diff --git a/PVE/API2/Qemu.pm b/PVE/API2/Qemu.pm
index 52425ee8..868508e7 100644
--- a/PVE/API2/Qemu.pm
+++ b/PVE/API2/Qemu.pm
@@ -854,7 +854,7 @@ sub assert_scsi_feature_compatibility {
 
     my $machine_type = PVE::QemuServer::get_vm_machine($conf, undef, $conf->{arch});
     my $machine_version = PVE::QemuServer::Machine::extract_version(
-	$machine_type, PVE::QemuServer::kvm_user_version());
+	$machine_type, PVE::QemuServer::Helpers::kvm_user_version());
     my $drivetype = PVE::QemuServer::Drive::get_scsi_device_type(
 	$drive, $storecfg, $machine_version);
 
diff --git a/PVE/QemuServer.pm b/PVE/QemuServer.pm
index ce962b7a..fd1feada 100644
--- a/PVE/QemuServer.pm
+++ b/PVE/QemuServer.pm
@@ -10,7 +10,6 @@ use Fcntl;
 use File::Basename;
 use File::Copy qw(copy);
 use File::Path;
-use File::stat;
 use Getopt::Long;
 use IO::Dir;
 use IO::File;
@@ -51,7 +50,7 @@ use PVE::Tools qw(run_command file_read_firstline file_get_contents dir_glob_for
 
 use PVE::QMPClient;
 use PVE::QemuConfig;
-use PVE::QemuServer::Helpers qw(config_aware_timeout min_version windows_version);
+use PVE::QemuServer::Helpers qw(config_aware_timeout min_version kvm_user_version windows_version);
 use PVE::QemuServer::Cloudinit;
 use PVE::QemuServer::CGroup;
 use PVE::QemuServer::CPUConfig qw(print_cpu_device get_cpu_options get_cpu_bitness is_native_arch get_amd_sev_object);
@@ -1193,35 +1192,6 @@ sub kvm_version {
     return $kvm_api_version;
 }
 
-my $kvm_user_version = {};
-my $kvm_mtime = {};
-
-sub kvm_user_version {
-    my ($binary) = @_;
-
-    $binary //= PVE::QemuServer::Helpers::get_command_for_arch(get_host_arch()); # get the native arch by default
-    my $st = stat($binary);
-
-    my $cachedmtime = $kvm_mtime->{$binary} // -1;
-    return $kvm_user_version->{$binary} if $kvm_user_version->{$binary} &&
-	$cachedmtime == $st->mtime;
-
-    $kvm_user_version->{$binary} = 'unknown';
-    $kvm_mtime->{$binary} = $st->mtime;
-
-    my $code = sub {
-	my $line = shift;
-	if ($line =~ m/^QEMU( PC)? emulator version (\d+\.\d+(\.\d+)?)(\.\d+)?[,\s]/) {
-	    $kvm_user_version->{$binary} = $2;
-	}
-    };
-
-    eval { run_command([$binary, '--version'], outfunc => $code); };
-    warn $@ if $@;
-
-    return $kvm_user_version->{$binary};
-
-}
 my sub extract_version {
     my ($machine_type, $version) = @_;
     $version = kvm_user_version() if !defined($version);
diff --git a/PVE/QemuServer/Helpers.pm b/PVE/QemuServer/Helpers.pm
index 7b65ba44..07b2ff6e 100644
--- a/PVE/QemuServer/Helpers.pm
+++ b/PVE/QemuServer/Helpers.pm
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ use base 'Exporter';
 our @EXPORT_OK = qw(
 min_version
 config_aware_timeout
+kvm_user_version
 parse_number_sets
 windows_version
 );
@@ -33,6 +34,35 @@ sub get_command_for_arch($) {
     return $cmd;
 }
 
+my $kvm_user_version = {};
+my $kvm_mtime = {};
+
+sub kvm_user_version {
+    my ($binary) = @_;
+
+    $binary //= get_command_for_arch(get_host_arch()); # get the native arch by default
+    my $st = stat($binary);
+
+    my $cachedmtime = $kvm_mtime->{$binary} // -1;
+    return $kvm_user_version->{$binary} if $kvm_user_version->{$binary} &&
+	$cachedmtime == $st->mtime;
+
+    $kvm_user_version->{$binary} = 'unknown';
+    $kvm_mtime->{$binary} = $st->mtime;
+
+    my $code = sub {
+	my $line = shift;
+	if ($line =~ m/^QEMU( PC)? emulator version (\d+\.\d+(\.\d+)?)(\.\d+)?[,\s]/) {
+	    $kvm_user_version->{$binary} = $2;
+	}
+    };
+
+    eval { PVE::Tools::run_command([$binary, '--version'], outfunc => $code); };
+    warn $@ if $@;
+
+    return $kvm_user_version->{$binary};
+}
+
 # Paths and directories
 
 our $var_run_tmpdir = "/var/run/qemu-server";
diff --git a/test/run_config2command_tests.pl b/test/run_config2command_tests.pl
index 5308b1fc..2feebd4a 100755
--- a/test/run_config2command_tests.pl
+++ b/test/run_config2command_tests.pl
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ use PVE::SysFSTools;
 
 use PVE::QemuConfig;
 use PVE::QemuServer;
+use PVE::QemuServer::Helpers;
 use PVE::QemuServer::Monitor;
 use PVE::QemuServer::QMPHelpers;
 use PVE::QemuServer::CPUConfig;
@@ -72,7 +73,7 @@ my $base_env = {
 	}
     },
     vmid => 8006,
-    real_qemu_version => PVE::QemuServer::kvm_user_version(), # not yet mocked
+    real_qemu_version => PVE::QemuServer::Helpers::kvm_user_version(), # not yet mocked
 };
 
 my $pci_devs = [