODES.cyan, "")
-            .replace(ANSI_STYLE_CODES.white, "")
-            .replace(ANSI_STYLE_CODES.bold, "")
-            .replace(ANSI_STYLE_CODES.underline, "")
-            .replace(ANSI_STYLE_CODES.reset, "")
-            .replace(ANSI_STYLE_CODES.color_reset, "")
-    }
-
     fn check_compile_error(file: &Path, flags: &[&str], expected: &str) {
         let compile_out = run_roc([CMD_CHECK, file.to_str().unwrap()].iter().chain(flags), &[]);
         let err = compile_out.stdout.trim();
diff --git a/cli_utils/Cargo.toml b/cli_utils/Cargo.toml
index 0f009564c7..c9ae4aee64 100644
--- a/cli_utils/Cargo.toml
+++ b/cli_utils/Cargo.toml
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ description = "Shared code for cli tests and benchmarks"
 [dependencies]
 roc_cli = { path = "../cli" }
 roc_collections = { path = "../compiler/collections" }
+roc_reporting = { path = "../reporting" }
 roc_load = { path = "../compiler/load" }
 roc_module = { path = "../compiler/module" }
 bumpalo = { version = "3.8.0", features = ["collections"] }
diff --git a/cli_utils/src/helpers.rs b/cli_utils/src/helpers.rs
index 96d330a8b6..45af7d1f04 100644
--- a/cli_utils/src/helpers.rs
+++ b/cli_utils/src/helpers.rs
@@ -21,13 +21,13 @@ pub struct Out {
     pub status: ExitStatus,
 }
 
-pub fn path_to_roc_binary() -> PathBuf {
+fn path_to_binary() -> PathBuf {
     // Adapted from https://github.com/volta-cli/volta/blob/cefdf7436a15af3ce3a38b8fe53bb0cfdb37d3dd/tests/acceptance/support/sandbox.rs#L680
     // by the Volta Contributors - license information can be found in
     // the LEGAL_DETAILS file in the root directory of this distribution.
     //
     // Thank you, Volta contributors!
-    let mut path = env::var_os("CARGO_BIN_PATH")
+    env::var_os("CARGO_BIN_PATH")
             .map(PathBuf::from)
             .or_else(|| {
                 env::current_exe().ok().map(|mut path| {
@@ -38,7 +38,27 @@ pub fn path_to_roc_binary() -> PathBuf {
                     path
                 })
             })
-            .unwrap_or_else(|| panic!("CARGO_BIN_PATH wasn't set, and couldn't be inferred from context. Can't run CLI tests."));
+            .unwrap_or_else(|| panic!("CARGO_BIN_PATH wasn't set, and couldn't be inferred from context. Can't run CLI tests."))
+}
+
+pub fn strip_colors(str: &str) -> String {
+    use roc_reporting::report::ANSI_STYLE_CODES;
+
+    str.replace(ANSI_STYLE_CODES.red, "")
+        .replace(ANSI_STYLE_CODES.green, "")
+        .replace(ANSI_STYLE_CODES.yellow, "")
+        .replace(ANSI_STYLE_CODES.blue, "")
+        .replace(ANSI_STYLE_CODES.magenta, "")
+        .replace(ANSI_STYLE_CODES.cyan, "")
+        .replace(ANSI_STYLE_CODES.white, "")
+        .replace(ANSI_STYLE_CODES.bold, "")
+        .replace(ANSI_STYLE_CODES.underline, "")
+        .replace(ANSI_STYLE_CODES.reset, "")
+        .replace(ANSI_STYLE_CODES.color_reset, "")
+}
+
+pub fn path_to_roc_binary() -> PathBuf {
+    let mut path = path_to_binary();
 
     path.push("roc");