diff --git a/src/lib/assets/defaultTestObjects.ts b/src/lib/assets/defaultTestObjects.ts
index adec2f99..884c9a5e 100644
--- a/src/lib/assets/defaultTestObjects.ts
+++ b/src/lib/assets/defaultTestObjects.ts
@@ -1,8 +1,25 @@
-import { GenericClass } from "kubernetes-fluent-client";
+import { GenericClass, GroupVersionKind } from "kubernetes-fluent-client";
 import { Event } from "../enums";
 import { Binding, CapabilityExport } from "../types";
 import { defaultFilters } from "../filter/adjudicators/defaultTestObjects";
 import { V1PolicyRule as PolicyRule } from "@kubernetes/client-node";
+import { AdmissionRequest, GroupVersionResource } from "../types";
+import { Operation } from "../enums";
+
+export const createMockAdmissionRequest = (
+  kind: GroupVersionKind = { kind: "kind", group: "group", version: "version" },
+  resource: GroupVersionResource = { group: "group", version: "version", resource: "resource" },
+  object: { metadata: { name: string } } = { metadata: { name: "create-me" } },
+  operation: Operation = Operation.CREATE,
+): AdmissionRequest => ({
+  uid: "uid",
+  kind,
+  resource,
+  name: "",
+  object,
+  operation,
+  userInfo: {},
+});
 
 export const createMockRbacRule = (
   apiGroups: string[] = ["pepr.dev"],
diff --git a/src/lib/decode-utils.test.ts b/src/lib/processors/decode-utils.test.ts
similarity index 84%
rename from src/lib/decode-utils.test.ts
rename to src/lib/processors/decode-utils.test.ts
index e2eb3827..6be065c2 100644
--- a/src/lib/decode-utils.test.ts
+++ b/src/lib/processors/decode-utils.test.ts
@@ -1,11 +1,12 @@
 import { beforeEach, describe, expect, it, jest } from "@jest/globals";
-import { AdmissionRequest } from "./types";
-import { convertFromBase64Map, convertToBase64Map } from "./utils";
-import { Operation } from "./enums";
-import { PeprMutateRequest } from "./mutate-request";
+import { convertFromBase64Map, convertToBase64Map } from "../utils";
+import { PeprMutateRequest } from "../mutate-request";
 import { decodeData, reencodeData } from "./decode-utils";
+import { createMockAdmissionRequest } from "../assets/defaultTestObjects";
 
-jest.mock("./utils");
+jest.mock("../utils");
+
+const defaultAdmissionRequest = createMockAdmissionRequest();
 
 const defaultPeprMutateRequest = (admissionRequest = defaultAdmissionRequest) =>
   new PeprMutateRequest(admissionRequest);
@@ -13,28 +14,6 @@ const defaultPeprMutateRequest = (admissionRequest = defaultAdmissionRequest) =>
 const mockConvertToBase64Map = jest.mocked(convertToBase64Map);
 const mockConvertFromBase64Map = jest.mocked(convertFromBase64Map);
 
-const defaultAdmissionRequest: AdmissionRequest = {
-  uid: "uid",
-  kind: {
-    kind: "kind",
-    group: "group",
-    version: "version",
-  },
-  resource: {
-    group: "group",
-    version: "version",
-    resource: "resource",
-  },
-  name: "",
-  object: {
-    metadata: {
-      name: "create-me",
-    },
-  },
-  operation: Operation.CREATE,
-  userInfo: {},
-};
-
 describe("decodeData", () => {
   const skips = ["convert", "From", "Base64", "Map"];
 
diff --git a/src/lib/decode-utils.ts b/src/lib/processors/decode-utils.ts
similarity index 90%
rename from src/lib/decode-utils.ts
rename to src/lib/processors/decode-utils.ts
index 0a364999..54a6e8be 100644
--- a/src/lib/decode-utils.ts
+++ b/src/lib/processors/decode-utils.ts
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
-import { convertFromBase64Map, convertToBase64Map } from "./utils";
+import { convertFromBase64Map, convertToBase64Map } from "../utils";
 import { kind, KubernetesObject } from "kubernetes-fluent-client";
-import { PeprMutateRequest } from "./mutate-request";
+import { PeprMutateRequest } from "../mutate-request";
 import { clone } from "ramda";
 
 export function decodeData(wrapped: PeprMutateRequest<KubernetesObject>): {
diff --git a/src/lib/processors/mutate-processor.test.ts b/src/lib/processors/mutate-processor.test.ts
index 589ea835..4967fe04 100644
--- a/src/lib/processors/mutate-processor.test.ts
+++ b/src/lib/processors/mutate-processor.test.ts
@@ -22,9 +22,9 @@ import {
 import { Operation as JSONPatchOperation } from "fast-json-patch";
 import { Capability } from "../core/capability";
 import { MeasureWebhookTimeout } from "../telemetry/webhookTimeouts";
-import { decodeData } from "../decode-utils";
+import { decodeData } from "./decode-utils";
 
-jest.mock("../decode-utils", () => ({
+jest.mock("./decode-utils", () => ({
   decodeData: jest.fn(),
 }));
 
diff --git a/src/lib/processors/mutate-processor.ts b/src/lib/processors/mutate-processor.ts
index 3c5c7ed6..a35b55dc 100644
--- a/src/lib/processors/mutate-processor.ts
+++ b/src/lib/processors/mutate-processor.ts
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ import { OnError } from "../../cli/init/enums";
 import { resolveIgnoreNamespaces } from "../assets/webhooks";
 import { Operation } from "fast-json-patch";
 import { WebhookType } from "../enums";
-import { decodeData, reencodeData } from "../decode-utils";
+import { decodeData, reencodeData } from "./decode-utils";
 
 export interface Bindable {
   req: AdmissionRequest;
@@ -61,33 +61,6 @@ export function logMutateErrorMessage(e: Error): string {
   }
 }
 
-// export function decodeData(wrapped: PeprMutateRequest<KubernetesObject>): {
-//   skipped: string[];
-//   wrapped: PeprMutateRequest<KubernetesObject>;
-// } {
-//   let skipped: string[] = [];
-
-//   const isSecret = wrapped.Request.kind.version === "v1" && wrapped.Request.kind.kind === "Secret";
-//   if (isSecret) {
-//     // convertFromBase64Map modifies it's arg rather than returing a mod'ed copy (ye olde side-effect special, blerg)
-//     skipped = convertFromBase64Map(wrapped.Raw as unknown as kind.Secret);
-//   }
-
-//   return { skipped, wrapped };
-// }
-
-// export function reencodeData(wrapped: PeprMutateRequest<KubernetesObject>, skipped: string[]): KubernetesObject {
-//   const transformed = clone(wrapped.Raw);
-
-//   const isSecret = wrapped.Request.kind.version === "v1" && wrapped.Request.kind.kind === "Secret";
-//   if (isSecret) {
-//     // convertToBase64Map modifies it's arg rather than returing a mod'ed copy (ye olde side-effect special, blerg)
-//     convertToBase64Map(transformed as unknown as kind.Secret, skipped);
-//   }
-
-//   return transformed;
-// }
-
 export async function processRequest(
   bindable: Bindable,
   wrapped: PeprMutateRequest<KubernetesObject>,