diff --git a/benchmarks/test_sharded_parity.py b/benchmarks/test_sharded_parity.py
index f0476ffb7e155..a5fd6c2eff0df 100644
--- a/benchmarks/test_sharded_parity.py
+++ b/benchmarks/test_sharded_parity.py
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@
 from pytorch_lightning import seed_everything, Trainer
 from pytorch_lightning.plugins import DDPSpawnShardedPlugin
 from pytorch_lightning.utilities import _FAIRSCALE_AVAILABLE, _NATIVE_AMP_AVAILABLE
-from tests.accelerators.legacy import DDPLauncher
+from tests.accelerators import DDPLauncher
 from tests.helpers.boring_model import BoringModel, RandomDataset
 
 
diff --git a/dockers/tpu-tests/tpu_test_cases.jsonnet b/dockers/tpu-tests/tpu_test_cases.jsonnet
index 03cd3b7b65517..8c3f3693fda50 100644
--- a/dockers/tpu-tests/tpu_test_cases.jsonnet
+++ b/dockers/tpu-tests/tpu_test_cases.jsonnet
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ local tputests = base.BaseTest {
       cd pytorch-lightning
       coverage run --source=pytorch_lightning -m pytest -v --capture=no \
           pytorch_lightning/utilities/xla_device_utils.py \
-          tests/accelerators/legacy/test_tpu_backend.py \
+          tests/accelerators/test_tpu_backend.py \
           tests/models/test_tpu.py
       test_exit_code=$?
       echo "\n||| END PYTEST LOGS |||\n"
diff --git a/tests/accelerators/__init__.py b/tests/accelerators/__init__.py
index e69de29bb2d1d..9583ec9537437 100644
--- a/tests/accelerators/__init__.py
+++ b/tests/accelerators/__init__.py
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+try:
+    from dtrun.launcher import DDPLauncher
+except ImportError:
+
+    class DDPLauncher:
+
+        def run(cmd_line, **kwargs):
+
+            def inner(func):
+                pass
+
+            return inner
diff --git a/tests/accelerators/legacy/ddp_model.py b/tests/accelerators/ddp_model.py
similarity index 100%
rename from tests/accelerators/legacy/ddp_model.py
rename to tests/accelerators/ddp_model.py
diff --git a/tests/accelerators/legacy/__init__.py b/tests/accelerators/legacy/__init__.py
deleted file mode 100644
index 273f70080d7ec..0000000000000
--- a/tests/accelerators/legacy/__init__.py
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,14 +0,0 @@
-# todo: feel free to move any of these "legacy" tests up...
-
-try:
-    from dtrun.launcher import DDPLauncher
-except ImportError:
-
-    class DDPLauncher:
-
-        def run(cmd_line, **kwargs):
-
-            def inner(func):
-                pass
-
-            return inner
diff --git a/tests/accelerators/legacy/test_accelerator_connector.py b/tests/accelerators/test_accelerator_connector.py
similarity index 100%
rename from tests/accelerators/legacy/test_accelerator_connector.py
rename to tests/accelerators/test_accelerator_connector.py
diff --git a/tests/accelerators/legacy/test_ddp.py b/tests/accelerators/test_ddp.py
similarity index 97%
rename from tests/accelerators/legacy/test_ddp.py
rename to tests/accelerators/test_ddp.py
index 48cef6d595946..1bd9e36d4f205 100644
--- a/tests/accelerators/legacy/test_ddp.py
+++ b/tests/accelerators/test_ddp.py
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@
 import pytest
 import torch
 
-from tests.accelerators.legacy import ddp_model, DDPLauncher
+from tests.accelerators import ddp_model, DDPLauncher
 from tests.utilities.distributed import call_training_script
 
 
diff --git a/tests/accelerators/legacy/test_ddp_spawn.py b/tests/accelerators/test_ddp_spawn.py
similarity index 100%
rename from tests/accelerators/legacy/test_ddp_spawn.py
rename to tests/accelerators/test_ddp_spawn.py
diff --git a/tests/accelerators/legacy/test_dp.py b/tests/accelerators/test_dp.py
similarity index 100%
rename from tests/accelerators/legacy/test_dp.py
rename to tests/accelerators/test_dp.py
diff --git a/tests/accelerators/legacy/test_multi_nodes_gpu.py b/tests/accelerators/test_multi_nodes_gpu.py
similarity index 100%
rename from tests/accelerators/legacy/test_multi_nodes_gpu.py
rename to tests/accelerators/test_multi_nodes_gpu.py
diff --git a/tests/accelerators/legacy/test_tpu_backend.py b/tests/accelerators/test_tpu_backend.py
similarity index 100%
rename from tests/accelerators/legacy/test_tpu_backend.py
rename to tests/accelerators/test_tpu_backend.py
diff --git a/tests/trainer/properties/test_get_model.py b/tests/trainer/properties/test_get_model.py
index 37e495f7e5214..73e900072b7e0 100644
--- a/tests/trainer/properties/test_get_model.py
+++ b/tests/trainer/properties/test_get_model.py
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@
 import torch
 
 from pytorch_lightning import Trainer
-from tests.accelerators.legacy import DDPLauncher
+from tests.accelerators import DDPLauncher
 from tests.helpers.boring_model import BoringModel