diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 6df49a17..1265eca9 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -11,6 +11,10 @@ and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0
 
 - Added `JobListParams.TagsAll` and `JobListParams.TagsAny` for filtering jobs that match every or any exact tag, respectively. [PR #1339](https://github.com/riverqueue/river/pull/1339).
 
+### Fixed
+
+- `testsignal` no longer imports `riversharedtest`, so testify, go-spew, goleak, and yaml are no longer linked into production binaries that use River. `WaitTimeout` moved to `rivershared/util/testutil`, with `riversharedtest.WaitTimeout` kept as a wrapper around it. [PR #1342](https://github.com/riverqueue/river/pull/1342).
+
 ## [0.42.0] - 2026-07-31
 
 ### Added
diff --git a/rivershared/riversharedtest/riversharedtest.go b/rivershared/riversharedtest/riversharedtest.go
index a5905ad1..a02143ad 100644
--- a/rivershared/riversharedtest/riversharedtest.go
+++ b/rivershared/riversharedtest/riversharedtest.go
@@ -342,12 +342,11 @@ func WaitOrTimeoutN[T any](tb testutil.TestingTB, waitChan <-chan T, numValues i
 // extra leeway in GitHub Actions where we occasionally seem to observe subpar
 // performance which leads to timeouts and test intermittency, while still
 // keeping a tight a timeout for local test runs where this is never a problem.
+//
+// The implementation lives in testutil so that testsignal, which is compiled
+// into production binaries, can use it without importing this package.
 func WaitTimeout() time.Duration {
-	if os.Getenv("GITHUB_ACTIONS") == "true" {
-		return 10 * time.Second
-	}
-
-	return 3 * time.Second
+	return testutil.WaitTimeout()
 }
 
 var IgnoredKnownGoroutineLeaks = []goleak.Option{ //nolint:gochecknoglobals
diff --git a/rivershared/testsignal/test_signal.go b/rivershared/testsignal/test_signal.go
index 845502a1..c46ca610 100644
--- a/rivershared/testsignal/test_signal.go
+++ b/rivershared/testsignal/test_signal.go
@@ -3,7 +3,6 @@ package testsignal
 import (
 	"time"
 
-	"github.com/riverqueue/river/rivershared/riversharedtest"
 	"github.com/riverqueue/river/rivershared/util/testutil"
 )
 
@@ -86,7 +85,7 @@ func (s *TestSignal[T]) WaitOrTimeout() T {
 		panic("test only signal is not initialized; called outside of tests?")
 	}
 
-	timeout := riversharedtest.WaitTimeout()
+	timeout := testutil.WaitTimeout()
 
 	select {
 	case val := <-s.internalChan:
diff --git a/rivershared/testsignal/test_signal_test.go b/rivershared/testsignal/test_signal_test.go
index 6e8e22d1..63b6815c 100644
--- a/rivershared/testsignal/test_signal_test.go
+++ b/rivershared/testsignal/test_signal_test.go
@@ -2,11 +2,9 @@ package testsignal
 
 import (
 	"testing"
-	"time"
 
 	"github.com/stretchr/testify/require"
 
-	"github.com/riverqueue/river/rivershared/riversharedtest"
 	"github.com/riverqueue/river/rivershared/util/testutil"
 )
 
@@ -107,12 +105,3 @@ func TestTestSignal(t *testing.T) {
 		signal.WaitOrTimeout()
 	})
 }
-
-// Marked as non-parallel because `t.Setenv` is not compatible with `t.Parallel`.
-func TestWaitTimeout(t *testing.T) {
-	t.Setenv("GITHUB_ACTIONS", "")
-	require.Equal(t, 3*time.Second, riversharedtest.WaitTimeout())
-
-	t.Setenv("GITHUB_ACTIONS", "true")
-	require.Equal(t, 10*time.Second, riversharedtest.WaitTimeout())
-}
diff --git a/rivershared/util/testutil/test_util.go b/rivershared/util/testutil/test_util.go
index 0db50e8d..b8f6d51f 100644
--- a/rivershared/util/testutil/test_util.go
+++ b/rivershared/util/testutil/test_util.go
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ import (
 	"fmt"
 	"io"
 	"os"
+	"time"
 )
 
 // See docs on PanicTB.
@@ -119,3 +120,22 @@ type TestingTB interface {
 	Logf(format string, args ...any)
 	Name() string
 }
+
+// WaitTimeout returns a duration broadly appropriate for waiting on an expected
+// event in a test, and which is used for `TestSignal.WaitOrTimeout` in
+// testsignal and `WaitOrTimeout` in riversharedtest. Its main purpose is to
+// allow a little extra leeway in GitHub Actions where we occasionally seem to
+// observe subpar performance which leads to timeouts and test intermittency,
+// while still keeping a tight a timeout for local test runs where this is never
+// a problem.
+//
+// It lives here instead of riversharedtest so that testsignal, which is
+// compiled into production binaries, can use it without importing
+// riversharedtest and its heavier test-only dependencies.
+func WaitTimeout() time.Duration {
+	if os.Getenv("GITHUB_ACTIONS") == "true" {
+		return 10 * time.Second
+	}
+
+	return 3 * time.Second
+}
diff --git a/rivershared/util/testutil/test_util_test.go b/rivershared/util/testutil/test_util_test.go
index 73274f9d..0cb2ebe3 100644
--- a/rivershared/util/testutil/test_util_test.go
+++ b/rivershared/util/testutil/test_util_test.go
@@ -1,3 +1,19 @@
 package testutil
 
+import (
+	"testing"
+	"time"
+
+	"github.com/stretchr/testify/require"
+)
+
 var _ TestingTB = &panicTB{}
+
+// Marked as non-parallel because `t.Setenv` is not compatible with `t.Parallel`.
+func TestWaitTimeout(t *testing.T) {
+	t.Setenv("GITHUB_ACTIONS", "")
+	require.Equal(t, 3*time.Second, WaitTimeout())
+
+	t.Setenv("GITHUB_ACTIONS", "true")
+	require.Equal(t, 10*time.Second, WaitTimeout())
+}