diff --git a/middletier/CMakeLists.txt b/middletier/CMakeLists.txt
index 89966f32517b420be406e9838af2bef260a48d15..9803e6337f85cfb68d7ae073d51942499bfc2eb1 100644
--- a/middletier/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/middletier/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -32,10 +32,8 @@ set (MIDDLE_TIER_INTERFACE_SRC_FILES
   interface/LogicalLibrary.cpp
   interface/MiddleTierAdmin.cpp
   interface/MiddleTierUser.cpp
-  interface/MockNameServer.cpp
   interface/Mount.cpp
   interface/MountCriteria.cpp
-  interface/NameServer.cpp
   interface/RemoteStorage.cpp
   interface/RetrievalFileTransfer.cpp
   interface/RetrievalJob.cpp
@@ -60,7 +58,6 @@ add_library (ctamiddletier SHARED
   ${MIDDLE_TIER_INTERFACE_SRC_FILES})
 
 set (MIDDLE_TIER_INTERFACE_UNIT_TESTS_LIB_SRC_FILES
-  interface/MockNameServerTest.cpp
   sharedtest/MiddleTierAdminAbstractTest.cpp
   sharedtest/MiddleTierUserAbstractTest.cpp)
 
diff --git a/middletier/sharedtest/MiddleTierTest.cpp b/middletier/sharedtest/MiddleTierTest.cpp
deleted file mode 100644
index f07191c5d059e40c0b42272ca6042f4d7c689d25..0000000000000000000000000000000000000000
--- a/middletier/sharedtest/MiddleTierTest.cpp
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,77 +0,0 @@
-/*
- * The CERN Tape Archive (CTA) project
- * Copyright (C) 2015  CERN
- *
- * This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
- * it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
- * the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
- * (at your option) any later version.
- *
- * This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
- * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
- * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
- * GNU General Public License for more details.
- *
- * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
- * along with this program.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
- */
-
-#include "MiddleTierAbstractTest.hpp"
-#include "ObjectStoreMiddleTierAdmin.hpp"
-#include "objectstore/BackendRados.hpp"
-#include "objectstore/BackendVFS.hpp"
-#include "middletier/cta/SqliteDatabase.hpp"
-#include "middletier/cta/Vfs.hpp"
-#include "middletier/cta/SqliteMiddleTierAdmin.hpp"
-#include "middletier/cta/SqliteMiddleTierUser.hpp"
-
-#define TEST_RADOS 0
-#define TEST_VFS 0
-#define TEST_SQL 1
-
-namespace unitTests {
-
-#if TEST_RADOS
-cta::objectstore::BackendRados osRados("tapetest", "tapetest");
-cta::OStoreMiddleTierAdmin mtaRados(osRados);
-unitTests::MiddleTierFull middleTierRados;
-middleTierRados.admin = &mtaRados;
-middleTierRados.user = NULL;
-
-INSTANTIATE_TEST_CASE_P(MiddleTierRados, MiddleTierAbstractTest , ::testing::Values(middleTierRados));
-#endif
-
-#if TEST_VFS
-cta::objectstore::BackendVFS osVFS;
-
-#endif
-
-#if TEST_SQL
-class SQLiteLocalMiddleTier: public localMiddleTier {
-public:
-  SQLiteLocalMiddleTier(): m_vfs(), m_sqLite(), m_admin(m_vfs, m_sqLite), 
-    m_user(m_vfs, m_sqLite) {}
-  virtual cta::MiddleTierAdmin & admin () { return m_admin; }
-  virtual cta::MiddleTierUser & user () { return m_user; }
-private:
-  cta::Vfs m_vfs;
-  cta::SqliteDatabase m_sqLite;
-  cta::SqliteMiddleTierAdmin m_admin;
-  cta::SqliteMiddleTierUser m_user;
-};
-
-class SQLiteMiddleTierFactory: public MiddleTierFactory {
-public:
-  SQLiteMiddleTierFactory() {
-    m_localMiddleTier = allocateLocalMiddleTier();
-  }
-  virtual localMiddleTier * allocateLocalMiddleTier() { 
-    return new SQLiteLocalMiddleTier; }
-} g_SQLiteMiddleTierFactory;
-
-// Macro chokes on implicit casting of pointer so we have to do it ourselves
-INSTANTIATE_TEST_CASE_P(MiddleTierSQL, MiddleTierAbstractTest, ::testing::Values(
-    (MiddleTierFactory*)&g_SQLiteMiddleTierFactory));
-#endif
-
-}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/namespace/CMakeLists.txt b/namespace/CMakeLists.txt
index ab7dc505116b767e6eb2a569afc4e2487a720d6d..f016bd24c7639e5373aea6db6e9138cb72dbc48a 100644
--- a/namespace/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/namespace/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -1,5 +1,14 @@
 cmake_minimum_required (VERSION 2.6)
 
