diff --git a/app/assets/javascripts/admin.js b/app/assets/javascripts/admin.js
index 34669dd13d65e9e9d5235a61565bf36b042b46c2..b0b72c40f25024107f8545df933b1a75dab3f47b 100644
--- a/app/assets/javascripts/admin.js
+++ b/app/assets/javascripts/admin.js
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 /* eslint-disable func-names, space-before-function-paren, wrap-iife, one-var, no-var, one-var-declaration-per-line, no-unused-vars, no-else-return, prefer-arrow-callback, camelcase, quotes, comma-dangle, max-len */
+import { refreshCurrentPage } from './lib/utils/url_utility';
 
 window.Admin = (function() {
   function Admin() {
@@ -40,10 +41,10 @@ window.Admin = (function() {
       return $('.change-owner-link').show();
     });
     $('li.project_member').bind('ajax:success', function() {
-      return gl.utils.refreshCurrentPage();
+      return refreshCurrentPage();
     });
     $('li.group_member').bind('ajax:success', function() {
-      return gl.utils.refreshCurrentPage();
+      return refreshCurrentPage();
     });
     showBlacklistType = function() {
       if ($("input[name='blacklist_type']:checked").val() === 'file') {
diff --git a/app/assets/javascripts/behaviors/toggler_behavior.js b/app/assets/javascripts/behaviors/toggler_behavior.js
index b70b0a9bbf8465112d67b52652909227b9b609a8..417ac31fc86e39bd5e278e5976256051c02541f4 100644
--- a/app/assets/javascripts/behaviors/toggler_behavior.js
+++ b/app/assets/javascripts/behaviors/toggler_behavior.js
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@
 //   %button.js-toggle-button
 //   %div.js-toggle-content
 //
+import { getLocationHash } from '../lib/utils/url_utility';
 
 $(() => {
   function toggleContainer(container, toggleState) {
@@ -32,7 +33,7 @@ $(() => {
 
   // If we're accessing a permalink, ensure it is not inside a
   // closed js-toggle-container!
-  const hash = window.gl.utils.getLocationHash();
+  const hash = getLocationHash();
   const anchor = hash && document.getElementById(hash);
   const container = anchor && $(anchor).closest('.js-toggle-container');
 
diff --git a/app/assets/javascripts/blob/blob_file_dropzone.js b/app/assets/javascripts/blob/blob_file_dropzone.js
index 0d590a9dbc4297f1d2247f60019c7a6d2589284a..f7ae6f1cd12fbe2149c6fb27d68cb446b023931f 100644
--- a/app/assets/javascripts/blob/blob_file_dropzone.js
+++ b/app/assets/javascripts/blob/blob_file_dropzone.js
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 /* eslint-disable func-names, object-shorthand, prefer-arrow-callback */
 import Dropzone from 'dropzone';
-import '../lib/utils/url_utility';
+import { visitUrl } from '../lib/utils/url_utility';
 import { HIDDEN_CLASS } from '../lib/utils/constants';
 import csrf from '../lib/utils/csrf';
 
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ export default class BlobFileDropzone {
         });
         this.on('success', function (header, response) {
           $('#modal-upload-blob').modal('hide');
-          window.gl.utils.visitUrl(response.filePath);
+          visitUrl(response.filePath);
         });
         this.on('maxfilesexceeded', function (file) {
           dropzoneMessage.addClass(HIDDEN_CLASS);
diff --git a/app/assets/javascripts/blob/blob_line_permalink_updater.js b/app/assets/javascripts/blob/blob_line_permalink_updater.js
index c8f68860fbdd4f4f53da53d30ffe30060161a317..d36d9f0de2db2e58edd932bf7aabb7deb445f768 100644
--- a/app/assets/javascripts/blob/blob_line_permalink_updater.js
+++ b/app/assets/javascripts/blob/blob_line_permalink_updater.js
@@ -1,7 +1,9 @@
+import { getLocationHash } from '../lib/utils/url_utility';
+
 const lineNumberRe = /^L[0-9]+/;
 
 const updateLineNumbersOnBlobPermalinks = (linksToUpdate) => {
-  const hash = gl.utils.getLocationHash();
+  const hash = getLocationHash();
   if (hash && lineNumberRe.test(hash)) {
     const hashUrlString = `#${hash}`;
 
diff --git a/app/assets/javascripts/diff.js b/app/assets/javascripts/diff.js
index c8874e48c09446c55b8a38f0068c884ebaba8ac1..a162424b3cf9f2155d4eadba8032edf3790cb487 100644
--- a/app/assets/javascripts/diff.js
+++ b/app/assets/javascripts/diff.js
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-import './lib/utils/url_utility';
+import { getLocationHash } from './lib/utils/url_utility';
 import FilesCommentButton from './files_comment_button';
 import SingleFileDiff from './single_file_diff';
 import imageDiffHelper from './image_diff/helpers/index';
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ export default class Diff {
       isBound = true;
     }
 
-    if (gl.utils.getLocationHash()) {
+    if (getLocationHash()) {
       this.highlightSelectedLine();
     }
 
@@ -73,7 +73,7 @@ export default class Diff {
   }
 
   openAnchoredDiff(cb) {
-    const locationHash = gl.utils.getLocationHash();
+    const locationHash = getLocationHash();
     const anchoredDiff = locationHash && locationHash.split('_')[0];
 
     if (!anchoredDiff) return;
@@ -128,7 +128,7 @@ export default class Diff {
   }
   // eslint-disable-next-line class-methods-use-this
   highlightSelectedLine() {
-    const hash = gl.utils.getLocationHash();
+    const hash = getLocationHash();
     const $diffFiles = $('.diff-file');
     $diffFiles.find('.hll').removeClass('hll');
 
diff --git a/app/assets/javascripts/filtered_search/filtered_search_manager.js b/app/assets/javascripts/filtered_search/filtered_search_manager.js
index 69c57f923b65efcee142001d9e9956f812db0abf..b10ca38be218b14efa8653bb1b36c44c2dbc2f7f 100644
--- a/app/assets/javascripts/filtered_search/filtered_search_manager.js
+++ b/app/assets/javascripts/filtered_search/filtered_search_manager.js
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+import * as urlUtils from '../lib/utils/url_utility';
 import Flash from '../flash';
 import FilteredSearchContainer from './container';
 import RecentSearchesRoot from './recent_searches_root';
@@ -566,7 +567,7 @@ class FilteredSearchManager {
     if (this.updateObject) {
       this.updateObject(parameterizedUrl);
     } else {
-      gl.utils.visitUrl(parameterizedUrl);
+      urlUtils.visitUrl(parameterizedUrl);
     }
   }
 
diff --git a/app/assets/javascripts/gl_dropdown.js b/app/assets/javascripts/gl_dropdown.js
index 7ca783d3af6522712dcd881f7b9675227585e37f..381353c403194c5536fcaeb89e3acdb3db1e0fa4 100644
--- a/app/assets/javascripts/gl_dropdown.js
+++ b/app/assets/javascripts/gl_dropdown.js
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 /* global fuzzaldrinPlus */
 import _ from 'underscore';
 import fuzzaldrinPlus from 'fuzzaldrin-plus';
+import * as urlUtils from './lib/utils/url_utility';
 import { isObject } from './lib/utils/type_utility';
 
 var GitLabDropdown, GitLabDropdownFilter, GitLabDropdownRemote, GitLabDropdownInput;
@@ -852,7 +853,7 @@ GitLabDropdown = (function() {
     if ($el.length) {
       var href = $el.attr('href');
       if (href && href !== '#') {
-        gl.utils.visitUrl(href);
+        urlUtils.visitUrl(href);
       } else {
         $el.trigger('click');
       }
diff --git a/app/assets/javascripts/groups/components/app.vue b/app/assets/javascripts/groups/components/app.vue
index 2c0b6ab4ea8c48d83b6fca12d017a1c80ffa3c87..17bcced944df1b5f7cfebbee5ad5491c2830f39c 100644
--- a/app/assets/javascripts/groups/components/app.vue
+++ b/app/assets/javascripts/groups/components/app.vue
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ import eventHub from '../event_hub';
 import { getParameterByName } from '../../lib/utils/common_utils';
 import loadingIcon from '../../vue_shared/components/loading_icon.vue';
 import { COMMON_STR } from '../constants';
-
+import * as utils from '../../lib/utils/url_utility';
 import groupsComponent from './groups.vue';
 
 export default {
@@ -93,7 +93,7 @@ export default {
         this.isLoading = false;
         $.scrollTo(0);
 
