diff --git a/test/functional/test_framework/address.py b/test/functional/test_framework/address.py
index 9506b63f82..822a7f9763 100644
--- a/test/functional/test_framework/address.py
+++ b/test/functional/test_framework/address.py
@@ -5,15 +5,13 @@
 """Encode and decode BASE58, P2PKH and P2SH addresses."""
 
 import enum
-import unittest
 
-from .script import hash256, hash160, sha256, CScript, OP_0
+from .base58 import byte_to_base58
+from .script import hash160, sha256, CScript, OP_0
 from .util import hex_str_to_bytes
 
 from . import segwit_addr
 
-from test_framework.util import assert_equal
-
 ADDRESS_BCRT1_UNSPENDABLE = 'bcrt1qqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqq3xueyj'
 ADDRESS_BCRT1_UNSPENDABLE_DESCRIPTOR = 'addr(bcrt1qqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqq3xueyj)#juyq9d97'
 # Coins sent to this address can be spent with a witness stack of just OP_TRUE
@@ -25,52 +23,6 @@ class AddressType(enum.Enum):
     p2sh_segwit = 'p2sh-segwit'
     legacy = 'legacy'  # P2PKH
 
-
-chars = '123456789ABCDEFGHJKLMNPQRSTUVWXYZabcdefghijkmnopqrstuvwxyz'
-
-
-def byte_to_base58(b, version):
-    result = ''
-    str = b.hex()
-    str = chr(version).encode('latin-1').hex() + str
-    checksum = hash256(hex_str_to_bytes(str)).hex()
-    str += checksum[:8]
-    value = int('0x'+str,0)
-    while value > 0:
-        result = chars[value % 58] + result
-        value //= 58
-    while (str[:2] == '00'):
-        result = chars[0] + result
-        str = str[2:]
-    return result
-
-
-def base58_to_byte(s, verify_checksum=True):
-    if not s:
-        return b''
-    n = 0
-    for c in s:
-        n *= 58
-        assert c in chars
-        digit = chars.index(c)
-        n += digit
-    h = '%x' % n
-    if len(h) % 2:
-        h = '0' + h
-    res = n.to_bytes((n.bit_length() + 7) // 8, 'big')
-    pad = 0
-    for c in s:
-        if c == chars[0]:
-            pad += 1
-        else:
-            break
-    res = b'\x00' * pad + res
-    if verify_checksum:
-        assert_equal(hash256(res[:-4])[:4], res[-4:])
-
-    return res[1:-4], int(res[0])
-
-
 def keyhash_to_p2pkh(hash, main = False):
     assert len(hash) == 20
     version = 0 if main else 111
@@ -128,22 +80,3 @@ def check_script(script):
     if (type(script) is bytes or type(script) is CScript):
         return script
     assert False
-
-
-class TestFrameworkScript(unittest.TestCase):
-    def test_base58encodedecode(self):
-        def check_base58(data, version):
-            self.assertEqual(base58_to_byte(byte_to_base58(data, version)), (data, version))
-
-        check_base58(b'\x1f\x8e\xa1p*{\xd4\x94\x1b\xca\tA\xb8R\xc4\xbb\xfe\xdb.\x05', 111)
-        check_base58(b':\x0b\x05\xf4\xd7\xf6l;\xa7\x00\x9fE50)l\x84\\\xc9\xcf', 111)
-        check_base58(b'A\xc1\xea\xf1\x11\x80%Y\xba\xd6\x1b`\xd6+\x1f\x89|c\x92\x8a', 111)
-        check_base58(b'\0A\xc1\xea\xf1\x11\x80%Y\xba\xd6\x1b`\xd6+\x1f\x89|c\x92\x8a', 111)
-        check_base58(b'\0\0A\xc1\xea\xf1\x11\x80%Y\xba\xd6\x1b`\xd6+\x1f\x89|c\x92\x8a', 111)
-        check_base58(b'\0\0\0A\xc1\xea\xf1\x11\x80%Y\xba\xd6\x1b`\xd6+\x1f\x89|c\x92\x8a', 111)
-        check_base58(b'\x1f\x8e\xa1p*{\xd4\x94\x1b\xca\tA\xb8R\xc4\xbb\xfe\xdb.\x05', 0)
-        check_base58(b':\x0b\x05\xf4\xd7\xf6l;\xa7\x00\x9fE50)l\x84\\\xc9\xcf', 0)
-        check_base58(b'A\xc1\xea\xf1\x11\x80%Y\xba\xd6\x1b`\xd6+\x1f\x89|c\x92\x8a', 0)
-        check_base58(b'\0A\xc1\xea\xf1\x11\x80%Y\xba\xd6\x1b`\xd6+\x1f\x89|c\x92\x8a', 0)
-        check_base58(b'\0\0A\xc1\xea\xf1\x11\x80%Y\xba\xd6\x1b`\xd6+\x1f\x89|c\x92\x8a', 0)
-        check_base58(b'\0\0\0A\xc1\xea\xf1\x11\x80%Y\xba\xd6\x1b`\xd6+\x1f\x89|c\x92\x8a', 0)
