diff --git a/packages/dependencies-hierarchy/tsconfig.json b/packages/dependencies-hierarchy/tsconfig.json
index cf06babd72..9c131fd660 100644
--- a/packages/dependencies-hierarchy/tsconfig.json
+++ b/packages/dependencies-hierarchy/tsconfig.json
@@ -30,9 +30,6 @@
     {
       "path": "../types"
     },
-    {
-      "path": "../utils"
-    },
     {
       "path": "../dependency-path"
     },
diff --git a/packages/headless/tsconfig.json b/packages/headless/tsconfig.json
index 0d8dcec99d..7b52eb14a2 100644
--- a/packages/headless/tsconfig.json
+++ b/packages/headless/tsconfig.json
@@ -66,9 +66,6 @@
     {
       "path": "../types"
     },
-    {
-      "path": "../utils"
-    },
     {
       "path": "../dependency-path"
     },
diff --git a/packages/parse-wanted-dependency/README.md b/packages/parse-wanted-dependency/README.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..04050b2ff8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/parse-wanted-dependency/README.md
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+# @pnpm/parse-wanted-dependency
+
+> Parse dependency specifier
+
+## Installation
+
+```
+pnpm i @pnpm/parse-wanted-dependency
+```
+
+## License
+
+[MIT](LICENSE)
diff --git a/packages/parse-wanted-dependency/package.json b/packages/parse-wanted-dependency/package.json
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..1e585f6a10
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/parse-wanted-dependency/package.json
@@ -0,0 +1,35 @@
+{
+  "name": "@pnpm/parse-wanted-dependency",
+  "description": "Parse dependency specifier",
+  "version": "0.0.0",
+  "author": "Zoltan Kochan <z@kochan.io> (https://www.kochan.io/)",
+  "bugs": {
+    "url": "https://github.com/pnpm/pnpm/issues"
+  },
+  "main": "lib/index.js",
+  "typings": "lib/index.d.ts",
+  "files": [
+    "lib",
+    "!*.map"
+  ],
+  "devDependencies": {
+    "@pnpm/parse-wanted-dependency": "link:",
+    "@types/validate-npm-package-name": "3.0.0"
+  },
+  "keywords": [],
+  "license": "MIT",
+  "engines": {
+    "node": ">=10.13"
+  },
+  "repository": "https://github.com/pnpm/pnpm/blob/master/packages/parse-wanted-dependency",
+  "scripts": {
+    "test": "pnpm run compile",
+    "lint": "tslint -c ../../tslint.json --project .",
+    "prepublishOnly": "pnpm run compile",
+    "compile": "rimraf lib tsconfig.tsbuildinfo && tsc --build"
+  },
+  "dependencies": {
+    "validate-npm-package-name": "3.0.0"
+  },
+  "homepage": "https://github.com/pnpm/pnpm/blob/master/packages/parse-wanted-dependency#readme"
+}
diff --git a/packages/utils/src/parseWantedDependency.ts b/packages/parse-wanted-dependency/src/index.ts
similarity index 100%
rename from packages/utils/src/parseWantedDependency.ts
rename to packages/parse-wanted-dependency/src/index.ts
diff --git a/packages/parse-wanted-dependency/tsconfig.json b/packages/parse-wanted-dependency/tsconfig.json
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..41aa731a88
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/parse-wanted-dependency/tsconfig.json
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+{
+  "extends": "@pnpm/tsconfig",
+  "compilerOptions": {
+    "outDir": "lib",
+    "rootDir": "src"
+  },
+  "include": [
+    "src/**/*.ts",
+    "../../typings/**/*.d.ts"
+  ],
+  "references": []