-        const currentPath = gl.utils.mergeUrlParams({ page }, window.location.href);
+        const currentPath = utils.mergeUrlParams({ page }, window.location.href);
         window.history.replaceState({
           page: currentPath,
         }, document.title, currentPath);
diff --git a/app/assets/javascripts/groups/components/group_item.vue b/app/assets/javascripts/groups/components/group_item.vue
index c76ce762b5441d0872de91984cf6608f3a49650b..7a8d5b2c483c6064260c7616e4aea9b37f73ab0f 100644
--- a/app/assets/javascripts/groups/components/group_item.vue
+++ b/app/assets/javascripts/groups/components/group_item.vue
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 <script>
+import * as urlUtils from '../../lib/utils/url_utility';
 import tooltip from '../../vue_shared/directives/tooltip';
 import identicon from '../../vue_shared/components/identicon.vue';
 import eventHub from '../event_hub';
@@ -60,7 +61,7 @@ export default {
         if (this.hasChildren) {
           eventHub.$emit('toggleChildren', this.group);
         } else {
-          gl.utils.visitUrl(this.group.relativePath);
+          urlUtils.visitUrl(this.group.relativePath);
         }
       }
     },
diff --git a/app/assets/javascripts/groups/new_group_child.js b/app/assets/javascripts/groups/new_group_child.js
index 8e273579aae359e7b73934ccd0fe48733f47a779..a120d501e35d722e8b73fd22d585e40c610ea0e1 100644
--- a/app/assets/javascripts/groups/new_group_child.js
+++ b/app/assets/javascripts/groups/new_group_child.js
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+import { visitUrl } from '../lib/utils/url_utility';
 import DropLab from '../droplab/drop_lab';
 import ISetter from '../droplab/plugins/input_setter';
 
@@ -54,9 +55,9 @@ export default class NewGroupChild {
 
   onClickNewGroupChildButton(e) {
     if (e.target.dataset.action === NEW_PROJECT) {
-      gl.utils.visitUrl(this.newGroupPath);
+      visitUrl(this.newGroupPath);
     } else if (e.target.dataset.action === NEW_SUBGROUP) {
-      gl.utils.visitUrl(this.subgroupPath);
+      visitUrl(this.subgroupPath);
     }
   }
 }
diff --git a/app/assets/javascripts/issue_show/components/app.vue b/app/assets/javascripts/issue_show/components/app.vue
index 5bdc7c9950325d5b40f262b7efde87e3610cf8d8..6ef527fe6054e53e740bfd8e28fdfd79975f3cdd 100644
--- a/app/assets/javascripts/issue_show/components/app.vue
+++ b/app/assets/javascripts/issue_show/components/app.vue
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 <script>
 import Visibility from 'visibilityjs';
+import * as urlUtils from '../../lib/utils/url_utility';
 import Poll from '../../lib/utils/poll';
 import eventHub from '../event_hub';
 import Service from '../services/index';
@@ -8,7 +9,6 @@ import titleComponent from './title.vue';
 import descriptionComponent from './description.vue';
 import editedComponent from './edited.vue';
 import formComponent from './form.vue';
-import '../../lib/utils/url_utility';
 
 export default {
   props: {
@@ -169,7 +169,7 @@ export default {
         .then(res => res.json())
         .then((data) => {
           if (location.pathname !== data.web_url) {
-            gl.utils.visitUrl(data.web_url);
+            urlUtils.visitUrl(data.web_url);
           }
 
           return this.service.getData();
@@ -191,7 +191,7 @@ export default {
           // Stop the poll so we don't get 404's with the issuable not existing
           this.poll.stop();
 
-          gl.utils.visitUrl(data.web_url);
+          urlUtils.visitUrl(data.web_url);
         })
         .catch(() => {
           eventHub.$emit('close.form');
diff --git a/app/assets/javascripts/job.js b/app/assets/javascripts/job.js
index 85ea6330ee97a5a548c7fdac8bf543277640cf8f..a41ea875570448f57d2f8504f3704b05b52e2889 100644
--- a/app/assets/javascripts/job.js
+++ b/app/assets/javascripts/job.js
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 import _ from 'underscore';
+import * as urlUtils from './lib/utils/url_utility';
 import bp from './breakpoints';
 import { bytesToKiB } from './lib/utils/number_utils';
 import { setCiStatusFavicon } from './lib/utils/common_utils';
@@ -209,7 +210,7 @@ export default class Job {
         }
 
         if (log.status !== this.buildStatus) {
-          gl.utils.visitUrl(this.pagePath);
+          urlUtils.visitUrl(this.pagePath);
         }
       })
       .fail(() => {
diff --git a/app/assets/javascripts/lib/utils/common_utils.js b/app/assets/javascripts/lib/utils/common_utils.js
index 33cc807912caa7c49addb94d248e79e9fcf155ab..b5328c77b25c15edfb0d9e7594f2f93df3d5fce1 100644
--- a/app/assets/javascripts/lib/utils/common_utils.js
+++ b/app/assets/javascripts/lib/utils/common_utils.js
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+import { getLocationHash } from './url_utility';
 
 export const getPagePath = (index = 0) => $('body').attr('data-page').split(':')[index];
 
@@ -65,7 +66,7 @@ export const disableButtonIfEmptyField = (fieldSelector, buttonSelector, eventNa
 // automatically adjust scroll position for hash urls taking the height of the navbar into account
 // https://github.com/twitter/bootstrap/issues/1768
 export const handleLocationHash = () => {
-  let hash = window.gl.utils.getLocationHash();
+  let hash = getLocationHash();
   if (!hash) return;
 
   // This is required to handle non-unicode characters in hash
diff --git a/app/assets/javascripts/lib/utils/url_utility.js b/app/assets/javascripts/lib/utils/url_utility.js
index f03848822a484ed2a1261ab4a8488c8c550f8ab9..2129a7298d5a99866dac3a9f4e97e6dd8d130d1e 100644
--- a/app/assets/javascripts/lib/utils/url_utility.js
+++ b/app/assets/javascripts/lib/utils/url_utility.js
@@ -17,20 +17,17 @@ export function getParameterValues(sParam) {
 // @param {Object} params - url keys and value to merge
 // @param {String} url
 export function mergeUrlParams(params, url) {
-  let newUrl = Object.keys(params).reduce((accParam, paramName) => {
+  let newUrl = Object.keys(params).reduce((acc, paramName) => {
     const paramValue = params[paramName];
     const pattern = new RegExp(`\\b(${paramName}=).*?(&|$)`);
-    let acc = accParam;
 
     if (paramValue === null) {
-      acc = acc.replace(pattern, '');
+      return acc.replace(pattern, '');
     } else if (url.search(pattern) !== -1) {
-      acc = acc.replace(pattern, `$1${paramValue}$2`);
-    } else {
-      acc = `${accParam}${accParam.indexOf('?') > 0 ? '&' : '?'}${paramName}=${paramValue}`;
+      return acc.replace(pattern, `$1${paramValue}$2`);
     }
 
-    return acc;
+    return `${acc}${acc.indexOf('?') > 0 ? '&' : '?'}${paramName}=${paramValue}`;
   }, decodeURIComponent(url));
 
   // Remove a trailing ampersand
@@ -86,15 +83,3 @@ export function refreshCurrentPage() {
 export function redirectTo(url) {
   return window.location.assign(url);
 }
-
-window.gl = window.gl || {};
-window.gl.utils = {
-  ...(window.gl.utils || {}),
-  mergeUrlParams,
-  getLocationHash,
-  getParameterValues,
-  redirectTo,
-  refreshCurrentPage,
-  removeParams,
-  visitUrl,
-};
diff --git a/app/assets/javascripts/main.js b/app/assets/javascripts/main.js
index dcc0fa63b63e41b8bd73d9145025ec06f2b61968..c08d25144e48e9607d22a754dcbad534ed683088 100644
--- a/app/assets/javascripts/main.js
+++ b/app/assets/javascripts/main.js
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ import './commit/image_file';
 // lib/utils
 import { handleLocationHash } from './lib/utils/common_utils';
 import './lib/utils/datetime_utility';
-import './lib/utils/url_utility';
+import { getLocationHash, visitUrl } from './lib/utils/url_utility';
 
