diff --git a/tests/test_install.py b/tests/test_install.py
index 375149cac3..b814b736a0 100644
--- a/tests/test_install.py
+++ b/tests/test_install.py
@@ -22,27 +22,8 @@ def test_help_text(monkeypatch, capsys):
     assert "apps you can run from anywhere" in captured.out
 
 
-def install_package(capsys, pipx_temp_env, caplog, package, package_name=""):
-    if not package_name:
-        package_name = package
-
-    run_pipx_cli(["install", package, "--verbose"])
-    captured = capsys.readouterr()
-    assert f"installed package {package_name}" in captured.out
-    if not sys.platform.startswith("win"):
-        # TODO assert on windows too
-        # https://github.com/pypa/pipx/issues/217
-        assert "symlink missing or pointing to unexpected location" not in captured.out
-    assert "not modifying" not in captured.out
-    assert "is not on your PATH environment variable" not in captured.out
-    assert "⚠️" not in caplog.text
-    assert "WARNING" not in caplog.text
-
-
-def install_multiple_packages(capsys, pipx_temp_env, caplog, packages, package_names=()):
-    if not package_names:
-        package_names = packages
-    elif len(package_names) != len(packages):
+def install_packages(capsys, pipx_temp_env, caplog, packages, package_names=()):
+    if len(package_names) != len(packages):
         package_names = packages
 
     run_pipx_cli(["install", *packages, "--verbose"])
@@ -64,11 +45,11 @@ def install_multiple_packages(capsys, pipx_temp_env, caplog, packages, package_n
     [("pycowsay", "pycowsay"), ("black", PKG["black"]["spec"])],
 )
 def test_install_easy_packages(capsys, pipx_temp_env, caplog, package_name, package_spec):
-    install_package(capsys, pipx_temp_env, caplog, package_spec, package_name)
+    install_packages(capsys, pipx_temp_env, caplog, [package_spec], [package_name])
 
 
 def test_install_easy_multiple_packages(capsys, pipx_temp_env, caplog):
-    install_multiple_packages(
+    install_packages(
         capsys,
         pipx_temp_env,
         caplog,
@@ -92,7 +73,7 @@ def test_install_tricky_packages(capsys, pipx_temp_env, caplog, package_name, pa
     if sys.platform.startswith("win") and package_name == "ansible":
         pytest.skip("Ansible is not installable on Windows")
 
-    install_package(capsys, pipx_temp_env, caplog, package_spec, package_name)
+    install_packages(capsys, pipx_temp_env, caplog, [package_spec], [package_name])
 
 
 def test_install_tricky_multiple_packages(capsys, pipx_temp_env, caplog):
@@ -102,7 +83,7 @@ def test_install_tricky_multiple_packages(capsys, pipx_temp_env, caplog):
     packages = ["cloudtoken", "awscli", "shell-functools"]
     package_specs = [PKG[package]["spec"] for package in packages]
 
-    install_multiple_packages(capsys, pipx_temp_env, caplog, package_specs, packages)
+    install_packages(capsys, pipx_temp_env, caplog, package_specs, packages)
 
 
 @pytest.mark.parametrize(
@@ -114,7 +95,7 @@ def test_install_tricky_multiple_packages(capsys, pipx_temp_env, caplog):
     ],
 )
 def test_install_package_specs(capsys, pipx_temp_env, caplog, package_name, package_spec):
-    install_package(capsys, pipx_temp_env, caplog, package_spec, package_name)
+    install_packages(capsys, pipx_temp_env, caplog, [package_spec], [package_name])
 
 
 def test_force_install(pipx_temp_env, capsys):
@@ -159,7 +140,7 @@ def test_include_deps(pipx_temp_env, capsys):
     ],
 )
 def test_name_tricky_characters(caplog, capsys, pipx_temp_env, package_name, package_spec):
-    install_package(capsys, pipx_temp_env, caplog, package_spec, package_name)
+    install_packages(capsys, pipx_temp_env, caplog, [package_spec], [package_name])
 
 
 def test_extra(pipx_temp_env, capsys):