+}
diff --git a/packages/plugin-commands-installation/package.json b/packages/plugin-commands-installation/package.json
index 44554ecf51..1982790f29 100644
--- a/packages/plugin-commands-installation/package.json
+++ b/packages/plugin-commands-installation/package.json
@@ -66,6 +66,7 @@
     "@pnpm/find-workspace-packages": "workspace:2.1.14",
     "@pnpm/outdated": "workspace:7.0.16",
     "@pnpm/package-store": "workspace:8.0.4",
+    "@pnpm/parse-wanted-dependency": "workspace:0.0.0",
     "@pnpm/plugin-commands-rebuild": "workspace:1.0.4",
     "@pnpm/pnpmfile": "workspace:0.1.7",
     "@pnpm/resolver-base": "workspace:7.0.0",
diff --git a/packages/plugin-commands-installation/src/updateWorkspaceDependencies.ts b/packages/plugin-commands-installation/src/updateWorkspaceDependencies.ts
index 2a95d623b2..68593f3ad0 100644
--- a/packages/plugin-commands-installation/src/updateWorkspaceDependencies.ts
+++ b/packages/plugin-commands-installation/src/updateWorkspaceDependencies.ts
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 import PnpmError from '@pnpm/error'
+import parseWantedDependency from '@pnpm/parse-wanted-dependency'
 import { WorkspacePackages } from '@pnpm/resolver-base'
 import { IncludedDependencies, ProjectManifest } from '@pnpm/types'
-import { parseWantedDependency } from '@pnpm/utils'
 
 export function updateToWorkspacePackagesFromManifest (manifest: ProjectManifest, include: IncludedDependencies, workspacePackages: WorkspacePackages) {
   const allDeps = {
diff --git a/packages/plugin-commands-installation/tsconfig.json b/packages/plugin-commands-installation/tsconfig.json
index 273706b149..0a54f40f18 100644
--- a/packages/plugin-commands-installation/tsconfig.json
+++ b/packages/plugin-commands-installation/tsconfig.json
@@ -42,6 +42,9 @@
     {
       "path": "../package-store"
     },
+    {
+      "path": "../parse-wanted-dependency"
+    },
     {
       "path": "../plugin-commands-rebuild"
     },
diff --git a/packages/plugin-commands-publishing/tsconfig.json b/packages/plugin-commands-publishing/tsconfig.json
index df3fde5da9..4f9f45fb9d 100644
--- a/packages/plugin-commands-publishing/tsconfig.json
+++ b/packages/plugin-commands-publishing/tsconfig.json
@@ -42,9 +42,6 @@
     {
       "path": "../types"
     },
-    {
-      "path": "../utils"
-    },
     {
       "path": "../filter-workspace-packages"
     },
diff --git a/packages/plugin-commands-script-runners/tsconfig.json b/packages/plugin-commands-script-runners/tsconfig.json
index f9a16210bb..35d5fe2d5e 100644
--- a/packages/plugin-commands-script-runners/tsconfig.json
+++ b/packages/plugin-commands-script-runners/tsconfig.json
@@ -33,9 +33,6 @@
     {
       "path": "../types"
     },
-    {
-      "path": "../utils"
-    },
     {
       "path": "../filter-workspace-packages"
     },
diff --git a/packages/plugin-commands-store/package.json b/packages/plugin-commands-store/package.json
index 713c3745e3..e8fe038fb3 100644
--- a/packages/plugin-commands-store/package.json
+++ b/packages/plugin-commands-store/package.json
@@ -56,12 +56,12 @@
     "@pnpm/error": "workspace:1.2.0",
     "@pnpm/get-context": "workspace:1.1.5",
     "@pnpm/normalize-registries": "workspace:0.0.0",
+    "@pnpm/parse-wanted-dependency": "workspace:0.0.0",
