diff --git a/packages/jest-cli/package.json b/packages/jest-cli/package.json
index e2420ef57553..d9fa33500430 100644
--- a/packages/jest-cli/package.json
+++ b/packages/jest-cli/package.json
@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@
     "jest-runtime": "^22.3.0",
     "jest-snapshot": "^22.2.0",
     "jest-util": "^22.3.0",
+    "jest-validate": "^22.3.0",
     "jest-worker": "^22.2.2",
     "micromatch": "^2.3.11",
     "node-notifier": "^5.2.1",
diff --git a/packages/jest-cli/src/cli/index.js b/packages/jest-cli/src/cli/index.js
index 42d39276331e..99ae6384555e 100644
--- a/packages/jest-cli/src/cli/index.js
+++ b/packages/jest-cli/src/cli/index.js
@@ -11,12 +11,8 @@ import type {AggregatedResult} from 'types/TestResult';
 import type {Argv} from 'types/Argv';
 import type {GlobalConfig, Path, ProjectConfig} from 'types/Config';
 
-import {
-  Console,
-  clearLine,
-  createDirectory,
-  validateCLIOptions,
-} from 'jest-util';
+import {Console, clearLine, createDirectory} from 'jest-util';
+import {validateCLIOptions} from 'jest-validate';
 import {readConfig} from 'jest-config';
 import {version as VERSION} from '../../package.json';
 import * as args from './args';
diff --git a/packages/jest-repl/package.json b/packages/jest-repl/package.json
index ffcf819e9817..2194f887dfd4 100644
--- a/packages/jest-repl/package.json
+++ b/packages/jest-repl/package.json
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@
   "main": "build/index.js",
   "dependencies": {
     "jest-runtime": "^22.3.0",
-    "jest-util": "^22.3.0",
+    "jest-validate": "^22.3.0",
     "repl": "^0.1.3",
     "yargs": "^10.0.3"
   },
diff --git a/packages/jest-repl/src/cli/index.js b/packages/jest-repl/src/cli/index.js
index 1f6098b3bdcb..7879498040c7 100644
--- a/packages/jest-repl/src/cli/index.js
+++ b/packages/jest-repl/src/cli/index.js
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ import path from 'path';
 
 import Runtime from 'jest-runtime';
 import yargs from 'yargs';
-import {validateCLIOptions} from 'jest-util';
+import {validateCLIOptions} from 'jest-validate';
 import {version as VERSION} from '../../package.json';
 import * as args from './args';
 
diff --git a/packages/jest-runtime/package.json b/packages/jest-runtime/package.json
index 2417df7f71df..6eee9c4ac389 100644
--- a/packages/jest-runtime/package.json
+++ b/packages/jest-runtime/package.json
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@
     "jest-regex-util": "^22.1.0",
     "jest-resolve": "^22.3.0",
     "jest-util": "^22.3.0",
+    "jest-validate": "^22.3.0",
     "json-stable-stringify": "^1.0.1",
     "micromatch": "^2.3.11",
     "realpath-native": "^1.0.0",
diff --git a/packages/jest-runtime/src/cli/index.js b/packages/jest-runtime/src/cli/index.js
index a936d5879b14..1d16429b097d 100644
--- a/packages/jest-runtime/src/cli/index.js
+++ b/packages/jest-runtime/src/cli/index.js
@@ -14,7 +14,8 @@ import chalk from 'chalk';
 import os from 'os';
 import path from 'path';
 import yargs from 'yargs';
-import {Console, setGlobal, validateCLIOptions} from 'jest-util';
+import {Console, setGlobal} from 'jest-util';
+import {validateCLIOptions} from 'jest-validate';
 import {readConfig} from 'jest-config';
 // eslint-disable-next-line import/default
 import Runtime from '../';
diff --git a/packages/jest-util/src/index.js b/packages/jest-util/src/index.js
index 0a238fc15800..1b3a6cf27b20 100644
--- a/packages/jest-util/src/index.js
+++ b/packages/jest-util/src/index.js
@@ -20,7 +20,6 @@ import installCommonGlobals from './install_common_globals';
 import NullConsole from './null_console';
 import isInteractive from './is_interative';
 import setGlobal from './set_global';
-import validateCLIOptions from './validate_cli_options';
 import deepCyclicCopy from './deep_cyclic_copy';
 
 const createDirectory = (path: string) => {
@@ -47,5 +46,4 @@ module.exports = {
   installCommonGlobals,
   isInteractive,
   setGlobal,
-  validateCLIOptions,
 };
diff --git a/packages/jest-util/src/__tests__/__snapshots__/validate_cli_options.test.js.snap b/packages/jest-validate/src/__tests__/__snapshots__/validate_cli_options.test.js.snap
similarity index 100%
rename from packages/jest-util/src/__tests__/__snapshots__/validate_cli_options.test.js.snap
rename to packages/jest-validate/src/__tests__/__snapshots__/validate_cli_options.test.js.snap
diff --git a/packages/jest-util/src/__tests__/validate_cli_options.test.js b/packages/jest-validate/src/__tests__/validate_cli_options.test.js
similarity index 100%
rename from packages/jest-util/src/__tests__/validate_cli_options.test.js
rename to packages/jest-validate/src/__tests__/validate_cli_options.test.js
diff --git a/packages/jest-validate/src/index.js b/packages/jest-validate/src/index.js
index 91c3f46fdf95..c17c0c3797b1 100644
--- a/packages/jest-validate/src/index.js
+++ b/packages/jest-validate/src/index.js
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ import {
   ValidationError,
 } from './utils';
 import validate from './validate';
+import validateCLIOptions from './validate_cli_options';
 
 module.exports = {
   ValidationError,
@@ -21,4 +22,5 @@ module.exports = {
   format,
   logValidationWarning,
   validate,
+  validateCLIOptions,
 };
diff --git a/packages/jest-util/src/validate_cli_options.js b/packages/jest-validate/src/validate_cli_options.js
similarity index 94%
rename from packages/jest-util/src/validate_cli_options.js
rename to packages/jest-validate/src/validate_cli_options.js
index 78551d8fdc41..98cd50e5de24 100644
--- a/packages/jest-util/src/validate_cli_options.js
+++ b/packages/jest-validate/src/validate_cli_options.js
@@ -10,7 +10,12 @@
 import type {Argv} from 'types/Argv';
 
 import chalk from 'chalk';
-import {ValidationError, format, createDidYouMeanMessage} from 'jest-validate';
+import {
+  createDidYouMeanMessage,
+  format,
+  logValidationWarning,
+  ValidationError,
+} from './utils';
 
 const BULLET: string = chalk.bold('\u25cf');