 // behaviors
 import './behaviors/';
@@ -122,7 +122,7 @@ $(function () {
   // `hashchange` is not triggered when link target is already in window.location
   $body.on('click', 'a[href^="#"]', function() {
     var href = this.getAttribute('href');
-    if (href.substr(1) === gl.utils.getLocationHash()) {
+    if (href.substr(1) === getLocationHash()) {
       setTimeout(handleLocationHash, 1);
     }
   });
@@ -294,7 +294,7 @@ $(function () {
     const action = `${this.action}${link.search === '' ? '?' : '&'}`;
 
     event.preventDefault();
-    gl.utils.visitUrl(`${action}${$(this).serialize()}`);
+    visitUrl(`${action}${$(this).serialize()}`);
   });
 
   const flashContainer = document.querySelector('.flash-container');
diff --git a/app/assets/javascripts/merge_request_tabs.js b/app/assets/javascripts/merge_request_tabs.js
index 54c1b7a268e89b79c61ca4083e50a4c07711bd47..54f4e33437de3c36c19706bde44590c8d675d0bb 100644
--- a/app/assets/javascripts/merge_request_tabs.js
+++ b/app/assets/javascripts/merge_request_tabs.js
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ import {
   handleLocationHash,
   isMetaClick,
 } from './lib/utils/common_utils';
+import * as urlUtils from './lib/utils/url_utility';
 import initDiscussionTab from './image_diff/init_discussion_tab';
 import Diff from './diff';
 
@@ -317,7 +318,7 @@ import Diff from './diff';
 
           // Scroll any linked note into view
           // Similar to `toggler_behavior` in the discussion tab
-          const hash = window.gl.utils.getLocationHash();
+          const hash = urlUtils.getLocationHash();
           const anchor = hash && $container.find(`.note[id="${hash}"]`);
           if (anchor && anchor.length > 0) {
             const notesContent = anchor.closest('.notes_content');
diff --git a/app/assets/javascripts/namespace_select.js b/app/assets/javascripts/namespace_select.js
index 1d496c64e533ba43fbcf5244ba3f47fff8e0f178..aa377327107b555bd57a3215857b9b5bd832bda4 100644
--- a/app/assets/javascripts/namespace_select.js
+++ b/app/assets/javascripts/namespace_select.js
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 /* eslint-disable func-names, space-before-function-paren, no-var, comma-dangle, object-shorthand, no-else-return, prefer-template, quotes, prefer-arrow-callback, max-len */
 import Api from './api';
-import './lib/utils/url_utility';
+import { mergeUrlParams } from './lib/utils/url_utility';
 
 export default class NamespaceSelect {
   constructor(opts) {
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ export default class NamespaceSelect {
         }
       },
       url(namespace) {
-        return gl.utils.mergeUrlParams({ [fieldName]: namespace.id }, window.location.href);
+        return mergeUrlParams({ [fieldName]: namespace.id }, window.location.href);
       },
     });
   }
diff --git a/app/assets/javascripts/notes.js b/app/assets/javascripts/notes.js
index e1ab28978e84f4d47345319e7229b9f7ea1fe222..4abbe6049b1e4dae273e1a847294e8bb1718e8c4 100644
--- a/app/assets/javascripts/notes.js
+++ b/app/assets/javascripts/notes.js
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@ import Autosize from 'autosize';
 import 'vendor/jquery.caret'; // required by jquery.atwho
 import 'vendor/jquery.atwho';
 import AjaxCache from '~/lib/utils/ajax_cache';
+import * as urlUtils from './lib/utils/url_utility';
 import Flash from './flash';
 import CommentTypeToggle from './comment_type_toggle';
 import GLForm from './gl_form';
@@ -330,7 +331,7 @@ export default class Notes {
   }
 
   static updateNoteTargetSelector($note) {
-    const hash = gl.utils.getLocationHash();
+    const hash = urlUtils.getLocationHash();
     // Needs to be an explicit true/false for the jQuery `toggleClass(force)`
     const addTargetClass = Boolean(hash && $note.filter(`#${hash}`).length > 0);
     $note.toggleClass('target', addTargetClass);
diff --git a/app/assets/javascripts/notes/components/issue_notes_app.vue b/app/assets/javascripts/notes/components/issue_notes_app.vue
index 4cfcffa23913fb5afa1547af249a32afb2086003..e4d01285d3957e3a0ef8c4462da66ed9cb2a389d 100644
--- a/app/assets/javascripts/notes/components/issue_notes_app.vue
+++ b/app/assets/javascripts/notes/components/issue_notes_app.vue
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 <script>
   import { mapGetters, mapActions } from 'vuex';
+  import { getLocationHash } from '../../lib/utils/url_utility';
   import Flash from '../../flash';
   import store from '../stores/';
   import * as constants from '../constants';
@@ -95,7 +96,7 @@
         this.poll();
       },
       checkLocationHash() {
-        const hash = gl.utils.getLocationHash();
+        const hash = getLocationHash();
         const element = document.getElementById(hash);
 
         if (hash && element) {
diff --git a/app/assets/javascripts/pager.js b/app/assets/javascripts/pager.js
index e3fc1e2fc2ff09e0e133c2697478f2b6ac2a8750..3aa7be070d87fdb394a776ea4b0c0831d597b156 100644
--- a/app/assets/javascripts/pager.js
+++ b/app/assets/javascripts/pager.js
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 import { getParameterByName } from '~/lib/utils/common_utils';
-import '~/lib/utils/url_utility';
+import * as utils from './lib/utils/url_utility';
 
 (() => {
   const ENDLESS_SCROLL_BOTTOM_PX = 400;
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ import '~/lib/utils/url_utility';
 
   const Pager = {
     init(limit = 0, preload = false, disable = false, prepareData = $.noop, callback = $.noop) {
-      this.url = $('.content_list').data('href') || gl.utils.removeParams(['limit', 'offset']);
+      this.url = $('.content_list').data('href') || utils.removeParams(['limit', 'offset']);
       this.limit = limit;
       this.offset = parseInt(getParameterByName('offset'), 10) || this.limit;
       this.disable = disable;
diff --git a/app/assets/javascripts/performance_bar.js b/app/assets/javascripts/performance_bar.js
index 9bbdf7f513c13c1c7c758868a33e3a10f0514119..0562a681c4bb699f3958e282b7bd23cd1a48b678 100644
--- a/app/assets/javascripts/performance_bar.js
+++ b/app/assets/javascripts/performance_bar.js
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 import 'vendor/peek';
 import 'vendor/peek.performance_bar';
+import { getParameterValues } from './lib/utils/url_utility';
 
 export default class PerformanceBar {
   constructor(opts) {
@@ -39,7 +40,7 @@ export default class PerformanceBar {
   }
 
   handleLineProfileLink(e) {
-    const lineProfilerParameter = gl.utils.getParameterValues('lineprofiler');
+    const lineProfilerParameter = getParameterValues('lineprofiler');
     const lineProfilerParameterRegex = new RegExp(`lineprofiler=${lineProfilerParameter[0]}`);
     const shouldToggleModal = lineProfilerParameter.length > 0 &&
       lineProfilerParameterRegex.test(e.currentTarget.href);
diff --git a/app/assets/javascripts/project.js b/app/assets/javascripts/project.js
index 3131e71d9d642d4ae45748290757a07e6304614f..d4f26b81f30139a86ca747fb5e0f790421c47eb7 100644
--- a/app/assets/javascripts/project.js
+++ b/app/assets/javascripts/project.js
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 /* eslint-disable func-names, space-before-function-paren, no-var, consistent-return, no-new, prefer-arrow-callback, no-return-assign, one-var, one-var-declaration-per-line, object-shorthand, no-else-return, newline-per-chained-call, no-shadow, vars-on-top, prefer-template, max-len */
 
 import Cookies from 'js-cookie';
+import { visitUrl } from './lib/utils/url_utility';
 import projectSelect from './project_select';
 
 export default class Project {
@@ -122,7 +123,7 @@ export default class Project {
             var action = $form.attr('action');
             var divider = action.indexOf('?') === -1 ? '?' : '&';
             if (shouldVisit) {
-              gl.utils.visitUrl(`${action}${divider}${$form.serialize()}`);
+              visitUrl(`${action}${divider}${$form.serialize()}`);
             }
           }
         },
diff --git a/app/assets/javascripts/projects/project_import_gitlab_project.js b/app/assets/javascripts/projects/project_import_gitlab_project.js
index c34927499fc60e6d8deae728decdc8ca882edd8f..cec6f0dd5a3bd0bba02dd1df30eac101fbcadf75 100644
--- a/app/assets/javascripts/projects/project_import_gitlab_project.js
+++ b/app/assets/javascripts/projects/project_import_gitlab_project.js
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
-import '../lib/utils/url_utility';
+import { getParameterValues } from '../lib/utils/url_utility';
 
 const bindEvents = () => {
-  const path = gl.utils.getParameterValues('path')[0];
+  const path = getParameterValues('path')[0];
 