     "@pnpm/pick-registry-for-package": "workspace:0.0.0",
     "@pnpm/store-connection-manager": "workspace:0.2.25",
     "@pnpm/store-controller-types": "workspace:7.0.0",
     "@pnpm/store-path": "2.1.1",
     "@pnpm/types": "workspace:5.0.0",
-    "@pnpm/utils": "workspace:0.13.0",
     "archy": "1.0.0",
     "common-tags": "1.8.0",
     "dependency-path": "workspace:4.0.5",
diff --git a/packages/plugin-commands-store/src/storeAdd.ts b/packages/plugin-commands-store/src/storeAdd.ts
index 919fa3f17b..a3aa978908 100644
--- a/packages/plugin-commands-store/src/storeAdd.ts
+++ b/packages/plugin-commands-store/src/storeAdd.ts
@@ -1,9 +1,9 @@
 import PnpmError from '@pnpm/error'
 import logger, { globalInfo, streamParser } from '@pnpm/logger'
+import parseWantedDependency from '@pnpm/parse-wanted-dependency'
 import pickRegistryForPackage from '@pnpm/pick-registry-for-package'
 import { StoreController } from '@pnpm/store-controller-types'
 import { Registries } from '@pnpm/types'
-import { parseWantedDependency } from '@pnpm/utils'
 import { ReporterFunction } from './types'
 
 export default async function (
diff --git a/packages/plugin-commands-store/src/storeUsages.ts b/packages/plugin-commands-store/src/storeUsages.ts
index 78734c1304..461ea5368f 100644
--- a/packages/plugin-commands-store/src/storeUsages.ts
+++ b/packages/plugin-commands-store/src/storeUsages.ts
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 import { streamParser } from '@pnpm/logger'
+import parseWantedDependency from '@pnpm/parse-wanted-dependency'
 import { PackageUsages, StoreController } from '@pnpm/store-controller-types'
-import { parseWantedDependency } from '@pnpm/utils'
 import { ReporterFunction } from './types'
 
 export default async function (
diff --git a/packages/plugin-commands-store/tsconfig.json b/packages/plugin-commands-store/tsconfig.json
index d3535a9d3b..bebdd373d2 100644
--- a/packages/plugin-commands-store/tsconfig.json
+++ b/packages/plugin-commands-store/tsconfig.json
@@ -24,6 +24,9 @@
     {
       "path": "../normalize-registries"
     },
+    {
+      "path": "../parse-wanted-dependency"
+    },
     {
       "path": "../pick-registry-for-package"
     },
@@ -36,9 +39,6 @@
     {
       "path": "../types"
     },
-    {
-      "path": "../utils"
-    },
     {
       "path": "../dependency-path"
     },
diff --git a/packages/read-projects-context/tsconfig.json b/packages/read-projects-context/tsconfig.json
index ddd6371e1f..c58d89fba1 100644
--- a/packages/read-projects-context/tsconfig.json
+++ b/packages/read-projects-context/tsconfig.json
@@ -20,9 +20,6 @@
     },
     {
       "path": "../types"
-    },
-    {
-      "path": "../utils"
     }
   ]
 }
diff --git a/packages/supi/package.json b/packages/supi/package.json
index abce132135..32132ad016 100644
--- a/packages/supi/package.json
+++ b/packages/supi/package.json
@@ -36,6 +36,7 @@
     "@pnpm/modules-yaml": "workspace:6.0.1",
     "@pnpm/normalize-registries": "workspace:0.0.0",
     "@pnpm/package-requester": "workspace:11.0.4",
+    "@pnpm/parse-wanted-dependency": "workspace:0.0.0",
     "@pnpm/pkgid-to-filename": "2.0.0",
     "@pnpm/prune-lockfile": "workspace:2.0.6",
     "@pnpm/read-modules-dir": "workspace:2.0.1",
diff --git a/packages/supi/src/parseWantedDependencies.ts b/packages/supi/src/parseWantedDependencies.ts
