diff --git a/modules/terraform/var-file.go b/modules/terraform/var-file.go
index e5ff5b62b..b9aa1c912 100644
--- a/modules/terraform/var-file.go
+++ b/modules/terraform/var-file.go
@@ -5,7 +5,8 @@ import (
 	"fmt"
 	"io/ioutil"
 	"reflect"
-	"testing"
+
+	"github.com/gruntwork-io/terratest/modules/testing"
 
 	"github.com/hashicorp/hcl/v2/hclparse"
 	"github.com/stretchr/testify/require"
@@ -16,7 +17,7 @@ import (
 
 // GetVariableAsStringFromVarFile Gets the string represention of a variable from a provided input file found in VarFile
 // For list or map, use GetVariableAsListFromVarFile or GetVariableAsMapFromVarFile, respectively.
-func GetVariableAsStringFromVarFile(t *testing.T, fileName string, key string) string {
+func GetVariableAsStringFromVarFile(t testing.TestingT, fileName string, key string) string {
 	result, err := GetVariableAsStringFromVarFileE(t, fileName, key)
 	require.NoError(t, err)
 
@@ -26,7 +27,7 @@ func GetVariableAsStringFromVarFile(t *testing.T, fileName string, key string) s
 // GetVariableAsStringFromVarFileE Gets the string represention of a variable from a provided input file found in VarFile
 // Will return an error if GetAllVariablesFromVarFileE returns an error or the key provided does not exist in the file.
 // For list or map, use GetVariableAsListFromVarFile or GetVariableAsMapFromVarFile, respectively.
-func GetVariableAsStringFromVarFileE(t *testing.T, fileName string, key string) (string, error) {
+func GetVariableAsStringFromVarFileE(t testing.TestingT, fileName string, key string) (string, error) {
 	var variables map[string]interface{}
 	err := GetAllVariablesFromVarFileE(t, fileName, &variables)
 	if err != nil {
@@ -44,7 +45,7 @@ func GetVariableAsStringFromVarFileE(t *testing.T, fileName string, key string)
 
 // GetVariableAsMapFromVarFile Gets the map represention of a variable from a provided input file found in VarFile
 // Note that this returns a map of strings. For maps containing complex types, use GetAllVariablesFromVarFile.
-func GetVariableAsMapFromVarFile(t *testing.T, fileName string, key string) map[string]string {
+func GetVariableAsMapFromVarFile(t testing.TestingT, fileName string, key string) map[string]string {
 	result, err := GetVariableAsMapFromVarFileE(t, fileName, key)
 	require.NoError(t, err)
 	return result
@@ -53,7 +54,7 @@ func GetVariableAsMapFromVarFile(t *testing.T, fileName string, key string) map[
 // GetVariableAsMapFromVarFileE Gets the map represention of a variable from a provided input file found in VarFile.
 // Note that this returns a map of strings. For maps containing complex types, use GetAllVariablesFromVarFile
 // Returns an error if GetAllVariablesFromVarFileE returns an error, the key provided does not exist, or the value associated with the key is not a map
-func GetVariableAsMapFromVarFileE(t *testing.T, fileName string, key string) (map[string]string, error) {
+func GetVariableAsMapFromVarFileE(t testing.TestingT, fileName string, key string) (map[string]string, error) {
 	var variables map[string]interface{}
 	err := GetAllVariablesFromVarFileE(t, fileName, &variables)
 	if err != nil {
@@ -79,7 +80,7 @@ func GetVariableAsMapFromVarFileE(t *testing.T, fileName string, key string) (ma
 
 // GetVariableAsListFromVarFile Gets the string list represention of a variable from a provided input file found in VarFile
 // Note that this returns a list of strings. For lists containing complex types, use GetAllVariablesFromVarFile.
-func GetVariableAsListFromVarFile(t *testing.T, fileName string, key string) []string {
+func GetVariableAsListFromVarFile(t testing.TestingT, fileName string, key string) []string {
 	result, err := GetVariableAsListFromVarFileE(t, fileName, key)
 	require.NoError(t, err)
 
@@ -89,7 +90,7 @@ func GetVariableAsListFromVarFile(t *testing.T, fileName string, key string) []s
 // GetVariableAsListFromVarFileE Gets the string list represention of a variable from a provided input file found in VarFile
 // Note that this returns a list of strings. For lists containing complex types, use GetAllVariablesFromVarFile.
 // Will return error if GetAllVariablesFromVarFileE returns an error, the key provided does not exist, or the value associated with the key is not a list
-func GetVariableAsListFromVarFileE(t *testing.T, fileName string, key string) ([]string, error) {
+func GetVariableAsListFromVarFileE(t testing.TestingT, fileName string, key string) ([]string, error) {
 	var variables map[string]interface{}
 	err := GetAllVariablesFromVarFileE(t, fileName, &variables)
 	if err != nil {
@@ -115,7 +116,7 @@ func GetVariableAsListFromVarFileE(t *testing.T, fileName string, key string) ([
 
 // GetAllVariablesFromVarFileE Parses all data from a provided input file found ind in VarFile and stores the result in
 // the value pointed to by out.
-func GetAllVariablesFromVarFile(t *testing.T, fileName string, out interface{}) {
+func GetAllVariablesFromVarFile(t testing.TestingT, fileName string, out interface{}) {
 	err := GetAllVariablesFromVarFileE(t, fileName, out)
 	require.NoError(t, err)
 }
@@ -123,7 +124,7 @@ func GetAllVariablesFromVarFile(t *testing.T, fileName string, out interface{})
 // GetAllVariablesFromVarFileE Parses all data from a provided input file found ind in VarFile and stores the result in
 // the value pointed to by out. Returns an error if the specified file does not exist, the specified file is not
 // readable, or the specified file cannot be decoded from HCL.
-func GetAllVariablesFromVarFileE(t *testing.T, fileName string, out interface{}) error {
+func GetAllVariablesFromVarFileE(t testing.TestingT, fileName string, out interface{}) error {
 	fileContents, err := ioutil.ReadFile(fileName)
 	if err != nil {
 		return err