diff --git a/swh/provenance/tests/conftest.py b/swh/provenance/tests/conftest.py
--- a/swh/provenance/tests/conftest.py
+++ b/swh/provenance/tests/conftest.py
@@ -37,7 +37,10 @@
     postgresql: psycopg2.extensions.connection,
 ) -> Dict[str, str]:
     """return a working and initialized provenance db"""
-    from swh.core.cli.db import init_admin_extensions, populate_database_for_package
+    from swh.core.db.db_utils import (
+        init_admin_extensions,
+        populate_database_for_package,
+    )
 
     init_admin_extensions("swh.provenance", postgresql.dsn)
     populate_database_for_package(
@@ -104,7 +107,10 @@
 ) -> Generator[ProvenanceInterface, None, None]:
     """Return a working and initialized ProvenanceInterface object"""
 
-    from swh.core.cli.db import init_admin_extensions, populate_database_for_package
+    from swh.core.db.db_utils import (
+        init_admin_extensions,
+        populate_database_for_package,
+    )
 
     init_admin_extensions("swh.provenance", provenance_postgresql.dsn)
     populate_database_for_package(
diff --git a/swh/provenance/tests/test_cli.py b/swh/provenance/tests/test_cli.py
--- a/swh/provenance/tests/test_cli.py
+++ b/swh/provenance/tests/test_cli.py
@@ -12,8 +12,8 @@
 
 from swh.core.cli import swh as swhmain
 import swh.core.cli.db  # noqa ; ensure cli is loaded
-from swh.core.cli.db import init_admin_extensions
 from swh.core.db import BaseDb
+from swh.core.db.db_utils import init_admin_extensions
 import swh.provenance.cli  # noqa ; ensure cli is loaded
 
 
@@ -35,6 +35,7 @@
 
 TABLES = {
     "dbflavor",
+    "dbmodule",
     "dbversion",
     "content",
     "content_in_revision",
@@ -50,7 +51,7 @@
 
 
 @pytest.mark.parametrize(
-    "flavor, dbtables", (("with-path", TABLES | {"location"}), ("without-path", TABLES))
+    "flavor, dbtables", (("with-path", TABLES), ("without-path", TABLES))
 )
 def test_cli_db_create_and_init_db_with_flavor(
     monkeypatch: MonkeyPatch,