index f28e038029..6632b007f8 100644
--- a/packages/supi/src/parseWantedDependencies.ts
+++ b/packages/supi/src/parseWantedDependencies.ts
@@ -1,7 +1,5 @@
-import {
-  Dependencies,
-} from '@pnpm/types'
-import { parseWantedDependency } from '@pnpm/utils'
+import parseWantedDependency from '@pnpm/parse-wanted-dependency'
+import { Dependencies } from '@pnpm/types'
 import guessPinnedVersionFromExistingSpec from './guessPinnedVersionFromExistingSpec'
 import { PinnedVersion, WantedDependency } from './install/getWantedDependencies'
 
diff --git a/packages/supi/tsconfig.json b/packages/supi/tsconfig.json
index e25ff335f7..cb62ca2dc1 100644
--- a/packages/supi/tsconfig.json
+++ b/packages/supi/tsconfig.json
@@ -63,6 +63,9 @@
     {
       "path": "../package-requester"
     },
+    {
+      "path": "../parse-wanted-dependency"
+    },
     {
       "path": "../prune-lockfile"
     },
diff --git a/packages/utils/package.json b/packages/utils/package.json
index 2957691c57..f131edb1ee 100644
--- a/packages/utils/package.json
+++ b/packages/utils/package.json
@@ -17,9 +17,7 @@
   },
   "devDependencies": {
     "@pnpm/logger": "3.1.0",
-    "@pnpm/utils": "link:",
-    "@types/mz": "^2.7.0",
-    "@types/validate-npm-package-name": "3.0.0"
+    "@pnpm/utils": "link:"
   },
   "directories": {
     "test": "test"
@@ -38,9 +36,7 @@
     "compile": "rimraf lib tsconfig.tsbuildinfo && tsc --build"
   },
   "dependencies": {
-    "@pnpm/types": "workspace:5.0.0",
-    "mz": "2.7.0",
-    "validate-npm-package-name": "3.0.0"
+    "@pnpm/types": "workspace:5.0.0"
   },
   "homepage": "https://github.com/pnpm/pnpm/blob/master/packages/utils#readme"
 }
diff --git a/packages/utils/src/index.ts b/packages/utils/src/index.ts
index c9633b9fed..eda86c197e 100644
--- a/packages/utils/src/index.ts
+++ b/packages/utils/src/index.ts
@@ -1,9 +1,5 @@
 import getAllDependenciesFromPackage from './getAllDependenciesFromPackage'
-import parseWantedDependency from './parseWantedDependency'
 
-export {
-  getAllDependenciesFromPackage,
-  parseWantedDependency,
-}
+export { getAllDependenciesFromPackage }
 
 export * from './filterDependenciesByType'
diff --git a/pnpm-lock.yaml b/pnpm-lock.yaml
index 0ebc15cd64..aca8e07faf 100644
--- a/pnpm-lock.yaml
+++ b/pnpm-lock.yaml
@@ -1306,6 +1306,16 @@ importers:
       '@pnpm/parse-cli-args': 'link:'
       '@types/nopt': 3.0.29
       nopt: 4.0.3
+  packages/parse-wanted-dependency:
+    dependencies:
+      validate-npm-package-name: 3.0.0
+    devDependencies:
+      '@pnpm/parse-wanted-dependency': 'link:'
+      '@types/validate-npm-package-name': 3.0.0
+    specifiers:
+      '@pnpm/parse-wanted-dependency': 'link:'
+      '@types/validate-npm-package-name': 3.0.0
+      validate-npm-package-name: 3.0.0
   packages/pick-registry-for-package:
     dependencies:
       '@pnpm/types': 'link:../types'
@@ -1412,6 +1422,7 @@ importers:
       '@pnpm/find-workspace-packages': 'link:../find-workspace-packages'
       '@pnpm/outdated': 'link:../outdated'
       '@pnpm/package-store': 'link:../package-store'
+      '@pnpm/parse-wanted-dependency': 'link:../parse-wanted-dependency'
       '@pnpm/plugin-commands-rebuild': 'link:../plugin-commands-rebuild'
       '@pnpm/pnpmfile': 'link:../pnpmfile'
