diff --git a/.changeset/shy-tools-poke.md b/.changeset/shy-tools-poke.md
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..6853ce5289e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.changeset/shy-tools-poke.md
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+---
+'@keystone-next/keystone': minor
+'@keystone-next/utils': major
+---
+
+Moved `@keystone-next/utils` to `@keystone-next/keystone/fields/types/image/utils` for image ref related utilities and `@keystone-next/keystone/fields/types/file/utils` for file ref related utilities.
diff --git a/packages/keystone/fields/types/file/utils/package.json b/packages/keystone/fields/types/file/utils/package.json
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..6cbbe144d0c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/keystone/fields/types/file/utils/package.json
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+{
+  "main": "dist/keystone.cjs.js",
+  "module": "dist/keystone.esm.js"
+}
diff --git a/packages/keystone/fields/types/image/utils/package.json b/packages/keystone/fields/types/image/utils/package.json
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..6cbbe144d0c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/keystone/fields/types/image/utils/package.json
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+{
+  "main": "dist/keystone.cjs.js",
+  "module": "dist/keystone.esm.js"
+}
diff --git a/packages/keystone/package.json b/packages/keystone/package.json
index 5db3921cf39..29701a15f41 100644
--- a/packages/keystone/package.json
+++ b/packages/keystone/package.json
@@ -33,7 +33,6 @@
     "@graphql-tools/schema": "^8.1.1",
     "@hapi/iron": "^6.0.0",
     "@keystone-next/types": "^24.0.0",
-    "@keystone-next/utils": "^1.0.4",
     "@keystone-ui/button": "^5.0.0",
     "@keystone-ui/core": "^3.1.1",
     "@keystone-ui/fields": "^4.1.2",
@@ -154,7 +153,8 @@
       "admin-ui/utils/index.ts",
       "fields/index.ts",
       "fields/types/*/views/index.tsx",
-      "fields/types/relationship/views/RelationshipSelect.tsx"
+      "fields/types/relationship/views/RelationshipSelect.tsx",
+      "fields/types/{image,file}/utils.ts"
     ]
   },
   "repository": "https://github.com/keystonejs/keystone/tree/master/packages/keystone"
diff --git a/packages/keystone/src/fields/types/file/index.ts b/packages/keystone/src/fields/types/file/index.ts
index 8148e49b901..f74645c28c5 100644
--- a/packages/keystone/src/fields/types/file/index.ts
+++ b/packages/keystone/src/fields/types/file/index.ts
@@ -8,9 +8,9 @@ import {
   FileData,
   FieldDefaultValue,
 } from '@keystone-next/types';
-import { getFileRef } from '@keystone-next/utils';
 import { FileUpload } from 'graphql-upload';
 import { resolveView } from '../../resolve-view';
+import { getFileRef } from './utils';
 
 export type FileFieldConfig<TGeneratedListTypes extends BaseGeneratedListTypes> =
   CommonFieldConfig<TGeneratedListTypes> & {
diff --git a/packages/keystone/src/fields/types/file/utils.ts b/packages/keystone/src/fields/types/file/utils.ts
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..b3ca4e9e23a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/keystone/src/fields/types/file/utils.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+import { AssetMode } from '@keystone-next/types';
+
+const FILEREGEX = /^(local|keystone-cloud):file:([^\\\/:\n]+)/;
+
+export const getFileRef = (mode: AssetMode, name: string) => `${mode}:file:${name}`;
+export const parseFileRef = (ref: string) => {
+  const match = ref.match(FILEREGEX);
+  if (match) {
+    const [, mode, filename] = match;
+    return {
+      mode: mode as AssetMode,
+      filename: filename as string,
+    };
+  }
+  return undefined;
+};
diff --git a/packages/keystone/src/fields/types/file/views/Field.tsx b/packages/keystone/src/fields/types/file/views/Field.tsx
index 8fb8ecdcd90..7429b5a14db 100644
--- a/packages/keystone/src/fields/types/file/views/Field.tsx
+++ b/packages/keystone/src/fields/types/file/views/Field.tsx
@@ -8,11 +8,11 @@ import { useToasts } from '@keystone-ui/toast';
 import { FieldContainer, FieldLabel } from '@keystone-ui/fields';
 
 import { TextInput } from '@keystone-ui/fields';
-import { parseFileRef } from '@keystone-next/utils';
 import { Pill } from '@keystone-ui/pill';
 import { Button } from '@keystone-ui/button';
 import { FieldProps } from '@keystone-next/types';
 
