diff --git a/packages/dependencies-hierarchy/package.json b/packages/dependencies-hierarchy/package.json
index 5a32bf92c8..5d0790f7b6 100644
--- a/packages/dependencies-hierarchy/package.json
+++ b/packages/dependencies-hierarchy/package.json
@@ -38,6 +38,7 @@
     "@pnpm/modules-yaml": "workspace:6.0.1",
     "@pnpm/normalize-registries": "workspace:0.0.0",
     "@pnpm/read-modules-dir": "workspace:2.0.1",
+    "@pnpm/read-package-json": "workspace:3.0.2",
     "@pnpm/types": "workspace:5.0.0",
     "@pnpm/utils": "workspace:0.13.0",
     "dependency-path": "workspace:4.0.5",
diff --git a/packages/dependencies-hierarchy/src/index.ts b/packages/dependencies-hierarchy/src/index.ts
index 5b2a6bac30..fb03fe2cbe 100644
--- a/packages/dependencies-hierarchy/src/index.ts
+++ b/packages/dependencies-hierarchy/src/index.ts
@@ -14,11 +14,9 @@ import {
 import { read as readModulesYaml } from '@pnpm/modules-yaml'
 import normalizeRegistries from '@pnpm/normalize-registries'
 import readModulesDir from '@pnpm/read-modules-dir'
+import { safeReadPackageFromDir } from '@pnpm/read-package-json'
 import { DependenciesField, DEPENDENCIES_FIELDS, Registries } from '@pnpm/types'
-import {
-  realNodeModulesDir,
-  safeReadPackageFromDir,
-} from '@pnpm/utils'
+import { realNodeModulesDir } from '@pnpm/utils'
 import { refToAbsolute, refToRelative } from 'dependency-path'
 import normalizePath = require('normalize-path')
 import path = require('path')
diff --git a/packages/dependencies-hierarchy/tsconfig.json b/packages/dependencies-hierarchy/tsconfig.json
index a491968e74..cf06babd72 100644
--- a/packages/dependencies-hierarchy/tsconfig.json
+++ b/packages/dependencies-hierarchy/tsconfig.json
@@ -24,6 +24,9 @@
     {
       "path": "../read-modules-dir"
     },
+    {
+      "path": "../read-package-json"
+    },
     {
       "path": "../types"
     },
diff --git a/packages/modules-cleaner/package.json b/packages/modules-cleaner/package.json
index 25a2a3380f..da5bb3149c 100644
--- a/packages/modules-cleaner/package.json
+++ b/packages/modules-cleaner/package.json
@@ -33,9 +33,9 @@
     "@pnpm/lockfile-utils": "workspace:2.0.9",
     "@pnpm/package-bins": "workspace:4.0.3",
     "@pnpm/read-modules-dir": "workspace:2.0.1",
+    "@pnpm/read-package-json": "workspace:3.0.2",
     "@pnpm/store-controller-types": "workspace:7.0.0",
     "@pnpm/types": "workspace:5.0.0",
-    "@pnpm/utils": "workspace:0.13.0",
     "@zkochan/rimraf": "1.0.0",
     "dependency-path": "workspace:4.0.5",
     "fs-vacuum": "1.2.10",
diff --git a/packages/modules-cleaner/src/removeDirectDependency.ts b/packages/modules-cleaner/src/removeDirectDependency.ts
index 6fec30e076..135114a053 100644
--- a/packages/modules-cleaner/src/removeDirectDependency.ts
+++ b/packages/modules-cleaner/src/removeDirectDependency.ts
@@ -3,8 +3,8 @@ import {
   rootLogger,
 } from '@pnpm/core-loggers'
 import binify from '@pnpm/package-bins'
+import { safeReadPackageFromDir } from '@pnpm/read-package-json'
 import { DependenciesField, DependencyManifest } from '@pnpm/types'
-import { safeReadPackageFromDir } from '@pnpm/utils'
 import rimraf = require('@zkochan/rimraf')
 import isWindows = require('is-windows')
 import path = require('path')
diff --git a/packages/modules-cleaner/tsconfig.json b/packages/modules-cleaner/tsconfig.json
index 288bd032fc..fbf6166408 100644
