diff --git a/acceptance/rackspace/lb/v1/common.go b/acceptance/rackspace/lb/v1/common.go
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+++ b/acceptance/rackspace/lb/v1/common.go
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+// +build acceptance lbs
+
+package v1
+
+import (
+	"os"
+	"testing"
+
+	"github.com/rackspace/gophercloud"
+	"github.com/rackspace/gophercloud/acceptance/tools"
+	"github.com/rackspace/gophercloud/rackspace"
+	th "github.com/rackspace/gophercloud/testhelper"
+)
+
+func newProvider() (*gophercloud.ProviderClient, error) {
+	opts, err := rackspace.AuthOptionsFromEnv()
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, err
+	}
+	opts = tools.OnlyRS(opts)
+
+	return rackspace.AuthenticatedClient(opts)
+}
+
+func newClient() (*gophercloud.ServiceClient, error) {
+	provider, err := newProvider()
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, err
+	}
+
+	return rackspace.NewLBV1(provider, gophercloud.EndpointOpts{
+		Region: os.Getenv("RS_REGION"),
+	})
+}
+
+func newComputeClient() (*gophercloud.ServiceClient, error) {
+	provider, err := newProvider()
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, err
+	}
+
+	return rackspace.NewComputeV2(provider, gophercloud.EndpointOpts{
+		Region: os.Getenv("RS_REGION"),
+	})
+}
+
+func setup(t *testing.T) *gophercloud.ServiceClient {
+	client, err := newClient()
+	th.AssertNoErr(t, err)
+
+	return client
+}