diff --git a/api-server/common/utils/index.js b/api-server/common/utils/index.js
index 52351d0863..c467d7c48a 100644
--- a/api-server/common/utils/index.js
+++ b/api-server/common/utils/index.js
@@ -10,17 +10,6 @@ export {
   renderSignInEmail
 } from './auth';
 
-export function dashify(str) {
-  return ('' + str)
-    .toLowerCase()
-    .replace(/\s/g, '-')
-    .replace(/[^a-z0-9\-.]/gi, '')
-    .replace(/:/g, '');
-}
-// todo: unify with server/utils/index.js:dasherize
-const dasherize = dashify;
-export { dasherize };
-
 export const fixCompletedChallengeItem = obj =>
   pick(obj, [
     'id',
diff --git a/api-server/server/boot/challenge.js b/api-server/server/boot/challenge.js
index 52d395d150..0818130bef 100644
--- a/api-server/server/boot/challenge.js
+++ b/api-server/server/boot/challenge.js
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ import isURL from 'validator/lib/isURL';
 import { homeLocation } from '../../../config/env';
 
 import { ifNoUserSend } from '../utils/middleware';
-import { dasherize } from '../utils';
+import { dasherize } from '../../../utils/slugs';
 import _pathMigrations from '../resources/pathMigration.json';
 import { fixCompletedChallengeItem } from '../../common/utils';
 
diff --git a/api-server/server/boot/commit.js b/api-server/server/boot/commit.js
index 782b474bb8..dd7be86e2e 100644
--- a/api-server/server/boot/commit.js
+++ b/api-server/server/boot/commit.js
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ import { homeLocation } from '../../../config/env';
 import nonprofits from '../utils/commit.json';
 import { commitGoals, completeCommitment$ } from '../utils/commit';
 
-import { unDasherize } from '../utils';
+import { unDasherize } from '../../../utils/slugs';
 
 import { observeQuery, saveInstance } from '../utils/rx';
 
diff --git a/api-server/server/utils/index.js b/api-server/server/utils/index.js
index 4959464313..22a76d5bbc 100644
--- a/api-server/server/utils/index.js
+++ b/api-server/server/utils/index.js
@@ -1,26 +1,3 @@
-exports.dasherize = function dasherize(name) {
-  return ('' + name)
-    .toLowerCase()
-    .replace(/\s/g, '-')
-    .replace(/[^a-z0-9\-.]/gi, '')
-    .replace(/:/g, '');
-};
-
-exports.nameify = function nameify(str) {
-  return ('' + str).replace(/[^a-zA-Z0-9\s]/g, '').replace(/:/g, '');
-};
-
-exports.unDasherize = function unDasherize(name) {
-  return (
-    ('' + name)
-      // replace dash with space
-      .replace(/-/g, ' ')
-      // strip nonalphanumarics chars except whitespace
-      .replace(/[^a-zA-Z\d\s]/g, '')
-      .trim()
-  );
-};
-
 exports.addPlaceholderImage = function addPlaceholderImage(name) {
   return `https://example.com/${name}.png`;
 };
diff --git a/api-server/server/utils/map.js b/api-server/server/utils/map.js
index d34d69e0f8..02c39cdac0 100644
--- a/api-server/server/utils/map.js
+++ b/api-server/server/utils/map.js
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 import _ from 'lodash';
 import { Observable } from 'rx';
 
-import { unDasherize, nameify } from '../utils';
+import { unDasherize, nameify } from '../../../utils/slugs';
 import {
   addNameIdMap as _addNameIdToMap,
   checkMapData,
diff --git a/client/gatsby-node.js b/client/gatsby-node.js
index 623f79422c..2c6811ed2f 100644
--- a/client/gatsby-node.js
+++ b/client/gatsby-node.js
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ require('dotenv').config();
 
 const { createFilePath } = require('gatsby-source-filesystem');
 
