diff --git a/docs/developer/plugin/external-plugin-functional-tests.asciidoc b/docs/developer/plugin/external-plugin-functional-tests.asciidoc
index 7e5b5b79d06e9c3..b39d576d8526859 100644
--- a/docs/developer/plugin/external-plugin-functional-tests.asciidoc
+++ b/docs/developer/plugin/external-plugin-functional-tests.asciidoc
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ To get started copy and paste this example to `test/functional/config.js`:
 ["source","js"]
 -----------
 import { resolve } from 'path';
-import { REPO_ROOT } from '@kbn/dev-utils';
+import { REPO_ROOT } from '@kbn/utils';
 
 import { MyServiceProvider } from './services/my_service';
 import { MyAppPageProvider } from './services/my_app_page';
diff --git a/packages/kbn-dev-utils/package.json b/packages/kbn-dev-utils/package.json
index 4f6f995f38f31b3..a3fe8178822aa54 100644
--- a/packages/kbn-dev-utils/package.json
+++ b/packages/kbn-dev-utils/package.json
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@
   },
   "dependencies": {
     "@babel/core": "^7.11.1",
+    "@kbn/utils": "1.0.0",
     "axios": "^0.19.0",
     "chalk": "^4.1.0",
     "cheerio": "0.22.0",
diff --git a/packages/kbn-dev-utils/src/index.ts b/packages/kbn-dev-utils/src/index.ts
index 2871fe2ffcf4a00..8217999b01128a9 100644
--- a/packages/kbn-dev-utils/src/index.ts
+++ b/packages/kbn-dev-utils/src/index.ts
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@
  * under the License.
  */
 
+export { REPO_ROOT } from '@kbn/utils';
 export { withProcRunner, ProcRunner } from './proc_runner';
 export * from './tooling_log';
 export * from './serializers';
@@ -33,7 +34,6 @@ export {
   KBN_P12_PATH,
   KBN_P12_PASSWORD,
 } from './certs';
-export { REPO_ROOT } from './repo_root';
 export { KbnClient } from './kbn_client';
 export * from './run';
 export * from './axios';
diff --git a/packages/kbn-dev-utils/src/plugin_list/discover_plugins.ts b/packages/kbn-dev-utils/src/plugin_list/discover_plugins.ts
index 783d584656b1776..5d92ddb600aa9ee 100644
--- a/packages/kbn-dev-utils/src/plugin_list/discover_plugins.ts
+++ b/packages/kbn-dev-utils/src/plugin_list/discover_plugins.ts
@@ -22,8 +22,8 @@ import Fs from 'fs';
 
 import MarkdownIt from 'markdown-it';
 import cheerio from 'cheerio';
+import { REPO_ROOT } from '@kbn/utils';
 
-import { REPO_ROOT } from '../repo_root';
 import { simpleKibanaPlatformPluginDiscovery } from '../simple_kibana_platform_plugin_discovery';
 import { extractAsciidocInfo } from './extract_asciidoc_info';
 
diff --git a/packages/kbn-dev-utils/src/plugin_list/generate_plugin_list.ts b/packages/kbn-dev-utils/src/plugin_list/generate_plugin_list.ts
index 43dac1cb7d418da..e1a1323553113a1 100644
--- a/packages/kbn-dev-utils/src/plugin_list/generate_plugin_list.ts
+++ b/packages/kbn-dev-utils/src/plugin_list/generate_plugin_list.ts
@@ -20,8 +20,8 @@
 import Path from 'path';
 
 import normalizePath from 'normalize-path';
+import { REPO_ROOT } from '@kbn/utils';
 
