diff --git a/pandas/tests/groupby/test_apply_mutate.py b/pandas/tests/groupby/test_apply_mutate.py
index 05c1f5b716f40..01fe7512c0fe9 100644
--- a/pandas/tests/groupby/test_apply_mutate.py
+++ b/pandas/tests/groupby/test_apply_mutate.py
@@ -4,6 +4,20 @@
 import pandas._testing as tm
 
 
+def test_group_by_copy():
+    # GH#44803
+    df = pd.DataFrame(
+        {
+            "name": ["Alice", "Bob", "Carl"],
+            "age": [20, 21, 20],
+        }
+    ).set_index("name")
+
+    grp_by_same_value = df.groupby(["age"]).apply(lambda group: group)
+    grp_by_copy = df.groupby(["age"]).apply(lambda group: group.copy())
+    tm.assert_frame_equal(grp_by_same_value, grp_by_copy)
+
+
 def test_mutate_groups():
 
     # GH3380
diff --git a/pandas/tests/groupby/test_groupby.py b/pandas/tests/groupby/test_groupby.py
index 03c09112be1fe..fb2b9f0632f0d 100644
--- a/pandas/tests/groupby/test_groupby.py
+++ b/pandas/tests/groupby/test_groupby.py
@@ -32,20 +32,6 @@
 from pandas.core.groupby.base import maybe_normalize_deprecated_kernels
 
 
-def test_group_by_copy():
-    # GH#44803
-    df = DataFrame(
-        {
-            "name": ["Alice", "Bob", "Carl"],
-            "age": [20, 21, 20],
-        }
-    ).set_index("name")
-
-    grp_by_same_value = df.groupby(["age"]).apply(lambda group: group)
-    grp_by_copy = df.groupby(["age"]).apply(lambda group: group.copy())
-    tm.assert_frame_equal(grp_by_same_value, grp_by_copy)
-
-
 def test_repr():
     # GH18203
     result = repr(Grouper(key="A", level="B"))