diff --git a/rpc_util_test.go b/rpc_util_test.go
index 6918a004..5a802d65 100644
--- a/rpc_util_test.go
+++ b/rpc_util_test.go
@@ -182,6 +182,18 @@ func TestContextErr(t *testing.T) {
 	}
 }
 
+func TestErrorsWithSameParameters(t *testing.T) {
+	const description = "some description"
+	e1 := Errorf(codes.AlreadyExists, description)
+	e2 := Errorf(codes.AlreadyExists, description)
+	if e1 == e2 {
+		t.Fatalf("Error interfaces should not be considered equal - e1: %p - %v  e2: %p - %v", e1, e1, e2, e2)
+	}
+	if Code(e1) != Code(e2) || ErrorDesc(e1) != ErrorDesc(e2) {
+		t.Fatalf("Expected errors to have same code and description - e1: %p - %v  e2: %p - %v", e1, e1, e2, e2)
+	}
+}
+
 // bmEncode benchmarks encoding a Protocol Buffer message containing mSize
 // bytes.
 func bmEncode(b *testing.B, mSize int) {
diff --git a/test/end2end_test.go b/test/end2end_test.go
index 777c87b1..cc8bae5f 100644
--- a/test/end2end_test.go
+++ b/test/end2end_test.go
@@ -2129,23 +2129,5 @@ func (fw *filterWriter) Write(p []byte) (n int, err error) {
 }
 
 func equalErrors(l, r error) bool {
-	if l == nil && r != nil {
-		return false
-	}
-	if l != nil && r == nil {
-		return false
-	}
 	return grpc.Code(l) == grpc.Code(r) && grpc.ErrorDesc(l) == grpc.ErrorDesc(r)
 }
-
-func TestErrorsWithSameParameters(t *testing.T) {
-	const description = "some description"
-	e1 := grpc.Errorf(codes.AlreadyExists, description)
-	e2 := grpc.Errorf(codes.AlreadyExists, description)
-	if e1 == e2 {
-		t.Fatalf("Error interfaces should not be considered equal - e1: %p - %v  e2: %p - %v", e1, e1, e2, e2)
-	}
-	if !equalErrors(e1, e2) {
-		t.Fatalf("Expected errors to have same code and description - e1: %p - %v  e2: %p - %v", e1, e1, e2, e2)
-	}
-}