diff --git a/src/core/utilities.js b/src/core/utilities.js
index a1bbe16b6..6b8d51dcd 100644
--- a/src/core/utilities.js
+++ b/src/core/utilities.js
@@ -167,3 +167,25 @@ export function errorString (error) {
     return resultErrorString;
   }
 }
+
+export function escapeText (str) {
+  if (!str) {
+    return '';
+  }
+
+  // Both single quotes and double quotes (for attributes)
+  return ('' + str).replace(/['"<>&]/g, function (s) {
+    switch (s) {
+      case "'":
+        return '&#039;';
+      case '"':
+        return '&quot;';
+      case '<':
+        return '&lt;';
+      case '>':
+        return '&gt;';
+      case '&':
+        return '&amp;';
+    }
+  });
+}
diff --git a/src/html-reporter/diff.js b/src/html-reporter/diff.js
index bbe306d9f..eb8fb97c5 100644
--- a/src/html-reporter/diff.js
+++ b/src/html-reporter/diff.js
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 import QUnit from '../core';
-import { escapeText } from './html';
+import { escapeText } from '../core/utilities';
 
 /*
  * This file is a modified version of google-diff-match-patch's JavaScript implementation
diff --git a/src/html-reporter/html.js b/src/html-reporter/html.js
index bad16362f..7a4ba76b6 100644
--- a/src/html-reporter/html.js
+++ b/src/html-reporter/html.js
@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 import QUnit from '../core';
-import { extend, errorString } from '../core/utilities';
+import { extend, errorString, escapeText } from '../core/utilities';
 import { window, document, navigator, console, StringMap } from '../globals';
-import './urlparams';
 import fuzzysort from 'fuzzysort';
 
 const stats = {
@@ -10,29 +9,6 @@ const stats = {
   completed: 0
 };
 
-// Escape text for attribute or text content.
-export function escapeText (str) {
-  if (!str) {
-    return '';
-  }
-
-  // Both single quotes and double quotes (for attributes)
-  return ('' + str).replace(/['"<>&]/g, function (s) {
-    switch (s) {
-      case "'":
-        return '&#039;';
-      case '"':
-        return '&quot;';
-      case '<':
-        return '&lt;';
-      case '>':
-        return '&gt;';
-      case '&':
-        return '&amp;';
-    }
-  });
-}
-
 (function () {
   // Don't load the HTML Reporter on non-browser environments
   if (!window || !document) {
diff --git a/src/html-reporter/reporter.js b/src/html-reporter/reporter.js
index ebdd17b57..7b41864b9 100644
--- a/src/html-reporter/reporter.js
+++ b/src/html-reporter/reporter.js
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
 import './fixture';
 import './diff';
+import './urlparams';
 import './html';