diff --git a/src/tools/compiletest/src/debuggers.rs b/src/tools/compiletest/src/debuggers.rs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..b605bc813f195
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/tools/compiletest/src/debuggers.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,272 @@
+use std::env;
+use std::ffi::OsString;
+use std::path::PathBuf;
+use std::process::Command;
+use std::sync::Arc;
+
+use crate::common::{Config, Debugger};
+
+pub(crate) fn configure_cdb(config: &Config) -> Option<Arc<Config>> {
+    config.cdb.as_ref()?;
+
+    Some(Arc::new(Config { debugger: Some(Debugger::Cdb), ..config.clone() }))
+}
+
+pub(crate) fn configure_gdb(config: &Config) -> Option<Arc<Config>> {
+    config.gdb_version?;
+
+    if config.matches_env("msvc") {
+        return None;
+    }
+
+    if config.remote_test_client.is_some() && !config.target.contains("android") {
+        println!(
+            "WARNING: debuginfo tests are not available when \
+             testing with remote"
+        );
+        return None;
+    }
+
+    if config.target.contains("android") {
+        println!(
+            "{} debug-info test uses tcp 5039 port.\
+             please reserve it",
+            config.target
+        );
+
+        // android debug-info test uses remote debugger so, we test 1 thread
+        // at once as they're all sharing the same TCP port to communicate
+        // over.
+        //
+        // we should figure out how to lift this restriction! (run them all
+        // on different ports allocated dynamically).
+        env::set_var("RUST_TEST_THREADS", "1");
+    }
+
+    Some(Arc::new(Config { debugger: Some(Debugger::Gdb), ..config.clone() }))
+}
+
+pub(crate) fn configure_lldb(config: &Config) -> Option<Arc<Config>> {
+    config.lldb_python_dir.as_ref()?;
+
+    if let Some(350) = config.lldb_version {
+        println!(
+            "WARNING: The used version of LLDB (350) has a \
+             known issue that breaks debuginfo tests. See \
+             issue #32520 for more information. Skipping all \
+             LLDB-based tests!",
+        );
+        return None;
+    }
+
+    Some(Arc::new(Config { debugger: Some(Debugger::Lldb), ..config.clone() }))
+}
+
+/// Returns `true` if the given target is an Android target for the
+/// purposes of GDB testing.
+pub(crate) fn is_android_gdb_target(target: &str) -> bool {
+    matches!(
+        &target[..],
+        "arm-linux-androideabi" | "armv7-linux-androideabi" | "aarch64-linux-android"
+    )
+}
+
+/// Returns `true` if the given target is a MSVC target for the purposes of CDB testing.
+fn is_pc_windows_msvc_target(target: &str) -> bool {
+    target.ends_with("-pc-windows-msvc")
+}
+
+fn find_cdb(target: &str) -> Option<OsString> {
+    if !(cfg!(windows) && is_pc_windows_msvc_target(target)) {
+        return None;
+    }
+
+    let pf86 = env::var_os("ProgramFiles(x86)").or_else(|| env::var_os("ProgramFiles"))?;
+    let cdb_arch = if cfg!(target_arch = "x86") {
+        "x86"
+    } else if cfg!(target_arch = "x86_64") {
+        "x64"
+    } else if cfg!(target_arch = "aarch64") {
+        "arm64"
+    } else if cfg!(target_arch = "arm") {
+        "arm"
+    } else {
+        return None; // No compatible CDB.exe in the Windows 10 SDK
+    };
+
+    let mut path = PathBuf::new();
+    path.push(pf86);
+    path.push(r"Windows Kits\10\Debuggers"); // We could check 8.1 etc. too?