   // get the path url and append it in the inputS
   $('.js-path-name').val(path);
diff --git a/app/assets/javascripts/repo/stores/actions.js b/app/assets/javascripts/repo/stores/actions.js
index 120ce96f44d0095d0521274dd0815497a23d6b38..357f30dd1a2e0721cf027f5f693ce2460dd4b030 100644
--- a/app/assets/javascripts/repo/stores/actions.js
+++ b/app/assets/javascripts/repo/stores/actions.js
@@ -1,9 +1,10 @@
 import Vue from 'vue';
+import * as urlUtils from '../../lib/utils/url_utility';
 import flash from '../../flash';
 import service from '../services';
 import * as types from './mutation_types';
 
-export const redirectToUrl = (_, url) => gl.utils.visitUrl(url);
+export const redirectToUrl = (_, url) => urlUtils.visitUrl(url);
 
 export const setInitialData = ({ commit }, data) => commit(types.SET_INITIAL_DATA, data);
 
diff --git a/app/assets/javascripts/repo/stores/actions/tree.js b/app/assets/javascripts/repo/stores/actions/tree.js
index aa830e946a256e2fff4a9db839b05e570b103aa6..1c558ab6f129f0f1cebf07a90cfd468e19b75194 100644
--- a/app/assets/javascripts/repo/stores/actions/tree.js
+++ b/app/assets/javascripts/repo/stores/actions/tree.js
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+import * as urlUtils from '../../../lib/utils/url_utility';
 import { normalizeHeaders } from '../../../lib/utils/common_utils';
 import flash from '../../../flash';
 import service from '../../services';
@@ -73,7 +74,7 @@ export const clickedTreeRow = ({ commit, dispatch }, row) => {
   } else if (row.type === 'submodule') {
     commit(types.TOGGLE_LOADING, row);
 
-    gl.utils.visitUrl(row.url);
+    urlUtils.visitUrl(row.url);
   } else if (row.type === 'blob' && row.opened) {
     dispatch('setFileActive', row);
   } else {
diff --git a/app/assets/javascripts/shortcuts.js b/app/assets/javascripts/shortcuts.js
index ebe7a99ffae5060d0312728b1a472dd2aa856faf..130730b170074f1535b909582cc3f90918757d73 100644
--- a/app/assets/javascripts/shortcuts.js
+++ b/app/assets/javascripts/shortcuts.js
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 import Cookies from 'js-cookie';
 import Mousetrap from 'mousetrap';
+import { refreshCurrentPage, visitUrl } from './lib/utils/url_utility';
 import findAndFollowLink from './shortcuts_dashboard_navigation';
 
 const defaultStopCallback = Mousetrap.stopCallback;
@@ -38,7 +39,7 @@ export default class Shortcuts {
 
     if (typeof findFileURL !== 'undefined' && findFileURL !== null) {
       Mousetrap.bind('t', () => {
-        gl.utils.visitUrl(findFileURL);
+        visitUrl(findFileURL);
       });
     }
 
@@ -62,7 +63,7 @@ export default class Shortcuts {
     } else {
       Cookies.set(performanceBarCookieName, 'true', { path: '/' });
     }
-    gl.utils.refreshCurrentPage();
+    refreshCurrentPage();
   }
 
   static toggleMarkdownPreview(e) {
diff --git a/app/assets/javascripts/shortcuts_blob.js b/app/assets/javascripts/shortcuts_blob.js
index fbc57bb430440e7de7b5c829a1526abdb0687b8f..cf309be4f6f2394219799d4d41f95ce8f9c8ebb0 100644
--- a/app/assets/javascripts/shortcuts_blob.js
+++ b/app/assets/javascripts/shortcuts_blob.js
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /* global Mousetrap */
-
+import { getLocationHash, visitUrl } from './lib/utils/url_utility';
 import Shortcuts from './shortcuts';
 
 const defaults = {
@@ -18,9 +18,9 @@ export default class ShortcutsBlob extends Shortcuts {
 
   moveToFilePermalink() {
     if (this.options.fileBlobPermalinkUrl) {
-      const hash = gl.utils.getLocationHash();
+      const hash = getLocationHash();
       const hashUrlString = hash ? `#${hash}` : '';
-      gl.utils.visitUrl(`${this.options.fileBlobPermalinkUrl}${hashUrlString}`);
+      visitUrl(`${this.options.fileBlobPermalinkUrl}${hashUrlString}`);
     }
   }
 }
diff --git a/app/assets/javascripts/sidebar/sidebar_mediator.js b/app/assets/javascripts/sidebar/sidebar_mediator.js
index d4c07a188b3e05e2289b2eb8cbfe5bc5c786aff6..7d7c7cb9464ecedaf455b456df4f787219c155db 100644
--- a/app/assets/javascripts/sidebar/sidebar_mediator.js
+++ b/app/assets/javascripts/sidebar/sidebar_mediator.js
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+import * as urlUtils from '../lib/utils/url_utility';
 import Flash from '../flash';
 import Service from './services/sidebar_service';
 import Store from './stores/sidebar_store';
@@ -81,7 +82,7 @@ export default class SidebarMediator {
       .then(response => response.json())
       .then((data) => {
         if (location.pathname !== data.web_url) {
-          gl.utils.visitUrl(data.web_url);
+          urlUtils.visitUrl(data.web_url);
         }
       });
   }
diff --git a/app/assets/javascripts/todos.js b/app/assets/javascripts/todos.js
index 2fffe09c74e837485f2ffcafc7fe5caef4d41d5d..d0afe981494ca90af6afa807560aab0f00a31de5 100644
--- a/app/assets/javascripts/todos.js
+++ b/app/assets/javascripts/todos.js
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /* eslint-disable class-methods-use-this, no-unneeded-ternary, quote-props */
-
+import * as urlUtils from './lib/utils/url_utility';
 import UsersSelect from './users_select';
 import { isMetaClick } from './lib/utils/common_utils';
 
@@ -150,7 +150,7 @@ export default class Todos {
 
       window.open(todoLink, windowTarget);
     } else {
-      gl.utils.visitUrl(todoLink);
+      urlUtils.visitUrl(todoLink);
     }
   }
 }
diff --git a/app/assets/javascripts/tree.js b/app/assets/javascripts/tree.js
index 7777ed1c3dce5a38849896607577e6eb9050452f..1a0b2c0415b229aacee9c57e14bbd470b32ef607 100644
--- a/app/assets/javascripts/tree.js
+++ b/app/assets/javascripts/tree.js
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 /* eslint-disable func-names, space-before-function-paren, wrap-iife, max-len, quotes, consistent-return, no-var, one-var, one-var-declaration-per-line, no-else-return, prefer-arrow-callback, class-methods-use-this */
+import { visitUrl } from './lib/utils/url_utility';
 
