diff --git a/akka-actor-tests/src/test/scala/akka/actor/ActorCreationPerfSpec.scala b/akka-actor-tests/src/test/scala/akka/actor/ActorCreationPerfSpec.scala
index 89e4205f29..15f78b9752 100644
--- a/akka-actor-tests/src/test/scala/akka/actor/ActorCreationPerfSpec.scala
+++ b/akka-actor-tests/src/test/scala/akka/actor/ActorCreationPerfSpec.scala
@@ -7,7 +7,6 @@ import scala.language.postfixOps
 
 import akka.testkit.{ PerformanceTest, ImplicitSender, AkkaSpec }
 import scala.concurrent.duration._
-import akka.TestUtils
 import akka.testkit.metrics._
 import org.scalatest.BeforeAndAfterAll
 import akka.testkit.metrics.HeapMemoryUsage
@@ -128,8 +127,8 @@ class ActorCreationPerfSpec extends AkkaSpec("akka.actor.serialize-messages = of
     expectMsgPF(15 seconds, s"$scenarioName waiting for Waited") { case Waited ⇒ }
 
     driver ! PoisonPill
-    TestUtils.verifyActorTermination(driver, 15 seconds)
-
+    watch(driver)
+    expectTerminated(driver, 15.seconds)
     gc()
   }
 
@@ -153,7 +152,8 @@ class ActorCreationPerfSpec extends AkkaSpec("akka.actor.serialize-messages = of
     val after = mem.getHeapSnapshot
 
     driver ! PoisonPill
-    TestUtils.verifyActorTermination(driver, 15 seconds)
+    watch(driver)
+    expectTerminated(driver, 15.seconds)
 
     after diff before
   }
diff --git a/akka-actor-tests/src/test/scala/akka/actor/ActorMailboxSpec.scala b/akka-actor-tests/src/test/scala/akka/actor/ActorMailboxSpec.scala
index 441856dbec..424041bb66 100644
--- a/akka-actor-tests/src/test/scala/akka/actor/ActorMailboxSpec.scala
+++ b/akka-actor-tests/src/test/scala/akka/actor/ActorMailboxSpec.scala
@@ -7,7 +7,6 @@ package akka.actor
 import com.typesafe.config.ConfigFactory
 import akka.testkit._
 import akka.dispatch._
-import akka.TestUtils.verifyActorTermination
 import scala.concurrent.duration.{ Duration, FiniteDuration }
 import akka.ConfigurationException
 import com.typesafe.config.Config
diff --git a/akka-actor-tests/src/test/scala/akka/actor/ActorRefSpec.scala b/akka-actor-tests/src/test/scala/akka/actor/ActorRefSpec.scala
index f9b89f8137..174b877e97 100644
--- a/akka-actor-tests/src/test/scala/akka/actor/ActorRefSpec.scala
+++ b/akka-actor-tests/src/test/scala/akka/actor/ActorRefSpec.scala
@@ -14,7 +14,6 @@ import java.lang.IllegalStateException
 import scala.concurrent.Promise
 import akka.pattern.ask
 import akka.serialization.JavaSerializer
-import akka.TestUtils.verifyActorTermination
 
 object ActorRefSpec {
 
@@ -324,7 +323,8 @@ class ActorRefSpec extends AkkaSpec with DefaultTimeout {
 
       ref ! PoisonPill
 
-      verifyActorTermination(ref)
+      watch(ref)
+      expectTerminated(ref)
 
       JavaSerializer.currentSystem.withValue(sysImpl) {
         val in = new ObjectInputStream(new ByteArrayInputStream(baos.toByteArray))
@@ -403,7 +403,8 @@ class ActorRefSpec extends AkkaSpec with DefaultTimeout {
       Await.result(ffive, timeout.duration) should ===("five")
       Await.result(fnull, timeout.duration) should ===("null")
 
-      verifyActorTermination(ref)
+      watch(ref)
+      expectTerminated(ref)
     }
 