-import { REPO_ROOT } from '../repo_root';
 import { Plugins } from './discover_plugins';
 
 function* printPlugins(plugins: Plugins, includes: string[]) {
diff --git a/packages/kbn-dev-utils/src/plugin_list/run_plugin_list_cli.ts b/packages/kbn-dev-utils/src/plugin_list/run_plugin_list_cli.ts
index 553eb1dd8afa075..613f9c9c264116c 100644
--- a/packages/kbn-dev-utils/src/plugin_list/run_plugin_list_cli.ts
+++ b/packages/kbn-dev-utils/src/plugin_list/run_plugin_list_cli.ts
@@ -19,10 +19,9 @@
 
 import Path from 'path';
 import Fs from 'fs';
+import { REPO_ROOT } from '@kbn/utils';
 
 import { run } from '../run';
-import { REPO_ROOT } from '../repo_root';
-
 import { discoverPlugins } from './discover_plugins';
 import { generatePluginList } from './generate_plugin_list';
 
diff --git a/packages/kbn-dev-utils/src/precommit_hook/cli.ts b/packages/kbn-dev-utils/src/precommit_hook/cli.ts
index a83e8c2b193d9e2..28347f379150f6c 100644
--- a/packages/kbn-dev-utils/src/precommit_hook/cli.ts
+++ b/packages/kbn-dev-utils/src/precommit_hook/cli.ts
@@ -20,9 +20,9 @@
 import Path from 'path';
 import { chmod, writeFile } from 'fs';
 import { promisify } from 'util';
+import { REPO_ROOT } from '@kbn/utils';
 
 import { run } from '../run';
-import { REPO_ROOT } from '../repo_root';
 import { SCRIPT_SOURCE } from './script_source';
 import { getGitDir } from './get_git_dir';
 
diff --git a/packages/kbn-dev-utils/src/precommit_hook/get_git_dir.ts b/packages/kbn-dev-utils/src/precommit_hook/get_git_dir.ts
index 5ca7d67d0d4ead0..f75c86f51009521 100644
--- a/packages/kbn-dev-utils/src/precommit_hook/get_git_dir.ts
+++ b/packages/kbn-dev-utils/src/precommit_hook/get_git_dir.ts
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@
 
 import execa from 'execa';
 
-import { REPO_ROOT } from '../repo_root';
+import { REPO_ROOT } from '@kbn/utils';
 
 // Retrieves the correct location for the .git dir for
 // every git setup (including git worktree)
diff --git a/packages/kbn-dev-utils/src/serializers/absolute_path_serializer.ts b/packages/kbn-dev-utils/src/serializers/absolute_path_serializer.ts
index 4008cf852c3a81b..cc6b8334d76cff5 100644
--- a/packages/kbn-dev-utils/src/serializers/absolute_path_serializer.ts
+++ b/packages/kbn-dev-utils/src/serializers/absolute_path_serializer.ts
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@
  * under the License.
  */
 
-import { REPO_ROOT } from '../repo_root';
+import { REPO_ROOT } from '@kbn/utils';
 
