diff --git a/extensions/test-support/generation-live-test-helpers.ts b/extensions/test-support/generation-live-test-helpers.ts
index 66bff05e8d0..99dda424d92 100644
--- a/extensions/test-support/generation-live-test-helpers.ts
+++ b/extensions/test-support/generation-live-test-helpers.ts
@@ -1,17 +1 @@
-import { loadShellEnvFallback } from "../../src/infra/shell-env.js";
-import { getProviderEnvVars } from "../../src/secrets/provider-env-vars.js";
-
-export function maybeLoadShellEnvForGenerationProviders(providerIds: string[]): void {
-  const expectedKeys = [
-    ...new Set(providerIds.flatMap((providerId) => getProviderEnvVars(providerId))),
-  ];
-  if (expectedKeys.length === 0) {
-    return;
-  }
-  loadShellEnvFallback({
-    enabled: true,
-    env: process.env,
-    expectedKeys,
-    logger: { warn: (message: string) => console.warn(message) },
-  });
-}
+export { maybeLoadShellEnvForGenerationProviders } from "../../src/test-utils/generation-live-test-helpers.js";
diff --git a/src/test-utils/generation-live-test-helpers.ts b/src/test-utils/generation-live-test-helpers.ts
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..aa534ebbc2c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test-utils/generation-live-test-helpers.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+import { loadShellEnvFallback } from "../infra/shell-env.js";
+import { getProviderEnvVars } from "../secrets/provider-env-vars.js";
+
+export function maybeLoadShellEnvForGenerationProviders(providerIds: string[]): void {
+  const expectedKeys = [
+    ...new Set(providerIds.flatMap((providerId) => getProviderEnvVars(providerId))),
+  ];
+  if (expectedKeys.length === 0) {
+    return;
+  }
+  loadShellEnvFallback({
+    enabled: true,
+    env: process.env,
+    expectedKeys,
+    logger: { warn: (message: string) => console.warn(message) },
+  });
+}
diff --git a/test/image-generation.runtime.live.test.ts b/test/image-generation.runtime.live.test.ts
index 71433b381e9..d88008fa1e0 100644
--- a/test/image-generation.runtime.live.test.ts
+++ b/test/image-generation.runtime.live.test.ts
@@ -14,9 +14,9 @@ import {
   resolveLiveImageAuthStore,
 } from "../src/image-generation/live-test-helpers.js";
 import { isTruthyEnvValue } from "../src/infra/env.js";
-import { getShellEnvAppliedKeys, loadShellEnvFallback } from "../src/infra/shell-env.js";
+import { getShellEnvAppliedKeys } from "../src/infra/shell-env.js";
 import { encodePngRgba, fillPixel } from "../src/media/png-encode.js";
-import { getProviderEnvVars } from "../src/secrets/provider-env-vars.js";
+import { maybeLoadShellEnvForGenerationProviders } from "../src/test-utils/generation-live-test-helpers.js";
 import { loadBundledProviderPlugin as loadBundledProviderPluginFromTestHelper } from "./helpers/media-generation/bundled-provider-builders.js";
 import {
   registerProviderPlugin,
@@ -119,21 +119,6 @@ function withPluginsEnabled(cfg: OpenClawConfig): OpenClawConfig {
   };
 }
 
-function maybeLoadShellEnvForImageProviders(providerIds: string[]): void {
-  const expectedKeys = [
-    ...new Set(providerIds.flatMap((providerId) => getProviderEnvVars(providerId))),
-  ];
-  if (expectedKeys.length === 0) {
-    return;
-  }
-  loadShellEnvFallback({
-    enabled: true,
-    env: process.env,
-    expectedKeys,
-    logger: { warn: (message: string) => console.warn(message) },
-  });
-}
-
 function resolveProviderModelForLiveTest(providerId: string, modelRef: string): string {
   const slash = modelRef.indexOf("/");
   if (slash <= 0 || slash === modelRef.length - 1) {
@@ -190,7 +175,7 @@ describeLive("image generation live (provider sweep)", () => {
       const skipped: string[] = [];
       const failures: string[] = [];
 
-      maybeLoadShellEnvForImageProviders(PROVIDER_CASES.map((entry) => entry.providerId));
+      maybeLoadShellEnvForGenerationProviders(PROVIDER_CASES.map((entry) => entry.providerId));
 
       for (const providerCase of PROVIDER_CASES) {
         const modelRef =