diff --git a/packages/embark-utils/src/collections.ts b/packages/embark-utils/src/collections.ts
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..1eaf2353b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/embark-utils/src/collections.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+
+export function last(array: any) {
+  return array[array.length - 1];
+}
+
diff --git a/packages/embark-utils/src/index.js b/packages/embark-utils/src/index.js
index 7d2bf8fea..b1210fdc6 100644
--- a/packages/embark-utils/src/index.js
+++ b/packages/embark-utils/src/index.js
@@ -8,6 +8,8 @@ const {findNextPort} = require('./network');
 const logUtils = require('./log-utils');
 const toposortGraph = require('./toposort');
 
+import { last } from './collections';
+
 function checkIsAvailable(url, callback) {
   const protocol = url.split(':')[0];
   const httpObj = (protocol === 'https') ? https : http;
@@ -125,6 +127,7 @@ const Utils = {
   findNextPort,
   hashTo32ByteHexString,
   isHex,
+  last,
   soliditySha3,
   recursiveMerge,
   sha512,
diff --git a/packages/embark/src/lib/utils/longRunningProcessTimer.ts b/packages/embark/src/lib/utils/longRunningProcessTimer.ts
index f6e92a606..6eb9b6ac7 100644
--- a/packages/embark/src/lib/utils/longRunningProcessTimer.ts
+++ b/packages/embark/src/lib/utils/longRunningProcessTimer.ts
@@ -5,7 +5,6 @@ import prettyMs from "pretty-ms";
 
 import { Logger } from "embark";
 
-const utils = require("./utils.js");
 const ora = require("ora");
 
 export interface LongRunningProcessTimerOptions {
@@ -63,7 +62,7 @@ export default class LongRunningProcessTimer {
         let strDuration;
 
         // find any download ongoing measurements we"ve made
-        entry = utils.last(items.getEntries().filter((thisEntry) => thisEntry.name === this.downloadOngoing));
+        entry = last(items.getEntries().filter((thisEntry) => thisEntry.name === this.downloadOngoing));
         if (entry) {
           // ongoing performance mark
           // TODO: add i18n
@@ -73,7 +72,7 @@ export default class LongRunningProcessTimer {
           }
         } else {
           // otherwise, find our download complete measurement
-          entry = utils.last(items.getEntries().filter((thisEntry) => thisEntry.name === this.downloadComplete));
+          entry = last(items.getEntries().filter((thisEntry) => thisEntry.name === this.downloadComplete));
           if (entry) {
             // TODO: add i18n
             strDuration = this.processFinishedMsg.replace("{{packageName}}", this.packageName).replace("{{version}}", this.version).replace("{{duration}}", prettyMs(entry.duration));
diff --git a/packages/embark/src/lib/utils/utils.js b/packages/embark/src/lib/utils/utils.js
index 39b37712f..9506a6da1 100644
--- a/packages/embark/src/lib/utils/utils.js
+++ b/packages/embark/src/lib/utils/utils.js
@@ -402,10 +402,6 @@ function groupBy(array, key) {
   }, {});
 }
 
-function last(array) {
-  return array[array.length - 1];
-}
-
 function interceptLogs(consoleContext, logger) {
   let context = {};
   context.console = consoleContext;
@@ -541,7 +537,6 @@ module.exports = {
   getHexBalanceFromString,
   compact,
   groupBy,
-  last,
   interceptLogs,
   errorMessage,
   timer,