diff --git a/crates/apollo_deployments/Cargo.toml b/crates/apollo_deployments/Cargo.toml
index 5e8de4ce2e8..ca4b676559f 100644
--- a/crates/apollo_deployments/Cargo.toml
+++ b/crates/apollo_deployments/Cargo.toml
@@ -14,6 +14,8 @@ apollo_config.workspace = true
 apollo_infra.workspace = true
 apollo_infra_utils.workspace = true
 apollo_node_config.workspace = true
+jrsonnet-evaluator = { workspace = true }
+jrsonnet-stdlib = { workspace = true }
 phf = { workspace = true, features = ["macros"] }
 serde.workspace = true
 serde_json.workspace = true
@@ -24,8 +26,6 @@ url.workspace = true
 [dev-dependencies]
 apollo_infra_utils = { workspace = true, features = ["testing"] }
 apollo_node_config = { workspace = true, features = ["testing"] }
-jrsonnet-evaluator = { workspace = true }
-jrsonnet-stdlib = { workspace = true }
 tempfile.workspace = true
 url = { workspace = true, features = ["serde"] }
 
diff --git a/crates/apollo_deployments/src/deployment_definitions_test.rs b/crates/apollo_deployments/src/deployment_definitions_test.rs
index d05f1ba6c9b..f1f7a572b01 100644
--- a/crates/apollo_deployments/src/deployment_definitions_test.rs
+++ b/crates/apollo_deployments/src/deployment_definitions_test.rs
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ use crate::deployment_definitions::ComponentConfigInService;
 use crate::deployments::consolidated::ConsolidatedNodeServiceName;
 use crate::deployments::distributed::DistributedNodeServiceName;
 use crate::deployments::hybrid::HybridNodeServiceName;
-use crate::jsonnet::{
+use crate::jsonnet_test::{
     assert_build_deserializes,
     assert_infra_matches_rust,
     test_applicative_matches_app_configs,
diff --git a/crates/apollo_deployments/src/jsonnet_generation.rs b/crates/apollo_deployments/src/jsonnet_generation.rs
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..abf05afb40f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/crates/apollo_deployments/src/jsonnet_generation.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,33 @@
+//! Production-capable jsonnet evaluation for assembling deployment config from
+//! `build(layout, overrides)`. Shared by the deployment-config generator and the crate tests.
+
+use std::path::PathBuf;
+
+use jrsonnet_evaluator::trace::PathResolver;
+use jrsonnet_evaluator::{FileImportResolver, State};
+use serde_json::Value;
+
+const JSONNET_DIR: &str = "crates/apollo_deployments/jsonnet";
+
+/// A jrsonnet evaluator with the stdlib installed and file imports resolved relative to the jsonnet
+/// dir (so the libraries' `std.*` calls and relative `import`s work).
+pub(crate) fn jsonnet_state() -> State {
+    let mut builder = State::builder();
+    builder.context_initializer(jrsonnet_stdlib::ContextInitializer::new(PathResolver::Absolute));
+    builder.import_resolver(FileImportResolver::new(vec![PathBuf::from(JSONNET_DIR)]));
+    builder.build()
+}
+
+/// Evaluates `build(layout, overrides)` and returns its JSON: a map from service name to that
+/// service's fully-assembled config.
+pub fn eval_build(layout: &str, overrides: &str) -> Value {
+    let state = jsonnet_state();
+    let _guard = state.enter();
+    let layout_literal = serde_json::to_string(layout).expect("layout is serializable");
+    let snippet =
+        format!("(import 'lib/build.libsonnet').build({layout_literal}, import '{overrides}')");
+    let val = state
+        .evaluate_snippet("build_entry.jsonnet", snippet)
+        .expect("build.libsonnet failed to evaluate");
+    serde_json::to_value(&val).expect("build result is not serializable")
+}
diff --git a/crates/apollo_deployments/src/jsonnet.rs b/crates/apollo_deployments/src/jsonnet_test.rs
similarity index 87%
rename from crates/apollo_deployments/src/jsonnet.rs
rename to crates/apollo_deployments/src/jsonnet_test.rs
index e29d375d391..1af485f33a1 100644
--- a/crates/apollo_deployments/src/jsonnet.rs
+++ b/crates/apollo_deployments/src/jsonnet_test.rs
@@ -1,21 +1,17 @@
 use std::collections::{BTreeMap, BTreeSet};
-use std::path::PathBuf;
 