 export default class TreeView {
   constructor() {
@@ -14,7 +15,7 @@ export default class TreeView {
           e.preventDefault();
           return window.open(path, '_blank');
         } else {
-          return gl.utils.visitUrl(path);
+          return visitUrl(path);
         }
       }
     });
@@ -56,7 +57,7 @@ export default class TreeView {
       } else if (e.which === 13) {
         path = $('.tree-item.selected .tree-item-file-name a').attr('href');
         if (path) {
-          return gl.utils.visitUrl(path);
+          return visitUrl(path);
         }
       }
     });
diff --git a/app/assets/javascripts/vue_merge_request_widget/components/mr_widget_deployment.js b/app/assets/javascripts/vue_merge_request_widget/components/mr_widget_deployment.js
index e86a0f7e74989cbec06655a92ffd763a3bbda255..72cf92b893850633209aee95d49ae1908c03de58 100644
--- a/app/assets/javascripts/vue_merge_request_widget/components/mr_widget_deployment.js
+++ b/app/assets/javascripts/vue_merge_request_widget/components/mr_widget_deployment.js
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 import '~/lib/utils/datetime_utility';
+import * as urlUtils from '../../lib/utils/url_utility';
 import Flash from '../../flash';
 import MemoryUsage from './mr_widget_memory_usage';
 import StatusIcon from './mr_widget_status_icon';
@@ -36,7 +37,7 @@ export default {
           .then(res => res.json())
           .then((res) => {
             if (res.redirect_url) {
-              gl.utils.visitUrl(res.redirect_url);
+              urlUtils.visitUrl(res.redirect_url);
             }
           })
           .catch(() => {
diff --git a/spec/javascripts/filtered_search/filtered_search_manager_spec.js b/spec/javascripts/filtered_search/filtered_search_manager_spec.js
index 230c15e5de604f8bb8b72aec39844137cb9db628..5111632d6810e1ff0e0c324efedcbc5ecccddf8d 100644
--- a/spec/javascripts/filtered_search/filtered_search_manager_spec.js
+++ b/spec/javascripts/filtered_search/filtered_search_manager_spec.js
@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
+import * as urlUtils from '~/lib/utils/url_utility';
 import * as recentSearchesStoreSrc from '~/filtered_search/stores/recent_searches_store';
 import RecentSearchesService from '~/filtered_search/services/recent_searches_service';
 import RecentSearchesServiceError from '~/filtered_search/services/recent_searches_service_error';
 import RecentSearchesRoot from '~/filtered_search/recent_searches_root';
-import '~/lib/utils/url_utility';
 import '~/lib/utils/common_utils';
 import '~/filtered_search/filtered_search_token_keys';
 import '~/filtered_search/filtered_search_tokenizer';
@@ -162,7 +162,7 @@ describe('Filtered Search Manager', () => {
     it('should search with a single word', (done) => {
       input.value = 'searchTerm';
 
-      spyOn(gl.utils, 'visitUrl').and.callFake((url) => {
+      spyOn(urlUtils, 'visitUrl').and.callFake((url) => {
         expect(url).toEqual(`${defaultParams}&search=searchTerm`);
         done();
       });
@@ -173,7 +173,7 @@ describe('Filtered Search Manager', () => {
     it('should search with multiple words', (done) => {
       input.value = 'awesome search terms';
 
-      spyOn(gl.utils, 'visitUrl').and.callFake((url) => {
+      spyOn(urlUtils, 'visitUrl').and.callFake((url) => {
         expect(url).toEqual(`${defaultParams}&search=awesome+search+terms`);
         done();
       });
@@ -184,7 +184,7 @@ describe('Filtered Search Manager', () => {
     it('should search with special characters', (done) => {
       input.value = '~!@#$%^&*()_+{}:<>,.?/';
 
-      spyOn(gl.utils, 'visitUrl').and.callFake((url) => {
+      spyOn(urlUtils, 'visitUrl').and.callFake((url) => {
         expect(url).toEqual(`${defaultParams}&search=~!%40%23%24%25%5E%26*()_%2B%7B%7D%3A%3C%3E%2C.%3F%2F`);
         done();
       });
@@ -198,7 +198,7 @@ describe('Filtered Search Manager', () => {
         ${FilteredSearchSpecHelper.createFilterVisualTokenHTML('label', '~bug')}
       `);
 
-      spyOn(gl.utils, 'visitUrl').and.callFake((url) => {
+      spyOn(urlUtils, 'visitUrl').and.callFake((url) => {
         expect(url).toEqual(`${defaultParams}&label_name[]=bug`);
         done();
       });
diff --git a/spec/javascripts/gl_dropdown_spec.js b/spec/javascripts/gl_dropdown_spec.js
index ca048123bf74a7901ddd6bbaa49c4500a56521cd..b13d1bf8dffec8139db7ca5169e06531a2e677f3 100644
--- a/spec/javascripts/gl_dropdown_spec.js
+++ b/spec/javascripts/gl_dropdown_spec.js
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 
 import '~/gl_dropdown';
 import '~/lib/utils/common_utils';
-import '~/lib/utils/url_utility';
+import * as urlUtils from '~/lib/utils/url_utility';
 
 describe('glDropdown', function describeDropdown() {
   preloadFixtures('static/gl_dropdown.html.raw');
@@ -137,13 +137,13 @@ describe('glDropdown', function describeDropdown() {
       expect(this.dropdownContainerElement).toHaveClass('open');
       const randomIndex = Math.floor(Math.random() * (this.projectsData.length - 1)) + 0;
       navigateWithKeys('down', randomIndex, () => {
-        spyOn(gl.utils, 'visitUrl').and.stub();
+        spyOn(urlUtils, 'visitUrl').and.stub();
         navigateWithKeys('enter', null, () => {
           expect(this.dropdownContainerElement).not.toHaveClass('open');
           const link = $(`${ITEM_SELECTOR}:eq(${randomIndex}) a`, this.$dropdownMenuElement);
           expect(link).toHaveClass('is-active');
           const linkedLocation = link.attr('href');
-          if (linkedLocation && linkedLocation !== '#') expect(gl.utils.visitUrl).toHaveBeenCalledWith(linkedLocation);
+          if (linkedLocation && linkedLocation !== '#') expect(urlUtils.visitUrl).toHaveBeenCalledWith(linkedLocation);
         });
       });
     });
diff --git a/spec/javascripts/groups/components/app_spec.js b/spec/javascripts/groups/components/app_spec.js
index 59d4f7c45c61fd11e62ff0a5f730e61b66fd6d48..97e39f6411b323119946721a67269301d155a5b3 100644
--- a/spec/javascripts/groups/components/app_spec.js
+++ b/spec/javascripts/groups/components/app_spec.js
@@ -1,9 +1,9 @@
 import Vue from 'vue';
 
+import * as utils from '~/lib/utils/url_utility';
 import appComponent from '~/groups/components/app.vue';
 import groupFolderComponent from '~/groups/components/group_folder.vue';
 import groupItemComponent from '~/groups/components/group_item.vue';
-
 import eventHub from '~/groups/event_hub';
 import GroupsStore from '~/groups/store/groups_store';
 import GroupsService from '~/groups/service/groups_service';
@@ -176,7 +176,7 @@ describe('AppComponent', () => {
       it('should fetch groups for provided page details and update window state', (done) => {
         spyOn(vm, 'fetchGroups').and.returnValue(returnServicePromise(mockGroups));
         spyOn(vm, 'updateGroups').and.callThrough();
-        spyOn(gl.utils, 'mergeUrlParams').and.callThrough();
+        spyOn(utils, 'mergeUrlParams').and.callThrough();
         spyOn(window.history, 'replaceState');
         spyOn($, 'scrollTo');
 