+import { parseFileRef } from '../utils';
 import { FileValue } from './index';
 
 export function validateRef({ ref }: { ref: string }) {
diff --git a/packages/keystone/src/fields/types/image/index.ts b/packages/keystone/src/fields/types/image/index.ts
index 68b6b23dc31..fdfd04bd0db 100644
--- a/packages/keystone/src/fields/types/image/index.ts
+++ b/packages/keystone/src/fields/types/image/index.ts
@@ -9,9 +9,9 @@ import {
   KeystoneContext,
   schema,
 } from '@keystone-next/types';
-import { getImageRef, SUPPORTED_IMAGE_EXTENSIONS } from '@keystone-next/utils';
 import { FileUpload } from 'graphql-upload';
 import { resolveView } from '../../resolve-view';
+import { getImageRef, SUPPORTED_IMAGE_EXTENSIONS } from './utils';
 
 export type ImageFieldConfig<TGeneratedListTypes extends BaseGeneratedListTypes> =
   CommonFieldConfig<TGeneratedListTypes> & {
diff --git a/packages/keystone/src/fields/types/image/utils.ts b/packages/keystone/src/fields/types/image/utils.ts
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..35a72ca47ce
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/keystone/src/fields/types/image/utils.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+import { AssetMode, ImageExtension } from '@keystone-next/types';
+
+const IMAGEREGEX = /^(local|keystone-cloud):image:([^\\\/:\n]+)\.(gif|jpg|png|webp)$/;
+
+export const getImageRef = (mode: AssetMode, id: string, extension: ImageExtension) =>
+  `${mode}:image:${id}.${extension}`;
+
+export const SUPPORTED_IMAGE_EXTENSIONS = ['jpg', 'png', 'webp', 'gif'];
+
+export const parseImageRef = (
+  ref: string
+): { mode: AssetMode; id: string; extension: ImageExtension } | undefined => {
+  const match = ref.match(IMAGEREGEX);
+  if (match) {
+    const [, mode, id, ext] = match;
+    return {
+      mode: mode as AssetMode,
+      id,
+      extension: ext as ImageExtension,
+    };
+  }
+  return undefined;
+};
diff --git a/packages/keystone/src/fields/types/image/views/Field.tsx b/packages/keystone/src/fields/types/image/views/Field.tsx
index 26527ee3dd1..0f72a3c45c7 100644
--- a/packages/keystone/src/fields/types/image/views/Field.tsx
+++ b/packages/keystone/src/fields/types/image/views/Field.tsx
@@ -7,12 +7,12 @@ import { Fragment, ReactNode, RefObject, useEffect, useMemo, useRef, useState }
 import { jsx, Stack, useTheme, Text, VisuallyHidden } from '@keystone-ui/core';
 import { useToasts } from '@keystone-ui/toast';
 import { TextInput } from '@keystone-ui/fields';
-import { parseImageRef } from '@keystone-next/utils';
 
 import { FieldContainer, FieldLabel } from '@keystone-ui/fields';
 import { Pill } from '@keystone-ui/pill';
 import { Button } from '@keystone-ui/button';
 import { FieldProps } from '@keystone-next/types';
+import { parseImageRef } from '../utils';
 import { ImageValue } from './index';
 
 function useObjectURL(fileData: File | undefined) {
diff --git a/packages/keystone/src/lib/context/createFilesContext.ts b/packages/keystone/src/lib/context/createFilesContext.ts
index 9ea4471e723..83f456ee852 100644
--- a/packages/keystone/src/lib/context/createFilesContext.ts
+++ b/packages/keystone/src/lib/context/createFilesContext.ts
@@ -5,8 +5,8 @@ import filenamify from 'filenamify';
 import { KeystoneConfig, FilesContext } from '@keystone-next/types';
 import fs from 'fs-extra';
 
-import { parseFileRef, isLocalAsset, isKeystoneCloudAsset } from '@keystone-next/utils';
 import slugify from '@sindresorhus/slugify';
+import { parseFileRef } from '../../fields/types/file/utils';
 import {
   buildKeystoneCloudFileSrc,
   uploadFileToKeystoneCloud,
@@ -59,13 +59,13 @@ export function createFilesContext(config: KeystoneConfig): FilesContext | undef
     restApiEndpoint = '',
   } = experimental?.keystoneCloud || {};
 
-  if (isLocalAsset(files.upload)) {
+  if (files.upload === 'local') {
     fs.mkdirSync(storagePath, { recursive: true });
   }
 
   return {
     getSrc: async (mode, filename) => {
-      if (isKeystoneCloudAsset(mode)) {
+      if (mode === 'keystone-cloud') {
         return await buildKeystoneCloudFileSrc({ apiKey, graphqlApiEndpoint, filename });
       }
 
@@ -80,7 +80,7 @@ export function createFilesContext(config: KeystoneConfig): FilesContext | undef
 
       const { mode, filename } = fileRef;
 
-      if (isKeystoneCloudAsset(mode)) {
+      if (mode === 'keystone-cloud') {
         const { filesize } = await getFileFromKeystoneCloud({
           apiKey,
           filename,
@@ -98,7 +98,7 @@ export function createFilesContext(config: KeystoneConfig): FilesContext | undef
       const { upload: mode } = files;
       const filename = generateSafeFilename(originalFilename, files.transformFilename);
 
