diff --git a/packages/embark-utils/src/index.js b/packages/embark-utils/src/index.js
index 2f05a16d7..79fb38969 100644
--- a/packages/embark-utils/src/index.js
+++ b/packages/embark-utils/src/index.js
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@ import {
   decodeParams,
   sha3
 } from './web3Utils';
+import { getAddressToContract, getTransactionParams } from './transactionUtils';
 import AccountParser from './accountParser';
 
 const { extendZeroAddressShorthand, replaceZeroAddressShorthand } = AddressUtils;
@@ -186,6 +187,8 @@ const Utils = {
   decodeParams,
   dockerHostSwap,
   exit,
+  getAddressToContract,
+  getTransactionParams,
   isDocker,
   checkIsAvailable,
   findNextPort,
diff --git a/packages/embark/src/lib/utils/transactionUtils.ts b/packages/embark-utils/src/transactionUtils.ts
similarity index 92%
rename from packages/embark/src/lib/utils/transactionUtils.ts
rename to packages/embark-utils/src/transactionUtils.ts
index 505f76070..980b28875 100644
--- a/packages/embark/src/lib/utils/transactionUtils.ts
+++ b/packages/embark-utils/src/transactionUtils.ts
@@ -1,18 +1,18 @@
 import { Contract } from "embark";
-import { decodeParams, sha3 } from "embark-utils";
 import { ABIDefinition } from "web3/eth/abi";
+import { decodeParams, sha3 } from "./web3Utils";
 
-export interface AddressToContract {
+interface AddressToContract {
   name: string;
   functions: { [functionName: string]: FunctionSignature; };
   silent?: boolean;
 }
 
-export interface AddressToContractArray {
+interface AddressToContractArray {
   [address: string]: AddressToContract;
 }
 
-export interface FunctionSignature {
+interface FunctionSignature {
   abi: ABIDefinition;
   functionName?: string;
   name: string;
diff --git a/packages/embark/src/lib/modules/console_listener/index.js b/packages/embark/src/lib/modules/console_listener/index.js
index f00db8026..e3ffc062d 100644
--- a/packages/embark/src/lib/modules/console_listener/index.js
+++ b/packages/embark/src/lib/modules/console_listener/index.js
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 const async = require('async');
 const utils = require('../../utils/utils.js');
-const {getAddressToContract, getTransactionParams} = require('../../utils/transactionUtils');
+import { getAddressToContract, getTransactionParams } from 'embark-utils';
 
 class ConsoleListener {
   constructor(embark, options) {
diff --git a/packages/embark/src/lib/modules/tests/reporter.js b/packages/embark/src/lib/modules/tests/reporter.js
index 1225eddd3..fd2581461 100644
--- a/packages/embark/src/lib/modules/tests/reporter.js
+++ b/packages/embark/src/lib/modules/tests/reporter.js
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 const Base = require('mocha/lib/reporters/base');
 const ms = require('mocha/lib/ms');
 const color = Base.color;
-const {getAddressToContract, getTransactionParams} = require('../../utils/transactionUtils');
+import {getAddressToContract, getTransactionParams} from 'embark-utils';
 
 class EmbarkApiSpec extends Base {
   constructor(runner, options) {
diff --git a/packages/embark/src/test/modules/console_listener.js b/packages/embark/src/test/modules/console_listener.js
index 031d9d732..6bdcd86dd 100644
--- a/packages/embark/src/test/modules/console_listener.js
+++ b/packages/embark/src/test/modules/console_listener.js
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ const {expect} = require('chai');
 const sinon = require('sinon');
 const Events = require('../../lib/core/events');
 const Logger = require('embark-logger');
-const transactionUtils = require('../../lib/utils/transactionUtils');
+import { getAddressToContract } from 'embark-utils';
 const ConsoleListener = require('../../lib/modules/console_listener');
 const IPC = require('../../lib/core/ipc.js');
 require('colors');
@@ -131,7 +131,7 @@ describe('Console Listener', function () {
 
   describe('#listenForLogRequests', function () {
     it('should emit the correct contracts logs', function (done) {
-      transactionUtils.getAddressToContract(contractsList, consoleListener.addressToContract);
+      getAddressToContract(contractsList, consoleListener.addressToContract);
       consoleListener._onIpcLogRequest(ipcRequest);
 
       const expectedContractLog = {
@@ -174,7 +174,7 @@ describe('Console Listener', function () {
 
     it('should emit a log for a non-contract log', function (done) {
       ipcRequest.type = 'something-other-than-contract-log';
-      transactionUtils.getAddressToContract(contractsList, consoleListener.addressToContract);
+      getAddressToContract(contractsList, consoleListener.addressToContract);
       consoleListener._onIpcLogRequest(ipcRequest);
 
       expect(loggerInfos[0]).to.be.equal(JSON.stringify(ipcRequest));
diff --git a/packages/embark/src/test/transactionUtils.js b/packages/embark/src/test/transactionUtils.js
index af95e4b0c..361b4257f 100644
--- a/packages/embark/src/test/transactionUtils.js
+++ b/packages/embark/src/test/transactionUtils.js
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 /*globals describe, it, beforeEach*/
 const {expect} = require('chai');
-const transactionUtils = require('../lib/utils/transactionUtils');
+import { getAddressToContract, getTransactionParams } from 'embark-utils';
 require('colors');
 
 let contractsList;
@@ -78,20 +78,20 @@ describe('Transaction Utils', () => {
   describe('#getAddressToContract', () => {
     it('should not update contracts list when no contracts', () => {
       contractsList = [];
-      const result = transactionUtils.getAddressToContract(contractsList, {});
+      const result = getAddressToContract(contractsList, {});
 
       expect(result).to.deep.equal({});
     });
 
     it('should not update contracts list when not deployed', () => {
       contractsList[0].deployedAddress = undefined;
-      const result = transactionUtils.getAddressToContract(contractsList, {});
+      const result = getAddressToContract(contractsList, {});
 
       expect(result).to.deep.equal({});
     });
 
     it('should update contracts list', () => {
-      const result = transactionUtils.getAddressToContract(contractsList, {});
+      const result = getAddressToContract(contractsList, {});
 
       expect(result).to.deep.equal({
         "0x12345": {
@@ -160,8 +160,8 @@ describe('Transaction Utils', () => {
 
   describe('#getTransactionParams', () => {
     it('should return the param string and function name', () => {
-      const result = transactionUtils.getAddressToContract(contractsList, {});
-      const {functionName, paramString} = transactionUtils.getTransactionParams(result['0x12345'], '0x60fe47b100000000000000000000000099db99c77ad807f89829f5bda99527438f64a798');
+      const result = getAddressToContract(contractsList, {});
+      const {functionName, paramString} = getTransactionParams(result['0x12345'], '0x60fe47b100000000000000000000000099db99c77ad807f89829f5bda99527438f64a798');
       expect(functionName).to.equal('set');
       expect(paramString).to.equal('878372847193751743539905734564138820017777321880');