+    path.push(cdb_arch);
+    path.push(r"cdb.exe");
+
+    if !path.exists() {
+        return None;
+    }
+
+    Some(path.into_os_string())
+}
+
+/// Returns Path to CDB
+pub(crate) fn analyze_cdb(
+    cdb: Option<String>,
+    target: &str,
+) -> (Option<OsString>, Option<[u16; 4]>) {
+    let cdb = cdb.map(OsString::from).or_else(|| find_cdb(target));
+
+    let mut version = None;
+    if let Some(cdb) = cdb.as_ref() {
+        if let Ok(output) = Command::new(cdb).arg("/version").output() {
+            if let Some(first_line) = String::from_utf8_lossy(&output.stdout).lines().next() {
+                version = extract_cdb_version(&first_line);
+            }
+        }
+    }
+
+    (cdb, version)
+}
+
+pub(crate) fn extract_cdb_version(full_version_line: &str) -> Option<[u16; 4]> {
+    // Example full_version_line: "cdb version 10.0.18362.1"
+    let version = full_version_line.rsplit(' ').next()?;
+    let mut components = version.split('.');
+    let major: u16 = components.next().unwrap().parse().unwrap();
+    let minor: u16 = components.next().unwrap().parse().unwrap();
+    let patch: u16 = components.next().unwrap_or("0").parse().unwrap();
+    let build: u16 = components.next().unwrap_or("0").parse().unwrap();
+    Some([major, minor, patch, build])
+}
+
+/// Returns (Path to GDB, GDB Version)
+pub(crate) fn analyze_gdb(
+    gdb: Option<String>,
+    target: &str,
+    android_cross_path: &PathBuf,
+) -> (Option<String>, Option<u32>) {
+    #[cfg(not(windows))]
+    const GDB_FALLBACK: &str = "gdb";
+    #[cfg(windows)]
+    const GDB_FALLBACK: &str = "gdb.exe";
+
+    let fallback_gdb = || {
+        if is_android_gdb_target(target) {
+            let mut gdb_path = match android_cross_path.to_str() {
+                Some(x) => x.to_owned(),
+                None => panic!("cannot find android cross path"),
+            };
+            gdb_path.push_str("/bin/gdb");
+            gdb_path
+        } else {
+            GDB_FALLBACK.to_owned()
+        }
+    };
+
+    let gdb = match gdb {
+        None => fallback_gdb(),
+        Some(ref s) if s.is_empty() => fallback_gdb(), // may be empty if configure found no gdb
+        Some(ref s) => s.to_owned(),
+    };
+
+    let mut version_line = None;
+    if let Ok(output) = Command::new(&gdb).arg("--version").output() {
+        if let Some(first_line) = String::from_utf8_lossy(&output.stdout).lines().next() {
+            version_line = Some(first_line.to_string());
+        }
+    }
+
+    let version = match version_line {
+        Some(line) => extract_gdb_version(&line),
+        None => return (None, None),
+    };
+
+    (Some(gdb), version)
+}
+
+pub(crate) fn extract_gdb_version(full_version_line: &str) -> Option<u32> {
+    let full_version_line = full_version_line.trim();
+
+    // GDB versions look like this: "major.minor.patch?.yyyymmdd?", with both
+    // of the ? sections being optional
+
+    // We will parse up to 3 digits for each component, ignoring the date
+
+    // We skip text in parentheses.  This avoids accidentally parsing
+    // the openSUSE version, which looks like:
+    //  GNU gdb (GDB; openSUSE Leap 15.0) 8.1
+    // This particular form is documented in the GNU coding standards:
+    // https://www.gnu.org/prep/standards/html_node/_002d_002dversion.html#g_t_002d_002dversion
+
+    let unbracketed_part = full_version_line.split('[').next().unwrap();
+    let mut splits = unbracketed_part.trim_end().rsplit(' ');
+    let version_string = splits.next().unwrap();
+
+    let mut splits = version_string.split('.');
+    let major = splits.next().unwrap();
+    let minor = splits.next().unwrap();
+    let patch = splits.next();
+
+    let major: u32 = major.parse().unwrap();
+    let (minor, patch): (u32, u32) = match minor.find(not_a_digit) {
+        None => {
+            let minor = minor.parse().unwrap();
+            let patch: u32 = match patch {
+                Some(patch) => match patch.find(not_a_digit) {
+                    None => patch.parse().unwrap(),
+                    Some(idx) if idx > 3 => 0,
+                    Some(idx) => patch[..idx].parse().unwrap(),
+                },
+                None => 0,
+            };
+            (minor, patch)
+        }
+        // There is no patch version after minor-date (e.g. "4-2012").