 export function createAbsolutePathSerializer(
   rootPath: string = REPO_ROOT,
diff --git a/packages/kbn-optimizer/README.md b/packages/kbn-optimizer/README.md
index 13be836f0ea8855..a666907f0267897 100644
--- a/packages/kbn-optimizer/README.md
+++ b/packages/kbn-optimizer/README.md
@@ -69,7 +69,8 @@ To run the optimizer from code, you can import the [`OptimizerConfig`][Optimizer
 Example:
 ```ts
 import { runOptimizer, OptimizerConfig, logOptimizerState } from '@kbn/optimizer';
-import { REPO_ROOT, ToolingLog } from '@kbn/dev-utils';
+import { REPO_ROOT } from '@kbn/utils';
+import { ToolingLog } from '@kbn/dev-utils';
 
 const log = new ToolingLog({
   level: 'verbose',
diff --git a/packages/kbn-optimizer/src/cli.ts b/packages/kbn-optimizer/src/cli.ts
index 542dc7255f22f2d..dcfb56be66efd8d 100644
--- a/packages/kbn-optimizer/src/cli.ts
+++ b/packages/kbn-optimizer/src/cli.ts
@@ -21,7 +21,8 @@ import 'source-map-support/register';
 
 import Path from 'path';
 
-import { run, REPO_ROOT, createFlagError, CiStatsReporter } from '@kbn/dev-utils';
+import { REPO_ROOT } from '@kbn/utils';
+import { run, createFlagError, CiStatsReporter } from '@kbn/dev-utils';
 
 import { logOptimizerState } from './log_optimizer_state';
 import { OptimizerConfig } from './optimizer';
diff --git a/packages/kbn-optimizer/src/integration_tests/basic_optimization.test.ts b/packages/kbn-optimizer/src/integration_tests/basic_optimization.test.ts
index 12f037f5080fc4f..de3838eb92975c5 100644
--- a/packages/kbn-optimizer/src/integration_tests/basic_optimization.test.ts
+++ b/packages/kbn-optimizer/src/integration_tests/basic_optimization.test.ts
@@ -25,7 +25,8 @@ import { inspect } from 'util';
 import cpy from 'cpy';
 import del from 'del';
 import { toArray, tap, filter } from 'rxjs/operators';
-import { ToolingLog, REPO_ROOT } from '@kbn/dev-utils';
+import { REPO_ROOT } from '@kbn/utils';
+import { ToolingLog } from '@kbn/dev-utils';
 import { runOptimizer, OptimizerConfig, OptimizerUpdate, logOptimizerState } from '@kbn/optimizer';
 
 const TMP_DIR = Path.resolve(__dirname, '../__fixtures__/__tmp__');
diff --git a/packages/kbn-optimizer/src/optimizer/cache_keys.test.ts b/packages/kbn-optimizer/src/optimizer/cache_keys.test.ts
index 47d01347a8f7d1f..1b4c9b117c4c30a 100644
--- a/packages/kbn-optimizer/src/optimizer/cache_keys.test.ts
+++ b/packages/kbn-optimizer/src/optimizer/cache_keys.test.ts
@@ -20,7 +20,8 @@
 import Path from 'path';
 
 import jestDiff from 'jest-diff';
-import { REPO_ROOT, createAbsolutePathSerializer } from '@kbn/dev-utils';
+import { REPO_ROOT } from '@kbn/utils';
+import { createAbsolutePathSerializer } from '@kbn/dev-utils';
 
 import { reformatJestDiff, getOptimizerCacheKey, diffCacheKey } from './cache_keys';
 import { OptimizerConfig } from './optimizer_config';
diff --git a/packages/kbn-optimizer/src/optimizer/cache_keys.ts b/packages/kbn-optimizer/src/optimizer/cache_keys.ts
index d0aaad979485d23..8dde67683a73948 100644
--- a/packages/kbn-optimizer/src/optimizer/cache_keys.ts
+++ b/packages/kbn-optimizer/src/optimizer/cache_keys.ts
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ import { promisify } from 'util';
 
 import Chalk from 'chalk';
 import execa from 'execa';
-import { REPO_ROOT } from '@kbn/dev-utils';
+import { REPO_ROOT } from '@kbn/utils';
 import stripAnsi from 'strip-ansi';
 
 import jestDiff from 'jest-diff';
diff --git a/packages/kbn-optimizer/src/optimizer/handle_optimizer_completion.test.ts b/packages/kbn-optimizer/src/optimizer/handle_optimizer_completion.test.ts
