diff --git a/packages/fonts/src/index.ts b/packages/fonts/src/index.ts
index 037a50adb..07b0c89a1 100644
--- a/packages/fonts/src/index.ts
+++ b/packages/fonts/src/index.ts
@@ -1,6 +1,9 @@
 import type { Locale, Script } from "@reactive-resume/utils/locale";
-import { unique } from "@reactive-resume/utils/field";
 import { getLocaleScript, isCjkScript } from "@reactive-resume/utils/locale";
+
+// ponytail: inlined from @reactive-resume/utils/field (sole consumer)
+const unique = <T>(items: T[]): T[] => [...new Set(items)];
+
 import webFontListJSON from "./webfontlist.json";
 
 type FontCategory = "display" | "handwriting" | "monospace" | "serif" | "sans-serif";
diff --git a/packages/utils/src/date.test.ts b/packages/import/src/date.test.ts
similarity index 100%
rename from packages/utils/src/date.test.ts
rename to packages/import/src/date.test.ts
diff --git a/packages/utils/src/date.ts b/packages/import/src/date.ts
similarity index 100%
rename from packages/utils/src/date.ts
rename to packages/import/src/date.ts
diff --git a/packages/utils/src/html.test.ts b/packages/import/src/html.test.ts
similarity index 100%
rename from packages/utils/src/html.test.ts
rename to packages/import/src/html.test.ts
diff --git a/packages/utils/src/html.ts b/packages/import/src/html.ts
similarity index 100%
rename from packages/utils/src/html.ts
rename to packages/import/src/html.ts
diff --git a/packages/import/src/json-resume.tsx b/packages/import/src/json-resume.tsx
index 792b9b0f5..dd3b5f8f7 100644
--- a/packages/import/src/json-resume.tsx
+++ b/packages/import/src/json-resume.tsx
@@ -3,11 +3,11 @@ import { flattenError, ZodError, z } from "zod";
 import { getNetworkIcon } from "@reactive-resume/resume/icons";
 import { resumeDataSchema } from "@reactive-resume/schema/resume/data";
 import { defaultResumeData } from "@reactive-resume/schema/resume/default";
-import { formatPeriod, formatSingleDate } from "@reactive-resume/utils/date";
-import { arrayToHtmlList, toHtmlDescription } from "@reactive-resume/utils/html";
-import { parseLevel } from "@reactive-resume/utils/level";
 import { generateId } from "@reactive-resume/utils/string";
 import { createUrl } from "@reactive-resume/utils/url";
+import { formatPeriod, formatSingleDate } from "./date";
+import { arrayToHtmlList, toHtmlDescription } from "./html";
+import { parseLevel } from "./level";
 
 const createItemWebsite = (url?: string, label?: string) => ({
 	...createUrl(url, label),
diff --git a/packages/utils/src/level.test.ts b/packages/import/src/level.test.ts
similarity index 100%
rename from packages/utils/src/level.test.ts
rename to packages/import/src/level.test.ts
diff --git a/packages/utils/src/level.ts b/packages/import/src/level.ts
similarity index 100%
rename from packages/utils/src/level.ts
rename to packages/import/src/level.ts
diff --git a/packages/utils/package.json b/packages/utils/package.json
index ad0c8fa7f..14e3f2b93 100644
--- a/packages/utils/package.json
+++ b/packages/utils/package.json
@@ -5,11 +5,7 @@
 	"private": true,
 	"exports": {
 		"./color": "./src/color.ts",
-		"./date": "./src/date.ts",
-		"./field": "./src/field.ts",
 		"./file": "./src/file.ts",
-		"./html": "./src/html.ts",
-		"./level": "./src/level.ts",
 		"./locale": "./src/locale.ts",
 		"./monorepo.node": "./src/monorepo.node.ts",
 		"./rate-limit": "./src/rate-limit.ts",
diff --git a/packages/utils/src/field.ts b/packages/utils/src/field.ts
deleted file mode 100644
index 690b00b1e..000000000
--- a/packages/utils/src/field.ts
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,3 +0,0 @@
-export function unique<T>(items: T[]) {
-	return [...new Set(items)];
-}