diff --git a/plugins/repository-s3/src/test/java/org/opensearch/repositories/s3/AwsS3ServiceImplTests.java b/plugins/repository-s3/src/test/java/org/opensearch/repositories/s3/AwsS3ServiceImplTests.java
index 7670c940046d4..47c77b909c12c 100644
--- a/plugins/repository-s3/src/test/java/org/opensearch/repositories/s3/AwsS3ServiceImplTests.java
+++ b/plugins/repository-s3/src/test/java/org/opensearch/repositories/s3/AwsS3ServiceImplTests.java
@@ -39,14 +39,12 @@
 import com.amazonaws.http.IdleConnectionReaper;
 
 import org.junit.AfterClass;
-import org.opensearch.common.io.PathUtils;
 import org.opensearch.common.settings.MockSecureSettings;
 import org.opensearch.common.settings.Settings;
 import org.opensearch.test.OpenSearchTestCase;
 
 import java.io.Closeable;
 import java.io.IOException;
-import java.nio.file.Path;
 import java.util.HashMap;
 import java.util.Locale;
 import java.util.Map;
@@ -57,7 +55,7 @@
 import static org.opensearch.repositories.s3.S3ClientSettings.PROTOCOL_SETTING;
 import static org.opensearch.repositories.s3.S3ClientSettings.PROXY_TYPE_SETTING;
 
-public class AwsS3ServiceImplTests extends OpenSearchTestCase {
+public class AwsS3ServiceImplTests extends OpenSearchTestCase implements ConfigPathSupport {
     @AfterClass
     public static void shutdownIdleConnectionReaper() {
         // created by default STS client
@@ -368,8 +366,4 @@ private void assertEndpoint(Settings repositorySettings, Settings settings, Stri
         final S3ClientSettings clientSettings = S3ClientSettings.getClientSettings(settings, configName, configPath());
         assertThat(clientSettings.endpoint, is(expectedEndpoint));
     }
-
-    private Path configPath() {
-        return PathUtils.get("config");
-    }
 }
diff --git a/plugins/repository-s3/src/test/java/org/opensearch/repositories/s3/ConfigPathSupport.java b/plugins/repository-s3/src/test/java/org/opensearch/repositories/s3/ConfigPathSupport.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..890dd245c67fd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/plugins/repository-s3/src/test/java/org/opensearch/repositories/s3/ConfigPathSupport.java
@@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+/*
+ * SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
+ *
+ * The OpenSearch Contributors require contributions made to
+ * this file be licensed under the Apache-2.0 license or a
+ * compatible open source license.
+ */
+
+package org.opensearch.repositories.s3;
+
+import org.opensearch.common.io.PathUtils;
+
+import java.nio.file.Path;
+
+/**
+ * The trait that adds the config path to the test cases
+ */
+interface ConfigPathSupport {
+    default Path configPath() {
+        return PathUtils.get("config");
+    }
+}
diff --git a/plugins/repository-s3/src/test/java/org/opensearch/repositories/s3/S3BlobContainerRetriesTests.java b/plugins/repository-s3/src/test/java/org/opensearch/repositories/s3/S3BlobContainerRetriesTests.java
index 241fc7c550da4..b847890f1ea89 100644
--- a/plugins/repository-s3/src/test/java/org/opensearch/repositories/s3/S3BlobContainerRetriesTests.java
+++ b/plugins/repository-s3/src/test/java/org/opensearch/repositories/s3/S3BlobContainerRetriesTests.java
@@ -41,7 +41,6 @@
 import org.opensearch.common.blobstore.BlobContainer;
 import org.opensearch.common.blobstore.BlobPath;
 import org.opensearch.common.bytes.BytesReference;
-import org.opensearch.common.io.PathUtils;
 import org.opensearch.common.io.Streams;
 import org.opensearch.common.lucene.store.ByteArrayIndexInput;
 import org.opensearch.common.lucene.store.InputStreamIndexInput;
@@ -64,7 +63,6 @@
 import java.net.InetSocketAddress;
 import java.net.SocketTimeoutException;
 import java.nio.charset.StandardCharsets;
-import java.nio.file.Path;
 import java.util.Locale;
 import java.util.Objects;
 import java.util.concurrent.atomic.AtomicInteger;
@@ -83,7 +81,7 @@
  * This class tests how a {@link S3BlobContainer} and its underlying AWS S3 client are retrying requests when reading or writing blobs.
  */
 @SuppressForbidden(reason = "use a http server")
-public class S3BlobContainerRetriesTests extends AbstractBlobContainerRetriesTestCase {
+public class S3BlobContainerRetriesTests extends AbstractBlobContainerRetriesTestCase implements ConfigPathSupport {
 
     private S3Service service;
 
