diff --git a/example/greet.hs b/example/greet.hs
index 09a95abc..c2c9976f 100644
--- a/example/greet.hs
+++ b/example/greet.hs
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ import Servant.API
 import Servant.Client
 import Servant.Docs
 import Servant.Server
-import Servant.Utils.BaseUrl
+import Servant.Common.BaseUrl
 
 -- * Example
 
diff --git a/servant.cabal b/servant.cabal
index aaf2ee91..abab45c2 100644
--- a/servant.cabal
+++ b/servant.cabal
@@ -26,13 +26,13 @@ library
     Servant.API.ReqBody
     Servant.API.Sub
     Servant.Client
+    Servant.Common.BaseUrl
+    Servant.Common.Req
+    Servant.Common.Text
     Servant.Docs
     Servant.Server
     Servant.Utils.ApiQuasiQuoting
-    Servant.Utils.BaseUrl
     Servant.Utils.Links
-    Servant.Utils.Req
-    Servant.Utils.Text
   build-depends:
       base >=4.7 && <5
     , either
diff --git a/src/Servant.hs b/src/Servant.hs
index cc614531..f4c5b6c6 100644
--- a/src/Servant.hs
+++ b/src/Servant.hs
@@ -7,16 +7,16 @@ module Servant (
   module Servant.Server,
   -- | For accessing servant APIs as API clients.
   module Servant.Client,
-  module Servant.Utils.BaseUrl,
+  module Servant.Common.BaseUrl,
   -- | For generating documentation for servant APIs.
   module Servant.Docs,
   -- | Helper module
-  module Servant.Utils.Text,
+  module Servant.Common.Text,
   ) where
 
 import Servant.API
 import Servant.Client
+import Servant.Common.BaseUrl
+import Servant.Common.Text
 import Servant.Docs
 import Servant.Server
-import Servant.Utils.BaseUrl
-import Servant.Utils.Text
diff --git a/src/Servant/API/Capture.hs b/src/Servant/API/Capture.hs
index a0cc17fd..2c694985 100644
--- a/src/Servant/API/Capture.hs
+++ b/src/Servant/API/Capture.hs
@@ -12,10 +12,10 @@ import GHC.TypeLits
 import Network.Wai
 import Servant.API.Sub
 import Servant.Client
+import Servant.Common.Req
+import Servant.Common.Text
 import Servant.Docs
 import Servant.Server
-import Servant.Utils.Req
-import Servant.Utils.Text
 
 -- * Captures
 data Capture sym a
diff --git a/src/Servant/API/Delete.hs b/src/Servant/API/Delete.hs
index c5c26587..80b78e44 100644
--- a/src/Servant/API/Delete.hs
+++ b/src/Servant/API/Delete.hs
@@ -11,10 +11,10 @@ import Data.Typeable
 import Network.HTTP.Types
 import Network.Wai
 import Servant.Client
+import Servant.Common.BaseUrl
+import Servant.Common.Req
 import Servant.Docs
 import Servant.Server
-import Servant.Utils.BaseUrl
-import Servant.Utils.Req
 
 -- | Endpoint for DELETE requests.
 data Delete
diff --git a/src/Servant/API/Get.hs b/src/Servant/API/Get.hs
index 383f4522..4114b07e 100644
--- a/src/Servant/API/Get.hs
+++ b/src/Servant/API/Get.hs
@@ -12,10 +12,10 @@ import Data.Typeable
 import Network.HTTP.Types
 import Network.Wai
 import Servant.Client
+import Servant.Common.BaseUrl
+import Servant.Common.Req
 import Servant.Docs
 import Servant.Server
-import Servant.Utils.BaseUrl
-import Servant.Utils.Req
 
 -- | Endpoint for simple GET requests. The server doesn't receive any arguments
 -- and serves the contained type as JSON.
diff --git a/src/Servant/API/Post.hs b/src/Servant/API/Post.hs
index 08effb53..d8909e5b 100644
--- a/src/Servant/API/Post.hs
+++ b/src/Servant/API/Post.hs
@@ -12,10 +12,10 @@ import Data.Typeable
 import Network.HTTP.Types
 import Network.Wai
 import Servant.Client
+import Servant.Common.BaseUrl
+import Servant.Common.Req
 import Servant.Docs
 import Servant.Server
-import Servant.Utils.BaseUrl
-import Servant.Utils.Req
 
 -- | Endpoint for POST requests. The type variable represents the type of the
 -- response body (not the request body, use 'Servant.API.RQBody.RQBody' for
diff --git a/src/Servant/API/Put.hs b/src/Servant/API/Put.hs
index 2a5fe485..012debe2 100644
--- a/src/Servant/API/Put.hs
+++ b/src/Servant/API/Put.hs
@@ -12,10 +12,10 @@ import Data.Typeable
 import Network.HTTP.Types
 import Network.Wai
 import Servant.Client
+import Servant.Common.BaseUrl
+import Servant.Common.Req
 import Servant.Docs
 import Servant.Server
-import Servant.Utils.BaseUrl
-import Servant.Utils.Req
 
 -- | Endpoint for PUT requests.
 data Put a
diff --git a/src/Servant/API/QueryParam.hs b/src/Servant/API/QueryParam.hs
index f4a6882b..965cd489 100644
--- a/src/Servant/API/QueryParam.hs
+++ b/src/Servant/API/QueryParam.hs
@@ -16,10 +16,10 @@ import Network.HTTP.Types
 import Network.Wai
 import Servant.API.Sub
 import Servant.Client
+import Servant.Common.Req
+import Servant.Common.Text
 import Servant.Docs
 import Servant.Server
-import Servant.Utils.Req
-import Servant.Utils.Text
 
