4 files changed, 4 insertions, 6 deletions
diff --git a/numpy/testing/__init__.py b/numpy/testing/__init__.py
index e1f87621f..064a74a16 100644
--- a/numpy/testing/__init__.py
+++ b/numpy/testing/__init__.py
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ away.
 from unittest import TestCase
 
 from ._private.utils import *
+from ._private.utils import _assert_valid_refcount, _gen_alignment_data
 from ._private import decorators as dec
 from ._private.nosetester import (
     run_module_suite, NoseTester as Tester
diff --git a/numpy/testing/__init__.pyi b/numpy/testing/__init__.pyi
index ae2b14b45..f40c06e9a 100644
--- a/numpy/testing/__init__.pyi
+++ b/numpy/testing/__init__.pyi
@@ -40,8 +40,6 @@ from numpy.testing._private.utils import (
     HAS_REFCOUNT as HAS_REFCOUNT,
     suppress_warnings as suppress_warnings,
     assert_array_compare as assert_array_compare,
-    _assert_valid_refcount as _assert_valid_refcount,
-    _gen_alignment_data as _gen_alignment_data,
     assert_no_gc_cycles as assert_no_gc_cycles,
     break_cycles as break_cycles,
     HAS_LAPACK64 as HAS_LAPACK64,
diff --git a/numpy/testing/_private/utils.py b/numpy/testing/_private/utils.py
index 393fedc27..487aa0b4c 100644
--- a/numpy/testing/_private/utils.py
+++ b/numpy/testing/_private/utils.py
@@ -35,8 +35,7 @@ __all__ = [
         'assert_allclose', 'IgnoreException', 'clear_and_catch_warnings',
         'SkipTest', 'KnownFailureException', 'temppath', 'tempdir', 'IS_PYPY',
         'HAS_REFCOUNT', 'suppress_warnings', 'assert_array_compare',
-        '_assert_valid_refcount', '_gen_alignment_data', 'assert_no_gc_cycles',
-        'break_cycles', 'HAS_LAPACK64'
+        'assert_no_gc_cycles', 'break_cycles', 'HAS_LAPACK64'
         ]
 
 
@@ -2518,4 +2517,3 @@ def _no_tracing(func):
             finally:
                 sys.settrace(original_trace)
         return wrapper
-
diff --git a/numpy/testing/utils.py b/numpy/testing/utils.py
index 753258c13..20a883304 100644
--- a/numpy/testing/utils.py
+++ b/numpy/testing/utils.py
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ warnings.warn("Importing from numpy.testing.utils is deprecated "
               DeprecationWarning, stacklevel=2)
 
 from ._private.utils import *
+from ._private.utils import _assert_valid_refcount, _gen_alignment_data
 
 __all__ = [
         'assert_equal', 'assert_almost_equal', 'assert_approx_equal',
@@ -24,5 +25,5 @@ __all__ = [
         'assert_allclose', 'IgnoreException', 'clear_and_catch_warnings',
         'SkipTest', 'KnownFailureException', 'temppath', 'tempdir', 'IS_PYPY',
         'HAS_REFCOUNT', 'suppress_warnings', 'assert_array_compare',
-        '_assert_valid_refcount', '_gen_alignment_data', 'assert_no_gc_cycles'
+        'assert_no_gc_cycles'
         ]