     "restart when Kill:ed" in {
diff --git a/akka-actor-tests/src/test/scala/akka/io/CapacityLimitSpec.scala b/akka-actor-tests/src/test/scala/akka/io/CapacityLimitSpec.scala
index cc662b83c7..1609b928b6 100644
--- a/akka-actor-tests/src/test/scala/akka/io/CapacityLimitSpec.scala
+++ b/akka-actor-tests/src/test/scala/akka/io/CapacityLimitSpec.scala
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 package akka.io
 
 import akka.testkit.{ TestProbe, AkkaSpec }
-import akka.TestUtils._
+import akka.testkit.SocketUtil._
 import Tcp._
 
 class CapacityLimitSpec extends AkkaSpec("""
diff --git a/akka-actor-tests/src/test/scala/akka/io/TcpConnectionSpec.scala b/akka-actor-tests/src/test/scala/akka/io/TcpConnectionSpec.scala
index 54b2f8ec96..dabf890aeb 100644
--- a/akka-actor-tests/src/test/scala/akka/io/TcpConnectionSpec.scala
+++ b/akka-actor-tests/src/test/scala/akka/io/TcpConnectionSpec.scala
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ import akka.io.Inet.SocketOption
 import akka.actor._
 import akka.testkit.{ AkkaSpec, EventFilter, TestActorRef, TestProbe }
 import akka.util.{ Helpers, ByteString }
-import akka.TestUtils._
+import akka.testkit.SocketUtil._
 import java.util.Random
 
 object TcpConnectionSpec {
@@ -629,7 +629,8 @@ class TcpConnectionSpec extends AkkaSpec("""
             selector.send(connectionActor, ChannelConnectable)
             userHandler.expectMsg(CommandFailed(Connect(UnboundAddress)))
 
-            verifyActorTermination(connectionActor)
+            watch(connectionActor)
+            expectTerminated(connectionActor)
           } finally sel.close()
         }
       }
@@ -650,7 +651,8 @@ class TcpConnectionSpec extends AkkaSpec("""
         run {
           connectionActor.toString should not be ("")
           userHandler.expectMsg(CommandFailed(Connect(UnboundAddress, timeout = Option(100.millis))))
-          verifyActorTermination(connectionActor)
+          watch(connectionActor)
+          expectTerminated(connectionActor)
         }
       }
 
@@ -661,7 +663,8 @@ class TcpConnectionSpec extends AkkaSpec("""
         selector.send(connectionActor, ChannelConnectable)
         userHandler.expectMsg(Connected(serverAddress, clientSideChannel.socket.getLocalSocketAddress.asInstanceOf[InetSocketAddress]))
 
-        verifyActorTermination(connectionActor)
+        watch(connectionActor)
+        expectTerminated(connectionActor)
       }
     }
 
@@ -670,7 +673,8 @@ class TcpConnectionSpec extends AkkaSpec("""
         EventFilter[DeathPactException](occurrences = 1) intercept {
           userHandler.ref ! PoisonPill
 
-          verifyActorTermination(connectionActor)
+          watch(connectionActor)
+          expectTerminated(connectionActor)
         }
       }
     }
@@ -835,7 +839,8 @@ class TcpConnectionSpec extends AkkaSpec("""
       connectionProbe.expectMsgType[Tcp.Connected]
       val connectionActor = connectionProbe.sender()
       connectionActor ! PoisonPill
-      verifyActorTermination(connectionActor)
+      watch(connectionActor)
+      expectTerminated(connectionActor)
       an[IOException] should be thrownBy { socket.getInputStream.read() }
     }
   }
@@ -1055,7 +1060,8 @@ class TcpConnectionSpec extends AkkaSpec("""
     }
 
     def assertThisConnectionActorTerminated(): Unit = {
-      verifyActorTermination(connectionActor)
+      watch(connectionActor)
+      expectTerminated(connectionActor)
       clientSideChannel should not be ('open)
     }
 
diff --git a/akka-actor-tests/src/test/scala/akka/io/TcpIntegrationSpec.scala b/akka-actor-tests/src/test/scala/akka/io/TcpIntegrationSpec.scala
index 0826dbbfd4..00a11dd749 100644
--- a/akka-actor-tests/src/test/scala/akka/io/TcpIntegrationSpec.scala
+++ b/akka-actor-tests/src/test/scala/akka/io/TcpIntegrationSpec.scala
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ package akka.io
 import akka.actor.{ ActorRef, PoisonPill }
 import akka.io.Tcp._
 import akka.testkit.{ TestProbe, AkkaSpec }
-import akka.TestUtils._
+import akka.testkit.SocketUtil._
 import akka.util.ByteString
 import java.io.IOException
 import java.net.{ ServerSocket, InetSocketAddress }
@@ -21,6 +21,11 @@ class TcpIntegrationSpec extends AkkaSpec("""
     akka.actor.serialize-creators = on
     """) with TcpIntegrationSpecSupport with Timeouts {
 