 -- * Single query string parameter lookup
 
diff --git a/src/Servant/API/ReqBody.hs b/src/Servant/API/ReqBody.hs
index b63152ab..b185b675 100644
--- a/src/Servant/API/ReqBody.hs
+++ b/src/Servant/API/ReqBody.hs
@@ -11,9 +11,9 @@ import Data.Proxy
 import Network.Wai
 import Servant.API.Sub
 import Servant.Client
+import Servant.Common.Req
 import Servant.Docs
 import Servant.Server
-import Servant.Utils.Req
 
 -- * Request Body support
 data ReqBody a
diff --git a/src/Servant/API/Sub.hs b/src/Servant/API/Sub.hs
index 581c5fdf..c3eb68a4 100644
--- a/src/Servant/API/Sub.hs
+++ b/src/Servant/API/Sub.hs
@@ -9,9 +9,9 @@ import Data.String.Conversions
 import GHC.TypeLits
 import Network.Wai
 import Servant.Client
+import Servant.Common.Req
 import Servant.Docs
 import Servant.Server
-import Servant.Utils.Req
 
 -- | The contained API (second argument) can be found under @("/" ++ path)@
 -- (path being the first argument).
diff --git a/src/Servant/Client.hs b/src/Servant/Client.hs
index a1a912c1..599a77cc 100644
--- a/src/Servant/Client.hs
+++ b/src/Servant/Client.hs
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ module Servant.Client where
 
 import Data.Proxy
 
-import Servant.Utils.Req
+import Servant.Common.Req
 
 -- * Accessing APIs as a Client
 
diff --git a/src/Servant/Utils/BaseUrl.hs b/src/Servant/Common/BaseUrl.hs
similarity index 97%
rename from src/Servant/Utils/BaseUrl.hs
rename to src/Servant/Common/BaseUrl.hs
index 200e00f3..8740303c 100644
--- a/src/Servant/Utils/BaseUrl.hs
+++ b/src/Servant/Common/BaseUrl.hs
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {-# LANGUAGE DeriveGeneric #-}
 {-# LANGUAGE ViewPatterns #-}
-module Servant.Utils.BaseUrl where
+module Servant.Common.BaseUrl where
 
 import Data.List
 import GHC.Generics
diff --git a/src/Servant/Utils/Req.hs b/src/Servant/Common/Req.hs
similarity index 98%
rename from src/Servant/Utils/Req.hs
rename to src/Servant/Common/Req.hs
index 8b24880c..bff9c393 100644
--- a/src/Servant/Utils/Req.hs
+++ b/src/Servant/Common/Req.hs
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {-# LANGUAGE OverloadedStrings #-}
 {-# LANGUAGE ScopedTypeVariables #-}
-module Servant.Utils.Req where
+module Servant.Common.Req where
 
 import Control.Applicative
 import Control.Concurrent
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ import Data.Text
 import Network.HTTP.Client
 import Network.HTTP.Types
 import Network.URI
-import Servant.Utils.BaseUrl
+import Servant.Common.BaseUrl
 import System.IO.Unsafe
 
 import qualified Network.HTTP.Client as Client
diff --git a/src/Servant/Utils/Text.hs b/src/Servant/Common/Text.hs
similarity index 98%
rename from src/Servant/Utils/Text.hs
rename to src/Servant/Common/Text.hs
index 907eb0a3..a26de651 100644
--- a/src/Servant/Utils/Text.hs
+++ b/src/Servant/Common/Text.hs
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 {-# LANGUAGE FlexibleInstances #-}
 {-# LANGUAGE OverloadedStrings #-}
 {-# LANGUAGE TypeSynonymInstances #-}
-module Servant.Utils.Text where
+module Servant.Common.Text where
 
 import Data.String.Conversions
 import Data.Int
diff --git a/test/Servant/ClientSpec.hs b/test/Servant/ClientSpec.hs
index fbd034d6..2744b6ed 100644
--- a/test/Servant/ClientSpec.hs
+++ b/test/Servant/ClientSpec.hs
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ import Test.QuickCheck
 import Servant.API
 import Servant.Client
 import Servant.Server
-import Servant.Utils.BaseUrl
+import Servant.Common.BaseUrl
 
 import Servant.ServerSpec
 
diff --git a/test/Servant/Client/BaseUrlSpec.hs b/test/Servant/Common/BaseUrlSpec.hs
similarity index 96%
rename from test/Servant/Client/BaseUrlSpec.hs
rename to test/Servant/Common/BaseUrlSpec.hs
index d8773084..5eef61dc 100644
--- a/test/Servant/Client/BaseUrlSpec.hs
+++ b/test/Servant/Common/BaseUrlSpec.hs
@@ -1,12 +1,12 @@
 {-# OPTIONS_GHC -fno-warn-orphans #-}
-module Servant.Client.BaseUrlSpec where
+module Servant.Common.BaseUrlSpec where
 
 import Control.Applicative
 import Control.DeepSeq
 import Test.Hspec
 import Test.QuickCheck
 
-import Servant.Utils.BaseUrl
+import Servant.Common.BaseUrl
 
 spec :: Spec
 spec = do