diff --git a/integration/pull_test.go b/integration/pull_test.go
index 51ef69368..a1ad00256 100644
--- a/integration/pull_test.go
+++ b/integration/pull_test.go
@@ -54,30 +54,6 @@ import (
 	ocispec "github.com/opencontainers/image-spec/specs-go/v1"
 )
 
-// TestSnapshotterStartup tests to run containerd + snapshotter and check plugin is
-// recognized by containerd
-func TestSnapshotterStartup(t *testing.T) {
-	t.Parallel()
-	sh, done := newSnapshotterBaseShell(t)
-	defer done()
-	rebootContainerd(t, sh, "", "")
-	found := false
-	err := sh.ForEach(shell.C("ctr", "plugin", "ls"), func(l string) bool {
-		info := strings.Fields(l)
-		if len(info) < 4 {
-			t.Fatalf("malformed plugin info: %v", info)
-		}
-		if info[0] == "io.containerd.snapshotter.v1" && info[1] == "soci" && info[3] == "ok" {
-			found = true
-			return false
-		}
-		return true
-	})
-	if err != nil || !found {
-		t.Fatalf("failed to get soci snapshotter status using ctr plugin ls: %v", err)
-	}
-}
-
 // TestOptimizeConsistentSociArtifact tests if the Soci artifact is produced consistently across runs.
 // This test does the following:
 // 1. Generate Soci artifact
diff --git a/integration/startup_test.go b/integration/startup_test.go
index 311f35019..f89141a13 100644
--- a/integration/startup_test.go
+++ b/integration/startup_test.go
@@ -18,11 +18,36 @@ package integration
 
 import (
 	"regexp"
+	"strings"
 	"testing"
 
 	shell "github.com/awslabs/soci-snapshotter/util/dockershell"
 )
 
+// TestSnapshotterStartup tests to run containerd + snapshotter and check plugin is
+// recognized by containerd
+func TestSnapshotterStartup(t *testing.T) {
+	t.Parallel()
+	sh, done := newSnapshotterBaseShell(t)
+	defer done()
+	rebootContainerd(t, sh, "", "")
+	found := false
+	err := sh.ForEach(shell.C("ctr", "plugin", "ls"), func(l string) bool {
+		info := strings.Fields(l)
+		if len(info) < 4 {
+			t.Fatalf("malformed plugin info: %v", info)
+		}
+		if info[0] == "io.containerd.snapshotter.v1" && info[1] == "soci" && info[3] == "ok" {
+			found = true
+			return false
+		}
+		return true
+	})
+	if err != nil || !found {
+		t.Fatalf("failed to get soci snapshotter status using ctr plugin ls: %v", err)
+	}
+}
+
 // TestSnapshotterSystemdStartup tests that SOCI interacts with systemd socket activation correctly.
 // It verifies that SOCI works when using socket activation and that SOCI starts up correctly when
 // it is configured for socket activation, but it launches directly.