diff --git a/org.springframework.aop/src/test/java/org/springframework/aop/target/HotSwappableTargetSourceTests.java b/org.springframework.aop/src/test/java/org/springframework/aop/target/HotSwappableTargetSourceTests.java
index 2f40f8afef7..484c8110f70 100644
--- a/org.springframework.aop/src/test/java/org/springframework/aop/target/HotSwappableTargetSourceTests.java
+++ b/org.springframework.aop/src/test/java/org/springframework/aop/target/HotSwappableTargetSourceTests.java
@@ -24,7 +24,6 @@ import org.junit.Test;
 import org.springframework.aop.framework.Advised;
 import org.springframework.aop.framework.ProxyFactory;
 import org.springframework.aop.interceptor.SerializableNopInterceptor;
-import org.springframework.aop.interceptor.SideEffectBean;
 import org.springframework.aop.support.DefaultPointcutAdvisor;
 import org.springframework.beans.Person;
 import org.springframework.beans.SerializablePerson;
@@ -32,6 +31,8 @@ import org.springframework.beans.factory.xml.XmlBeanFactory;
 import org.springframework.core.io.ClassPathResource;
 import org.springframework.util.SerializationTestUtils;
 
+import common.beans.core.SideEffectBean;
+
 /**
  * @author Rod Johnson
  * @author Chris Beams
diff --git a/org.springframework.aop/src/test/java/org/springframework/aop/target/PrototypeTargetSourceTests.java b/org.springframework.aop/src/test/java/org/springframework/aop/target/PrototypeTargetSourceTests.java
index f0caece5ce9..994007f9250 100644
--- a/org.springframework.aop/src/test/java/org/springframework/aop/target/PrototypeTargetSourceTests.java
+++ b/org.springframework.aop/src/test/java/org/springframework/aop/target/PrototypeTargetSourceTests.java
@@ -20,11 +20,12 @@ import static org.junit.Assert.assertEquals;
 
 import org.junit.Before;
 import org.junit.Test;
-import org.springframework.aop.interceptor.SideEffectBean;
 import org.springframework.beans.factory.BeanFactory;
 import org.springframework.beans.factory.xml.XmlBeanFactory;
 import org.springframework.core.io.ClassPathResource;
 
+import common.beans.core.SideEffectBean;
+
 /**
  * @author Rod Johnson
  * @author Chris Beams
diff --git a/org.springframework.aop/src/test/java/org/springframework/aop/target/ThreadLocalTargetSourceTests.java b/org.springframework.aop/src/test/java/org/springframework/aop/target/ThreadLocalTargetSourceTests.java
index f594d437dbf..90abac5c97e 100644
--- a/org.springframework.aop/src/test/java/org/springframework/aop/target/ThreadLocalTargetSourceTests.java
+++ b/org.springframework.aop/src/test/java/org/springframework/aop/target/ThreadLocalTargetSourceTests.java
@@ -20,11 +20,12 @@ import static org.junit.Assert.*;
 
 import org.junit.Before;
 import org.junit.Test;
-import org.springframework.aop.interceptor.SideEffectBean;
 import org.springframework.beans.ITestBean;
 import org.springframework.beans.factory.xml.XmlBeanFactory;
 import org.springframework.core.io.ClassPathResource;
 
+import common.beans.core.SideEffectBean;
+
 /**
  * @author Rod Johnson
  * @author Chris Beams
diff --git a/org.springframework.aop/src/test/java/org/springframework/aop/target/hotSwapTests.xml b/org.springframework.aop/src/test/java/org/springframework/aop/target/hotSwapTests.xml
index 349193136c6..a9c339c9c19 100644
--- a/org.springframework.aop/src/test/java/org/springframework/aop/target/hotSwapTests.xml
+++ b/org.springframework.aop/src/test/java/org/springframework/aop/target/hotSwapTests.xml
@@ -4,11 +4,11 @@
 <beans>
 
 	<!-- Simple target -->
-	<bean id="target1" class="org.springframework.aop.interceptor.SideEffectBean">	
+	<bean id="target1" class="common.beans.core.SideEffectBean">	
 		<property name="count"><value>10</value></property>
 	</bean>
 