@@ -403,8 +401,4 @@ public void close() throws IOException {
             }
         }
     }
-
-    private Path configPath() {
-        return PathUtils.get("config");
-    }
 }
diff --git a/plugins/repository-s3/src/test/java/org/opensearch/repositories/s3/S3ClientSettingsTests.java b/plugins/repository-s3/src/test/java/org/opensearch/repositories/s3/S3ClientSettingsTests.java
index 7e76a656c2d1d..1f25023bf8bd9 100644
--- a/plugins/repository-s3/src/test/java/org/opensearch/repositories/s3/S3ClientSettingsTests.java
+++ b/plugins/repository-s3/src/test/java/org/opensearch/repositories/s3/S3ClientSettingsTests.java
@@ -36,7 +36,6 @@
 import com.amazonaws.Protocol;
 import com.amazonaws.services.s3.AmazonS3Client;
 
-import org.opensearch.common.io.PathUtils;
 import org.opensearch.common.settings.MockSecureSettings;
 import org.opensearch.common.settings.Settings;
 import org.opensearch.common.settings.SettingsException;
@@ -44,7 +43,6 @@
 
 import java.net.InetAddress;
 import java.net.InetSocketAddress;
-import java.nio.file.Path;
 import java.util.Locale;
 import java.util.Map;
 
@@ -54,7 +52,7 @@
 import static org.hamcrest.Matchers.is;
 import static org.hamcrest.Matchers.nullValue;
 
-public class S3ClientSettingsTests extends OpenSearchTestCase {
+public class S3ClientSettingsTests extends OpenSearchTestCase implements ConfigPathSupport {
     public void testThereIsADefaultClientByDefault() {
         final Map<String, S3ClientSettings> settings = S3ClientSettings.load(Settings.EMPTY, configPath());
         assertThat(settings.keySet(), contains("default"));
@@ -375,8 +373,4 @@ public void testSocksDoesNotSupportForHttpProtocol() {
             .build();
         expectThrows(SettingsException.class, () -> S3ClientSettings.load(settings, configPath()));
     }
-
-    private Path configPath() {
-        return PathUtils.get("config");
-    }
 }
diff --git a/plugins/repository-s3/src/test/java/org/opensearch/repositories/s3/S3RepositoryTests.java b/plugins/repository-s3/src/test/java/org/opensearch/repositories/s3/S3RepositoryTests.java
index 10c28cdf7ce43..673ee36f01eb7 100644
--- a/plugins/repository-s3/src/test/java/org/opensearch/repositories/s3/S3RepositoryTests.java
+++ b/plugins/repository-s3/src/test/java/org/opensearch/repositories/s3/S3RepositoryTests.java
@@ -34,7 +34,6 @@
 
 import com.amazonaws.services.s3.AbstractAmazonS3;
 import org.opensearch.cluster.metadata.RepositoryMetadata;
-import org.opensearch.common.io.PathUtils;
 import org.opensearch.common.settings.ClusterSettings;
 import org.opensearch.common.settings.Settings;
 import org.opensearch.common.unit.ByteSizeUnit;
@@ -54,7 +53,7 @@
 import static org.hamcrest.Matchers.not;
 import static org.hamcrest.Matchers.nullValue;
 
-public class S3RepositoryTests extends OpenSearchTestCase {
+public class S3RepositoryTests extends OpenSearchTestCase implements ConfigPathSupport {
 
     private static class DummyS3Client extends AbstractAmazonS3 {
 
@@ -155,8 +154,4 @@ protected void assertSnapshotOrGenericThread() {
             }
         };
     }
-
-    private Path configPath() {
-        return PathUtils.get("config");
-    }
 }
diff --git a/plugins/repository-s3/src/test/java/org/opensearch/repositories/s3/S3ServiceTests.java b/plugins/repository-s3/src/test/java/org/opensearch/repositories/s3/S3ServiceTests.java
index e8a1b6a9ea0cc..9f6c5e51309c5 100644
--- a/plugins/repository-s3/src/test/java/org/opensearch/repositories/s3/S3ServiceTests.java
+++ b/plugins/repository-s3/src/test/java/org/opensearch/repositories/s3/S3ServiceTests.java
@@ -32,15 +32,13 @@
 package org.opensearch.repositories.s3;
 
 import org.opensearch.cluster.metadata.RepositoryMetadata;
-import org.opensearch.common.io.PathUtils;
 import org.opensearch.common.settings.MockSecureSettings;
 import org.opensearch.common.settings.Settings;
 import org.opensearch.test.OpenSearchTestCase;
 
-import java.nio.file.Path;
 import java.util.Map;
 
-public class S3ServiceTests extends OpenSearchTestCase {
+public class S3ServiceTests extends OpenSearchTestCase implements ConfigPathSupport {
 
     public void testCachedClientsAreReleased() {
         final S3Service s3Service = new S3Service(configPath());
@@ -86,8 +84,4 @@ public void testCachedClientsWithCredentialsAreReleased() {
         final S3ClientSettings clientSettingsReloaded = s3Service.settings(metadata1);
         assertNotSame(clientSettings, clientSettingsReloaded);
     }
-
-    private Path configPath() {
-        return PathUtils.get("config");
-    }
 }