index 3cc58e744a7b94d..6edcde56e26de9f 100644
--- a/packages/kbn-optimizer/src/optimizer/handle_optimizer_completion.test.ts
+++ b/packages/kbn-optimizer/src/optimizer/handle_optimizer_completion.test.ts
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@
  */
 
 import * as Rx from 'rxjs';
-import { REPO_ROOT } from '@kbn/dev-utils';
+import { REPO_ROOT } from '@kbn/utils';
 
 import { Update } from '../common';
 
diff --git a/packages/kbn-optimizer/src/optimizer/optimizer_config.test.ts b/packages/kbn-optimizer/src/optimizer/optimizer_config.test.ts
index afc2dc8952c87a2..fd887e8c2c0122c 100644
--- a/packages/kbn-optimizer/src/optimizer/optimizer_config.test.ts
+++ b/packages/kbn-optimizer/src/optimizer/optimizer_config.test.ts
@@ -32,7 +32,8 @@ jest.mock('os', () => {
 });
 
 import Path from 'path';
-import { REPO_ROOT, createAbsolutePathSerializer } from '@kbn/dev-utils';
+import { REPO_ROOT } from '@kbn/utils';
+import { createAbsolutePathSerializer } from '@kbn/dev-utils';
 
 import { OptimizerConfig, ParsedOptions } from './optimizer_config';
 import { parseThemeTags } from '../common';
diff --git a/packages/kbn-plugin-generator/src/ask_questions.ts b/packages/kbn-plugin-generator/src/ask_questions.ts
index b5983961872454c..732e22b0e22259d 100644
--- a/packages/kbn-plugin-generator/src/ask_questions.ts
+++ b/packages/kbn-plugin-generator/src/ask_questions.ts
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@
 
 import Path from 'path';
 
-import { REPO_ROOT } from '@kbn/dev-utils';
+import { REPO_ROOT } from '@kbn/utils';
 import inquirer from 'inquirer';
 
 export interface Answers {
diff --git a/packages/kbn-plugin-generator/src/cli.ts b/packages/kbn-plugin-generator/src/cli.ts
index f6966a245e46fcd..14c910a943fd5f5 100644
--- a/packages/kbn-plugin-generator/src/cli.ts
+++ b/packages/kbn-plugin-generator/src/cli.ts
@@ -21,7 +21,8 @@ import Path from 'path';
 import Fs from 'fs';
 
 import execa from 'execa';
-import { REPO_ROOT, run, createFailError, createFlagError } from '@kbn/dev-utils';
+import { REPO_ROOT } from '@kbn/utils';
+import { run, createFailError, createFlagError } from '@kbn/dev-utils';
 
 import { snakeCase } from './casing';
 import { askQuestions, getDefaultAnswers } from './ask_questions';
diff --git a/packages/kbn-plugin-generator/src/integration_tests/generate_plugin.test.ts b/packages/kbn-plugin-generator/src/integration_tests/generate_plugin.test.ts
index b48113afc0ca7e0..25669b65e1ac9ca 100644
--- a/packages/kbn-plugin-generator/src/integration_tests/generate_plugin.test.ts
+++ b/packages/kbn-plugin-generator/src/integration_tests/generate_plugin.test.ts
@@ -21,7 +21,8 @@ import Path from 'path';
 
 import del from 'del';
 import execa from 'execa';
-import { REPO_ROOT, createAbsolutePathSerializer } from '@kbn/dev-utils';
+import { REPO_ROOT } from '@kbn/utils';
+import { createAbsolutePathSerializer } from '@kbn/dev-utils';
 import globby from 'globby';
 
 const GENERATED_DIR = Path.resolve(REPO_ROOT, `plugins`);
diff --git a/packages/kbn-plugin-generator/src/plugin_types.ts b/packages/kbn-plugin-generator/src/plugin_types.ts
index ae5201f4e8dbb2f..778e33353a2aaa6 100644
--- a/packages/kbn-plugin-generator/src/plugin_types.ts
+++ b/packages/kbn-plugin-generator/src/plugin_types.ts
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@
 
 import Path from 'path';
 
-import { REPO_ROOT } from '@kbn/dev-utils';
+import { REPO_ROOT } from '@kbn/utils';
 
 export interface PluginType {
   thirdParty: boolean;