-	<bean id="target2" class="org.springframework.aop.interceptor.SideEffectBean" scope="singleton">
+	<bean id="target2" class="common.beans.core.SideEffectBean" scope="singleton">
 		<property name="count"><value>20</value></property>
 	</bean>
 	
diff --git a/org.springframework.aop/src/test/java/org/springframework/aop/target/prototypeTests.xml b/org.springframework.aop/src/test/java/org/springframework/aop/target/prototypeTests.xml
index 33a2907aca2..2e4616737de 100644
--- a/org.springframework.aop/src/test/java/org/springframework/aop/target/prototypeTests.xml
+++ b/org.springframework.aop/src/test/java/org/springframework/aop/target/prototypeTests.xml
@@ -4,11 +4,11 @@
 <beans>
 
 	<!-- Simple target -->
-	<bean id="test" class="org.springframework.aop.interceptor.SideEffectBean">	
+	<bean id="test" class="common.beans.core.SideEffectBean">	
 		<property name="count"><value>10</value></property>
 	</bean>
 	
-	<bean id="prototypeTest" class="org.springframework.aop.interceptor.SideEffectBean" scope="prototype">
+	<bean id="prototypeTest" class="common.beans.core.SideEffectBean" scope="prototype">
 		<property name="count"><value>10</value></property>
 	</bean>
 
diff --git a/org.springframework.aop/src/test/java/org/springframework/aop/target/threadLocalTests.xml b/org.springframework.aop/src/test/java/org/springframework/aop/target/threadLocalTests.xml
index 4c5e3ba3130..0e203b61963 100644
--- a/org.springframework.aop/src/test/java/org/springframework/aop/target/threadLocalTests.xml
+++ b/org.springframework.aop/src/test/java/org/springframework/aop/target/threadLocalTests.xml
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 
 <beans>
 	
-	<bean id="prototypeTest" class="org.springframework.aop.interceptor.SideEffectBean" scope="prototype">
+	<bean id="prototypeTest" class="common.beans.core.SideEffectBean" scope="prototype">
 		<property name="count"><value>10</value></property>
 	</bean>
 	
diff --git a/org.springframework.beans/src/test/java/org/springframework/beans/factory/DefaultListableBeanFactoryTests.java b/org.springframework.beans/src/test/java/org/springframework/beans/factory/DefaultListableBeanFactoryTests.java
index 7fc43f13ef8..e5592e8175e 100644
--- a/org.springframework.beans/src/test/java/org/springframework/beans/factory/DefaultListableBeanFactoryTests.java
+++ b/org.springframework.beans/src/test/java/org/springframework/beans/factory/DefaultListableBeanFactoryTests.java
@@ -67,13 +67,14 @@ import org.springframework.beans.factory.support.PropertiesBeanDefinitionReader;
 import org.springframework.beans.factory.support.RootBeanDefinition;
 import org.springframework.beans.factory.xml.ConstructorDependenciesBean;
 import org.springframework.beans.factory.xml.DependenciesBean;
-import org.springframework.beans.factory.xml.SideEffectBean;
 import org.springframework.beans.propertyeditors.CustomNumberEditor;
 import org.springframework.core.MethodParameter;
 import org.springframework.core.io.Resource;
 import org.springframework.core.io.UrlResource;
 import org.springframework.util.StopWatch;
 
+import common.beans.core.SideEffectBean;
+
 /**
  * Tests properties population and autowire behavior.
  *
diff --git a/org.springframework.testsuite/src/test/java/org/springframework/aop/interceptor/SideEffectBean.java b/org.springframework.core/src/test/java/common/beans/core/SideEffectBean.java
similarity index 95%
rename from org.springframework.testsuite/src/test/java/org/springframework/aop/interceptor/SideEffectBean.java
rename to org.springframework.core/src/test/java/common/beans/core/SideEffectBean.java
index ee6c95a658b..39d1f88db17 100644
--- a/org.springframework.testsuite/src/test/java/org/springframework/aop/interceptor/SideEffectBean.java
+++ b/org.springframework.core/src/test/java/common/beans/core/SideEffectBean.java
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@
  * limitations under the License.
  */
 
-package org.springframework.aop.interceptor;
+package common.beans.core;
 