@@ -192,7 +192,7 @@ describe('AppComponent', () => {
         setTimeout(() => {
           expect(vm.isLoading).toBeFalsy();
           expect($.scrollTo).toHaveBeenCalledWith(0);
-          expect(gl.utils.mergeUrlParams).toHaveBeenCalledWith({ page: 2 }, jasmine.any(String));
+          expect(utils.mergeUrlParams).toHaveBeenCalledWith({ page: 2 }, jasmine.any(String));
           expect(window.history.replaceState).toHaveBeenCalledWith({
             page: jasmine.any(String),
           }, jasmine.any(String), jasmine.any(String));
diff --git a/spec/javascripts/groups/components/group_item_spec.js b/spec/javascripts/groups/components/group_item_spec.js
index 0f4fbdae445a59f78492bee7322197ff3dedd0bf..618d0022e4f85b4e2e59899af0f78045c8ebb4d6 100644
--- a/spec/javascripts/groups/components/group_item_spec.js
+++ b/spec/javascripts/groups/components/group_item_spec.js
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 import Vue from 'vue';
-
+import * as urlUtils from '~/lib/utils/url_utility';
 import groupItemComponent from '~/groups/components/group_item.vue';
 import groupFolderComponent from '~/groups/components/group_folder.vue';
 import eventHub from '~/groups/event_hub';
@@ -136,13 +136,13 @@ describe('GroupItemComponent', () => {
         const group = Object.assign({}, mockParentGroupItem);
         group.childrenCount = 0;
         const newVm = createComponent(group);
-        spyOn(gl.utils, 'visitUrl').and.stub();
+        spyOn(urlUtils, 'visitUrl').and.stub();
         spyOn(eventHub, '$emit');
 
         newVm.onClickRowGroup(event);
         setTimeout(() => {
           expect(eventHub.$emit).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
-          expect(gl.utils.visitUrl).toHaveBeenCalledWith(newVm.group.relativePath);
+          expect(urlUtils.visitUrl).toHaveBeenCalledWith(newVm.group.relativePath);
           done();
         }, 0);
       });
diff --git a/spec/javascripts/issue_show/components/app_spec.js b/spec/javascripts/issue_show/components/app_spec.js
index b47a8bf705ff381cf8b8b66fbc7592d3032c08d1..703a7ce1aea3df0d515be1a0916c6e37ed0e382c 100644
--- a/spec/javascripts/issue_show/components/app_spec.js
+++ b/spec/javascripts/issue_show/components/app_spec.js
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 import Vue from 'vue';
 import '~/render_math';
 import '~/render_gfm';
+import * as urlUtils from '~/lib/utils/url_utility';
 import issuableApp from '~/issue_show/components/app.vue';
 import eventHub from '~/issue_show/event_hub';
 import issueShowData from '../mock_data';
@@ -177,7 +178,7 @@ describe('Issuable output', () => {
     });
 
     it('does not redirect if issue has not moved', (done) => {
-      spyOn(gl.utils, 'visitUrl');
+      spyOn(urlUtils, 'visitUrl');
       spyOn(vm.service, 'updateIssuable').and.callFake(() => new Promise((resolve) => {
         resolve({
           json() {
@@ -193,7 +194,7 @@ describe('Issuable output', () => {
 
       setTimeout(() => {
         expect(
-          gl.utils.visitUrl,
+          urlUtils.visitUrl,
         ).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
 
         done();
@@ -201,7 +202,7 @@ describe('Issuable output', () => {
     });
 
     it('redirects if returned web_url has changed', (done) => {
-      spyOn(gl.utils, 'visitUrl');
+      spyOn(urlUtils, 'visitUrl');
       spyOn(vm.service, 'updateIssuable').and.callFake(() => new Promise((resolve) => {
         resolve({
           json() {
@@ -217,7 +218,7 @@ describe('Issuable output', () => {
 
       setTimeout(() => {
         expect(
-          gl.utils.visitUrl,
+          urlUtils.visitUrl,
         ).toHaveBeenCalledWith('/testing-issue-move');
 
         done();
@@ -270,7 +271,7 @@ describe('Issuable output', () => {
 
   describe('deleteIssuable', () => {
     it('changes URL when deleted', (done) => {
-      spyOn(gl.utils, 'visitUrl');
+      spyOn(urlUtils, 'visitUrl');
       spyOn(vm.service, 'deleteIssuable').and.callFake(() => new Promise((resolve) => {
         resolve({
           json() {
@@ -283,7 +284,7 @@ describe('Issuable output', () => {
 
       setTimeout(() => {
         expect(
-          gl.utils.visitUrl,
+          urlUtils.visitUrl,
         ).toHaveBeenCalledWith('/test');
 
         done();
@@ -291,7 +292,7 @@ describe('Issuable output', () => {
     });
 
     it('stops polling when deleting', (done) => {
-      spyOn(gl.utils, 'visitUrl');
+      spyOn(urlUtils, 'visitUrl');
       spyOn(vm.poll, 'stop').and.callThrough();
       spyOn(vm.service, 'deleteIssuable').and.callFake(() => new Promise((resolve) => {
         resolve({
diff --git a/spec/javascripts/job_spec.js b/spec/javascripts/job_spec.js
index 20c4caa865d7e9e63a941e0b01d5d862f08edb88..4f06237deb58bf8ed779cd389ec2ee23c844ca80 100644
--- a/spec/javascripts/job_spec.js
+++ b/spec/javascripts/job_spec.js
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 import { bytesToKiB } from '~/lib/utils/number_utils';
+import * as urlUtils from '~/lib/utils/url_utility';
 import '~/lib/utils/datetime_utility';
-import '~/lib/utils/url_utility';
 import Job from '~/job';
 import '~/breakpoints';
 
@@ -65,7 +65,7 @@ describe('Job', () => {
         const deferred2 = $.Deferred();
         const deferred3 = $.Deferred();
         spyOn($, 'ajax').and.returnValues(deferred1.promise(), deferred2.promise(), deferred3.promise());
-        spyOn(gl.utils, 'visitUrl');
+        spyOn(urlUtils, 'visitUrl');
 
         deferred1.resolve({
           html: '<span>Update<span>',
@@ -103,7 +103,7 @@ describe('Job', () => {
 
         spyOn($, 'ajax').and.returnValues(deferred1.promise(), deferred2.promise(), deferred3.promise());
 
-        spyOn(gl.utils, 'visitUrl');
+        spyOn(urlUtils, 'visitUrl');
 
         deferred1.resolve({
           html: '<span>Update<span>',
@@ -134,7 +134,7 @@ describe('Job', () => {
     describe('truncated information', () => {
       describe('when size is less than total', () => {
         it('shows information about truncated log', () => {
-          spyOn(gl.utils, 'visitUrl');
+          spyOn(urlUtils, 'visitUrl');
           const deferred = $.Deferred();
           spyOn($, 'ajax').and.returnValue(deferred.promise());
 
@@ -153,7 +153,7 @@ describe('Job', () => {
 
         it('shows the size in KiB', () => {
           const size = 50;
-          spyOn(gl.utils, 'visitUrl');
+          spyOn(urlUtils, 'visitUrl');
           const deferred = $.Deferred();
 
           spyOn($, 'ajax').and.returnValue(deferred.promise());
@@ -179,7 +179,7 @@ describe('Job', () => {
 
           spyOn($, 'ajax').and.returnValues(deferred1.promise(), deferred2.promise(), deferred3.promise());
 
-          spyOn(gl.utils, 'visitUrl');
+          spyOn(urlUtils, 'visitUrl');
 
           deferred1.resolve({
             html: '<span>Update</span>',
@@ -214,7 +214,7 @@ describe('Job', () => {
 
         it('renders the raw link', () => {
           const deferred = $.Deferred();
-          spyOn(gl.utils, 'visitUrl');
+          spyOn(urlUtils, 'visitUrl');
 
           spyOn($, 'ajax').and.returnValue(deferred.promise());
           deferred.resolve({
@@ -236,7 +236,7 @@ describe('Job', () => {
       describe('when size is equal than total', () => {
         it('does not show the trunctated information', () => {
           const deferred = $.Deferred();
-          spyOn(gl.utils, 'visitUrl');
+          spyOn(urlUtils, 'visitUrl');
 
           spyOn($, 'ajax').and.returnValue(deferred.promise());
           deferred.resolve({
@@ -257,7 +257,7 @@ describe('Job', () => {
     describe('output trace', () => {
       beforeEach(() => {
         const deferred = $.Deferred();
-        spyOn(gl.utils, 'visitUrl');
+        spyOn(urlUtils, 'visitUrl');
 
         spyOn($, 'ajax').and.returnValue(deferred.promise());
         deferred.resolve({
diff --git a/spec/javascripts/merge_request_tabs_spec.js b/spec/javascripts/merge_request_tabs_spec.js
index e441d1153ede95cdc55aa195849b8d7869a1dcb1..5076435e7a85fc5d43290b4944d2a42785f1ec0d 100644
--- a/spec/javascripts/merge_request_tabs_spec.js
+++ b/spec/javascripts/merge_request_tabs_spec.js
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 /* eslint-disable no-var, comma-dangle, object-shorthand */
 /* global Notes */
 
