diff --git a/internal/mesh/internal/controllers/sidecarproxy/controller_test.go b/internal/mesh/internal/controllers/sidecarproxy/controller_test.go
index ac15370ccb..384f14e6bf 100644
--- a/internal/mesh/internal/controllers/sidecarproxy/controller_test.go
+++ b/internal/mesh/internal/controllers/sidecarproxy/controller_test.go
@@ -566,8 +566,8 @@ func (suite *controllerTestSuite) TestController() {
 		// Run the controller manager
 		var (
 			// Create proxy state template IDs to check against in this test.
-			apiProxyStateTemplateID = resourcetest.ResourceWithTenancy(pbmesh.ProxyStateTemplateType, "api-abc", tenancy).ID()
-			webProxyStateTemplateID = resourcetest.ResourceWithTenancy(pbmesh.ProxyStateTemplateType, "web-def", tenancy).ID()
+			apiProxyStateTemplateID = resourcetest.Resource(pbmesh.ProxyStateTemplateType, "api-abc").WithTenancy(tenancy).ID()
+			webProxyStateTemplateID = resourcetest.Resource(pbmesh.ProxyStateTemplateType, "web-def").WithTenancy(tenancy).ID()
 
 			apiComputedRoutesID = resource.ReplaceType(pbmesh.ComputedRoutesType, suite.apiService.Id)
 			dbComputedRoutesID  = resource.ReplaceType(pbmesh.ComputedRoutesType, suite.dbService.Id)
diff --git a/internal/resource/resourcetest/builder.go b/internal/resource/resourcetest/builder.go
index 0379a47659..423bd66aaa 100644
--- a/internal/resource/resourcetest/builder.go
+++ b/internal/resource/resourcetest/builder.go
@@ -43,22 +43,6 @@ func Resource(rtype *pbresource.Type, name string) *resourceBuilder {
 	}
 }
 
-func ResourceWithTenancy(rtype *pbresource.Type, name string, tenancy *pbresource.Tenancy) *resourceBuilder {
-	return &resourceBuilder{
-		resource: &pbresource.Resource{
-			Id: &pbresource.ID{
-				Type: &pbresource.Type{
-					Group:        rtype.Group,
-					GroupVersion: rtype.GroupVersion,
-					Kind:         rtype.Kind,
-				},
-				Name:    name,
-				Tenancy: tenancy,
-			},
-		},
-	}
-}
-
 func ResourceID(id *pbresource.ID) *resourceBuilder {
 	return &resourceBuilder{
 		resource: &pbresource.Resource{