-const { dasherize } = require('./utils');
+const { dasherize } = require('../utils/slugs');
 const { blockNameify } = require('./utils/blockNameify');
 const {
   createChallengePages,
diff --git a/client/src/templates/Challenges/classic/Show.js b/client/src/templates/Challenges/classic/Show.js
index b377695e38..d5d3fc2389 100644
--- a/client/src/templates/Challenges/classic/Show.js
+++ b/client/src/templates/Challenges/classic/Show.js
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ import Hotkeys from '../components/Hotkeys';
 import { getGuideUrl } from '../utils';
 import { challengeTypes } from '../../../../utils/challengeTypes';
 import { ChallengeNode } from '../../../redux/propTypes';
-import { dasherize } from '../../../../utils';
+import { dasherize } from '../../../../../utils/slugs';
 import {
   createFiles,
   challengeFilesSelector,
diff --git a/client/src/templates/Challenges/components/CompletionModal.js b/client/src/templates/Challenges/components/CompletionModal.js
index 1304bdc82d..6c422bf420 100644
--- a/client/src/templates/Challenges/components/CompletionModal.js
+++ b/client/src/templates/Challenges/components/CompletionModal.js
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ import { Button, Modal } from '@freecodecamp/react-bootstrap';
 import ga from '../../../analytics';
 import GreenPass from '../../../assets/icons/GreenPass';
 
-import { dasherize } from '../../../../utils';
+import { dasherize } from '../../../../../utils/slugs';
 
 import './completion-modal.css';
 
diff --git a/client/utils/buildChallenges.js b/client/utils/buildChallenges.js
index c81c072083..b1f9ae61bc 100644
--- a/client/utils/buildChallenges.js
+++ b/client/utils/buildChallenges.js
@@ -5,13 +5,10 @@ const {
   createChallenge,
   getChallengesDirForLang
 } = require('../../curriculum/getChallenges');
-const utils = require('./');
+const { dasherize, nameify } = require('../../utils/slugs');
 const { locale } = require('../config/env.json');
 const { blockNameify } = require('./blockNameify');
 
-const dasherize = utils.dasherize;
-const nameify = utils.nameify;
-
 const arrToString = arr =>
   Array.isArray(arr) ? arr.join('\n') : _.toString(arr);
 
diff --git a/client/utils/gatsby/challengePageCreator.js b/client/utils/gatsby/challengePageCreator.js
index 5d04a090f4..109e2bd66f 100644
--- a/client/utils/gatsby/challengePageCreator.js
+++ b/client/utils/gatsby/challengePageCreator.js
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 const path = require('path');
-const { dasherize } = require('..');
+const { dasherize } = require('../../../utils/slugs');
 
 const { viewTypes } = require('../challengeTypes');
 
diff --git a/client/utils/index.js b/client/utils/index.js
index feb63d4137..bad6519bdc 100644
--- a/client/utils/index.js
+++ b/client/utils/index.js
@@ -1,25 +1,3 @@
-exports.dasherize = function dasherize(name) {
-  return ('' + name)
-    .toLowerCase()
-    .replace(/\s/g, '-')
-    .replace(/[^a-z0-9\-.]/gi, '');
-};
-
-exports.nameify = function nameify(str) {
-  return ('' + str).replace(/[^a-zA-Z0-9\s]/g, '').replace(/:/g, '');
-};
-
-exports.unDasherize = function unDasherize(name) {
-  return (
-    ('' + name)
-      // replace dash with space
-      .replace(/-/g, ' ')
-      // strip nonalphanumarics chars except whitespace
-      .replace(/[^a-zA-Z\d\s]/g, '')
-      .trim()
-  );
-};
-
 exports.descriptionRegex = /<blockquote|<ol|<h4|<table/;
 
 exports.isBrowser = function isBrowser() {
diff --git a/curriculum/getChallenges.js b/curriculum/getChallenges.js
index 2d0d1a4abb..e275406ef7 100644
--- a/curriculum/getChallenges.js
+++ b/curriculum/getChallenges.js
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ const { findIndex } = require('lodash');
 const readDirP = require('readdirp-walk');
 const { parseMarkdown } = require('@freecodecamp/challenge-md-parser');
 