 /**
  * Bean that changes state on a business invocation, so that
diff --git a/org.springframework.testsuite/src/test/java/org/springframework/aop/framework/ProxyFactoryBeanTests.java b/org.springframework.testsuite/src/test/java/org/springframework/aop/framework/ProxyFactoryBeanTests.java
index 5abf6e3bd61..721565b3233 100644
--- a/org.springframework.testsuite/src/test/java/org/springframework/aop/framework/ProxyFactoryBeanTests.java
+++ b/org.springframework.testsuite/src/test/java/org/springframework/aop/framework/ProxyFactoryBeanTests.java
@@ -37,7 +37,6 @@ import org.springframework.aop.IntroductionAdvisor;
 import org.springframework.aop.IntroductionInterceptor;
 import org.springframework.aop.interceptor.DebugInterceptor;
 import org.springframework.aop.interceptor.NopInterceptor;
-import org.springframework.aop.interceptor.SideEffectBean;
 import org.springframework.aop.support.AopUtils;
 import org.springframework.aop.support.DefaultIntroductionAdvisor;
 import org.springframework.aop.support.DefaultPointcutAdvisor;
@@ -57,6 +56,8 @@ import org.springframework.context.TestListener;
 import org.springframework.core.io.ClassPathResource;
 import org.springframework.util.SerializationTestUtils;
 
+import common.beans.core.SideEffectBean;
+
 /**
  * @author Rod Johnson
  * @author Juergen Hoeller
diff --git a/org.springframework.testsuite/src/test/java/org/springframework/aop/framework/prototypeTests.xml b/org.springframework.testsuite/src/test/java/org/springframework/aop/framework/prototypeTests.xml
index 33332243157..796aa375cca 100644
--- a/org.springframework.testsuite/src/test/java/org/springframework/aop/framework/prototypeTests.xml
+++ b/org.springframework.testsuite/src/test/java/org/springframework/aop/framework/prototypeTests.xml
@@ -7,11 +7,11 @@
 <beans>
 
 	<!-- Simple target -->
-	<bean id="test" class="org.springframework.aop.interceptor.SideEffectBean">	
+	<bean id="test" class="common.beans.core.SideEffectBean">	
 		<property name="count"><value>10</value></property>
 	</bean>
 	
-	<bean id="prototypeTarget" class="org.springframework.aop.interceptor.SideEffectBean" scope="prototype">
+	<bean id="prototypeTarget" class="common.beans.core.SideEffectBean" scope="prototype">
 		<property name="count"><value>10</value></property>
 	</bean>
 
diff --git a/org.springframework.testsuite/src/test/java/org/springframework/aop/target/CommonsPoolTargetSourceTests.java b/org.springframework.testsuite/src/test/java/org/springframework/aop/target/CommonsPoolTargetSourceTests.java
index fc7a8bc5cd3..3ec62982419 100644
--- a/org.springframework.testsuite/src/test/java/org/springframework/aop/target/CommonsPoolTargetSourceTests.java
+++ b/org.springframework.testsuite/src/test/java/org/springframework/aop/target/CommonsPoolTargetSourceTests.java
@@ -25,7 +25,6 @@ import org.junit.After;
 import org.junit.Before;
 import org.junit.Test;
 import org.springframework.aop.framework.Advised;
-import org.springframework.aop.interceptor.SideEffectBean;
 import org.springframework.beans.Person;
 import org.springframework.beans.SerializablePerson;
 import org.springframework.beans.factory.xml.XmlBeanFactory;
@@ -33,6 +32,8 @@ import org.springframework.context.support.StaticApplicationContext;
 import org.springframework.core.io.ClassPathResource;
 import org.springframework.util.SerializationTestUtils;
 
+import common.beans.core.SideEffectBean;
+
 /**
  * Tests for pooling invoker interceptor.
  * TODO: need to make these tests stronger: it's hard to
diff --git a/org.springframework.testsuite/src/test/java/org/springframework/aop/target/commonsPoolTests.xml b/org.springframework.testsuite/src/test/java/org/springframework/aop/target/commonsPoolTests.xml
index a67be5b92f0..ab9b6d208c4 100644
--- a/org.springframework.testsuite/src/test/java/org/springframework/aop/target/commonsPoolTests.xml
+++ b/org.springframework.testsuite/src/test/java/org/springframework/aop/target/commonsPoolTests.xml
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 
 <beans>
 	
-	<bean id="prototypeTest" class="org.springframework.aop.interceptor.SideEffectBean" scope="prototype">
+	<bean id="prototypeTest" class="common.beans.core.SideEffectBean" scope="prototype">
 		<property name="count"><value>10</value></property>
 	</bean>