diff --git a/test/functional/test_framework/base58.py b/test/functional/test_framework/base58.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..3dab3569d0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/functional/test_framework/base58.py
@@ -0,0 +1,70 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env python3
+# Copyright (c) 2016-2020 The Bitcoin Core developers
+# Distributed under the MIT software license, see the accompanying
+# file COPYING or http://www.opensource.org/licenses/mit-license.php.
+"""Encode BASE58."""
+
+import unittest
+
+from .messages import hash256
+from .util import hex_str_to_bytes, assert_equal
+
+chars = '123456789ABCDEFGHJKLMNPQRSTUVWXYZabcdefghijkmnopqrstuvwxyz'
+
+def byte_to_base58(b, version):
+    result = ''
+    str = b.hex()
+    str = chr(version).encode('latin-1').hex() + str
+    checksum = hash256(hex_str_to_bytes(str)).hex()
+    str += checksum[:8]
+    value = int('0x'+str,0)
+    while value > 0:
+        result = chars[value % 58] + result
+        value //= 58
+    while (str[:2] == '00'):
+        result = chars[0] + result
+        str = str[2:]
+    return result
+
+def base58_to_byte(s, verify_checksum=True):
+    if not s:
+        return b''
+    n = 0
+    for c in s:
+        n *= 58
+        assert c in chars
+        digit = chars.index(c)
+        n += digit
+    h = '%x' % n
+    if len(h) % 2:
+        h = '0' + h
+    res = n.to_bytes((n.bit_length() + 7) // 8, 'big')
+    pad = 0
+    for c in s:
+        if c == chars[0]:
+            pad += 1
+        else:
+            break
+    res = b'\x00' * pad + res
+    if verify_checksum:
+        assert_equal(hash256(res[:-4])[:4], res[-4:])
+
+    return res[1:-4], int(res[0])
+
+class TestFrameworkScript(unittest.TestCase):
+    def test_base58encodedecode(self):
+        def check_base58(data, version):
+            self.assertEqual(base58_to_byte(byte_to_base58(data, version)), (data, version))
+
+        check_base58(b'\x1f\x8e\xa1p*{\xd4\x94\x1b\xca\tA\xb8R\xc4\xbb\xfe\xdb.\x05', 111)
+        check_base58(b':\x0b\x05\xf4\xd7\xf6l;\xa7\x00\x9fE50)l\x84\\\xc9\xcf', 111)
+        check_base58(b'A\xc1\xea\xf1\x11\x80%Y\xba\xd6\x1b`\xd6+\x1f\x89|c\x92\x8a', 111)
+        check_base58(b'\0A\xc1\xea\xf1\x11\x80%Y\xba\xd6\x1b`\xd6+\x1f\x89|c\x92\x8a', 111)
+        check_base58(b'\0\0A\xc1\xea\xf1\x11\x80%Y\xba\xd6\x1b`\xd6+\x1f\x89|c\x92\x8a', 111)
+        check_base58(b'\0\0\0A\xc1\xea\xf1\x11\x80%Y\xba\xd6\x1b`\xd6+\x1f\x89|c\x92\x8a', 111)
+        check_base58(b'\x1f\x8e\xa1p*{\xd4\x94\x1b\xca\tA\xb8R\xc4\xbb\xfe\xdb.\x05', 0)
+        check_base58(b':\x0b\x05\xf4\xd7\xf6l;\xa7\x00\x9fE50)l\x84\\\xc9\xcf', 0)
+        check_base58(b'A\xc1\xea\xf1\x11\x80%Y\xba\xd6\x1b`\xd6+\x1f\x89|c\x92\x8a', 0)
+        check_base58(b'\0A\xc1\xea\xf1\x11\x80%Y\xba\xd6\x1b`\xd6+\x1f\x89|c\x92\x8a', 0)
+        check_base58(b'\0\0A\xc1\xea\xf1\x11\x80%Y\xba\xd6\x1b`\xd6+\x1f\x89|c\x92\x8a', 0)
+        check_base58(b'\0\0\0A\xc1\xea\xf1\x11\x80%Y\xba\xd6\x1b`\xd6+\x1f\x89|c\x92\x8a', 0)
diff --git a/test/functional/test_framework/key.py b/test/functional/test_framework/key.py
index f2d6fba4a6..5a6d0b912b 100644
--- a/test/functional/test_framework/key.py
+++ b/test/functional/test_framework/key.py
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ keys, and is trivially vulnerable to side channel attacks. Do not use for
 anything but tests."""
 import random
 
-from .address import byte_to_base58
+from .base58 import byte_to_base58
 
 def modinv(a, n):
     """Compute the modular inverse of a modulo n
diff --git a/test/functional/test_runner.py b/test/functional/test_runner.py
index 0ea65c68b8..0acd1e552a 100755
--- a/test/functional/test_runner.py
+++ b/test/functional/test_runner.py
@@ -67,7 +67,7 @@ TEST_EXIT_PASSED = 0
 TEST_EXIT_SKIPPED = 77
 
 TEST_FRAMEWORK_MODULES = [
-    "address",
+    "base58",
     "blocktools",
     "script",
 ]