 use apollo_config::dumping::SerializeConfig;
 use apollo_config::{FIELD_SEPARATOR, IS_NONE_MARK};
 use apollo_node_config::config_utils::{config_to_preset, private_parameters};
 use apollo_node_config::node_config::{SequencerNodeConfig, CONFIG_POINTERS};
-use jrsonnet_evaluator::trace::PathResolver;
-use jrsonnet_evaluator::{FileImportResolver, State};
 use serde_json::Value;
 use strum::IntoEnumIterator;
 
 use crate::deployment_definitions::BASE_APP_CONFIGS_DIR_PATH;
+use crate::jsonnet_generation::{eval_build, jsonnet_state};
 use crate::service::{GetComponentConfigs, NodeService, NodeType, KEYS_TO_BE_REPLACED};
 use crate::test_utils::is_path_prefix;
 
-const JSONNET_DIR: &str = "crates/apollo_deployments/jsonnet";
-
 /// Evaluates `services/<layout>.jsonnet` (the per-layout infra renderer) and returns its JSON.
 fn eval_layout_infra(layout: &str) -> Value {
     let state = jsonnet_state();
@@ -25,15 +21,6 @@ fn eval_layout_infra(layout: &str) -> Value {
     serde_json::to_value(&val).expect("infra config is not serializable")
 }
 
-/// A jrsonnet evaluator with the stdlib installed and file imports resolved relative to the jsonnet
-/// dir (so the libraries' `std.*` calls and relative `import`s work).
-fn jsonnet_state() -> State {
-    let mut builder = State::builder();
-    builder.context_initializer(jrsonnet_stdlib::ContextInitializer::new(PathResolver::Absolute));
-    builder.import_resolver(FileImportResolver::new(vec![PathBuf::from(JSONNET_DIR)]));
-    builder.build()
-}
-
 /// Asserts the jsonnet-derived infra of every service of layout `S` matches the Rust source of
 /// truth (`<layout>.rs`'s `get_component_configs`).
 pub(crate) fn assert_infra_matches_rust<S>()
@@ -70,20 +57,6 @@ where
     }
 }
 
-/// Evaluates `build(layout, overrides)` and returns its JSON: a map from service name to that
-/// service's fully-assembled config.
-fn eval_build(layout: &str, overrides: &str) -> Value {
-    let state = jsonnet_state();
-    let _guard = state.enter();
-    let layout_literal = serde_json::to_string(layout).expect("layout is serializable");
-    let snippet =
-        format!("(import 'lib/build.libsonnet').build({layout_literal}, import '{overrides}')");
-    let val = state
-        .evaluate_snippet("build_entry.jsonnet", snippet)
-        .expect("build.libsonnet failed to evaluate");
-    serde_json::to_value(&val).expect("build result is not serializable")
-}
-
 /// Asserts that `build(layout, testing_overrides)` produces, for every service of layout `S`, an
 /// object that deserializes into `SequencerNodeConfig`.
 pub(crate) fn assert_build_deserializes<S>()
diff --git a/crates/apollo_deployments/src/lib.rs b/crates/apollo_deployments/src/lib.rs
index bf0c0ed3a8d..0a6bb8d3b44 100644
--- a/crates/apollo_deployments/src/lib.rs
+++ b/crates/apollo_deployments/src/lib.rs
@@ -2,8 +2,9 @@
 pub(crate) mod addresses;
 pub mod deployment_definitions;
 pub mod deployments;
+pub mod jsonnet_generation;
 #[cfg(test)]
-pub mod jsonnet;
+pub mod jsonnet_test;
 pub(crate) mod replacers;
 pub(crate) mod scale_policy;
 pub mod service;