       '@pnpm/resolver-base': 'link:../resolver-base'
@@ -1474,6 +1485,7 @@ importers:
       '@pnpm/matcher': 'workspace:1.0.0'
       '@pnpm/outdated': 'workspace:7.0.16'
       '@pnpm/package-store': 'workspace:8.0.4'
+      '@pnpm/parse-wanted-dependency': 'workspace:0.0.0'
       '@pnpm/plugin-commands-installation': 'link:'
       '@pnpm/plugin-commands-rebuild': 'workspace:1.0.4'
       '@pnpm/pnpmfile': 'workspace:0.1.7'
@@ -1930,12 +1942,12 @@ importers:
       '@pnpm/error': 'link:../error'
       '@pnpm/get-context': 'link:../get-context'
       '@pnpm/normalize-registries': 'link:../normalize-registries'
+      '@pnpm/parse-wanted-dependency': 'link:../parse-wanted-dependency'
       '@pnpm/pick-registry-for-package': 'link:../pick-registry-for-package'
       '@pnpm/store-connection-manager': 'link:../store-connection-manager'
       '@pnpm/store-controller-types': 'link:../store-controller-types'
       '@pnpm/store-path': 2.1.1
       '@pnpm/types': 'link:../types'
-      '@pnpm/utils': 'link:../utils'
       archy: 1.0.0
       common-tags: 1.8.0
       dependency-path: 'link:../dependency-path'
@@ -1968,6 +1980,7 @@ importers:
       '@pnpm/lockfile-file': 'workspace:3.0.7'
       '@pnpm/logger': 3.1.0
       '@pnpm/normalize-registries': 'workspace:0.0.0'
+      '@pnpm/parse-wanted-dependency': 'workspace:0.0.0'
       '@pnpm/pick-registry-for-package': 'workspace:0.0.0'
       '@pnpm/plugin-commands-store': 'link:'
       '@pnpm/prepare': 'workspace:0.0.0'
@@ -1975,7 +1988,6 @@ importers:
       '@pnpm/store-controller-types': 'workspace:7.0.0'
       '@pnpm/store-path': 2.1.1
       '@pnpm/types': 'workspace:5.0.0'
-      '@pnpm/utils': 'workspace:0.13.0'
       '@types/archy': 0.0.31
       '@types/common-tags': ^1.8.0
       '@types/ramda': ^0.27.3
@@ -2484,6 +2496,7 @@ importers:
       '@pnpm/modules-yaml': 'link:../modules-yaml'
       '@pnpm/normalize-registries': 'link:../normalize-registries'
       '@pnpm/package-requester': 'link:../package-requester'
+      '@pnpm/parse-wanted-dependency': 'link:../parse-wanted-dependency'
       '@pnpm/pkgid-to-filename': 2.0.0
       '@pnpm/prune-lockfile': 'link:../prune-lockfile'
       '@pnpm/read-modules-dir': 'link:../read-modules-dir'
@@ -2590,6 +2603,7 @@ importers:
       '@pnpm/normalize-registries': 'workspace:0.0.0'
       '@pnpm/package-requester': 'workspace:11.0.4'
       '@pnpm/package-store': 'workspace:*'
+      '@pnpm/parse-wanted-dependency': 'workspace:0.0.0'
       '@pnpm/pkgid-to-filename': 2.0.0
       '@pnpm/prepare': 'workspace:0.0.0'
       '@pnpm/prune-lockfile': 'workspace:2.0.6'
@@ -2743,21 +2757,13 @@ importers:
   packages/utils:
     dependencies:
       '@pnpm/types': 'link:../types'
-      mz: 2.7.0
-      validate-npm-package-name: 3.0.0
     devDependencies:
       '@pnpm/logger': 3.1.0
       '@pnpm/utils': 'link:'
-      '@types/mz': 2.7.0
-      '@types/validate-npm-package-name': 3.0.0
     specifiers:
       '@pnpm/logger': 3.1.0
       '@pnpm/types': 'workspace:5.0.0'
       '@pnpm/utils': 'link:'
-      '@types/mz': ^2.7.0
-      '@types/validate-npm-package-name': 3.0.0
-      mz: 2.7.0
-      validate-npm-package-name: 3.0.0
   packages/write-project-manifest:
     dependencies:
       '@pnpm/types': 'link:../types'