diff --git a/metadata-ingestion/src/datahub/testing/state_helpers.py b/metadata-ingestion/src/datahub/testing/state_helpers.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..96eaed21b72e2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/metadata-ingestion/src/datahub/testing/state_helpers.py
@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+from typing import Optional, cast
+
+from datahub.ingestion.run.pipeline import Pipeline
+from datahub.ingestion.source.state.checkpoint import Checkpoint
+from datahub.ingestion.source.state.entity_removal_state import GenericCheckpointState
+from datahub.ingestion.source.state.stale_entity_removal_handler import (
+    StaleEntityRemovalHandler,
+)
+from datahub.ingestion.source.state.stateful_ingestion_base import (
+    StatefulIngestionSourceBase,
+)
+
+
+def get_current_checkpoint_from_pipeline(
+    pipeline: Pipeline,
+) -> Optional[Checkpoint[GenericCheckpointState]]:
+    """
+    Helper method to retrieve the current checkpoint from a pipeline.
+    """
+    stateful_source = cast(StatefulIngestionSourceBase, pipeline.source)
+    return stateful_source.state_provider.get_current_checkpoint(
+        StaleEntityRemovalHandler.compute_job_id(
+            getattr(stateful_source, "platform", "default")
+        )
+    )
+
diff --git a/metadata-ingestion/tests/test_helpers/state_helpers.py b/metadata-ingestion/tests/test_helpers/state_helpers.py
index c469db6ce8cf8..53dce902d2155 100644
--- a/metadata-ingestion/tests/test_helpers/state_helpers.py
+++ b/metadata-ingestion/tests/test_helpers/state_helpers.py
@@ -12,13 +12,8 @@
 from datahub.ingestion.graph.client import DataHubGraph
 from datahub.ingestion.graph.config import DatahubClientConfig
 from datahub.ingestion.run.pipeline import Pipeline
-from datahub.ingestion.source.state.checkpoint import Checkpoint
-from datahub.ingestion.source.state.entity_removal_state import GenericCheckpointState
-from datahub.ingestion.source.state.stale_entity_removal_handler import (
-    StaleEntityRemovalHandler,
-)
-from datahub.ingestion.source.state.stateful_ingestion_base import (
-    StatefulIngestionSourceBase,
+from datahub.testing.state_helpers import (
+    get_current_checkpoint_from_pipeline as get_current_checkpoint_from_pipeline,
 )
 
 
@@ -107,16 +102,3 @@ def mock_datahub_graph_instance(
     mock_datahub_graph: Callable[[DatahubClientConfig], DataHubGraph],
 ) -> DataHubGraph:
     return mock_datahub_graph(DatahubClientConfig(server="http://fake.domain.local"))
-
-
-def get_current_checkpoint_from_pipeline(
-    pipeline: Pipeline,
-) -> Optional[Checkpoint[GenericCheckpointState]]:
-    # TODO: This only works for stale entity removal. We need to generalize this.
-
-    stateful_source = cast(StatefulIngestionSourceBase, pipeline.source)
-    return stateful_source.state_provider.get_current_checkpoint(
-        StaleEntityRemovalHandler.compute_job_id(
-            getattr(stateful_source, "platform", "default")
-        )
-    )
diff --git a/smoke-test/tests/test_stateful_ingestion.py b/smoke-test/tests/test_stateful_ingestion.py
index 0460d1168a518..e1b448050b2dc 100644
--- a/smoke-test/tests/test_stateful_ingestion.py
+++ b/smoke-test/tests/test_stateful_ingestion.py
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@
 from datahub.ingestion.source.state.stale_entity_removal_handler import (
     StaleEntityRemovalHandler,
 )
+from datahub.testing.state_helpers import get_current_checkpoint_from_pipeline
 from tests.utils import get_db_password, get_db_type, get_db_url, get_db_username
 
 
@@ -50,22 +51,6 @@ def validate_all_providers_have_committed_successfully(pipeline: Pipeline) -> No
             assert stateful_committable.state_to_commit
         assert provider_count == 1
 
-    def get_current_checkpoint_from_pipeline(
-        auth_session,
-        pipeline: Pipeline,
-    ) -> Optional[Checkpoint[GenericCheckpointState]]:
-        # TODO: Refactor to use the helper method in the metadata-ingestion tests, instead of copying it here.
-        sql_source: Union[MySQLSource, PostgresSource]
-        if get_db_type() == "mysql":
-            sql_source = cast(MySQLSource, pipeline.source)
-        else:
-            sql_source = cast(PostgresSource, pipeline.source)
-        return sql_source.state_provider.get_current_checkpoint(
-            StaleEntityRemovalHandler.compute_job_id(
-                getattr(sql_source, "platform", "default")
-            )
-        )
-
     source_config_dict: Dict[str, Any] = {
         "host_port": get_db_url(),
         "username": get_db_username(),
@@ -113,14 +98,14 @@ def get_current_checkpoint_from_pipeline(
 
     # 3. Do the first run of the pipeline and get the default job's checkpoint.
     pipeline_run1 = run_and_get_pipeline(pipeline_config_dict)
-    checkpoint1 = get_current_checkpoint_from_pipeline(auth_session, pipeline_run1)
+    checkpoint1 = get_current_checkpoint_from_pipeline(pipeline_run1)
     assert checkpoint1
     assert checkpoint1.state
 
     # 4. Drop table t1 created during step 2 + rerun the pipeline and get the checkpoint state.
     drop_table(sql_engine, table_names[0])
     pipeline_run2 = run_and_get_pipeline(pipeline_config_dict)
-    checkpoint2 = get_current_checkpoint_from_pipeline(auth_session, pipeline_run2)
+    checkpoint2 = get_current_checkpoint_from_pipeline(pipeline_run2)
     assert checkpoint2
     assert checkpoint2.state