diff --git a/server/src/test/java/io/druid/client/BrokerServerViewTest.java b/server/src/test/java/io/druid/client/BrokerServerViewTest.java
index 3ba41afcc9a..08b44f8de62 100644
--- a/server/src/test/java/io/druid/client/BrokerServerViewTest.java
+++ b/server/src/test/java/io/druid/client/BrokerServerViewTest.java
@@ -23,7 +23,6 @@ import com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.ObjectMapper;
 import com.fasterxml.jackson.dataformat.smile.SmileFactory;
 import com.fasterxml.jackson.dataformat.smile.SmileGenerator;
 import com.google.common.base.Function;
-import com.google.common.base.Predicates;
 import com.google.common.collect.ImmutableList;
 import com.google.common.collect.ImmutableMap;
 import com.google.common.collect.ImmutableSet;
@@ -109,7 +108,7 @@ public class BrokerServerViewTest extends CuratorTestBase
         0
     );
 
-    setupZNodeForServer(druidServer);
+    setupZNodeForServer(druidServer, zkPathsConfig, jsonMapper);
 
     final DataSegment segment = dataSegmentWithIntervalAndVersion("2014-10-20T00:00:00Z/P1D", "v1");
     announceSegmentForServer(druidServer, segment);
@@ -179,7 +178,7 @@ public class BrokerServerViewTest extends CuratorTestBase
     );
 
     for (DruidServer druidServer : druidServers) {
-      setupZNodeForServer(druidServer);
+      setupZNodeForServer(druidServer, zkPathsConfig, jsonMapper);
     }
 
     final List<DataSegment> segments = Lists.transform(
@@ -369,33 +368,6 @@ public class BrokerServerViewTest extends CuratorTestBase
     baseView.start();
   }
 
-  private void setupZNodeForServer(DruidServer server) throws Exception
-  {
-    final String zNodePathAnnounce = ZKPaths.makePath(announcementsPath, server.getHost());
-    final String zNodePathSegment = ZKPaths.makePath(inventoryPath, server.getHost());
-
-    /*
-     * Explicitly check whether the zNodes we are about to create exist or not,
-     * if exist, delete them to make sure we have a clean state on zookeeper.
-     * Address issue: https://github.com/druid-io/druid/issues/1512
-     */
-    if (curator.checkExists().forPath(zNodePathAnnounce) != null) {
-      curator.delete().guaranteed().forPath(zNodePathAnnounce);
-    }
-    if (curator.checkExists().forPath(zNodePathSegment) != null) {
-      curator.delete().guaranteed().forPath(zNodePathSegment);
-    }
-    curator.create()
-           .creatingParentsIfNeeded()
-           .forPath(
-               zNodePathAnnounce,
-               jsonMapper.writeValueAsBytes(server.getMetadata())
-           );
-    curator.create()
-           .creatingParentsIfNeeded()
-           .forPath(zNodePathSegment);
-  }
-
   private DataSegment dataSegmentWithIntervalAndVersion(String intervalStr, String version)
   {
     return DataSegment.builder()
diff --git a/server/src/test/java/io/druid/client/CoordinatorServerViewTest.java b/server/src/test/java/io/druid/client/CoordinatorServerViewTest.java
index 5b31d569fee..bcfba7453be 100644
--- a/server/src/test/java/io/druid/client/CoordinatorServerViewTest.java
+++ b/server/src/test/java/io/druid/client/CoordinatorServerViewTest.java
@@ -21,7 +21,6 @@ package io.druid.client;
 
 import com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.ObjectMapper;
 import com.google.common.base.Function;
-import com.google.common.base.Predicates;
 import com.google.common.collect.ImmutableList;
 import com.google.common.collect.ImmutableMap;
 import com.google.common.collect.ImmutableSet;
@@ -31,7 +30,6 @@ import com.metamx.common.Pair;
 import io.druid.curator.CuratorTestBase;
 import io.druid.jackson.DefaultObjectMapper;
 import io.druid.query.TableDataSource;
-import io.druid.segment.Segment;
 import io.druid.server.coordination.DruidServerMetadata;
 import io.druid.server.initialization.ZkPathsConfig;
 import io.druid.timeline.DataSegment;
@@ -49,7 +47,6 @@ import org.junit.Test;
 
 import java.util.Arrays;
 import java.util.List;
-import java.util.Set;
 import java.util.concurrent.CountDownLatch;
 import java.util.concurrent.Executor;
 
