diff --git a/lib/std/build.zig b/lib/std/build.zig
index 4cbf6ea67aae7732c65db9296d34ff4a14eec979..0a12b10db47e8108aaddbb634fe1206991309463 100644
--- a/lib/std/build.zig
+++ b/lib/std/build.zig
@@ -2702,5 +2702,5 @@ test "" {
     // The only purpose of this test is to get all these untested functions
     // to be referenced to avoid regression so it is okay to skip some targets.
     if (comptime std.Target.current.cpu.arch.ptrBitWidth() == 64)
-        std.meta.refAllDecls(@This());
+        std.testing.refAllDecls(@This());
 }
diff --git a/lib/std/build/emit_raw.zig b/lib/std/build/emit_raw.zig
index d499df1817f9d71c93bf5a10554a9d78688d4042..75fd7be613da9625ee80f410f725c1c7143e3901 100644
--- a/lib/std/build/emit_raw.zig
+++ b/lib/std/build/emit_raw.zig
@@ -224,5 +224,5 @@ pub const InstallRawStep = struct {
 };
 
 test "" {
-    std.meta.refAllDecls(InstallRawStep);
+    std.testing.refAllDecls(InstallRawStep);
 }
diff --git a/lib/std/crypto.zig b/lib/std/crypto.zig
index 8c225aa719d8ed3defa897ffd419388ec58295e5..858869e5e33f2256ba38a23c997920e8bb13cea8 100644
--- a/lib/std/crypto.zig
+++ b/lib/std/crypto.zig
@@ -110,7 +110,7 @@ test "crypto" {
     inline for (std.meta.declarations(@This())) |decl| {
         switch (decl.data) {
             .Type => |t| {
-                std.meta.refAllDecls(t);
+                std.testing.refAllDecls(t);
             },
             .Var => |v| {
                 _ = v;
diff --git a/lib/std/math.zig b/lib/std/math.zig
index a1db1309c930180abf95d1ee7c2316fa6fff25ea..efd70fe049d9f8f70bf09ebcf8f2cdd3f233efa9 100644
--- a/lib/std/math.zig
+++ b/lib/std/math.zig
@@ -194,7 +194,7 @@ pub const Complex = complex.Complex;
 pub const big = @import("math/big.zig");
 
 test "" {
-    std.meta.refAllDecls(@This());
+    std.testing.refAllDecls(@This());
 }
 
 pub fn floatMantissaBits(comptime T: type) comptime_int {
diff --git a/lib/std/meta.zig b/lib/std/meta.zig
index 79b0424e96b028a3f7045bc2abdeb699ad427c08..ca13ba8a284551398723f5bf30f96fe528688c48 100644
--- a/lib/std/meta.zig
+++ b/lib/std/meta.zig
@@ -655,13 +655,7 @@ pub fn fieldIndex(comptime T: type, comptime name: []const u8) ?comptime_int {
     return null;
 }
 
-/// Given a type, reference all the declarations inside, so that the semantic analyzer sees them.
-pub fn refAllDecls(comptime T: type) void {
-    if (!builtin.is_test) return;
-    inline for (declarations(T)) |decl| {
-        _ = decl;
-    }
-}
+pub const refAllDecls = @compileError("refAllDecls has been moved from std.meta to std.testing");
 
 /// Returns a slice of pointers to public declarations of a namespace.
 pub fn declList(comptime Namespace: type, comptime Decl: type) []const *const Decl {
diff --git a/lib/std/rand.zig b/lib/std/rand.zig
index 7e055928698ac37716b53599ddfd792007f9e5fc..cad76f2da5ef52c6c8806e59c25421987279b5ef 100644
--- a/lib/std/rand.zig
+++ b/lib/std/rand.zig
@@ -1140,5 +1140,5 @@ fn testRangeBias(r: *Random, start: i8, end: i8, biased: bool) void {
 }
 
 test "" {
-    std.meta.refAllDecls(@This());
+    std.testing.refAllDecls(@This());
 }
diff --git a/lib/std/std.zig b/lib/std/std.zig
index f4cca0f9f461ec280e6f4a291edfc2ab51082428..c499f7a5cc2a7975255d955f5be57dbdb6e1f065 100644
--- a/lib/std/std.zig
+++ b/lib/std/std.zig
@@ -92,5 +92,5 @@ comptime {
 }
 
 test "" {
-    meta.refAllDecls(@This());
+    testing.refAllDecls(@This());
 }
diff --git a/lib/std/target.zig b/lib/std/target.zig
index 1b93c82a76f1a7063e9d804ab90a3f1de8465656..01fffb68e5bcac8bb69e764fc688e9262c481948 100644
--- a/lib/std/target.zig
+++ b/lib/std/target.zig
@@ -1516,5 +1516,5 @@ pub const Target = struct {
 };
 
 test "" {
-    std.meta.refAllDecls(Target.Cpu.Arch);
+    std.testing.refAllDecls(Target.Cpu.Arch);
 }
diff --git a/lib/std/testing.zig b/lib/std/testing.zig
index ccbd1d6324fa8d0fd43b1db1e9aa682db6b595fd..4b388adb679d5b081fa8655db302d9bb7b8a3fdf 100644
--- a/lib/std/testing.zig
+++ b/lib/std/testing.zig
@@ -389,3 +389,11 @@ fn printLine(line: []const u8) void {
 test "" {
     expectEqualStrings("foo", "foo");
 }
+
+/// Given a type, reference all the declarations inside, so that the semantic analyzer sees them.
+pub fn refAllDecls(comptime T: type) void {
+    if (!@import("builtin").is_test) return;
+    inline for (std.meta.declarations(T)) |decl| {
+        _ = decl;
+    }
+}
diff --git a/lib/std/zig.zig b/lib/std/zig.zig
index cc1815e8e50f827c7417117097606de92111aee5..c28b9b3e353be0a49198f55605753d0d97591d7a 100644
--- a/lib/std/zig.zig
+++ b/lib/std/zig.zig
@@ -255,5 +255,5 @@ test "parseCharLiteral" {
 }
 
 test "" {
-    @import("std").meta.refAllDecls(@This());
+    @import("std").testing.refAllDecls(@This());
 }