--- a/packages/modules-cleaner/tsconfig.json
+++ b/packages/modules-cleaner/tsconfig.json
@@ -27,15 +27,15 @@
     {
       "path": "../read-modules-dir"
     },
+    {
+      "path": "../read-package-json"
+    },
     {
       "path": "../store-controller-types"
     },
     {
       "path": "../types"
     },
-    {
-      "path": "../utils"
-    },
     {
       "path": "../dependency-path"
     }
diff --git a/packages/read-package-json/src/index.ts b/packages/read-package-json/src/index.ts
index 8fc448dd0d..d6448b5902 100644
--- a/packages/read-package-json/src/index.ts
+++ b/packages/read-package-json/src/index.ts
@@ -19,3 +19,16 @@ export default async function readPkg (pkgPath: string): Promise<PackageManifest
 export function fromDir (pkgPath: string): Promise<PackageManifest> {
   return readPkg(path.join(pkgPath, 'package.json'))
 }
+
+export async function safeReadPackage (pkgPath: string): Promise<PackageManifest | null> {
+  try {
+    return await readPkg(pkgPath)
+  } catch (err) {
+    if ((err as NodeJS.ErrnoException).code !== 'ENOENT') throw err
+    return null
+  }
+}
+
+export function safeReadPackageFromDir (pkgPath: string): Promise<PackageManifest | null> {
+  return safeReadPackage(path.join(pkgPath, 'package.json'))
+}
diff --git a/packages/supi/src/install/index.ts b/packages/supi/src/install/index.ts
index e77f4ea999..45f4013c73 100644
--- a/packages/supi/src/install/index.ts
+++ b/packages/supi/src/install/index.ts
@@ -29,6 +29,7 @@ import logger, {
 } from '@pnpm/logger'
 import { write as writeModulesYaml } from '@pnpm/modules-yaml'
 import readModulesDirs from '@pnpm/read-modules-dir'
+import { safeReadPackageFromDir as safeReadPkgFromDir } from '@pnpm/read-package-json'
 import resolveDependencies, {
   ResolvedPackage,
 } from '@pnpm/resolve-dependencies'
@@ -46,7 +47,6 @@ import {
 } from '@pnpm/types'
 import {
   getAllDependenciesFromPackage,
-  safeReadPackageFromDir as safeReadPkgFromDir,
 } from '@pnpm/utils'
 import rimraf = require('@zkochan/rimraf')
 import * as dp from 'dependency-path'
diff --git a/packages/utils/package.json b/packages/utils/package.json
index b6e99bc2ce..2957691c57 100644
--- a/packages/utils/package.json
+++ b/packages/utils/package.json
@@ -38,7 +38,6 @@
     "compile": "rimraf lib tsconfig.tsbuildinfo && tsc --build"
   },
   "dependencies": {
-    "@pnpm/read-package-json": "workspace:3.0.2",
     "@pnpm/types": "workspace:5.0.0",
     "mz": "2.7.0",
     "validate-npm-package-name": "3.0.0"
diff --git a/packages/utils/src/index.ts b/packages/utils/src/index.ts
index 9eb3b8c48b..66a9faea1b 100644
--- a/packages/utils/src/index.ts
+++ b/packages/utils/src/index.ts
@@ -2,17 +2,12 @@ import getAllDependenciesFromPackage from './getAllDependenciesFromPackage'
 import parseWantedDependency from './parseWantedDependency'
 import pickRegistryForPackage from './pickRegistryForPackage'
 import realNodeModulesDir from './realNodeModulesDir'
-import safeReadPackage, { fromDir as safeReadPackageFromDir } from './safeReadPkg'
-
-export const readPackage = safeReadPackage
 
 export {
   getAllDependenciesFromPackage,
   parseWantedDependency,
   pickRegistryForPackage,
   realNodeModulesDir,
-  safeReadPackage,
-  safeReadPackageFromDir,
 }
 
 export * from './filterDependenciesByType'
diff --git a/packages/utils/src/safeReadPkg.ts b/packages/utils/src/safeReadPkg.ts
deleted file mode 100644
