diff --git a/common/test/acceptance/pages/lms/video/video.py b/common/test/acceptance/pages/lms/video/video.py
index 2e1ac8fcd8..86150798ee 100644
--- a/common/test/acceptance/pages/lms/video/video.py
+++ b/common/test/acceptance/pages/lms/video/video.py
@@ -703,20 +703,6 @@ class VideoPage(PageObject):
             'State is {state}'.format(state=state)
         )
 
-    def _parse_time_str(self, time_str):
-        """
-        Parse a string of the form 1:23 into seconds (int).
-
-        Arguments:
-            time_str (str): seek value
-
-        Returns:
-            int: seek value in seconds
-
-        """
-        time_obj = time.strptime(time_str, '%M:%S')
-        return time_obj.tm_min * 60 + time_obj.tm_sec
-
     def seek(self, seek_value):
         """
         Seek the video to position specified by `seek_value`.
@@ -725,7 +711,7 @@ class VideoPage(PageObject):
             seek_value (str): seek value
 
         """
-        seek_time = self._parse_time_str(seek_value)
+        seek_time = _parse_time_str(seek_value)
         seek_selector = self.get_element_selector(' .video')
         js_code = "$('{seek_selector}').data('video-player-state').videoPlayer.onSlideSeek({{time: {seek_time}}})".format(
             seek_selector=seek_selector, seek_time=seek_time)
@@ -811,3 +797,18 @@ class VideoPage(PageObject):
         """
         captions_rendered_selector = self.get_element_selector(CSS_CLASS_NAMES['captions_rendered'])
         self.wait_for_element_presence(captions_rendered_selector, 'Captions Rendered')
+
+
+def _parse_time_str(time_str):
+    """
+    Parse a string of the form 1:23 into seconds (int).
+
+    Arguments:
+        time_str (str): seek value
+
+    Returns:
+        int: seek value in seconds
+
+    """
+    time_obj = time.strptime(time_str, '%M:%S')
+    return time_obj.tm_min * 60 + time_obj.tm_sec