+        Some(idx) => {
+            let minor = minor[..idx].parse().unwrap();
+            (minor, 0)
+        }
+    };
+
+    Some(((major * 1000) + minor) * 1000 + patch)
+}
+
+/// Returns LLDB version
+pub(crate) fn extract_lldb_version(full_version_line: &str) -> Option<u32> {
+    // Extract the major LLDB version from the given version string.
+    // LLDB version strings are different for Apple and non-Apple platforms.
+    // The Apple variant looks like this:
+    //
+    // LLDB-179.5 (older versions)
+    // lldb-300.2.51 (new versions)
+    //
+    // We are only interested in the major version number, so this function
+    // will return `Some(179)` and `Some(300)` respectively.
+    //
+    // Upstream versions look like:
+    // lldb version 6.0.1
+    //
+    // There doesn't seem to be a way to correlate the Apple version
+    // with the upstream version, and since the tests were originally
+    // written against Apple versions, we make a fake Apple version by
+    // multiplying the first number by 100. This is a hack.
+
+    let full_version_line = full_version_line.trim();
+
+    if let Some(apple_ver) =
+        full_version_line.strip_prefix("LLDB-").or_else(|| full_version_line.strip_prefix("lldb-"))
+    {
+        if let Some(idx) = apple_ver.find(not_a_digit) {
+            let version: u32 = apple_ver[..idx].parse().unwrap();
+            return Some(version);
+        }
+    } else if let Some(lldb_ver) = full_version_line.strip_prefix("lldb version ") {
+        if let Some(idx) = lldb_ver.find(not_a_digit) {
+            let version: u32 = lldb_ver[..idx].parse().ok()?;
+            return Some(version * 100);
+        }
+    }
+    None
+}
+
+fn not_a_digit(c: char) -> bool {
+    !c.is_ascii_digit()
+}
diff --git a/src/tools/compiletest/src/header.rs b/src/tools/compiletest/src/header.rs
index 76e21c172d1be..099e620ffe035 100644
--- a/src/tools/compiletest/src/header.rs
+++ b/src/tools/compiletest/src/header.rs
@@ -9,11 +9,11 @@ use std::process::Command;
 use tracing::*;
 
 use crate::common::{Config, Debugger, FailMode, Mode, PassMode};
+use crate::debuggers::{extract_cdb_version, extract_gdb_version};
 use crate::header::auxiliary::{AuxProps, parse_and_update_aux};
 use crate::header::cfg::{MatchOutcome, parse_cfg_name_directive};
 use crate::header::needs::CachedNeedsConditions;
 use crate::util::static_regex;
-use crate::{extract_cdb_version, extract_gdb_version};
 
 pub(crate) mod auxiliary;
 mod cfg;
diff --git a/src/tools/compiletest/src/lib.rs b/src/tools/compiletest/src/lib.rs
index 30d1644b14836..18000e5602cb7 100644
--- a/src/tools/compiletest/src/lib.rs
+++ b/src/tools/compiletest/src/lib.rs
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ mod tests;
 
 pub mod common;
 pub mod compute_diff;
+mod debuggers;
 pub mod errors;
 pub mod header;
 mod json;
@@ -36,8 +37,8 @@ use walkdir::WalkDir;
 
 use self::header::{EarlyProps, make_test_description};
 use crate::common::{
-    Config, Debugger, Mode, PassMode, TestPaths, UI_EXTENSIONS, expected_output_path,
-    output_base_dir, output_relative_path,
+    Config, Mode, PassMode, TestPaths, UI_EXTENSIONS, expected_output_path, output_base_dir,
+    output_relative_path,
 };
 use crate::header::HeadersCache;
 use crate::util::logv;
@@ -204,9 +205,11 @@ pub fn parse_config(args: Vec<String>) -> Config {
 
     let target = opt_str2(matches.opt_str("target"));
     let android_cross_path = opt_path(matches, "android-cross-path");
-    let (cdb, cdb_version) = analyze_cdb(matches.opt_str("cdb"), &target);
-    let (gdb, gdb_version) = analyze_gdb(matches.opt_str("gdb"), &target, &android_cross_path);
-    let lldb_version = matches.opt_str("lldb-version").as_deref().and_then(extract_lldb_version);
+    let (cdb, cdb_version) = debuggers::analyze_cdb(matches.opt_str("cdb"), &target);
+    let (gdb, gdb_version) =
+        debuggers::analyze_gdb(matches.opt_str("gdb"), &target, &android_cross_path);
+    let lldb_version =
+        matches.opt_str("lldb-version").as_deref().and_then(debuggers::extract_lldb_version);