index f4edb6da44..0000000000
--- a/packages/utils/src/safeReadPkg.ts
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,16 +0,0 @@
-import readPkg from '@pnpm/read-package-json'
-import { PackageManifest } from '@pnpm/types'
-import path = require('path')
-
-export default async function safeReadPkg (pkgPath: string): Promise<PackageManifest | null> {
-  try {
-    return await readPkg(pkgPath)
-  } catch (err) {
-    if ((err as NodeJS.ErrnoException).code !== 'ENOENT') throw err
-    return null
-  }
-}
-
-export function fromDir (pkgPath: string): Promise<PackageManifest | null> {
-  return safeReadPkg(path.join(pkgPath, 'package.json'))
-}
diff --git a/packages/utils/tsconfig.json b/packages/utils/tsconfig.json
index f0bcf716ac..7fa294a1eb 100644
--- a/packages/utils/tsconfig.json
+++ b/packages/utils/tsconfig.json
@@ -9,9 +9,6 @@
     "../../typings/**/*.d.ts"
   ],
   "references": [
-    {
-      "path": "../read-package-json"
-    },
     {
       "path": "../types"
     }
diff --git a/pnpm-lock.yaml b/pnpm-lock.yaml
index eb75eb0528..bf72aaa8a0 100644
--- a/pnpm-lock.yaml
+++ b/pnpm-lock.yaml
@@ -271,6 +271,7 @@ importers:
       '@pnpm/modules-yaml': 'link:../modules-yaml'
       '@pnpm/normalize-registries': 'link:../normalize-registries'
       '@pnpm/read-modules-dir': 'link:../read-modules-dir'
+      '@pnpm/read-package-json': 'link:../read-package-json'
       '@pnpm/types': 'link:../types'
       '@pnpm/utils': 'link:../utils'
       dependency-path: 'link:../dependency-path'
@@ -289,6 +290,7 @@ importers:
       '@pnpm/modules-yaml': 'workspace:6.0.1'
       '@pnpm/normalize-registries': 'workspace:0.0.0'
       '@pnpm/read-modules-dir': 'workspace:2.0.1'
+      '@pnpm/read-package-json': 'workspace:3.0.2'
       '@pnpm/types': 'workspace:5.0.0'
       '@pnpm/utils': 'workspace:0.13.0'
       '@types/normalize-path': 3.0.0
@@ -922,9 +924,9 @@ importers:
       '@pnpm/lockfile-utils': 'link:../lockfile-utils'
       '@pnpm/package-bins': 'link:../package-bins'
       '@pnpm/read-modules-dir': 'link:../read-modules-dir'
+      '@pnpm/read-package-json': 'link:../read-package-json'
       '@pnpm/store-controller-types': 'link:../store-controller-types'
       '@pnpm/types': 'link:../types'
-      '@pnpm/utils': 'link:../utils'
       '@zkochan/rimraf': 1.0.0
       dependency-path: 'link:../dependency-path'
       fs-vacuum: 1.2.10
@@ -944,9 +946,9 @@ importers:
       '@pnpm/modules-cleaner': 'link:'
       '@pnpm/package-bins': 'workspace:4.0.3'
       '@pnpm/read-modules-dir': 'workspace:2.0.1'
+      '@pnpm/read-package-json': 'workspace:3.0.2'
       '@pnpm/store-controller-types': 'workspace:7.0.0'
       '@pnpm/types': 'workspace:5.0.0'
-      '@pnpm/utils': 'workspace:0.13.0'
       '@types/is-windows': ^1.0.0
       '@types/ramda': ^0.27.3
       '@zkochan/rimraf': 1.0.0
@@ -2724,7 +2726,6 @@ importers:
     specifiers: {}
   packages/utils:
     dependencies:
-      '@pnpm/read-package-json': 'link:../read-package-json'
       '@pnpm/types': 'link:../types'
       mz: 2.7.0
       validate-npm-package-name: 3.0.0
@@ -2735,7 +2736,6 @@ importers:
       '@types/validate-npm-package-name': 3.0.0
     specifiers:
       '@pnpm/logger': 3.1.0
-      '@pnpm/read-package-json': 'workspace:3.0.2'
       '@pnpm/types': 'workspace:5.0.0'
       '@pnpm/utils': 'link:'
       '@types/mz': ^2.7.0