-      if (isKeystoneCloudAsset(mode)) {
+      if (mode === 'keystone-cloud') {
         const { filesize } = await uploadFileToKeystoneCloud({
           apiKey,
           stream,
diff --git a/packages/keystone/src/lib/context/createImagesContext.ts b/packages/keystone/src/lib/context/createImagesContext.ts
index 3ce52551114..090da5ec2c7 100644
--- a/packages/keystone/src/lib/context/createImagesContext.ts
+++ b/packages/keystone/src/lib/context/createImagesContext.ts
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ import { v4 as uuid } from 'uuid';
 import fs from 'fs-extra';
 import fromBuffer from 'image-type';
 import imageSize from 'image-size';
-import { parseImageRef, isLocalAsset, isKeystoneCloudAsset } from '@keystone-next/utils';
+import { parseImageRef } from '../../fields/types/image/utils';
 import {
   buildKeystoneCloudImageSrc,
   getImageMetadataFromKeystoneCloud,
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@ export function createImagesContext(config: KeystoneConfig): ImagesContext | und
     restApiEndpoint = '',
   } = experimental?.keystoneCloud || {};
 
-  if (isLocalAsset(images.upload)) {
+  if (images.upload === 'local') {
     fs.mkdirSync(storagePath, { recursive: true });
   }
 
@@ -62,7 +62,7 @@ export function createImagesContext(config: KeystoneConfig): ImagesContext | und
     getSrc: async (mode, id, extension) => {
       const filename = `${id}.${extension}`;
 
-      if (isKeystoneCloudAsset(mode)) {
+      if (mode === 'keystone-cloud') {
         return await buildKeystoneCloudImageSrc({
           apiKey,
           imagesDomain,
@@ -82,7 +82,7 @@ export function createImagesContext(config: KeystoneConfig): ImagesContext | und
 
       const { mode } = imageRef;
 
-      if (isKeystoneCloudAsset(mode)) {
+      if (mode === 'keystone-cloud') {
         const { id, extension } = imageRef;
         const filename = `${id}.${extension}`;
         const metadata = await getImageMetadataFromKeystoneCloud({
@@ -105,7 +105,7 @@ export function createImagesContext(config: KeystoneConfig): ImagesContext | und
       const { upload: mode } = images;
       const id = uuid();
 
-      if (isKeystoneCloudAsset(mode)) {
+      if (mode === 'keystone-cloud') {
         const metadata = await uploadImageToKeystoneCloud({
           apiKey,
           stream,
diff --git a/packages/utils/src/index.ts b/packages/utils/src/index.ts
index 97270a82079..241106ad0de 100644
--- a/packages/utils/src/index.ts
+++ b/packages/utils/src/index.ts
@@ -1,41 +1,5 @@
-import { AssetMode, ImageExtension } from '@keystone-next/types';
+throw new Error(
+  '`@keystone-next/utils` has been moved to `@keystone-next/keystone/fields/types/image/utils` for image ref related utilities and `@keystone-next/keystone/fields/types/file/utils` for file ref related utilities, please import from there instead.'
+);
 
-const IMAGEREGEX = /^(local|keystone-cloud):image:([^\\\/:\n]+)\.(gif|jpg|png|webp)$/;
-const FILEREGEX = /^(local|keystone-cloud):file:([^\\\/:\n]+)/;
-
-export const getImageRef = (mode: AssetMode, id: string, extension: ImageExtension) =>
-  `${mode}:image:${id}.${extension}`;
-
-export const getFileRef = (mode: AssetMode, name: string) => `${mode}:file:${name}`;
-export const parseFileRef = (ref: string) => {
-  const match = ref.match(FILEREGEX);
-  if (match) {
-    const [, mode, filename] = match;
-    return {
-      mode: mode as AssetMode,
-      filename: filename as string,
-    };
-  }
-  return undefined;
-};
-
-export const SUPPORTED_IMAGE_EXTENSIONS = ['jpg', 'png', 'webp', 'gif'];
-
-export const parseImageRef = (
-  ref: string
-): { mode: AssetMode; id: string; extension: ImageExtension } | undefined => {
-  const match = ref.match(IMAGEREGEX);
-  if (match) {
-    const [, mode, id, ext] = match;
-    return {
-      mode: mode as AssetMode,
-      id,
-      extension: ext as ImageExtension,
-    };
-  }
-  return undefined;
-};
-
-export const isLocalAsset = (mode: AssetMode) => mode === 'local';
-
-export const isKeystoneCloudAsset = (mode: AssetMode) => mode === 'keystone-cloud';
+export {};
diff --git a/tests/admin-ui-tests/package.json b/tests/admin-ui-tests/package.json
index d57f5d56437..92f98924f4d 100644
--- a/tests/admin-ui-tests/package.json
+++ b/tests/admin-ui-tests/package.json
@@ -25,7 +25,6 @@
   },
   "dependencies": {
     "@keystone-next/types": "^24.0.0",
-    "@keystone-next/utils": "^1.0.4",
     "@manypkg/find-root": "^1.1.0",
     "dotenv": "^10.0.0",
     "tree-kill": "^1.2.2"
diff --git a/tests/api-tests/package.json b/tests/api-tests/package.json
index 98687ced6db..44dc5ca6485 100644
--- a/tests/api-tests/package.json
+++ b/tests/api-tests/package.json
@@ -27,7 +27,6 @@
   },
   "dependencies": {
     "@keystone-next/types": "^24.0.0",
-    "@keystone-next/utils": "^1.0.4",
     "apollo-cache-control": "^0.14.0",
     "express": "^4.17.1"
   }