diff --git a/tests/tsdk/doc.go b/tests/tsdk/doc.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..05df667cc8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/tsdk/doc.go
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+// Package tsdk provides test utilities related to Cosmos SDK
+package tsdk
diff --git a/tests/tsdk/store.go b/tests/tsdk/store.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..ed47740723
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/tsdk/store.go
@@ -0,0 +1,99 @@
+package tsdk
+
+import (
+	"io"
+	"testing"
+
+	"github.com/cosmos/cosmos-sdk/store"
+	types "github.com/cosmos/cosmos-sdk/store/types"
+	sdk "github.com/cosmos/cosmos-sdk/types"
+	"github.com/stretchr/testify/assert"
+	"github.com/tendermint/tendermint/libs/log"
+	tmproto "github.com/tendermint/tendermint/proto/tendermint/types"
+	dbm "github.com/tendermint/tm-db"
+)
+
+// NewCommitMultiStore creats SDK Multistore
+func NewCommitMultiStore(t *testing.T, keys []types.StoreKey, tkeys []types.StoreKey) types.CommitMultiStore {
+	db := dbm.NewMemDB()
+	cms := store.NewCommitMultiStore(db)
+	for _, k := range keys {
+		cms.MountStoreWithDB(k, types.StoreTypeIAVL, db)
+	}
+	for _, k := range tkeys {
+		cms.MountStoreWithDB(k, types.StoreTypeTransient, db)
+	}
+	err := cms.LoadLatestVersion()
+	assert.NoError(t, err)
+	return cms
+}
+
+// NewCtx creates new context with store and mounted store keys and transient store keys.
+func NewCtx(t *testing.T, keys []types.StoreKey, tkeys []types.StoreKey) (sdk.Context, types.CommitMultiStore) {
+	cms := NewCommitMultiStore(t, keys, tkeys)
+	ctx := sdk.NewContext(cms, tmproto.Header{}, false, log.NewNopLogger())
+
+	return ctx, cms
+}
+
+// NewCtxq creates new context with only one store key
+func NewCtxOneStore(t *testing.T, keys types.StoreKey) (sdk.Context, types.CommitMultiStore) {
+	return NewCtx(t, []types.StoreKey{keys}, nil)
+}
+
+// NewKVStore creates a memory based kv store without commit / wrapping functionality
+func NewKVStore(t *testing.T) types.KVStore {
+	db := dbm.NewMemDB()
+	return kvStoreDB{db, t}
+}
+
+type kvStoreDB struct {
+	db *dbm.MemDB
+	t  *testing.T
+}
+
+func (kvStoreDB) CacheWrap() types.CacheWrap {
+	panic("not implemented")
+}
+
+func (kvStoreDB) CacheWrapWithTrace(_ io.Writer, _ types.TraceContext) types.CacheWrap {
+	panic("not implemented")
+}
+
+func (s kvStoreDB) Get(key []byte) []byte {
+	o, err := s.db.Get(key)
+	assert.NoError(s.t, err)
+	return o
+}
+
+func (s kvStoreDB) Has(key []byte) bool {
+	o, err := s.db.Has(key)
+	assert.NoError(s.t, err)
+	return o
+}
+
+func (s kvStoreDB) Set(key, val []byte) {
+	err := s.db.Set(key, val)
+	assert.NoError(s.t, err)
+}
+
+func (s kvStoreDB) Delete(key []byte) {
+	err := s.db.Delete(key)
+	assert.NoError(s.t, err)
+}
+
+func (s kvStoreDB) GetStoreType() types.StoreType {
+	return types.StoreTypeMemory
+}
+
+func (s kvStoreDB) Iterator(start, end []byte) types.Iterator {
+	o, err := s.db.Iterator(start, end)
+	assert.NoError(s.t, err)
+	return o
+}
+
+func (s kvStoreDB) ReverseIterator(start, end []byte) types.Iterator {
+	o, err := s.db.ReverseIterator(start, end)
+	assert.NoError(s.t, err)
+	return o
+}
diff --git a/util/store/iter_test.go b/util/store/iter_test.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..0e28666bcf
--- /dev/null
+++ b/util/store/iter_test.go
@@ -0,0 +1,40 @@
+package store
+
+import (
+	"testing"
+
+	"github.com/umee-network/umee/v4/tests/tsdk"
+	"gotest.tools/v3/assert"
+)
+
+func TestIterate(t *testing.T) {
+	// test: insert data out of order
+	// expect: iterate will fetch data in order.
+
+	type pair struct {
+		K, V []byte
+	}
+	pairs := []pair{
+		{[]byte{0}, []byte{0}},
+		{[]byte{1, 1}, []byte{0}},
+		{[]byte{1, 7}, []byte{3}},
+		{[]byte{1, 8}, []byte{2}},
+		{[]byte{2, 4}, []byte{1}},
+	}
+
+	db := tsdk.NewKVStore(t)
+	db.Set(pairs[0].K, pairs[0].V)
+	db.Set(pairs[4].K, pairs[4].V)
+	db.Set(pairs[3].K, pairs[3].V)
+	db.Set(pairs[1].K, pairs[1].V)
+	db.Set(pairs[2].K, pairs[2].V)
+
+	collected := []pair{}
+	collect := func(k, v []byte) error {
+		collected = append(collected, pair{k, v})
+		return nil
+	}
+	Iterate(db, []byte{1}, collect)
+
+	assert.DeepEqual(t, pairs[1:4], collected)
+}
diff --git a/x/uibc/quota/keeper/keeper_test.go b/x/uibc/quota/keeper/keeper_test.go
index df348c2d35..4aab08ed68 100644
--- a/x/uibc/quota/keeper/keeper_test.go
+++ b/x/uibc/quota/keeper/keeper_test.go
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ import (
 
