diff --git a/tools/test_build_system/test_build_system_helpers/__init__.py b/tools/test_build_system/test_build_system_helpers/__init__.py
index 9f7616cdc0..57c6493e74 100644
--- a/tools/test_build_system/test_build_system_helpers/__init__.py
+++ b/tools/test_build_system/test_build_system_helpers/__init__.py
@@ -1,15 +1,30 @@
-# SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2022-2023 Espressif Systems (Shanghai) CO LTD
+# SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2022-2024 Espressif Systems (Shanghai) CO LTD
 # SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
-from .build_constants import ALL_ARTIFACTS, APP_BINS, BOOTLOADER_BINS, JSON_METADATA, PARTITION_BIN
-from .editing import append_to_file, replace_in_file
-from .idf_utils import (EXT_IDF_PATH, EnvDict, IdfPyFunc, bin_file_contains, file_contains, find_python,
-                        get_idf_build_env, run_cmake, run_cmake_and_build, run_idf_py)
-from .snapshot import Snapshot, get_snapshot
+from .build_constants import ALL_ARTIFACTS
+from .build_constants import APP_BINS
+from .build_constants import BOOTLOADER_BINS
+from .build_constants import JSON_METADATA
+from .build_constants import PARTITION_BIN
+from .file_utils import append_to_file
+from .file_utils import bin_file_contains
+from .file_utils import bin_files_differ
+from .file_utils import file_contains
+from .file_utils import replace_in_file
+from .idf_utils import EnvDict
+from .idf_utils import EXT_IDF_PATH
+from .idf_utils import find_python
+from .idf_utils import get_idf_build_env
+from .idf_utils import IdfPyFunc
+from .idf_utils import run_cmake
+from .idf_utils import run_cmake_and_build
+from .idf_utils import run_idf_py
+from .snapshot import get_snapshot
+from .snapshot import Snapshot
 
 __all__ = [
     'append_to_file', 'replace_in_file',
     'get_idf_build_env', 'run_idf_py', 'EXT_IDF_PATH', 'EnvDict', 'IdfPyFunc',
     'Snapshot', 'get_snapshot', 'run_cmake', 'APP_BINS', 'BOOTLOADER_BINS',
     'PARTITION_BIN', 'JSON_METADATA', 'ALL_ARTIFACTS',
-    'run_cmake_and_build', 'find_python', 'file_contains', 'bin_file_contains'
+    'run_cmake_and_build', 'find_python', 'file_contains', 'bin_file_contains', 'bin_files_differ'
 ]
diff --git a/tools/test_build_system/test_build_system_helpers/editing.py b/tools/test_build_system/test_build_system_helpers/editing.py
deleted file mode 100644
index 7f21d52822..0000000000
--- a/tools/test_build_system/test_build_system_helpers/editing.py
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,17 +0,0 @@
-# SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2022 Espressif Systems (Shanghai) CO LTD
-# SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
-import typing
-from pathlib import Path
-
-
-def append_to_file(filename: typing.Union[str, Path], what: str) -> None:
-    with open(filename, 'a', encoding='utf-8') as f:
-        f.write(what)
-
-
-def replace_in_file(filename: typing.Union[str, Path], search: str, replace: str) -> None:
-    with open(filename, 'r', encoding='utf-8') as f:
-        data = f.read()
-    result = data.replace(search, replace)
-    with open(filename, 'w', encoding='utf-8') as f:
-        f.write(result)
diff --git a/tools/test_build_system/test_build_system_helpers/file_utils.py b/tools/test_build_system/test_build_system_helpers/file_utils.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..e79a8b62f4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tools/test_build_system/test_build_system_helpers/file_utils.py
@@ -0,0 +1,64 @@
+# SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2022-2024 Espressif Systems (Shanghai) CO LTD
+# SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
+import re
+import typing as t
+from pathlib import Path
+from pathlib import WindowsPath
+
+
+def append_to_file(filename: t.Union[str, Path], what: str) -> None:
+    with open(filename, 'a', encoding='utf-8') as f:
+        f.write(what)
+
+
+def replace_in_file(filename: t.Union[str, Path], search: str, replace: str) -> None:
+    with open(filename, 'r', encoding='utf-8') as f:
+        data = f.read()
+    result = data.replace(search, replace)
+    with open(filename, 'w', encoding='utf-8') as f:
+        f.write(result)
+
+
+def file_contains(filename: t.Union[str, Path], what: t.Union[t.Union[str, Path], t.Pattern]) -> bool:
+    """
+    Returns true if file contains required object
+    :param filename: path to file where lookup is executed
+    :param what: searched substring or regex object
+    """
+    with open(filename, 'r', encoding='utf-8') as f:
+        data = f.read()
+        if isinstance(what, t.Pattern):
+            return re.search(what, data) is not None
+        else:
+            what_str = str(what)
+            # In case of windows path, try both single-slash `\` and double-slash '\\' paths
+            if isinstance(what, WindowsPath):
+                what_double_slash = what_str.replace('\\', '\\\\')
+                return what_str in data or what_double_slash in data
+
+            return what_str in data
+
+
+def bin_file_contains(filename: t.Union[str, Path], what: bytearray) -> bool:
+    """
+    Returns true if the binary file contains the given string
+    :param filename: path to file where lookup is executed
+    :param what: searched bytes
+    """
+    with open(filename, 'rb') as f:
+        data = f.read()
+        return data.find(what) != -1
+
+
+def bin_files_differ(filename1: t.Union[str, Path], filename2: t.Union[str, Path]) -> bool:
+    """
+    Checks if two binary files are different
+    :param filename1: path to first file
+    :param filename2: path to second file
+    :return: True if files have different content, False if the content is the same
+    """
+    with open(filename1, 'rb') as f1:
+        data1 = f1.read()
+    with open(filename2, 'rb') as f2:
+        data2 = f2.read()
+    return data1 != data2
diff --git a/tools/test_build_system/test_build_system_helpers/idf_utils.py b/tools/test_build_system/test_build_system_helpers/idf_utils.py
index bec2df14ea..638789535e 100644
--- a/tools/test_build_system/test_build_system_helpers/idf_utils.py
+++ b/tools/test_build_system/test_build_system_helpers/idf_utils.py
@@ -1,14 +1,13 @@
-# SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2022-2023 Espressif Systems (Shanghai) CO LTD
+# SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2022-2024 Espressif Systems (Shanghai) CO LTD
 # SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
 import logging
 import os
-import re
 import shutil
 import subprocess
 import sys
 import typing
-from pathlib import Path, WindowsPath
-from typing import Pattern, Union
+from pathlib import Path
+from typing import Union
 
 try:
     EXT_IDF_PATH = os.environ['IDF_PATH']  # type: str
@@ -135,34 +134,3 @@ def run_cmake_and_build(*cmake_args: str, env: typing.Optional[EnvDict] = None)
     """
     run_cmake(*cmake_args, env=env)
     run_cmake('--build', '.')
-
-
-def file_contains(filename: Union[str, Path], what: Union[Union[str, Path], Pattern]) -> bool:
-    """
-    Returns true if file contains required object
-    :param filename: path to file where lookup is executed
-    :param what: searched substring or regex object
-    """
-    with open(filename, 'r', encoding='utf-8') as f:
-        data = f.read()
-        if isinstance(what, Pattern):
-            return re.search(what, data) is not None
-        else:
-            what_str = str(what)
-            # In case of windows path, try both single-slash `\` and double-slash '\\' paths
-            if isinstance(what, WindowsPath):
-                what_double_slash = what_str.replace('\\', '\\\\')
-                return what_str in data or what_double_slash in data
-
-            return what_str in data
-
-
-def bin_file_contains(filename: Union[str, Path], what: bytearray) -> bool:
-    """
-    Returns true if the binary file contains the given string
-    :param filename: path to file where lookup is executed
-    :param what: searched bytes
-    """
-    with open(filename, 'rb') as f:
-        data = f.read()
-        return data.find(what) != -1