+  def verifyActorTermination(actor: ActorRef): Unit = {
+    watch(actor)
+    expectTerminated(actor)
+  }
+
   "The TCP transport implementation" should {
 
     "properly bind a test server" in new TestSetup
diff --git a/akka-actor-tests/src/test/scala/akka/io/TcpIntegrationSpecSupport.scala b/akka-actor-tests/src/test/scala/akka/io/TcpIntegrationSpecSupport.scala
index c10c9dab42..684c8fc3cb 100644
--- a/akka-actor-tests/src/test/scala/akka/io/TcpIntegrationSpecSupport.scala
+++ b/akka-actor-tests/src/test/scala/akka/io/TcpIntegrationSpecSupport.scala
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ import scala.collection.immutable
 import akka.testkit.{ AkkaSpec, TestProbe }
 import akka.actor.ActorRef
 import akka.io.Inet.SocketOption
-import akka.TestUtils._
+import akka.testkit.SocketUtil._
 import Tcp._
 
 trait TcpIntegrationSpecSupport { _: AkkaSpec ⇒
diff --git a/akka-actor-tests/src/test/scala/akka/io/TcpListenerSpec.scala b/akka-actor-tests/src/test/scala/akka/io/TcpListenerSpec.scala
index 62fcb4aee5..71bbc6af57 100644
--- a/akka-actor-tests/src/test/scala/akka/io/TcpListenerSpec.scala
+++ b/akka-actor-tests/src/test/scala/akka/io/TcpListenerSpec.scala
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ import akka.actor._
 import akka.testkit.{ TestProbe, TestActorRef, AkkaSpec, EventFilter }
 import akka.io.TcpListener.{ RegisterIncoming, FailedRegisterIncoming }
 import akka.io.SelectionHandler._
-import akka.TestUtils
+import akka.testkit.SocketUtil
 import Tcp._
 
 class TcpListenerSpec extends AkkaSpec("""
@@ -135,7 +135,7 @@ class TcpListenerSpec extends AkkaSpec("""
     val bindCommander = TestProbe()
     val parent = TestProbe()
     val selectorRouter = TestProbe()
-    val endpoint = TestUtils.temporaryServerAddress()
+    val endpoint = SocketUtil.temporaryServerAddress()
 
     var registerCallReceiver = TestProbe()
     var interestCallReceiver = TestProbe()
diff --git a/akka-actor-tests/src/test/scala/akka/io/UdpConnectedIntegrationSpec.scala b/akka-actor-tests/src/test/scala/akka/io/UdpConnectedIntegrationSpec.scala
index 32597c79b6..ef00d60992 100644
--- a/akka-actor-tests/src/test/scala/akka/io/UdpConnectedIntegrationSpec.scala
+++ b/akka-actor-tests/src/test/scala/akka/io/UdpConnectedIntegrationSpec.scala
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ import java.net.InetSocketAddress
 import akka.testkit.{ TestProbe, ImplicitSender, AkkaSpec }
 import akka.util.ByteString
 import akka.actor.ActorRef
-import akka.TestUtils._
+import akka.testkit.SocketUtil._
 
 class UdpConnectedIntegrationSpec extends AkkaSpec("""
     akka.loglevel = INFO
diff --git a/akka-actor-tests/src/test/scala/akka/io/UdpIntegrationSpec.scala b/akka-actor-tests/src/test/scala/akka/io/UdpIntegrationSpec.scala
index b16ba600f8..1ab0d036bd 100644
--- a/akka-actor-tests/src/test/scala/akka/io/UdpIntegrationSpec.scala
+++ b/akka-actor-tests/src/test/scala/akka/io/UdpIntegrationSpec.scala
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ import akka.util.ByteString
 import akka.actor.ActorRef
 import akka.io.Udp._
 import akka.io.Inet._
-import akka.TestUtils._
+import akka.testkit.SocketUtil._
 
 class UdpIntegrationSpec extends AkkaSpec("""
     akka.loglevel = INFO
diff --git a/akka-remote/src/test/scala/akka/remote/RemoteDeathWatchSpec.scala b/akka-remote/src/test/scala/akka/remote/RemoteDeathWatchSpec.scala
index 45fa70f454..47912880d3 100644
--- a/akka-remote/src/test/scala/akka/remote/RemoteDeathWatchSpec.scala
+++ b/akka-remote/src/test/scala/akka/remote/RemoteDeathWatchSpec.scala
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ import akka.actor._
 import com.typesafe.config.ConfigFactory
 import akka.actor.RootActorPath
 import scala.concurrent.duration._
-import akka.TestUtils
+import akka.testkit.SocketUtil
 import akka.event.Logging.Warning
 
