diff --git a/lib/pure/ospaths.nim b/lib/pure/ospaths.nim
index 58642ce1327b1..308a928366b8a 100644
--- a/lib/pure/ospaths.nim
+++ b/lib/pure/ospaths.nim
@@ -721,18 +721,6 @@ when defined(windows) or defined(posix) or defined(nintendoswitch):
       result.add quoteShell(args[i])
 
 when isMainModule:
-  assert quoteShellWindows("aaa") == "aaa"
-  assert quoteShellWindows("aaa\"") == "aaa\\\""
-  assert quoteShellWindows("") == "\"\""
-
-  assert quoteShellPosix("aaa") == "aaa"
-  assert quoteShellPosix("aaa a") == "'aaa a'"
-  assert quoteShellPosix("") == "''"
-  assert quoteShellPosix("a'a") == "'a'\"'\"'a'"
-
-  when defined(posix):
-    assert quoteShell("") == "''"
-
   block normalizePathEndTest:
     # handle edge cases correctly: shouldn't affect whether path is
     # absolute/relative
@@ -765,4 +753,3 @@ when isMainModule:
       doAssert r"C:\foo".rootPrefixLength == 3
       doAssert r"//foo".rootPrefixLength == 2
       doAssert r"C:\\foo".rootPrefixLength == 4
-
diff --git a/tests/stdlib/tospaths.nim b/tests/stdlib/tospaths.nim
index f75728e5e133a..96a96c770523a 100644
--- a/tests/stdlib/tospaths.nim
+++ b/tests/stdlib/tospaths.nim
@@ -41,19 +41,22 @@ block unixToNativePath:
     doAssert unixToNativePath("/abc", "a") == "/abc"
     doAssert unixToNativePath("/abc/def", "a") == "/abc/def"
 
-block normalizePathEnd:
-  doAssert "".normalizePathEnd == ""
-  doAssert "".normalizePathEnd(trailingSep = true) == ""
-  when defined(posix):
-    doAssert "/".normalizePathEnd == "/"
-    doAssert "foo.bar".normalizePathEnd == "foo.bar"
-    doAssert "foo.bar".normalizePathEnd(trailingSep = true) == "foo.bar/"
-  when defined(Windows):
-    doAssert r"C:\\".normalizePathEnd == r"C:\"
-    doAssert r"C:\".normalizePathEnd(trailingSep = true) == r"C:\"
-    doAssert r"C:\foo\\bar\".normalizePathEnd == r"C:\foo\\bar"
 
 block joinPath:
   when defined(posix):
     doAssert joinPath("", "/lib") == "/lib"
 
+block quoteShellWindowsTest:
+  assert quoteShellWindows("aaa") == "aaa"
+  assert quoteShellWindows("aaa\"") == "aaa\\\""
+  assert quoteShellWindows("") == "\"\""
+
+block quoteShellPosixTest:
+  assert quoteShellPosix("aaa") == "aaa"
+  assert quoteShellPosix("aaa a") == "'aaa a'"
+  assert quoteShellPosix("") == "''"
+  assert quoteShellPosix("a'a") == "'a'\"'\"'a'"
+
+block quoteShellTest:
+  when defined(posix):
+    assert quoteShell("") == "''"