diff --git a/toolkit/components/places/tests/bookmarks/test_466303-json-remove-backups.js b/toolkit/components/places/tests/bookmarks/test_466303-json-remove-backups.js
index 3b926a4ac69..7c5f8809341 100644
--- a/toolkit/components/places/tests/bookmarks/test_466303-json-remove-backups.js
+++ b/toolkit/components/places/tests/bookmarks/test_466303-json-remove-backups.js
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ function run_test() {
   do_test_pending();
 
   // Get bookmarkBackups directory
-  var bookmarksBackupDir = PlacesUtils.backups.folder;
+  var bookmarksBackupDir = PlacesBackups.folder;
 
   // Create an html dummy backup in the past
   var htmlBackupFile = bookmarksBackupDir.clone();
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ function run_test() {
   do_check_true(jsonBackupFile.exists());
 
   // Export bookmarks to JSON.
-  var backupFilename = PlacesUtils.backups.getFilenameForDate();
+  var backupFilename = PlacesBackups.getFilenameForDate();
   var lastBackupFile = bookmarksBackupDir.clone();
   lastBackupFile.append(backupFilename);
   if (lastBackupFile.exists())
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ function run_test() {
   do_check_false(lastBackupFile.exists());
 
   Task.spawn(function() {
-    yield PlacesUtils.backups.create(NUMBER_OF_BACKUPS);
+    yield PlacesBackups.create(NUMBER_OF_BACKUPS);
     do_check_true(lastBackupFile.exists());
 
     // Check that last backup has been retained
diff --git a/toolkit/components/places/tests/bookmarks/test_477583_json-backup-in-future.js b/toolkit/components/places/tests/bookmarks/test_477583_json-backup-in-future.js
index 403108155e7..a201ce7c67b 100644
--- a/toolkit/components/places/tests/bookmarks/test_477583_json-backup-in-future.js
+++ b/toolkit/components/places/tests/bookmarks/test_477583_json-backup-in-future.js
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
 function run_test() {
   do_test_pending();
 
-  let bookmarksBackupDir = PlacesUtils.backups.folder;
+  let bookmarksBackupDir = PlacesBackups.folder;
   // Remove all files from backups folder.
   let files = bookmarksBackupDir.directoryEntries;
   while (files.hasMoreElements()) {
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ function run_test() {
   // Create a json dummy backup in the future.
   let dateObj = new Date();
   dateObj.setYear(dateObj.getFullYear() + 1);
-  let name = PlacesUtils.backups.getFilenameForDate(dateObj);
+  let name = PlacesBackups.getFilenameForDate(dateObj);
   do_check_eq(name, "bookmarks-" + dateObj.toLocaleFormat("%Y-%m-%d") + ".json");
   let futureBackupFile = bookmarksBackupDir.clone();
   futureBackupFile.append(name);
@@ -28,15 +28,15 @@ function run_test() {
   futureBackupFile.create(Ci.nsILocalFile.NORMAL_FILE_TYPE, 0600);
   do_check_true(futureBackupFile.exists());
 
-  do_check_eq(PlacesUtils.backups.entries.length, 0);
+  do_check_eq(PlacesBackups.entries.length, 0);
 
   Task.spawn(function() {
-    yield PlacesUtils.backups.create();
+    yield PlacesBackups.create();
     // Check that a backup for today has been created.
-    do_check_eq(PlacesUtils.backups.entries.length, 1);
-    let mostRecentBackupFile = PlacesUtils.backups.getMostRecent();
+    do_check_eq(PlacesBackups.entries.length, 1);
+    let mostRecentBackupFile = PlacesBackups.getMostRecent();
     do_check_neq(mostRecentBackupFile, null);
-    let todayName = PlacesUtils.backups.getFilenameForDate();
+    let todayName = PlacesBackups.getFilenameForDate();
     do_check_eq(mostRecentBackupFile.leafName, todayName);
 
     // Check that future backup has been removed.
diff --git a/toolkit/components/places/tests/head_common.js b/toolkit/components/places/tests/head_common.js
index 2bfffe06b44..a62ecce8ba4 100644
--- a/toolkit/components/places/tests/head_common.js
+++ b/toolkit/components/places/tests/head_common.js
@@ -33,10 +33,13 @@ XPCOMUtils.defineLazyModuleGetter(this, "Services",
                                   "resource://gre/modules/Services.jsm");
 XPCOMUtils.defineLazyModuleGetter(this, "Task",
                                   "resource://gre/modules/Task.jsm");
+XPCOMUtils.defineLazyModuleGetter(this, "BookmarkJSONUtils",
+                                  "resource://gre/modules/BookmarkJSONUtils.jsm");
+XPCOMUtils.defineLazyModuleGetter(this, "PlacesBackups",
+                                  "resource://gre/modules/PlacesBackups.jsm");
 
 // This imports various other objects in addition to PlacesUtils.
 Cu.import("resource://gre/modules/PlacesUtils.jsm");
-Cu.import("resource://gre/modules/BookmarkJSONUtils.jsm");
 
 XPCOMUtils.defineLazyGetter(this, "SMALLPNG_DATA_URI", function() {
   return NetUtil.newURI(
diff --git a/toolkit/components/places/tests/unit/test_utils_backups_create.js b/toolkit/components/places/tests/unit/test_utils_backups_create.js
index 9f58eb46060..a45081fcd55 100644
--- a/toolkit/components/places/tests/unit/test_utils_backups_create.js
+++ b/toolkit/components/places/tests/unit/test_utils_backups_create.js
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ function run_test() {
   dates.sort();
 
   // Get and cleanup the backups folder.
-  var bookmarksBackupDir = PlacesUtils.backups.folder;
+  var bookmarksBackupDir = PlacesBackups.folder;
 
   // Fake backups are created backwards to ensure we won't consider file
   // creation time.
@@ -58,7 +58,7 @@ function run_test() {
   }
 
   Task.spawn(function() {
-    yield PlacesUtils.backups.create(Math.floor(dates.length/2));
+    yield PlacesBackups.create(Math.floor(dates.length/2));
     // Add today's backup.
     dates.push(dateObj.toLocaleFormat("%Y-%m-%d"));
 
@@ -84,7 +84,7 @@ function run_test() {
     bookmarksBackupDir.remove(true);
     do_check_false(bookmarksBackupDir.exists());
     // Recreate the folder.
-    PlacesUtils.backups.folder;
+    PlacesBackups.folder;
 
     do_test_finished();
   });