     let color = match matches.opt_str("color").as_deref() {
         Some("auto") | None => ColorConfig::AutoColor,
         Some("always") => ColorConfig::AlwaysColor,
@@ -443,9 +446,9 @@ pub fn run_tests(config: Arc<Config>) {
     if let Mode::DebugInfo = config.mode {
         // Debugging emscripten code doesn't make sense today
         if !config.target.contains("emscripten") {
-            configs.extend(configure_cdb(&config));
-            configs.extend(configure_gdb(&config));
-            configs.extend(configure_lldb(&config));
+            configs.extend(debuggers::configure_cdb(&config));
+            configs.extend(debuggers::configure_gdb(&config));
+            configs.extend(debuggers::configure_lldb(&config));
         }
     } else {
         configs.push(config.clone());
@@ -498,62 +501,6 @@ pub fn run_tests(config: Arc<Config>) {
     }
 }
 
-fn configure_cdb(config: &Config) -> Option<Arc<Config>> {
-    config.cdb.as_ref()?;
-
-    Some(Arc::new(Config { debugger: Some(Debugger::Cdb), ..config.clone() }))
-}
-
-fn configure_gdb(config: &Config) -> Option<Arc<Config>> {
-    config.gdb_version?;
-
-    if config.matches_env("msvc") {
-        return None;
-    }
-
-    if config.remote_test_client.is_some() && !config.target.contains("android") {
-        println!(
-            "WARNING: debuginfo tests are not available when \
-             testing with remote"
-        );
-        return None;
-    }
-
-    if config.target.contains("android") {
-        println!(
-            "{} debug-info test uses tcp 5039 port.\
-             please reserve it",
-            config.target
-        );
-
-        // android debug-info test uses remote debugger so, we test 1 thread
-        // at once as they're all sharing the same TCP port to communicate
-        // over.
-        //
-        // we should figure out how to lift this restriction! (run them all
-        // on different ports allocated dynamically).
-        env::set_var("RUST_TEST_THREADS", "1");
-    }
-
-    Some(Arc::new(Config { debugger: Some(Debugger::Gdb), ..config.clone() }))
-}
-
-fn configure_lldb(config: &Config) -> Option<Arc<Config>> {
-    config.lldb_python_dir.as_ref()?;
-
-    if let Some(350) = config.lldb_version {
-        println!(
-            "WARNING: The used version of LLDB (350) has a \
-             known issue that breaks debuginfo tests. See \
-             issue #32520 for more information. Skipping all \
-             LLDB-based tests!",
-        );
-        return None;
-    }
-
-    Some(Arc::new(Config { debugger: Some(Debugger::Lldb), ..config.clone() }))
-}
-
 pub fn test_opts(config: &Config) -> test::TestOpts {
     if env::var("RUST_TEST_NOCAPTURE").is_ok() {
         eprintln!(
@@ -981,212 +928,6 @@ fn make_test_closure(
     }))
 }
 
-/// Returns `true` if the given target is an Android target for the
-/// purposes of GDB testing.
-fn is_android_gdb_target(target: &str) -> bool {
-    matches!(
-        &target[..],
-        "arm-linux-androideabi" | "armv7-linux-androideabi" | "aarch64-linux-android"
-    )
-}
-
-/// Returns `true` if the given target is a MSVC target for the purposes of CDB testing.
-fn is_pc_windows_msvc_target(target: &str) -> bool {
-    target.ends_with("-pc-windows-msvc")
-}
-
-fn find_cdb(target: &str) -> Option<OsString> {
-    if !(cfg!(windows) && is_pc_windows_msvc_target(target)) {
-        return None;
-    }
-
-    let pf86 = env::var_os("ProgramFiles(x86)").or_else(|| env::var_os("ProgramFiles"))?;
-    let cdb_arch = if cfg!(target_arch = "x86") {
-        "x86"
-    } else if cfg!(target_arch = "x86_64") {
-        "x64"
-    } else if cfg!(target_arch = "aarch64") {
-        "arm64"
-    } else if cfg!(target_arch = "arm") {
-        "arm"
-    } else {
-        return None; // No compatible CDB.exe in the Windows 10 SDK
-    };
-
-    let mut path = PathBuf::new();
-    path.push(pf86);
-    path.push(r"Windows Kits\10\Debuggers"); // We could check 8.1 etc. too?