+import * as urlUtils from '~/lib/utils/url_utility';
 import '~/merge_request_tabs';
 import '~/commit/pipelines/pipelines_bundle';
 import '~/breakpoints';
@@ -333,7 +334,7 @@ import 'vendor/jquery.scrollTo';
 
         describe('with note fragment hash', () => {
           it('should expand and scroll to linked fragment hash #note_xxx', function () {
-            spyOn(window.gl.utils, 'getLocationHash').and.returnValue(noteId);
+            spyOn(urlUtils, 'getLocationHash').and.returnValue(noteId);
             this.class.loadDiff('/foo/bar/merge_requests/1/diffs');
 
             expect(noteId.length).toBeGreaterThan(0);
@@ -345,7 +346,7 @@ import 'vendor/jquery.scrollTo';
           });
 
           it('should gracefully ignore non-existant fragment hash', function () {
-            spyOn(window.gl.utils, 'getLocationHash').and.returnValue('note_something-that-does-not-exist');
+            spyOn(urlUtils, 'getLocationHash').and.returnValue('note_something-that-does-not-exist');
             this.class.loadDiff('/foo/bar/merge_requests/1/diffs');
 
             expect(window.notes.toggleDiffNote).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
@@ -354,7 +355,7 @@ import 'vendor/jquery.scrollTo';
 
         describe('with line number fragment hash', () => {
           it('should gracefully ignore line number fragment hash', function () {
-            spyOn(window.gl.utils, 'getLocationHash').and.returnValue(noteLineNumId);
+            spyOn(urlUtils, 'getLocationHash').and.returnValue(noteLineNumId);
             this.class.loadDiff('/foo/bar/merge_requests/1/diffs');
 
             expect(noteLineNumId.length).toBeGreaterThan(0);
@@ -387,7 +388,7 @@ import 'vendor/jquery.scrollTo';
 
         describe('with note fragment hash', () => {
           it('should expand and scroll to linked fragment hash #note_xxx', function () {
-            spyOn(window.gl.utils, 'getLocationHash').and.returnValue(noteId);
+            spyOn(urlUtils, 'getLocationHash').and.returnValue(noteId);
 
             this.class.loadDiff('/foo/bar/merge_requests/1/diffs');
 
@@ -400,7 +401,7 @@ import 'vendor/jquery.scrollTo';
           });
 
           it('should gracefully ignore non-existant fragment hash', function () {
-            spyOn(window.gl.utils, 'getLocationHash').and.returnValue('note_something-that-does-not-exist');
+            spyOn(urlUtils, 'getLocationHash').and.returnValue('note_something-that-does-not-exist');
             this.class.loadDiff('/foo/bar/merge_requests/1/diffs');
 
             expect(window.notes.toggleDiffNote).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
@@ -409,7 +410,7 @@ import 'vendor/jquery.scrollTo';
 
         describe('with line number fragment hash', () => {
           it('should gracefully ignore line number fragment hash', function () {
-            spyOn(window.gl.utils, 'getLocationHash').and.returnValue(noteLineNumId);
+            spyOn(urlUtils, 'getLocationHash').and.returnValue(noteLineNumId);
             this.class.loadDiff('/foo/bar/merge_requests/1/diffs');
 
             expect(noteLineNumId.length).toBeGreaterThan(0);
diff --git a/spec/javascripts/notes_spec.js b/spec/javascripts/notes_spec.js
index 677a389b88fdc61f4f5dc737d9c2b972d9c15e67..2612c5fd7bc1815e7e7bcf54beaf6b39cf551d6f 100644
--- a/spec/javascripts/notes_spec.js
+++ b/spec/javascripts/notes_spec.js
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 /* eslint-disable space-before-function-paren, no-unused-expressions, no-var, object-shorthand, comma-dangle, max-len */
 /* global Notes */
 
+import * as urlUtils from '~/lib/utils/url_utility';
 import 'autosize';
 import '~/gl_form';
 import '~/lib/utils/text_utility';
@@ -168,8 +169,7 @@ import '~/notes';
       });
 
       it('sets target when hash matches', () => {
-        spyOn(gl.utils, 'getLocationHash');
-        gl.utils.getLocationHash.and.returnValue(hash);
+        spyOn(urlUtils, 'getLocationHash').and.returnValue(hash);
 
         Notes.updateNoteTargetSelector($note);
 
@@ -178,8 +178,7 @@ import '~/notes';
       });
 
       it('unsets target when hash does not match', () => {
-        spyOn(gl.utils, 'getLocationHash');
-        gl.utils.getLocationHash.and.returnValue('note_doesnotexist');
+        spyOn(urlUtils, 'getLocationHash').and.returnValue('note_doesnotexist');
 
         Notes.updateNoteTargetSelector($note);
 
@@ -187,8 +186,7 @@ import '~/notes';
       });
 
       it('unsets target when there is not a hash fragment anymore', () => {
-        spyOn(gl.utils, 'getLocationHash');
-        gl.utils.getLocationHash.and.returnValue(null);
+        spyOn(urlUtils, 'getLocationHash').and.returnValue(null);
 
         Notes.updateNoteTargetSelector($note);
 
diff --git a/spec/javascripts/pager_spec.js b/spec/javascripts/pager_spec.js
index 1d3e12633712537e8659ce77331ae06934dca985..fe3ea996eac562adfc6b80c8d0cbebb2817a1828 100644
--- a/spec/javascripts/pager_spec.js
+++ b/spec/javascripts/pager_spec.js
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 /* global fixture */
 
+import * as utils from '~/lib/utils/url_utility';
 import '~/pager';
 
 describe('pager', () => {
@@ -30,7 +31,7 @@ describe('pager', () => {
 
     it('should use current url if data-href attribute not provided', () => {
       const href = `${gl.TEST_HOST}/some_list`;
-      spyOn(gl.utils, 'removeParams').and.returnValue(href);
+      spyOn(utils, 'removeParams').and.returnValue(href);
       Pager.init();
       expect(Pager.url).toBe(href);
     });
@@ -44,9 +45,9 @@ describe('pager', () => {
     it('keeps extra query parameters from url', () => {
       window.history.replaceState({}, null, '?filter=test&offset=100');
       const href = `${gl.TEST_HOST}/some_list?filter=test`;
-      spyOn(gl.utils, 'removeParams').and.returnValue(href);
+      spyOn(utils, 'removeParams').and.returnValue(href);
       Pager.init();
-      expect(gl.utils.removeParams).toHaveBeenCalledWith(['limit', 'offset']);
+      expect(utils.removeParams).toHaveBeenCalledWith(['limit', 'offset']);
       expect(Pager.url).toEqual(href);
     });
   });
diff --git a/spec/javascripts/repo/components/repo_commit_section_spec.js b/spec/javascripts/repo/components/repo_commit_section_spec.js
index 1c79412309515122c26e7ea82611d28f58ac24b8..72712e058e5f0794c9135ac007d6871fab96d08e 100644
--- a/spec/javascripts/repo/components/repo_commit_section_spec.js
+++ b/spec/javascripts/repo/components/repo_commit_section_spec.js
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 import Vue from 'vue';
+import * as urlUtils from '~/lib/utils/url_utility';
 import store from '~/repo/stores';
 import service from '~/repo/services';
 import repoCommitSection from '~/repo/components/repo_commit_section.vue';
@@ -97,7 +98,7 @@ describe('RepoCommitSection', () => {
     });
 
     it('redirects to MR creation page if start new MR checkbox checked', (done) => {
-      spyOn(gl.utils, 'visitUrl');
+      spyOn(urlUtils, 'visitUrl');
       vm.startNewMR = true;
 
       vm.makeCommit();
@@ -105,7 +106,7 @@ describe('RepoCommitSection', () => {
       getSetTimeoutPromise()
         .then(() => Vue.nextTick())
         .then(() => {
-          expect(gl.utils.visitUrl).toHaveBeenCalled();
+          expect(urlUtils.visitUrl).toHaveBeenCalled();
         })
         .then(done)
         .catch(done.fail);
diff --git a/spec/javascripts/repo/stores/actions/tree_spec.js b/spec/javascripts/repo/stores/actions/tree_spec.js
index 393a797c6a3a2f489ecddadd87a8ba8b3c109cbf..2bbc49d5a9ff91b19db6757dbc3378fcc22da45b 100644
--- a/spec/javascripts/repo/stores/actions/tree_spec.js
+++ b/spec/javascripts/repo/stores/actions/tree_spec.js
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 import Vue from 'vue';
+import * as urlUtils from '~/lib/utils/url_utility';
 import store from '~/repo/stores';
 import service from '~/repo/services';
 import { file, resetStore } from '../../helpers';
@@ -255,7 +256,7 @@ describe('Multi-file store tree actions', () => {
       let row;
 
