diff --git a/packages/opentelemetry-plugin-postgres/opentelemetry-plugin-pg-pool/package.json b/packages/opentelemetry-plugin-postgres/opentelemetry-plugin-pg-pool/package.json
index 4697636985..d02fb84ddc 100644
--- a/packages/opentelemetry-plugin-postgres/opentelemetry-plugin-pg-pool/package.json
+++ b/packages/opentelemetry-plugin-postgres/opentelemetry-plugin-pg-pool/package.json
@@ -47,6 +47,7 @@
   },
   "devDependencies": {
     "@opentelemetry/plugin-pg": "^0.3.1",
+    "@opentelemetry/test-utils": "^0.3.1",
     "@types/mocha": "^5.2.7",
     "@types/node": "^12.6.9",
     "@types/pg": "^7.11.2",
diff --git a/packages/opentelemetry-plugin-postgres/opentelemetry-plugin-pg-pool/test/pg-pool.test.ts b/packages/opentelemetry-plugin-postgres/opentelemetry-plugin-pg-pool/test/pg-pool.test.ts
index 73ca6650a1..eb46f689ec 100644
--- a/packages/opentelemetry-plugin-postgres/opentelemetry-plugin-pg-pool/test/pg-pool.test.ts
+++ b/packages/opentelemetry-plugin-postgres/opentelemetry-plugin-pg-pool/test/pg-pool.test.ts
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ import * as assert from 'assert';
 import * as pg from 'pg';
 import * as pgPool from 'pg-pool';
 import * as assertionUtils from './assertionUtils';
-import * as testUtils from './testUtils';
+import * as testUtils from '@opentelemetry/test-utils';
 
 const memoryExporter = new InMemorySpanExporter();
 
@@ -97,14 +97,14 @@ describe('pg-pool@2.x', () => {
     pool = new pgPool(CONFIG);
     tracer.addSpanProcessor(new SimpleSpanProcessor(memoryExporter));
     if (testPostgresLocally) {
-      testUtils.startDocker();
+      testUtils.startDocker('postgres');
     }
     done();
   });
 
   after(function(done) {
     if (testPostgresLocally) {
-      testUtils.cleanUpDocker();
+      testUtils.cleanUpDocker('postgres');
     }
     pool.end(() => {
       done();
diff --git a/packages/opentelemetry-plugin-postgres/opentelemetry-plugin-pg-pool/test/testUtils.ts b/packages/opentelemetry-plugin-postgres/opentelemetry-plugin-pg-pool/test/testUtils.ts
deleted file mode 100644
index eec866fc41..0000000000
--- a/packages/opentelemetry-plugin-postgres/opentelemetry-plugin-pg-pool/test/testUtils.ts
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,54 +0,0 @@
-/*!
- * Copyright 2019, OpenTelemetry Authors
- *
- * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
- * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
- * You may obtain a copy of the License at
- *
- *      https://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
- *
- * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
- * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
- * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
- * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
- * limitations under the License.
- */
-
-import * as childProcess from 'child_process';
-export function startDocker() {
-  const tasks = [
-    run('docker run -d -p 54320:5432 --name otpostgres postgres:alpine'),
-  ];
-
-  for (let i = 0; i < tasks.length; i++) {
-    const task = tasks[i];
-    if (task && task.code !== 0) {
-      console.error('Failed to start container!');
-      console.error(task.output);
-      return false;
-    }
-  }
-  return true;
-}
-
-export function cleanUpDocker() {
-  run('docker stop otpostgres');
-  run('docker rm otpostgres');
-}
-
-function run(cmd: string) {
-  try {
-    const proc = childProcess.spawnSync(cmd, {
-      shell: true,
-    });
-    return {
-      code: proc.status,
-      output: proc.output
-        .map(v => String.fromCharCode.apply(null, v as any))
-        .join(''),
-    };
-  } catch (e) {
-    console.log(e);
-    return;
-  }
-}