diff --git a/scripts/lib_test_antithesis_images.sh b/scripts/lib_test_antithesis_images.sh
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..b5faa7f2ab1b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/scripts/lib_test_antithesis_images.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,58 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+
+set -euo pipefail
+
+# Validates the compose configuration of the antithesis config image
+# identified by IMAGE_NAME and IMAGE_TAG by:
+#
+#   1. Extracting the docker compose configuration from the image
+#   2. Running the workload and its target network without error for a minute
+#   3. Stopping the workload and its target network
+#
+# This script is intended to be sourced rather than executed directly.
+
+if [[ -z "${IMAGE_NAME:-}" || -z "${IMAGE_TAG:-}" ]]; then
+  echo "IMAGE_NAME and IMAGE_TAG must be set"
+  exit 1
+fi
+
+# Create a container from the config image to extract compose configuration from
+CONTAINER_NAME="tmp-${IMAGE_NAME}"
+docker create --name "${CONTAINER_NAME}" "${IMAGE_NAME}:${IMAGE_TAG}" /bin/true
+
+# Create a temporary directory to write the compose configuration to
+TMPDIR="$(mktemp -d)"
+echo "using temporary directory ${TMPDIR} as the docker-compose path"
+
+COMPOSE_FILE="${TMPDIR}/docker-compose.yml"
+COMPOSE_CMD="docker-compose -f ${COMPOSE_FILE}"
+
+# Ensure cleanup
+function cleanup {
+  echo "removing temporary container"
+  docker rm "${CONTAINER_NAME}"
+  echo "stopping and removing the docker compose project"
+  ${COMPOSE_CMD} down --volumes
+  if [[ -z "${DEBUG:-}" ]]; then
+    echo "removing temporary dir"
+    rm -rf "${TMPDIR}"
+  fi
+}
+trap cleanup EXIT
+
+# Copy the docker-compose.yml file out of the container
+docker cp "${CONTAINER_NAME}":/docker-compose.yml "${COMPOSE_FILE}"
+
+# Copy the volume paths out of the container
+docker cp "${CONTAINER_NAME}":/volumes "${TMPDIR}/"
+
+# Run the docker compose project for 30 seconds without error. Local
+# network bootstrap is ~6s, but github workers can be much slower.
+${COMPOSE_CMD} up -d
+sleep 30
+if ${COMPOSE_CMD} ps -q | xargs docker inspect -f '{{ .State.Status }}' | grep -v 'running'; then
+  echo "An error occurred."
+  exit 1
+fi
+
+echo "Successfully invoked the antithesis test setup configured by ${IMAGE_NAME}:${IMAGE_TAG}"
diff --git a/scripts/tests.build_antithesis_images.sh b/scripts/tests.build_antithesis_images.sh
index 8fdce84ab641..06fd0342fe82 100755
--- a/scripts/tests.build_antithesis_images.sh
+++ b/scripts/tests.build_antithesis_images.sh
@@ -18,50 +18,15 @@ AVALANCHE_PATH=$( cd "$( dirname "${BASH_SOURCE[0]}" )"; cd .. && pwd )
 
 # Discover the default tag that will be used for the image
 source "${AVALANCHE_PATH}"/scripts/constants.sh
-export TAG="${commit_hash}"
+export IMAGE_TAG="${commit_hash}"
 
 # Build the images for the specified test setup
 export TEST_SETUP="${TEST_SETUP:-}"
-bash -x "${AVALANCHE_PATH}"/scripts/build_antithesis_images.sh
+#bash -x "${AVALANCHE_PATH}"/scripts/build_antithesis_images.sh
 
 # Create a container from the config image to extract compose configuration from
-IMAGE_NAME="antithesis-${TEST_SETUP}-config"
-CONTAINER_NAME="tmp-${IMAGE_NAME}"
-docker create --name "${CONTAINER_NAME}" "${IMAGE_NAME}:${TAG}" /bin/true
+export IMAGE_NAME="antithesis-${TEST_SETUP}-config"
 
-# Create a temporary directory to write the compose configuration to
-TMPDIR="$(mktemp -d)"
-echo "using temporary directory ${TMPDIR} as the docker-compose path"
-
-COMPOSE_FILE="${TMPDIR}/docker-compose.yml"
-COMPOSE_CMD="docker-compose -f ${COMPOSE_FILE}"
-
-# Ensure cleanup
-function cleanup {
-  echo "removing temporary container"
-  docker rm "${CONTAINER_NAME}"
-  echo "stopping and removing the docker compose project"
-  ${COMPOSE_CMD} down --volumes
-  if [[ -z "${DEBUG:-}" ]]; then
-    echo "removing temporary dir"
-    rm -rf "${TMPDIR}"
-  fi
-}
-trap cleanup EXIT
-
-# Copy the docker-compose.yml file out of the container
-docker cp "${CONTAINER_NAME}":/docker-compose.yml "${COMPOSE_FILE}"
-
-# Copy the volume paths out of the container
-docker cp "${CONTAINER_NAME}":/volumes "${TMPDIR}/"
-
-# Run the docker compose project for 30 seconds without error. Local
-# network bootstrap is ~6s, but github workers can be much slower.
-${COMPOSE_CMD} up -d
-sleep 30
-if ${COMPOSE_CMD} ps -q | xargs docker inspect -f '{{ .State.Status }}' | grep -v 'running'; then
-  echo "An error occurred."
-  exit 255
-fi
-
-# Success!
+export DEBUG="${DEBUG:-}"
+set -x
+. "${AVALANCHE_PATH}"/scripts/lib_test_antithesis_images.sh