diff --git a/src/Makefile.test_util.include b/src/Makefile.test_util.include
index 0621da8ddf6..1abfb667a03 100644
--- a/src/Makefile.test_util.include
+++ b/src/Makefile.test_util.include
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ TEST_UTIL_H = \
     test/util/logging.h \
     test/util/mining.h \
     test/util/net.h \
+    test/util/script.h \
     test/util/setup_common.h \
     test/util/str.h \
     test/util/transaction_utils.h \
diff --git a/src/test/util/script.h b/src/test/util/script.h
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..abd14c2067d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/util/script.h
@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+// Copyright (c) 2021 The Bitcoin Core developers
+// Distributed under the MIT software license, see the accompanying
+// file COPYING or http://www.opensource.org/licenses/mit-license.php.
+
+#ifndef BITCOIN_TEST_UTIL_SCRIPT_H
+#define BITCOIN_TEST_UTIL_SCRIPT_H
+
+#include <crypto/sha256.h>
+#include <script/script.h>
+
+static const std::vector<uint8_t> WITNESS_STACK_ELEM_OP_TRUE{uint8_t{OP_TRUE}};
+static const CScript P2WSH_OP_TRUE{
+    CScript{}
+    << OP_0
+    << ToByteVector([] {
+           uint256 hash;
+           CSHA256().Write(WITNESS_STACK_ELEM_OP_TRUE.data(), WITNESS_STACK_ELEM_OP_TRUE.size()).Finalize(hash.begin());
+           return hash;
+       }())};
+
+#endif // BITCOIN_TEST_UTIL_SCRIPT_H
diff --git a/src/test/validation_block_tests.cpp b/src/test/validation_block_tests.cpp
index 6c18a9e1bb0..f221e9f186d 100644
--- a/src/test/validation_block_tests.cpp
+++ b/src/test/validation_block_tests.cpp
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@
 #include <pow.h>
 #include <random.h>
 #include <script/standard.h>
+#include <test/util/script.h>
 #include <test/util/setup_common.h>
 #include <util/time.h>
 #include <validation.h>
@@ -18,8 +19,6 @@
 
 #include <thread>
 
-static const std::vector<unsigned char> V_OP_TRUE{OP_TRUE};
-
 namespace validation_block_tests {
 struct MinerTestingSetup : public RegTestingSetup {
     std::shared_ptr<CBlock> Block(const uint256& prev_hash);
@@ -64,27 +63,17 @@ std::shared_ptr<CBlock> MinerTestingSetup::Block(const uint256& prev_hash)
     static int i = 0;
     static uint64_t time = Params().GenesisBlock().nTime;
 
-    CScript pubKey;
-    pubKey << i++ << OP_TRUE;
-
-    auto ptemplate = BlockAssembler(*m_node.mempool, Params()).CreateNewBlock(pubKey);
+    auto ptemplate = BlockAssembler(*m_node.mempool, Params()).CreateNewBlock(CScript{} << i++ << OP_TRUE);
     auto pblock = std::make_shared<CBlock>(ptemplate->block);
     pblock->hashPrevBlock = prev_hash;
     pblock->nTime = ++time;
 
-    pubKey.clear();
-    {
-        WitnessV0ScriptHash witness_program;
-        CSHA256().Write(&V_OP_TRUE[0], V_OP_TRUE.size()).Finalize(witness_program.begin());
-        pubKey << OP_0 << ToByteVector(witness_program);
-    }
-
     // Make the coinbase transaction with two outputs:
     // One zero-value one that has a unique pubkey to make sure that blocks at the same height can have a different hash
     // Another one that has the coinbase reward in a P2WSH with OP_TRUE as witness program to make it easy to spend
     CMutableTransaction txCoinbase(*pblock->vtx[0]);
     txCoinbase.vout.resize(2);
-    txCoinbase.vout[1].scriptPubKey = pubKey;
+    txCoinbase.vout[1].scriptPubKey = P2WSH_OP_TRUE;
     txCoinbase.vout[1].nValue = txCoinbase.vout[0].nValue;
     txCoinbase.vout[0].nValue = 0;
     txCoinbase.vin[0].scriptWitness.SetNull();
@@ -254,7 +243,7 @@ BOOST_AUTO_TEST_CASE(mempool_locks_reorg)
         for (int num_txs = 22; num_txs > 0; --num_txs) {
             CMutableTransaction mtx;
             mtx.vin.push_back(CTxIn{COutPoint{last_mined->vtx[0]->GetHash(), 1}, CScript{}});
-            mtx.vin[0].scriptWitness.stack.push_back(V_OP_TRUE);
+            mtx.vin[0].scriptWitness.stack.push_back(WITNESS_STACK_ELEM_OP_TRUE);
             mtx.vout.push_back(last_mined->vtx[0]->vout[1]);
             mtx.vout[0].nValue -= 1000;
             txs.push_back(MakeTransactionRef(mtx));