diff --git a/testsuite/tests/singlecluster/authorino/operator/sharding/conftest.py b/testsuite/tests/singlecluster/authorino/operator/sharding/conftest.py
index a843171c..368009de 100644
--- a/testsuite/tests/singlecluster/authorino/operator/sharding/conftest.py
+++ b/testsuite/tests/singlecluster/authorino/operator/sharding/conftest.py
@@ -1,7 +1,9 @@
 """Conftest for authorino sharding tests"""
 
 import pytest
+from weakget import weakget
 
+from testsuite.kuadrant.authorino import AuthorinoCR
 from testsuite.kuadrant.policy.authorization import Value, JsonResponse
 from testsuite.gateway.envoy import Envoy
 from testsuite.kuadrant.policy.authorization.auth_config import AuthConfig
@@ -46,7 +48,26 @@ def _route(hostname, gateway):
 
 
 @pytest.fixture(scope="module")
-def setup_authorization(request, blame, cluster, module_label):  # pylint: disable=unused-argument
+def setup_authorino(cluster, blame, testconfig, module_label, request):
+    """Authorino instance"""
+
+    def _authorino(sharding_label):
+        authorino = AuthorinoCR.create_instance(
+            cluster,
+            blame("authorino"),
+            image=weakget(testconfig)["authorino"]["image"] % None,
+            label_selectors=[f"sharding={sharding_label}", f"testRun={module_label}"],
+        )
+        request.addfinalizer(authorino.delete)
+        authorino.commit()
+        authorino.wait_for_ready()
+        return authorino
+
+    return _authorino
+
+
+@pytest.fixture(scope="module")
+def setup_authorization(request, blame, cluster, module_label):
     """Factory method for creating AuthConfigs in the test run"""
 
     def _authorization(route, sharding_label=None):
diff --git a/testsuite/tests/singlecluster/authorino/operator/sharding/test_preexisting_auth.py b/testsuite/tests/singlecluster/authorino/operator/sharding/test_preexisting_auth.py
index 027c20bc..a58515bc 100644
--- a/testsuite/tests/singlecluster/authorino/operator/sharding/test_preexisting_auth.py
+++ b/testsuite/tests/singlecluster/authorino/operator/sharding/test_preexisting_auth.py
@@ -1,32 +1,10 @@
 """Test for preexisting authorino bug issue:https://github.com/Kuadrant/testsuite/issues/69"""
 
 import pytest
-from weakget import weakget
-
-from testsuite.kuadrant.authorino import AuthorinoCR
 
 pytestmark = [pytest.mark.authorino, pytest.mark.standalone_only]
 
 
-@pytest.fixture(scope="module")
-def setup_authorino(cluster, blame, testconfig, module_label, request):
-    """Authorino instance"""
-
-    def _authorino(sharding_label):
-        authorino = AuthorinoCR.create_instance(
-            cluster,
-            blame("authorino"),
-            image=weakget(testconfig)["authorino"]["image"] % None,
-            label_selectors=[f"sharding={sharding_label}", f"testRun={module_label}"],
-        )
-        request.addfinalizer(authorino.delete)
-        authorino.commit()
-        authorino.wait_for_ready()
-        return authorino
-
-    return _authorino
-
-
 @pytest.mark.issue("https://github.com/Kuadrant/authorino/pull/349")
 def test_preexisting_auth(
     setup_authorino, setup_authorization, setup_gateway, setup_route, exposer, wildcard_domain, blame
diff --git a/testsuite/tests/singlecluster/authorino/operator/sharding/test_sharding.py b/testsuite/tests/singlecluster/authorino/operator/sharding/test_sharding.py
index 9bde949c..85819a8d 100644
--- a/testsuite/tests/singlecluster/authorino/operator/sharding/test_sharding.py
+++ b/testsuite/tests/singlecluster/authorino/operator/sharding/test_sharding.py
@@ -6,10 +6,9 @@
 
 
 @pytest.fixture(scope="module")
-def authorino_parameters(authorino_parameters):
-    """Setup sharding for authorino"""
-    authorino_parameters["label_selectors"] = ["sharding=A"]
-    yield authorino_parameters
+def authorino(setup_authorino):
+    """Creates authorino with sharding label"""
+    return setup_authorino(sharding_label="A")
 
 
 def test_sharding(setup_authorization, setup_gateway, setup_route, authorino, exposer, blame):