diff --git a/core/trivial/src/test/java/org/onlab/onos/net/trivial/topology/impl/DefaultTopologyTest.java b/core/trivial/src/test/java/org/onlab/onos/net/trivial/topology/impl/DefaultTopologyTest.java
index 3051dc3..d239304 100644
--- a/core/trivial/src/test/java/org/onlab/onos/net/trivial/topology/impl/DefaultTopologyTest.java
+++ b/core/trivial/src/test/java/org/onlab/onos/net/trivial/topology/impl/DefaultTopologyTest.java
@@ -3,6 +3,8 @@
 import org.junit.Before;
 import org.junit.Test;
 import org.onlab.onos.net.ConnectPoint;
+import org.onlab.onos.net.DefaultDevice;
+import org.onlab.onos.net.DefaultLink;
 import org.onlab.onos.net.Device;
 import org.onlab.onos.net.DeviceId;
 import org.onlab.onos.net.Link;
@@ -10,6 +12,7 @@
 import org.onlab.onos.net.PortNumber;
 import org.onlab.onos.net.provider.ProviderId;
 import org.onlab.onos.net.topology.ClusterId;
+import org.onlab.onos.net.topology.DefaultGraphDescription;
 import org.onlab.onos.net.topology.GraphDescription;
 import org.onlab.onos.net.topology.LinkWeight;
 import org.onlab.onos.net.topology.TopologyCluster;
@@ -21,8 +24,6 @@
 import static org.junit.Assert.*;
 import static org.onlab.onos.net.DeviceId.deviceId;
 import static org.onlab.onos.net.PortNumber.portNumber;
-import static org.onlab.onos.net.trivial.topology.impl.TopologyManagerTest.device;
-import static org.onlab.onos.net.trivial.topology.impl.TopologyManagerTest.link;
 
 /**
  * Test of the default topology implementation.
@@ -108,4 +109,22 @@
         assertFalse("cluster should not contain D5", devs.contains(D5));
     }
 
+    // Short-hand for creating a link.
+    public static Link link(String src, int sp, String dst, int dp) {
+        return new DefaultLink(PID, new ConnectPoint(did(src), portNumber(sp)),
+                               new ConnectPoint(did(dst), portNumber(dp)),
+                               Link.Type.DIRECT);
+    }
+
+    // Crates a new device with the specified id
+    public static Device device(String id) {
+        return new DefaultDevice(PID, did(id), Device.Type.SWITCH,
+                                 "mfg", "1.0", "1.1", "1234");
+    }
+
+    // Short-hand for producing a device id from a string
+    public static DeviceId did(String id) {
+        return deviceId("of:" + id);
+    }
+
 }