diff --git a/eessi_bot_job_manager.py b/eessi_bot_job_manager.py
index ddf90722..7d40b545 100644
--- a/eessi_bot_job_manager.py
+++ b/eessi_bot_job_manager.py
@@ -251,19 +251,6 @@ def determine_finished_jobs(self, known_jobs, current_jobs):
 
         return finished_jobs
 
-    def read_job_pr_metadata(self, job_metadata_path):
-        """
-        Determine metadata od a job
-
-        Args:
-            job_metadata_path (string): path to job metadata file
-
-        Returns:
-            (ConfigParser): instance of ConfigParser corresponding to the 'PR'
-                section or None
-        """
-        return read_job_metadata_from_file(job_metadata_path, self.logfile)
-
     def read_job_result(self, job_result_file_path):
         """
         Read job result file and return the contents of the 'RESULT' section.
@@ -345,7 +332,7 @@ def process_new_job(self, new_job):
 
             # assuming that a bot job's working directory contains a metadata
             # file, its existence is used to check if the job belongs to the bot
-            metadata_pr = self.read_job_pr_metadata(job_metadata_path)
+            metadata_pr = read_job_metadata_from_file(job_metadata_path, self.logfile)
 
             if metadata_pr is None:
                 log(f"No metadata file found at {job_metadata_path} for job {job_id}, so skipping it",
@@ -441,7 +428,7 @@ def process_running_jobs(self, running_job):
         job_metadata_path = os.path.join(job_dir, metadata_file)
 
         # check if metadata file exist
-        metadata_pr = self.read_job_pr_metadata(job_metadata_path)
+        metadata_pr = read_job_metadata_from_file(job_metadata_path, self.logfile)
         if metadata_pr is None:
             raise Exception("Unable to find metadata file")
 
@@ -586,7 +573,7 @@ def process_finished_job(self, finished_job):
         # obtain id of PR comment to be updated (from file '_bot_jobID.metadata')
         metadata_file = f"_bot_job{job_id}.metadata"
         job_metadata_path = os.path.join(new_symlink, metadata_file)
-        metadata_pr = self.read_job_pr_metadata(job_metadata_path)
+        metadata_pr = read_job_metadata_from_file(job_metadata_path, self.logfile)
         if metadata_pr is None:
             raise Exception("Unable to find metadata file ... skip updating PR comment")
 
diff --git a/tests/test_eessi_bot_job_manager.py b/tests/test_eessi_bot_job_manager.py
index c04033b5..2843069a 100644
--- a/tests/test_eessi_bot_job_manager.py
+++ b/tests/test_eessi_bot_job_manager.py
@@ -10,34 +10,10 @@
 #
 # license: GPLv2
 #
-import os
-import shutil
 
 from eessi_bot_job_manager import EESSIBotSoftwareLayerJobManager
 
 
-def test_read_job_pr_metadata(tmpdir):
-    # copy needed app.cfg from tests directory
-    shutil.copyfile("tests/test_app.cfg", "app.cfg")
-
-    # if metadata file does not exist, we should get None as return value
-    job_manager = EESSIBotSoftwareLayerJobManager()
-    path = os.path.join(tmpdir, 'test.metadata')
-    assert job_manager.read_job_pr_metadata(path) is None
-
-    with open(path, 'w') as fp:
-        fp.write('''[PR]
-        repo=test
-        pr_number=12345''')
-
-    metadata_pr = job_manager.read_job_pr_metadata(path)
-    expected = {
-        "repo": "test",
-        "pr_number": "12345",
-    }
-    assert metadata_pr == expected
-
-
 def test_determine_running_jobs():
     job_manager = EESSIBotSoftwareLayerJobManager()
 
diff --git a/tests/test_tools_job_metadata.py b/tests/test_tools_job_metadata.py
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..d667cae0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/test_tools_job_metadata.py
@@ -0,0 +1,34 @@
+# Tests for 'tools/job_metadata.py' of the EESSI build-and-deploy bot,
+# see https://github.com/EESSI/eessi-bot-software-layer
+#
+# The bot helps with requests to add software installations to the
+# EESSI software layer, see https://github.com/EESSI/software-layer
+#
+# author: Thomas Roeblitz (@trz42)
+#
+# license: GPLv2
+#
+
+import os
+import shutil
+
+from tools.job_metadata import read_job_metadata_from_file
+
+
+def test_read_job_metadata_from_file(tmpdir):
+    logfile = os.path.join(tmpdir, 'test_read_job_metadata_from_file.log')
+    # if metadata file does not exist, we should get None as return value
+    path = os.path.join(tmpdir, 'test.metadata')
+    assert read_job_metadata_from_file(path, logfile) is None
+
+    with open(path, 'w') as fp:
+        fp.write('''[PR]
+        repo=test
+        pr_number=12345''')
+
+    metadata_pr = read_job_metadata_from_file(path, logfile)
+    expected = {
+        "repo": "test",
+        "pr_number": "12345",
+    }
+    assert metadata_pr == expected