-    path.push(cdb_arch);
-    path.push(r"cdb.exe");
-
-    if !path.exists() {
-        return None;
-    }
-
-    Some(path.into_os_string())
-}
-
-/// Returns Path to CDB
-fn analyze_cdb(cdb: Option<String>, target: &str) -> (Option<OsString>, Option<[u16; 4]>) {
-    let cdb = cdb.map(OsString::from).or_else(|| find_cdb(target));
-
-    let mut version = None;
-    if let Some(cdb) = cdb.as_ref() {
-        if let Ok(output) = Command::new(cdb).arg("/version").output() {
-            if let Some(first_line) = String::from_utf8_lossy(&output.stdout).lines().next() {
-                version = extract_cdb_version(&first_line);
-            }
-        }
-    }
-
-    (cdb, version)
-}
-
-fn extract_cdb_version(full_version_line: &str) -> Option<[u16; 4]> {
-    // Example full_version_line: "cdb version 10.0.18362.1"
-    let version = full_version_line.rsplit(' ').next()?;
-    let mut components = version.split('.');
-    let major: u16 = components.next().unwrap().parse().unwrap();
-    let minor: u16 = components.next().unwrap().parse().unwrap();
-    let patch: u16 = components.next().unwrap_or("0").parse().unwrap();
-    let build: u16 = components.next().unwrap_or("0").parse().unwrap();
-    Some([major, minor, patch, build])
-}
-
-/// Returns (Path to GDB, GDB Version)
-fn analyze_gdb(
-    gdb: Option<String>,
-    target: &str,
-    android_cross_path: &PathBuf,
-) -> (Option<String>, Option<u32>) {
-    #[cfg(not(windows))]
-    const GDB_FALLBACK: &str = "gdb";
-    #[cfg(windows)]
-    const GDB_FALLBACK: &str = "gdb.exe";
-
-    let fallback_gdb = || {
-        if is_android_gdb_target(target) {
-            let mut gdb_path = match android_cross_path.to_str() {
-                Some(x) => x.to_owned(),
-                None => panic!("cannot find android cross path"),
-            };
-            gdb_path.push_str("/bin/gdb");
-            gdb_path
-        } else {
-            GDB_FALLBACK.to_owned()
-        }
-    };
-
-    let gdb = match gdb {
-        None => fallback_gdb(),
-        Some(ref s) if s.is_empty() => fallback_gdb(), // may be empty if configure found no gdb
-        Some(ref s) => s.to_owned(),
-    };
-
-    let mut version_line = None;
-    if let Ok(output) = Command::new(&gdb).arg("--version").output() {
-        if let Some(first_line) = String::from_utf8_lossy(&output.stdout).lines().next() {
-            version_line = Some(first_line.to_string());
-        }
-    }
-
-    let version = match version_line {
-        Some(line) => extract_gdb_version(&line),
-        None => return (None, None),
-    };
-
-    (Some(gdb), version)
-}
-
-fn extract_gdb_version(full_version_line: &str) -> Option<u32> {
-    let full_version_line = full_version_line.trim();
-
-    // GDB versions look like this: "major.minor.patch?.yyyymmdd?", with both
-    // of the ? sections being optional
-
-    // We will parse up to 3 digits for each component, ignoring the date
-
-    // We skip text in parentheses.  This avoids accidentally parsing
-    // the openSUSE version, which looks like:
-    //  GNU gdb (GDB; openSUSE Leap 15.0) 8.1
-    // This particular form is documented in the GNU coding standards:
-    // https://www.gnu.org/prep/standards/html_node/_002d_002dversion.html#g_t_002d_002dversion
-
-    let unbracketed_part = full_version_line.split('[').next().unwrap();
-    let mut splits = unbracketed_part.trim_end().rsplit(' ');
-    let version_string = splits.next().unwrap();
-
-    let mut splits = version_string.split('.');
-    let major = splits.next().unwrap();
-    let minor = splits.next().unwrap();
-    let patch = splits.next();
-
-    let major: u32 = major.parse().unwrap();
-    let (minor, patch): (u32, u32) = match minor.find(not_a_digit) {
-        None => {
-            let minor = minor.parse().unwrap();
-            let patch: u32 = match patch {
-                Some(patch) => match patch.find(not_a_digit) {
-                    None => patch.parse().unwrap(),
-                    Some(idx) if idx > 3 => 0,
-                    Some(idx) => patch[..idx].parse().unwrap(),
-                },
-                None => 0,
-            };
-            (minor, patch)
-        }
-        // There is no patch version after minor-date (e.g. "4-2012").