+add_library (ctanameserver SHARED
+  NameServer.cpp)
+
+add_library (ctamocknameserver SHARED
+  MockNameServer.cpp)
+
+add_library (ctamocknameservertest SHARED
+  MockNameServerTest.cpp)
+
 add_library (ctanamespacevfs SHARED
   Vfs.cpp)
 
diff --git a/middletier/interface/MockNameServer.cpp b/namespace/MockNameServer.cpp
similarity index 99%
rename from middletier/interface/MockNameServer.cpp
rename to namespace/MockNameServer.cpp
index b5db28c34fa5d792d6c15fb438b717befb132188..cfd1ff320918bc2ed3e99401c11248a6654337a7 100644
--- a/middletier/interface/MockNameServer.cpp
+++ b/namespace/MockNameServer.cpp
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@
 #include "utils/exception/Exception.hpp"
 #include "utils/exception/Errnum.hpp"
 #include "utils/Utils.hpp"
-#include "middletier/interface/MockNameServer.hpp"
+#include "namespace/MockNameServer.hpp"
 using cta::exception::Exception;
 
 //------------------------------------------------------------------------------
diff --git a/middletier/interface/MockNameServer.hpp b/namespace/MockNameServer.hpp
similarity index 98%
rename from middletier/interface/MockNameServer.hpp
rename to namespace/MockNameServer.hpp
index fd3062786f5bbbc63ecee31214264e9ed6c18590..4cd07f18758b5601d12f81e90c6cbc87df0af0fd 100644
--- a/middletier/interface/MockNameServer.hpp
+++ b/namespace/MockNameServer.hpp
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@
 #pragma once
 
 #include "middletier/interface/DirIterator.hpp"
-#include "middletier/interface/NameServer.hpp"
+#include "namespace/NameServer.hpp"
 #include "middletier/interface/SecurityIdentity.hpp"
 
 #include <list>
diff --git a/middletier/interface/MockNameServerTest.cpp b/namespace/MockNameServerTest.cpp
similarity index 99%
rename from middletier/interface/MockNameServerTest.cpp
rename to namespace/MockNameServerTest.cpp
index 017e8c8f88a12cf768fc200d675ef9262603d1f5..1f7b792d2472a08481fc64314f94945b1a6ae4d8 100644
--- a/middletier/interface/MockNameServerTest.cpp
+++ b/namespace/MockNameServerTest.cpp
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@
  * along with this program.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
  */
 
-#include "middletier/interface/MockNameServer.hpp"
+#include "namespace/MockNameServer.hpp"
 
 #include <gtest/gtest.h>
 #include <memory>
diff --git a/middletier/interface/NameServer.cpp b/namespace/NameServer.cpp
similarity index 95%
rename from middletier/interface/NameServer.cpp
rename to namespace/NameServer.cpp
index 0bce33c9fc8e0aead8f96630b95b88b10bc641c3..9a3614f7237fb775c00dea7e07adce03019d1e7c 100644
--- a/middletier/interface/NameServer.cpp
+++ b/namespace/NameServer.cpp
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@
  * along with this program.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
  */
 
-#include "middletier/interface/NameServer.hpp"
+#include "namespace/NameServer.hpp"
 
 //------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 // destructor
diff --git a/middletier/interface/NameServer.hpp b/namespace/NameServer.hpp
similarity index 100%
rename from middletier/interface/NameServer.hpp
rename to namespace/NameServer.hpp
diff --git a/namespace/Vfs.hpp b/namespace/Vfs.hpp
index 73e5e6aabb0ae13b41d54c43b0822a1ebdb17839..35c3283418f58c0da9ca077d15de27b888777282 100644
--- a/namespace/Vfs.hpp
+++ b/namespace/Vfs.hpp
@@ -66,8 +66,6 @@ public:
 
 private:
   
-  std::string m_baseDir;
-  
   std::string m_fsDir;
   
   void checkDirectoryExists(const std::string &dirPath);
diff --git a/tests/CMakeLists.txt b/tests/CMakeLists.txt
index 0ca08c9a62e1c6a9533564d25c5319c6657888c7..c009fcda33abd870c6d3a65eceba8124648bc851 100644
--- a/tests/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/tests/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -20,6 +20,9 @@ target_link_libraries(unittests
   ctamiddletierobjectstore
   ctanamespacevfs
   ctanamespacevfsunittests
+  ctamocknameservertest
+  ctamocknameserver
+  ctanameserver
   gmock
   gtest
   pthread)