diff --git a/spring-cloud-kubernetes-commons/src/main/java/org/springframework/cloud/kubernetes/commons/EnvReader.java b/spring-cloud-kubernetes-commons/src/main/java/org/springframework/cloud/kubernetes/commons/EnvReader.java
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..1b0750ee
--- /dev/null
+++ b/spring-cloud-kubernetes-commons/src/main/java/org/springframework/cloud/kubernetes/commons/EnvReader.java
@@ -0,0 +1,33 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright 2013-2020 the original author or authors.
+ *
+ * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+ * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *      https://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ */
+
+package org.springframework.cloud.kubernetes.commons;
+
+/**
+ * @author wind57
+ *
+ * a class that should be used instead of System::getEnv, uselfull for testing
+ */
+public final class EnvReader {
+
+	private EnvReader() {
+	}
+
+	public static String getEnv(String property) {
+		return System.getenv(property);
+	}
+
+}
diff --git a/spring-cloud-kubernetes-fabric8-autoconfig/src/main/java/org/springframework/cloud/kubernetes/fabric8/Fabric8PodUtils.java b/spring-cloud-kubernetes-fabric8-autoconfig/src/main/java/org/springframework/cloud/kubernetes/fabric8/Fabric8PodUtils.java
index 76b5374f..9a5db67f 100644
--- a/spring-cloud-kubernetes-fabric8-autoconfig/src/main/java/org/springframework/cloud/kubernetes/fabric8/Fabric8PodUtils.java
+++ b/spring-cloud-kubernetes-fabric8-autoconfig/src/main/java/org/springframework/cloud/kubernetes/fabric8/Fabric8PodUtils.java
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@ import io.fabric8.kubernetes.client.KubernetesClient;
 import org.apache.commons.logging.Log;
 import org.apache.commons.logging.LogFactory;
 
+import org.springframework.cloud.kubernetes.commons.EnvReader;
 import org.springframework.cloud.kubernetes.commons.LazilyInstantiate;
 import org.springframework.cloud.kubernetes.commons.PodUtils;
 
@@ -107,16 +108,4 @@ public class Fabric8PodUtils implements PodUtils<Pod> {
 		return serviceAccountPathPresent && Paths.get(Config.KUBERNETES_SERVICE_ACCOUNT_CA_CRT_PATH).toFile().exists();
 	}
 
-	/**
-	 * @author wind57 A class useful for testing. At some point this should be moved to
-	 * commons
-	 */
-	public static class EnvReader {
-
-		public static String getEnv(String property) {
-			return System.getenv(property);
-		}
-
-	}
-
 }
diff --git a/spring-cloud-kubernetes-fabric8-autoconfig/src/test/java/org/springframework/cloud/kubernetes/Fabric8PodUtilsTest.java b/spring-cloud-kubernetes-fabric8-autoconfig/src/test/java/org/springframework/cloud/kubernetes/Fabric8PodUtilsTest.java
index c2d5596a..43e09920 100644
--- a/spring-cloud-kubernetes-fabric8-autoconfig/src/test/java/org/springframework/cloud/kubernetes/Fabric8PodUtilsTest.java
+++ b/spring-cloud-kubernetes-fabric8-autoconfig/src/test/java/org/springframework/cloud/kubernetes/Fabric8PodUtilsTest.java
@@ -35,6 +35,7 @@ import org.junit.jupiter.api.Test;
 import org.mockito.MockedStatic;
 import org.mockito.Mockito;
 
+import org.springframework.cloud.kubernetes.commons.EnvReader;
 import org.springframework.cloud.kubernetes.fabric8.Fabric8PodUtils;
 
 @SuppressWarnings("unchecked")
@@ -69,13 +70,13 @@ public class Fabric8PodUtilsTest {
 
 	private final PodResource<Pod, DoneablePod> podResource = Mockito.mock(PodResource.class);
 
-	private MockedStatic<Fabric8PodUtils.EnvReader> envReader;
+	private MockedStatic<EnvReader> envReader;
 
 	private MockedStatic<Paths> paths;
 
 	@BeforeEach
 	public void before() {
-		envReader = Mockito.mockStatic(Fabric8PodUtils.EnvReader.class);
+		envReader = Mockito.mockStatic(EnvReader.class);
 		paths = Mockito.mockStatic(Paths.class);
 	}
 
@@ -148,11 +149,11 @@ public class Fabric8PodUtilsTest {
 	}
 
 	private void mockHost(String host) {
-		envReader.when(() -> Fabric8PodUtils.EnvReader.getEnv(KUBERNETES_SERVICE_HOST)).thenReturn(host);
+		envReader.when(() -> EnvReader.getEnv(KUBERNETES_SERVICE_HOST)).thenReturn(host);
 	}
 
 	private void mockHostname(String name) {
-		envReader.when(() -> Fabric8PodUtils.EnvReader.getEnv(HOSTNAME)).thenReturn(name);
+		envReader.when(() -> EnvReader.getEnv(HOSTNAME)).thenReturn(name);
 	}
 
 	private void mockTokenPath(boolean result) {