-        Some(idx) => {
-            let minor = minor[..idx].parse().unwrap();
-            (minor, 0)
-        }
-    };
-
-    Some(((major * 1000) + minor) * 1000 + patch)
-}
-
-/// Returns LLDB version
-fn extract_lldb_version(full_version_line: &str) -> Option<u32> {
-    // Extract the major LLDB version from the given version string.
-    // LLDB version strings are different for Apple and non-Apple platforms.
-    // The Apple variant looks like this:
-    //
-    // LLDB-179.5 (older versions)
-    // lldb-300.2.51 (new versions)
-    //
-    // We are only interested in the major version number, so this function
-    // will return `Some(179)` and `Some(300)` respectively.
-    //
-    // Upstream versions look like:
-    // lldb version 6.0.1
-    //
-    // There doesn't seem to be a way to correlate the Apple version
-    // with the upstream version, and since the tests were originally
-    // written against Apple versions, we make a fake Apple version by
-    // multiplying the first number by 100. This is a hack.
-
-    let full_version_line = full_version_line.trim();
-
-    if let Some(apple_ver) =
-        full_version_line.strip_prefix("LLDB-").or_else(|| full_version_line.strip_prefix("lldb-"))
-    {
-        if let Some(idx) = apple_ver.find(not_a_digit) {
-            let version: u32 = apple_ver[..idx].parse().unwrap();
-            return Some(version);
-        }
-    } else if let Some(lldb_ver) = full_version_line.strip_prefix("lldb version ") {
-        if let Some(idx) = lldb_ver.find(not_a_digit) {
-            let version: u32 = lldb_ver[..idx].parse().ok()?;
-            return Some(version * 100);
-        }
-    }
-    None
-}
-
-fn not_a_digit(c: char) -> bool {
-    !c.is_ascii_digit()
-}
-
 fn check_overlapping_tests(found_paths: &HashSet<PathBuf>) {
     let mut collisions = Vec::new();
     for path in found_paths {
diff --git a/src/tools/compiletest/src/runtest/debuginfo.rs b/src/tools/compiletest/src/runtest/debuginfo.rs
index 36127414ab147..bd0845b45241e 100644
--- a/src/tools/compiletest/src/runtest/debuginfo.rs
+++ b/src/tools/compiletest/src/runtest/debuginfo.rs
@@ -9,8 +9,8 @@ use tracing::debug;
 use super::debugger::DebuggerCommands;
 use super::{Debugger, Emit, ProcRes, TestCx, Truncated, WillExecute};
 use crate::common::Config;
+use crate::debuggers::{extract_gdb_version, is_android_gdb_target};
 use crate::util::logv;
-use crate::{extract_gdb_version, is_android_gdb_target};
 
 impl TestCx<'_> {
     pub(super) fn run_debuginfo_test(&self) {
diff --git a/src/tools/compiletest/src/tests.rs b/src/tools/compiletest/src/tests.rs
index 7c2e7b0f023cc..680579c59aec5 100644
--- a/src/tools/compiletest/src/tests.rs
+++ b/src/tools/compiletest/src/tests.rs
@@ -1,5 +1,8 @@
-use super::header::extract_llvm_version;
-use super::*;
+use std::ffi::OsString;
+
+use crate::debuggers::{extract_gdb_version, extract_lldb_version};
+use crate::header::extract_llvm_version;
+use crate::is_test;
 
 #[test]
 fn test_extract_gdb_version() {