 	"github.com/cosmos/cosmos-sdk/baseapp"
 	"github.com/cosmos/cosmos-sdk/simapp"
+	storetypes "github.com/cosmos/cosmos-sdk/store/types"
 	sdk "github.com/cosmos/cosmos-sdk/types"
 	minttypes "github.com/cosmos/cosmos-sdk/x/mint/types"
 	"github.com/cosmos/cosmos-sdk/x/staking"
@@ -17,6 +18,7 @@ import (
 
 	umeeapp "github.com/umee-network/umee/v4/app"
 	appparams "github.com/umee-network/umee/v4/app/params"
+	"github.com/umee-network/umee/v4/tests/tsdk"
 	"github.com/umee-network/umee/v4/x/uibc"
 	"github.com/umee-network/umee/v4/x/uibc/quota/keeper"
 )
@@ -86,3 +88,11 @@ func initKeeperTestSuite(t *testing.T) *KeeperTestSuite {
 
 	return s
 }
+
+// creates keeper without external dependencies (app, leverage etc...)
+func initSimpleKeeper(t *testing.T) (sdk.Context, keeper.Keeper) {
+	storeKey := storetypes.NewMemoryStoreKey("quota")
+	k := keeper.NewKeeper(nil, storeKey, nil, nil, nil)
+	ctx, _ := tsdk.NewCtxOneStore(t, storeKey)
+	return ctx, k
+}
diff --git a/x/uibc/quota/keeper/quota_test.go b/x/uibc/quota/keeper/quota_test.go
index dc82c5d39b..3cd6d94f89 100644
--- a/x/uibc/quota/keeper/quota_test.go
+++ b/x/uibc/quota/keeper/quota_test.go
@@ -5,11 +5,12 @@ import (
 
 	sdk "github.com/cosmos/cosmos-sdk/types"
 	"gotest.tools/v3/assert"
+
+	"github.com/umee-network/umee/v4/x/uibc/quota/keeper"
 )
 
 func TestGetQuotas(t *testing.T) {
-	s := initKeeperTestSuite(t)
-	ctx, k := s.ctx, s.app.UIbcQuotaKeeper
+	ctx, k := initSimpleKeeper(t)
 
 	quotas, err := k.GetAllOutflows(ctx)
 	assert.NilError(t, err)
@@ -29,8 +30,7 @@ func TestGetQuotas(t *testing.T) {
 }
 
 func TestGetLocalDenom(t *testing.T) {
-	s := initKeeperTestSuite(t)
-	k := s.app.UIbcQuotaKeeper
+	k := keeper.Keeper{}
 	out := k.GetLocalDenom("umee")
 	assert.Equal(t, "umee", out)
 }