@@ -100,7 +97,7 @@ public class CoordinatorServerViewTest extends CuratorTestBase
         0
     );
 
-    setupZNodeForServer(druidServer);
+    setupZNodeForServer(druidServer, zkPathsConfig, jsonMapper);
 
     final DataSegment segment = dataSegmentWithIntervalAndVersion("2014-10-20T00:00:00Z/P1D", "v1");
     announceSegmentForServer(druidServer, segment);
@@ -168,7 +165,7 @@ public class CoordinatorServerViewTest extends CuratorTestBase
     );
 
     for (DruidServer druidServer : druidServers) {
-      setupZNodeForServer(druidServer);
+      setupZNodeForServer(druidServer, zkPathsConfig, jsonMapper);
     }
 
     final List<DataSegment> segments = Lists.transform(
@@ -350,19 +347,6 @@ public class CoordinatorServerViewTest extends CuratorTestBase
     baseView.start();
   }
 
-  private void setupZNodeForServer(DruidServer server) throws Exception
-  {
-    curator.create()
-           .creatingParentsIfNeeded()
-           .forPath(
-               ZKPaths.makePath(announcementsPath, server.getHost()),
-               jsonMapper.writeValueAsBytes(server.getMetadata())
-           );
-    curator.create()
-           .creatingParentsIfNeeded()
-           .forPath(ZKPaths.makePath(inventoryPath, server.getHost()));
-  }
-
   private DataSegment dataSegmentWithIntervalAndVersion(String intervalStr, String version)
   {
     return DataSegment.builder()
diff --git a/server/src/test/java/io/druid/curator/CuratorTestBase.java b/server/src/test/java/io/druid/curator/CuratorTestBase.java
index 36570c2d6e6..a8aab93f650 100644
--- a/server/src/test/java/io/druid/curator/CuratorTestBase.java
+++ b/server/src/test/java/io/druid/curator/CuratorTestBase.java
@@ -19,12 +19,16 @@
 
 package io.druid.curator;
 
+import com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.ObjectMapper;
 import com.metamx.common.guava.CloseQuietly;
+import io.druid.client.DruidServer;
+import io.druid.server.initialization.ZkPathsConfig;
 import org.apache.curator.framework.CuratorFramework;
 import org.apache.curator.framework.CuratorFrameworkFactory;
 import org.apache.curator.retry.RetryOneTime;
 import org.apache.curator.test.TestingServer;
 import org.apache.curator.test.Timing;
+import org.apache.curator.utils.ZKPaths;
 
 /**
  */
@@ -49,6 +53,38 @@ public class CuratorTestBase
 
   }
 
+  protected void setupZNodeForServer(DruidServer server, ZkPathsConfig zkPathsConfig, ObjectMapper jsonMapper)
+      throws Exception
+  {
+    final String announcementsPath = zkPathsConfig.getAnnouncementsPath();
+    final String inventoryPath = zkPathsConfig.getLiveSegmentsPath();
+
+    final String zNodePathAnnounce = ZKPaths.makePath(announcementsPath, server.getHost());
+    final String zNodePathSegment = ZKPaths.makePath(inventoryPath, server.getHost());
+
+    /*
+     * Explicitly check whether the zNodes we are about to create exist or not,
+     * if exist, delete them to make sure we have a clean state on zookeeper.
+     * Address issue: https://github.com/druid-io/druid/issues/1512
+     */
+    if (curator.checkExists().forPath(zNodePathAnnounce) != null) {
+      curator.delete().guaranteed().forPath(zNodePathAnnounce);
+    }
+    if (curator.checkExists().forPath(zNodePathSegment) != null) {
+      curator.delete().guaranteed().forPath(zNodePathSegment);
+    }
+
+    curator.create()
+           .creatingParentsIfNeeded()
+           .forPath(
+               ZKPaths.makePath(announcementsPath, server.getHost()),
+               jsonMapper.writeValueAsBytes(server.getMetadata())
+           );
+    curator.create()
+           .creatingParentsIfNeeded()
+           .forPath(ZKPaths.makePath(inventoryPath, server.getHost()));
+  }
+
   protected void tearDownServerAndCurator()
   {
     CloseQuietly.close(curator);