diff --git a/test/no_gui/test_regex.py b/test/no_gui/test_regex.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..cab31831ecaa47167c544c410b6d81d6ad7f90bc
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/no_gui/test_regex.py
@@ -0,0 +1,36 @@
+import unittest
+
+from gajim import gui
+gui.init('gtk')
+import gajim.common.regex as regex
+
+class Test(unittest.TestCase):
+    def test_links_regexp_entire(self):
+        def assert_matches_all(str_):
+            m = regex.BASIC_REGEX.match(str_)
+
+            # the match should equal the string
+            str_span = (0, len(str_))
+            self.assertEqual(m.span(), str_span)
+
+        # these entire strings should be parsed as links
+        assert_matches_all('http://google.com/')
+        assert_matches_all('http://google.com')
+        assert_matches_all('http://www.google.ca/search?q=xmpp')
+
+        assert_matches_all('http://tools.ietf.org/html/draft-saintandre-rfc3920bis-05#section-12.3')
+
+        assert_matches_all('http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Protocol_(computing)')
+        assert_matches_all(
+                'http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Protocol_%28computing%29')
+
+        assert_matches_all('mailto:test@example.org')
+
+        assert_matches_all('xmpp:example-node@example.com')
+        assert_matches_all('xmpp:example-node@example.com/some-resource')
+        assert_matches_all('xmpp:example-node@example.com?message')
+        assert_matches_all('xmpp://guest@example.com/support@example.com?message')
+
+
+if __name__ == "__main__":
+    unittest.main()
diff --git a/test/unit/test_gui_interface.py b/test/unit/test_gui_interface.py
index 2e4ac5c740dd85216e9d6b50aecad36ed493dbe5..41274dfd4447a89b6ea33bdd36538212e4d28d8c 100644
--- a/test/unit/test_gui_interface.py
+++ b/test/unit/test_gui_interface.py
@@ -24,33 +24,6 @@ def close_app():
         GLib.idle_add(close_app)
         app.app.run()
 
-    def test_links_regexp_entire(self):
-        sut = Interface()
-        def assert_matches_all(str_):
-            m = sut.basic_pattern_re.match(str_)
-
-            # the match should equal the string
-            str_span = (0, len(str_))
-            self.assertEqual(m.span(), str_span)
-
-        # these entire strings should be parsed as links
-        assert_matches_all('http://google.com/')
-        assert_matches_all('http://google.com')
-        assert_matches_all('http://www.google.ca/search?q=xmpp')
-
-        assert_matches_all('http://tools.ietf.org/html/draft-saintandre-rfc3920bis-05#section-12.3')
-
-        assert_matches_all('http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Protocol_(computing)')
-        assert_matches_all(
-                'http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Protocol_%28computing%29')
-
-        assert_matches_all('mailto:test@example.org')
-
-        assert_matches_all('xmpp:example-node@example.com')
-        assert_matches_all('xmpp:example-node@example.com/some-resource')
-        assert_matches_all('xmpp:example-node@example.com?message')
-        assert_matches_all('xmpp://guest@example.com/support@example.com?message')
-
 
 if __name__ == "__main__":
     unittest.main()