diff --git a/docs/cli/test.md b/docs/cli/test.md
index c90576d4..2eb3cc2a 100644
--- a/docs/cli/test.md
+++ b/docs/cli/test.md
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ Helper and utilities for AEproject use, e.g. prefunded wallets, network definiti
 
 ```js
 const { networks, utils, wallets } = require('@aeternity/aeproject');
+const { getFileSystem } = require("@aeternity/aepp-sdk");
 ```
 
 Read [AEproject Library](../lib.md) for a more detailed explanation about the usage of these imports.
@@ -42,7 +43,7 @@ aeSdk = await utils.getSdk();
 
 Get the filesystem definition for (custom) `includes` of the given contract:
 ```js
-const filesystem = utils.getFilesystem(EXAMPLE_CONTRACT_SOURCE);
+const fileSystem = getFileSystem(EXAMPLE_CONTRACT_SOURCE);
 ```
 
 Read the contract source from the filesystem:
@@ -52,7 +53,7 @@ const sourceCode = utils.getContractContent(EXAMPLE_CONTRACT_SOURCE);
 
 Initialize the contract instance:
 ```js
-contract = await aeSdk.initializeContract({ sourceCode, filesystem });
+contract = await aeSdk.initializeContract({ sourceCode, fileSystem });
 ```
 
 Deploy the contract:
diff --git a/docs/lib.md b/docs/lib.md
index bddb6920..ced3705a 100644
--- a/docs/lib.md
+++ b/docs/lib.md
@@ -13,11 +13,6 @@ utils.getContractContent(contractPath);
 ```
 Read the contract source from given path, just a wrapper for `fs.readFileSync` using `utf-8` encoding.
 
-```javascript
-utils.getFilesystem(contractPath);
-```
-Add the required filesystem imports for contract from given path, excluding the Sophia provided library imports.
-
 ```javascript
 utils.get(url);
 ```
diff --git a/src/init/update-artifacts/test/exampleTest.js b/src/init/update-artifacts/test/exampleTest.js
index f38363a6..e535a765 100644
--- a/src/init/update-artifacts/test/exampleTest.js
+++ b/src/init/update-artifacts/test/exampleTest.js
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 const { assert } = require('chai');
 const { utils } = require('@aeternity/aeproject');
+const { getFileSystem } = require("@aeternity/aepp-sdk");
 
 const EXAMPLE_CONTRACT_SOURCE = './contracts/ExampleContract.aes';
 
@@ -11,7 +12,7 @@ describe('ExampleContract', () => {
     aeSdk = await utils.getSdk();
 
     // a filesystem object must be passed to the compiler if the contract uses custom includes
-    const fileSystem = utils.getFilesystem(EXAMPLE_CONTRACT_SOURCE);
+    const fileSystem = await getFileSystem(EXAMPLE_CONTRACT_SOURCE);
 
     // get content of contract
     const sourceCode = utils.getContractContent(EXAMPLE_CONTRACT_SOURCE);
diff --git a/src/lib/utils.ts b/src/lib/utils.ts
index 2f94f694..28cc4207 100644
--- a/src/lib/utils.ts
+++ b/src/lib/utils.ts
@@ -1,8 +1,7 @@
 import fs from 'fs';
-import path from 'path';
 
 import {
-  AeSdk, MemoryAccount, Node, CompilerHttp,
+  AeSdk, MemoryAccount, Node, CompilerHttp, getFileSystem,
 } from '@aeternity/aepp-sdk';
 import * as networks from './networks.json';
 import wallets from './wallets.json';
@@ -10,48 +9,6 @@ import { get } from '../utils/utils';
 
 export const getContractContent = (contractPath) => fs.readFileSync(contractPath, 'utf8');
 
-export const getFilesystem = (contractPath) => {
-  const defaultIncludes = [
-    'List.aes', 'Option.aes', 'String.aes',
-    'Func.aes', 'Pair.aes', 'Triple.aes',
-    'BLS12_381.aes', 'Frac.aes', 'Set.aes',
-    'Bitwise.aes',
-  ];
-
-  const rgx = /^include\s+"([\w/.-]+)"/gim;
-  const rgxIncludePath = /"([\w/.-]+)"/i;
-  const rgxMainPath = /.*\//g;
-
-  const contractContent = getContractContent(contractPath);
-  const filesystem = {};
-
-  const rootIncludes = contractContent.match(rgx);
-  if (!rootIncludes) return filesystem;
-  const contractPathMatch = rgxMainPath.exec(contractPath);
-
-  // eslint-disable-next-line no-restricted-syntax
-  for (const rootInclude of rootIncludes) {
-    const includeRelativePath = rgxIncludePath.exec(rootInclude);
-
-    // eslint-disable-next-line no-continue
-    if (defaultIncludes.includes(includeRelativePath[1])) continue;
-
-    // eslint-disable-next-line no-console
-    console.log(`==> Adding include to filesystem: ${includeRelativePath[1]}`);
-    const includePath = path.resolve(`${contractPathMatch[0]}/${includeRelativePath[1]}`);
-
-    try {
-      filesystem[includeRelativePath[1]] = fs.readFileSync(includePath, 'utf-8');
-    } catch (error) {
-      throw Error(`File to include '${includeRelativePath[1]}' not found.`);
-    }
-
-    Object.assign(filesystem, getFilesystem(includePath));
-  }
-
-  return filesystem;
-};
-
 export const getDefaultAccounts = () => wallets.map((keypair) => new MemoryAccount(keypair.secretKey));
 
 export const getSdk = () => {