diff --git a/pkg/storage/BUILD.bazel b/pkg/storage/BUILD.bazel
index 85831e80cc84..fdb8b61eb0e1 100644
--- a/pkg/storage/BUILD.bazel
+++ b/pkg/storage/BUILD.bazel
@@ -104,6 +104,7 @@ go_test(
         "disk_map_test.go",
         "engine_key_test.go",
         "engine_test.go",
+        "external_helpers_test.go",
         "intent_interleaving_iter_test.go",
         "intent_reader_writer_test.go",
         "main_test.go",
diff --git a/pkg/storage/external_helpers_test.go b/pkg/storage/external_helpers_test.go
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..71c05dfcb610
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkg/storage/external_helpers_test.go
@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+// Copyright 2022 The Cockroach Authors.
+//
+// Use of this software is governed by the Business Source License
+// included in the file licenses/BSL.txt.
+//
+// As of the Change Date specified in that file, in accordance with
+// the Business Source License, use of this software will be governed
+// by the Apache License, Version 2.0, included in the file
+// licenses/APL.txt.
+
+package storage_test
+
+import (
+	"github.com/cockroachdb/cockroach/pkg/sql/catalog/bootstrap"
+	"github.com/cockroachdb/cockroach/pkg/storage"
+)
+
+func init() {
+	storage.TestingUserDescID = bootstrap.TestingUserDescID
+	storage.TestingUserTableDataMin = bootstrap.TestingUserTableDataMin
+}
diff --git a/pkg/storage/mvcc_test.go b/pkg/storage/mvcc_test.go
index 1498426de504..05cd64b933cd 100644
--- a/pkg/storage/mvcc_test.go
+++ b/pkg/storage/mvcc_test.go
@@ -26,7 +26,6 @@ import (
 	"github.com/cockroachdb/cockroach/pkg/keys"
 	"github.com/cockroachdb/cockroach/pkg/roachpb"
 	"github.com/cockroachdb/cockroach/pkg/settings/cluster"
-	"github.com/cockroachdb/cockroach/pkg/sql/catalog/bootstrap"
 	"github.com/cockroachdb/cockroach/pkg/storage/enginepb"
 	"github.com/cockroachdb/cockroach/pkg/testutils"
 	"github.com/cockroachdb/cockroach/pkg/testutils/skip"
@@ -4374,13 +4373,16 @@ func TestFindSplitKey(t *testing.T) {
 	}
 }
 
+// Injected via `external_helpers_test.go`.
+var TestingUserDescID func(offset uint32) uint32
+
 // TestFindValidSplitKeys verifies split keys are located such that
 // they avoid splits through invalid key ranges.
 func TestFindValidSplitKeys(t *testing.T) {
 	defer leaktest.AfterTest(t)()
 	defer log.Scope(t).Close(t)
 
-	userID := bootstrap.TestingUserDescID(0)
+	userID := TestingUserDescID(0)
 	// Manually creates rows corresponding to the schema:
 	// CREATE TABLE t (id1 STRING, id2 STRING, ... PRIMARY KEY (id1, id2, ...))
 	addTablePrefix := func(prefix roachpb.Key, id uint32, rowVals ...string) roachpb.Key {
@@ -4574,7 +4576,7 @@ func TestFindValidSplitKeys(t *testing.T) {
 				addColFam(tablePrefix(userID, "b"), 1),
 				addColFam(tablePrefix(userID, "c"), 1),
 			},
-			rangeStart: keys.SystemSQLCodec.TablePrefix(bootstrap.TestingUserDescID(0)),
+			rangeStart: keys.SystemSQLCodec.TablePrefix(TestingUserDescID(0)),
 			expSplit:   tablePrefix(userID, "b"),
 			expError:   false,
 		},
@@ -5014,6 +5016,9 @@ func (it *seekLTTrackingIterator) SeekLT(k MVCCKey) {
 	it.MVCCIterator.SeekLT(k)
 }
 
+// Injected via `external_helpers_test.go`.
+var TestingUserTableDataMin func() roachpb.Key
+
 // TestMVCCGarbageCollectUsesSeekLTAppropriately ensures that the garbage
 // collection only utilizes SeekLT if there are enough undeleted versions.
 func TestMVCCGarbageCollectUsesSeekLTAppropriately(t *testing.T) {
@@ -5037,7 +5042,7 @@ func TestMVCCGarbageCollectUsesSeekLTAppropriately(t *testing.T) {
 		batch := engine.NewBatch()
 		defer batch.Close()
 		it := batch.NewMVCCIterator(MVCCKeyAndIntentsIterKind, IterOptions{
-			UpperBound: bootstrap.TestingUserTableDataMin(),
+			UpperBound: TestingUserTableDataMin(),
 			LowerBound: keys.MaxKey,
 		})
 		defer it.Close()