 @org.junit.runner.RunWith(classOf[org.scalatest.junit.JUnitRunner])
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@ akka {
     system.eventStream.subscribe(probe.ref, classOf[QuarantinedEvent])
     val rarp = RARP(system).provider
     // pick an unused port
-    val port = TestUtils.temporaryServerAddress().getPort
+    val port = SocketUtil.temporaryServerAddress().getPort
     // simulate de-serialized ActorRef
     val ref = rarp.resolveActorRef(s"akka.tcp://OtherSystem@localhost:$port/user/foo/bar#1752527294")
     system.actorOf(Props(new Actor {
@@ -88,7 +88,7 @@ akka {
   "quarantine systems after unsuccessful system message delivery if have not communicated before" in {
     // Synthesize an ActorRef to a remote system this one has never talked to before.
     // This forces ReliableDeliverySupervisor to start with unknown remote system UID.
-    val extinctPath = RootActorPath(Address("akka.tcp", "extinct-system", "localhost", TestUtils.temporaryServerAddress().getPort)) / "user" / "noone"
+    val extinctPath = RootActorPath(Address("akka.tcp", "extinct-system", "localhost", SocketUtil.temporaryServerAddress().getPort)) / "user" / "noone"
     val transport = RARP(system).provider.transport
     val extinctRef = new RemoteActorRef(transport, transport.localAddressForRemote(extinctPath.address),
       extinctPath, Nobody, props = None, deploy = None)
diff --git a/akka-remote/src/test/scala/akka/remote/RemotingSpec.scala b/akka-remote/src/test/scala/akka/remote/RemotingSpec.scala
index 229bf2a120..1a732eb704 100644
--- a/akka-remote/src/test/scala/akka/remote/RemotingSpec.scala
+++ b/akka-remote/src/test/scala/akka/remote/RemotingSpec.scala
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ import scala.concurrent.Await
 import scala.concurrent.Future
 import scala.concurrent.duration._
 import scala.concurrent.forkjoin.ThreadLocalRandom
-import akka.TestUtils.temporaryServerAddress
+import akka.testkit.SocketUtil.temporaryServerAddress
 
 object RemotingSpec {
 
diff --git a/akka-remote/src/test/scala/akka/remote/TypedActorRemoteDeploySpec.scala b/akka-remote/src/test/scala/akka/remote/TypedActorRemoteDeploySpec.scala
index 14a6e537e7..057933cf45 100644
--- a/akka-remote/src/test/scala/akka/remote/TypedActorRemoteDeploySpec.scala
+++ b/akka-remote/src/test/scala/akka/remote/TypedActorRemoteDeploySpec.scala
@@ -9,7 +9,6 @@ import scala.concurrent.{ Await, Future }
 import TypedActorRemoteDeploySpec._
 import akka.actor.{ Deploy, ActorSystem, TypedProps, TypedActor }
 import scala.concurrent.duration._
-import akka.TestUtils.verifyActorTermination
 
 object TypedActorRemoteDeploySpec {
   val conf = ConfigFactory.parseString("""
@@ -41,7 +40,8 @@ class TypedActorRemoteDeploySpec extends AkkaSpec(conf) {
     Await.result(f(echoService), 3.seconds) should ===(expected)
     val actor = ts.getActorRefFor(echoService)
     system.stop(actor)
-    verifyActorTermination(actor)
+    watch(actor)
+    expectTerminated(actor)
   }
 
   "Typed actors" must {
diff --git a/akka-remote/src/test/scala/akka/remote/transport/netty/NettyTransportSpec.scala b/akka-remote/src/test/scala/akka/remote/transport/netty/NettyTransportSpec.scala
index ce3665afb8..d9a833d74c 100644
--- a/akka-remote/src/test/scala/akka/remote/transport/netty/NettyTransportSpec.scala
+++ b/akka-remote/src/test/scala/akka/remote/transport/netty/NettyTransportSpec.scala
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ package akka.remote.transport.netty
 
 import java.net.{ InetAddress, InetSocketAddress }
 
-import akka.TestUtils
+import akka.testkit.SocketUtil
 import akka.actor.{ ActorSystem, Address, ExtendedActorSystem }
 import akka.remote.BoundAddressesExtension
 import com.typesafe.config.ConfigFactory
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@ class NettyTransportSpec extends WordSpec with Matchers with BindBehaviour {
     }
 