       beforeEach(() => {
-        spyOn(gl.utils, 'visitUrl');
+        spyOn(urlUtils, 'visitUrl');
 
         row = {
           url: 'submoduleurl',
@@ -276,7 +277,7 @@ describe('Multi-file store tree actions', () => {
       it('opens submodule URL', (done) => {
         store.dispatch('clickedTreeRow', row)
           .then(() => {
-            expect(gl.utils.visitUrl).toHaveBeenCalledWith('submoduleurl');
+            expect(urlUtils.visitUrl).toHaveBeenCalledWith('submoduleurl');
 
             done();
           }).catch(done.fail);
diff --git a/spec/javascripts/repo/stores/actions_spec.js b/spec/javascripts/repo/stores/actions_spec.js
index f2a7a6989121082270305a0ca8346c93e408065d..a00433c1d777bdd75a1b43216f7f81a1c6c63a53 100644
--- a/spec/javascripts/repo/stores/actions_spec.js
+++ b/spec/javascripts/repo/stores/actions_spec.js
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 import Vue from 'vue';
+import * as urlUtils from '~/lib/utils/url_utility';
 import store from '~/repo/stores';
 import service from '~/repo/services';
 import { resetStore, file } from '../helpers';
@@ -10,11 +11,11 @@ describe('Multi-file store actions', () => {
 
   describe('redirectToUrl', () => {
     it('calls visitUrl', (done) => {
-      spyOn(gl.utils, 'visitUrl');
+      spyOn(urlUtils, 'visitUrl');
 
       store.dispatch('redirectToUrl', 'test')
         .then(() => {
-          expect(gl.utils.visitUrl).toHaveBeenCalledWith('test');
+          expect(urlUtils.visitUrl).toHaveBeenCalledWith('test');
 
           done();
         })
diff --git a/spec/javascripts/search_autocomplete_spec.js b/spec/javascripts/search_autocomplete_spec.js
index fdfc59a6f12a5d62d75fac07659410980dbfa9d5..1e4c2c9faadd1990582fbdb413243311aba93f7d 100644
--- a/spec/javascripts/search_autocomplete_spec.js
+++ b/spec/javascripts/search_autocomplete_spec.js
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
 import '~/gl_dropdown';
 import '~/search_autocomplete';
 import '~/lib/utils/common_utils';
+import * as urlUtils from '~/lib/utils/url_utility';
 
 (function() {
   var assertLinks, dashboardIssuesPath, dashboardMRsPath, groupIssuesPath, groupMRsPath, groupName, mockDashboardOptions, mockGroupOptions, mockProjectOptions, projectIssuesPath, projectMRsPath, projectName, userId, widget;
@@ -121,7 +122,7 @@ import '~/lib/utils/common_utils';
       loadFixtures('static/search_autocomplete.html.raw');
 
       // Prevent turbolinks from triggering within gl_dropdown
-      spyOn(window.gl.utils, 'visitUrl').and.returnValue(true);
+      spyOn(urlUtils, 'visitUrl').and.returnValue(true);
 
       window.gon = {};
       window.gon.current_user_id = userId;
diff --git a/spec/javascripts/sidebar/sidebar_mediator_spec.js b/spec/javascripts/sidebar/sidebar_mediator_spec.js
index 14c34d5a78c06f284b619d9f094241dd2e6235e5..9efd109b996f314c658b06b064a191e288683e1b 100644
--- a/spec/javascripts/sidebar/sidebar_mediator_spec.js
+++ b/spec/javascripts/sidebar/sidebar_mediator_spec.js
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 import Vue from 'vue';
+import * as urlUtils from '~/lib/utils/url_utility';
 import SidebarMediator from '~/sidebar/sidebar_mediator';
 import SidebarStore from '~/sidebar/stores/sidebar_store';
 import SidebarService from '~/sidebar/services/sidebar_service';
@@ -85,12 +86,12 @@ describe('Sidebar mediator', () => {
     const moveToProjectId = 7;
     this.mediator.store.setMoveToProjectId(moveToProjectId);
     spyOn(this.mediator.service, 'moveIssue').and.callThrough();
-    spyOn(gl.utils, 'visitUrl');
+    spyOn(urlUtils, 'visitUrl');
 
     this.mediator.moveIssue()
       .then(() => {
         expect(this.mediator.service.moveIssue).toHaveBeenCalledWith(moveToProjectId);
-        expect(gl.utils.visitUrl).toHaveBeenCalledWith('/root/some-project/issues/5');
+        expect(urlUtils.visitUrl).toHaveBeenCalledWith('/root/some-project/issues/5');
       })
       .then(done)
       .catch(done.fail);
diff --git a/spec/javascripts/todos_spec.js b/spec/javascripts/todos_spec.js
index 7d3c9319a116abb9ff97c05537decedea39d5c4f..59e16f0786eed7594e96221096788fa4a9a96dbc 100644
--- a/spec/javascripts/todos_spec.js
+++ b/spec/javascripts/todos_spec.js
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+import * as urlUtils from '~/lib/utils/url_utility';
 import Todos from '~/todos';
 import '~/lib/utils/common_utils';
 
@@ -16,7 +17,7 @@ describe('Todos', () => {
     it('opens the todo url', (done) => {
       const todoLink = todoItem.dataset.url;
 
-      spyOn(gl.utils, 'visitUrl').and.callFake((url) => {
+      spyOn(urlUtils, 'visitUrl').and.callFake((url) => {
         expect(url).toEqual(todoLink);
         done();
       });
@@ -31,7 +32,7 @@ describe('Todos', () => {
 
       beforeEach(() => {
         metakeyEvent = $.Event('click', { keyCode: 91, ctrlKey: true });
-        visitUrlSpy = spyOn(gl.utils, 'visitUrl').and.callFake(() => {});
+        visitUrlSpy = spyOn(urlUtils, 'visitUrl').and.callFake(() => {});
         windowOpenSpy = spyOn(window, 'open').and.callFake(() => {});
       });
 
diff --git a/spec/javascripts/vue_mr_widget/components/mr_widget_deployment_spec.js b/spec/javascripts/vue_mr_widget/components/mr_widget_deployment_spec.js
index 7ee998c8fce96e317c3bbdaba7a8f21b1428aea7..d5b8947c86f9709f3664b94bfd9a2a80c0de01a2 100644
--- a/spec/javascripts/vue_mr_widget/components/mr_widget_deployment_spec.js
+++ b/spec/javascripts/vue_mr_widget/components/mr_widget_deployment_spec.js
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 import Vue from 'vue';
+import * as urlUtils from '~/lib/utils/url_utility';
 import deploymentComponent from '~/vue_merge_request_widget/components/mr_widget_deployment';
 import MRWidgetService from '~/vue_merge_request_widget/services/mr_widget_service';
 
@@ -108,13 +109,13 @@ describe('MRWidgetDeployment', () => {
       it('should show a confirm dialog and call service.stopEnvironment when confirmed', (done) => {
         spyOn(window, 'confirm').and.returnValue(true);
         spyOn(MRWidgetService, 'stopEnvironment').and.returnValue(returnPromise(true));
-        spyOn(gl.utils, 'visitUrl').and.returnValue(true);
+        spyOn(urlUtils, 'visitUrl').and.returnValue(true);
         vm = mockStopEnvironment();
 
         expect(window.confirm).toHaveBeenCalled();
         expect(MRWidgetService.stopEnvironment).toHaveBeenCalledWith(deploymentMockData.stop_url);
         setTimeout(() => {
-          expect(gl.utils.visitUrl).toHaveBeenCalledWith(url);
+          expect(urlUtils.visitUrl).toHaveBeenCalledWith(url);
           done();
         }, 333);
       });