-const { dasherize } = require('./utils');
+const { dasherize } = require('../utils/slugs');
 
 const challengesDir = path.resolve(__dirname, './challenges');
 const metaDir = path.resolve(challengesDir, '_meta');
diff --git a/curriculum/index.js b/curriculum/index.js
index ee08971b3d..349c1cfb7d 100644
--- a/curriculum/index.js
+++ b/curriculum/index.js
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ const adler32 = require('adler32');
 const Rx = require('rx');
 const _ = require('lodash');
 const createDebugger = require('debug');
-const utils = require('../server/utils');
+const { dasherize, nameify } = require('../utils/slugs');
 const getChallenges = require('./getChallenges');
 const { validateChallenge } = require('./schema/challengeSchema');
 const app = require('../server/server');
@@ -16,8 +16,6 @@ const log = createDebugger('fcc:seed');
 // this may be brittle
 log.enabled = true;
 
-const dasherize = utils.dasherize;
-const nameify = utils.nameify;
 const Observable = Rx.Observable;
 const Challenge = app.models.Challenge;
 
diff --git a/curriculum/utils.js b/curriculum/utils.js
index e19395c6e4..c452b4ac84 100644
--- a/curriculum/utils.js
+++ b/curriculum/utils.js
@@ -1,14 +1,6 @@
 const path = require('path');
 require('dotenv').config({ path: path.resolve(__dirname, '../.env') });
 
-exports.dasherize = function dasherize(name) {
-  return ('' + name)
-    .toLowerCase()
-    .replace(/\s/g, '-')
-    .replace(/[^a-z0-9\-\.]/gi, '')
-    .replace(/\:/g, '');
-};
-
 const supportedLangs = [
   'arabic',
   'chinese',
diff --git a/tools/scripts/ci/md-testing-utils.js b/tools/scripts/ci/md-testing-utils.js
index 874ed7b573..318af50226 100644
--- a/tools/scripts/ci/md-testing-utils.js
+++ b/tools/scripts/ci/md-testing-utils.js
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 const path = require('path');
 const fs = require('fs');
 const matter = require('gray-matter');
-const { dasherize } = require('../../../client/utils');
+const { dasherize } = require('../../../utils/slugs');
 
 const pass = true;
 
diff --git a/tools/scripts/seed/createPathMigrationMap.js b/tools/scripts/seed/createPathMigrationMap.js
index eed327892e..ece9215055 100644
--- a/tools/scripts/seed/createPathMigrationMap.js
+++ b/tools/scripts/seed/createPathMigrationMap.js
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 const { flatten } = require('lodash');
 
-const { dasherize } = require('../../../api-server/server/utils');
+const { dasherize } = require('../../../utils/slugs');
 
 function createPathMigrationMap(curriculum) {
   return Object.keys(curriculum)
diff --git a/utils/slugs.js b/utils/slugs.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..952aebb5a0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/utils/slugs.js
@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+exports.dasherize = function dasherize(name) {
+  return ('' + name)
+    .toLowerCase()
+    .replace(/\s/g, '-')
+    .replace(/[^a-z0-9\-.]/gi, '');
+};
+
+exports.nameify = function nameify(str) {
+  return ('' + str).replace(/[^a-zA-Z0-9\s]/g, '');
+};
+
+exports.unDasherize = function unDasherize(name) {
+  return (
+    ('' + name)
+      // replace dash with space
+      .replace(/-/g, ' ')
+      // strip nonalphanumarics chars except whitespace
+      .replace(/[^a-zA-Z\d\s]/g, '')
+      .trim()
+  );
+};