     "bind to a random port but remoting accepts from a specified port" in {
-      val address = TestUtils.temporaryServerAddress(InetAddress.getLocalHost.getHostAddress, udp = false)
+      val address = SocketUtil.temporaryServerAddress(InetAddress.getLocalHost.getHostAddress, udp = false)
 
       val bindConfig = ConfigFactory.parseString(s"""
         akka.remote.netty.tcp {
@@ -71,7 +71,7 @@ class NettyTransportSpec extends WordSpec with Matchers with BindBehaviour {
     }
 
     "bind to a specified port and remoting accepts from a bound port" in {
-      val address = TestUtils.temporaryServerAddress(InetAddress.getLocalHost.getHostAddress, udp = false)
+      val address = SocketUtil.temporaryServerAddress(InetAddress.getLocalHost.getHostAddress, udp = false)
 
       val bindConfig = ConfigFactory.parseString(s"""
         akka.remote.netty.tcp {
@@ -124,7 +124,7 @@ trait BindBehaviour { this: WordSpec with Matchers ⇒
 
   def theOneWhoKnowsTheDifferenceBetweenBoundAndRemotingAddress(proto: String) = {
     s"bind to default $proto address" in {
-      val address = TestUtils.temporaryServerAddress(udp = proto == "udp")
+      val address = SocketUtil.temporaryServerAddress(udp = proto == "udp")
 
       val bindConfig = ConfigFactory.parseString(s"""
         akka.remote {
@@ -144,8 +144,8 @@ trait BindBehaviour { this: WordSpec with Matchers ⇒
     }
 
     s"bind to specified $proto address" in {
-      val address = TestUtils.temporaryServerAddress(address = "127.0.0.1", udp = proto == "udp")
-      val bindAddress = TestUtils.temporaryServerAddress(address = "127.0.1.1", udp = proto == "udp")
+      val address = SocketUtil.temporaryServerAddress(address = "127.0.0.1", udp = proto == "udp")
+      val bindAddress = SocketUtil.temporaryServerAddress(address = "127.0.1.1", udp = proto == "udp")
 
       val bindConfig = ConfigFactory.parseString(s"""
         akka.remote {
diff --git a/akka-actor-tests/src/test/scala/akka/TestUtils.scala b/akka-testkit/src/main/scala/akka/testkit/SocketUtil.scala
similarity index 64%
rename from akka-actor-tests/src/test/scala/akka/TestUtils.scala
rename to akka-testkit/src/main/scala/akka/testkit/SocketUtil.scala
index 264e383978..115565f0a7 100644
--- a/akka-actor-tests/src/test/scala/akka/TestUtils.scala
+++ b/akka-testkit/src/main/scala/akka/testkit/SocketUtil.scala
@@ -1,22 +1,23 @@
 /**
  * Copyright (C) 2009-2015 Typesafe Inc. <http://www.typesafe.com>
  */
-
-package akka
+package akka.testkit
 
 import scala.collection.immutable
-import scala.concurrent.duration.Duration
-import java.net.{ SocketAddress, InetSocketAddress }
-import java.nio.channels.{ DatagramChannel, ServerSocketChannel }
-import akka.actor.{ ActorSystem, ActorRef }
-import akka.testkit.TestProbe
+import java.net.InetSocketAddress
+import java.net.SocketAddress
+import java.nio.channels.DatagramChannel
+import java.nio.channels.ServerSocketChannel
 
-import language.reflectiveCalls
+/**
+ * Utilities to get free socket address.
+ */
+object SocketUtil {
 
-object TestUtils {
+  import scala.language.reflectiveCalls
 
   // Structural type needed since DatagramSocket and ServerSocket has no common ancestor apart from Object
-  type GeneralSocket = {
+  private type GeneralSocket = {
     def bind(sa: SocketAddress): Unit
     def close(): Unit
     def getLocalPort(): Int
@@ -36,10 +37,4 @@ object TestUtils {
     } collect { case (socket, address) ⇒ socket.close(); address }
   }
 
-  def verifyActorTermination(actor: ActorRef, max: Duration = Duration.Undefined)(implicit system: ActorSystem): Unit = {
-    val watcher = TestProbe()
-    watcher.watch(actor)
-    watcher.expectTerminated(actor, max)
-  }
-
 }