diff --git a/py-polars/tests/unit/interop/test_interop.py b/py-polars/tests/unit/interop/test_interop.py
index 8ae1b9a3b55e..daad87df371d 100644
--- a/py-polars/tests/unit/interop/test_interop.py
+++ b/py-polars/tests/unit/interop/test_interop.py
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@
 from polars.exceptions import ComputeError, UnstableWarning
 from polars.interchange.protocol import CompatLevel
 from polars.testing import assert_frame_equal, assert_series_equal
+from tests.unit.utils.pycapsule_utils import PyCapsuleStreamHolder
 
 
 def test_arrow_list_roundtrip() -> None:
@@ -752,26 +753,8 @@ def test_compat_level(monkeypatch: pytest.MonkeyPatch) -> None:
 
 
 def test_df_pycapsule_interface() -> None:
-    class PyCapsuleStreamHolder:
-        """
-        Hold the Arrow C Stream pycapsule.
-
-        A class that exposes _only_ the Arrow C Stream interface via Arrow PyCapsules.
-        This ensures that pyarrow is seeing _only_ the `__arrow_c_stream__` dunder, and
-        that nothing else (e.g. the dataframe or array interface) is actually being
-        used.
-        """
-
-        capsule: object
-
-        def __init__(self, capsule: object) -> None:
-            self.capsule = capsule
-
-        def __arrow_c_stream__(self, requested_schema: object) -> object:
-            return self.capsule
-
     df = pl.DataFrame({"a": [1, 2, 3], "b": ["a", "b", "c"]})
-    out = pa.table(PyCapsuleStreamHolder(df.__arrow_c_stream__(None)))
+    out = pa.table(PyCapsuleStreamHolder(df))
     assert df.shape == out.shape
     assert df.schema.names() == out.schema.names
 
diff --git a/py-polars/tests/unit/series/test_series.py b/py-polars/tests/unit/series/test_series.py
index ebd0abc23752..71e217607168 100644
--- a/py-polars/tests/unit/series/test_series.py
+++ b/py-polars/tests/unit/series/test_series.py
@@ -29,6 +29,7 @@
     ShapeError,
 )
 from polars.testing import assert_frame_equal, assert_series_equal
+from tests.unit.utils.pycapsule_utils import PyCapsuleStreamHolder
 
 if TYPE_CHECKING:
     from zoneinfo import ZoneInfo
@@ -629,26 +630,8 @@ def test_arrow() -> None:
 
 
 def test_pycapsule_interface() -> None:
-    class PyCapsuleSeriesHolder:
-        """
-        Hold the Arrow C Stream pycapsule.
-
-        A class that exposes _only_ the Arrow C Stream interface via Arrow PyCapsules.
-        This ensures that pyarrow is seeing _only_ the `__arrow_c_stream__` dunder, and
-        that nothing else (e.g. the dataframe or array interface) is actually being
-        used.
-        """
-
-        capsule: object
-
-        def __init__(self, capsule: object):
-            self.capsule = capsule
-
-        def __arrow_c_stream__(self, requested_schema: object) -> object:
-            return self.capsule
-
     a = pl.Series("a", [1, 2, 3, None])
-    out = pa.chunked_array(PyCapsuleSeriesHolder(a.__arrow_c_stream__(None)))
+    out = pa.chunked_array(PyCapsuleStreamHolder(a))
     out_arr = out.combine_chunks()
     assert out_arr == pa.array([1, 2, 3, None])
 
diff --git a/py-polars/tests/unit/utils/pycapsule_utils.py b/py-polars/tests/unit/utils/pycapsule_utils.py
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..3e7285fc0202
--- /dev/null
+++ b/py-polars/tests/unit/utils/pycapsule_utils.py
@@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+from typing import Any
+
+
+class PyCapsuleStreamHolder:
+    """
+    Hold the Arrow C Stream pycapsule.
+
+    A class that exposes _only_ the Arrow C Stream interface via Arrow PyCapsules.
+    This ensures that pyarrow is seeing _only_ the `__arrow_c_stream__` dunder, and
+    that nothing else (e.g. the dataframe or array interface) is actually being
+    used.
+
+    This is used by tests across multiple files.
+    """
+
+    arrow_obj: Any
+
+    def __init__(self, arrow_obj: object) -> None:
+        self.arrow_obj = arrow_obj
+
+    def __arrow_c_stream__(self, requested_schema: object = None) -> object:
+        return self.arrow_obj.__arrow_c_stream__(requested_schema)