diff --git a/packages/kbn-plugin-generator/src/render_template.ts b/packages/kbn-plugin-generator/src/render_template.ts
index 894088c11965168..ecb168042b1c2be 100644
--- a/packages/kbn-plugin-generator/src/render_template.ts
+++ b/packages/kbn-plugin-generator/src/render_template.ts
@@ -23,7 +23,8 @@ import { promisify } from 'util';
 
 import vfs from 'vinyl-fs';
 import prettier from 'prettier';
-import { REPO_ROOT, transformFileStream } from '@kbn/dev-utils';
+import { REPO_ROOT } from '@kbn/utils';
+import { transformFileStream } from '@kbn/dev-utils';
 import ejs from 'ejs';
 import { Minimatch } from 'minimatch';
 
diff --git a/packages/kbn-plugin-helpers/src/integration_tests/build.test.ts b/packages/kbn-plugin-helpers/src/integration_tests/build.test.ts
index be23d8dbde64675..5c1ecc4ee4ee48a 100644
--- a/packages/kbn-plugin-helpers/src/integration_tests/build.test.ts
+++ b/packages/kbn-plugin-helpers/src/integration_tests/build.test.ts
@@ -21,7 +21,8 @@ import Path from 'path';
 import Fs from 'fs';
 
 import execa from 'execa';
-import { createStripAnsiSerializer, REPO_ROOT, createReplaceSerializer } from '@kbn/dev-utils';
+import { REPO_ROOT } from '@kbn/utils';
+import { createStripAnsiSerializer, createReplaceSerializer } from '@kbn/dev-utils';
 import extract from 'extract-zip';
 import del from 'del';
 import globby from 'globby';
diff --git a/packages/kbn-plugin-helpers/src/load_kibana_platform_plugin.ts b/packages/kbn-plugin-helpers/src/load_kibana_platform_plugin.ts
index 8f48670e49de451..8ed20a26649e7c0 100644
--- a/packages/kbn-plugin-helpers/src/load_kibana_platform_plugin.ts
+++ b/packages/kbn-plugin-helpers/src/load_kibana_platform_plugin.ts
@@ -19,12 +19,8 @@
 
 import Path from 'path';
 
-import {
-  REPO_ROOT,
-  parseKibanaPlatformPlugin,
-  KibanaPlatformPlugin,
-  createFailError,
-} from '@kbn/dev-utils';
+import { REPO_ROOT } from '@kbn/utils';
+import { parseKibanaPlatformPlugin, KibanaPlatformPlugin, createFailError } from '@kbn/dev-utils';
 
 export type Plugin = KibanaPlatformPlugin;
 
diff --git a/packages/kbn-plugin-helpers/src/tasks/optimize.ts b/packages/kbn-plugin-helpers/src/tasks/optimize.ts
index 6cfeda8b2d81ba1..fc1bf48cc0e36e3 100644
--- a/packages/kbn-plugin-helpers/src/tasks/optimize.ts
+++ b/packages/kbn-plugin-helpers/src/tasks/optimize.ts
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ import Fs from 'fs';
 import Path from 'path';
 import { promisify } from 'util';
 
-import { REPO_ROOT } from '@kbn/dev-utils';
+import { REPO_ROOT } from '@kbn/utils';
 import { OptimizerConfig, runOptimizer, logOptimizerState } from '@kbn/optimizer';
 
 import { BuildContext } from '../build_context';
diff --git a/packages/kbn-pm/package.json b/packages/kbn-pm/package.json
index 914ca2fd65fa24d..1fb94e4c92ce136 100644
--- a/packages/kbn-pm/package.json
+++ b/packages/kbn-pm/package.json
@@ -66,6 +66,7 @@
     "write-pkg": "^4.0.0"
   },
   "dependencies": {
+    "@kbn/utils": "1.0.0",
     "tslib": "^2.0.0"
   }
 }
diff --git a/packages/kbn-release-notes/src/cli.ts b/packages/kbn-release-notes/src/cli.ts
index 44b4a7a0282d205..4655abde4d5939f 100644
--- a/packages/kbn-release-notes/src/cli.ts
+++ b/packages/kbn-release-notes/src/cli.ts
@@ -21,7 +21,8 @@ import Fs from 'fs';
 import Path from 'path';
 import { inspect } from 'util';
 
-import { run, createFlagError, createFailError, REPO_ROOT } from '@kbn/dev-utils';
+import { REPO_ROOT } from '@kbn/utils';
+import { run, createFlagError, createFailError } from '@kbn/dev-utils';
 
 import { FORMATS, SomeFormat } from './formats';
 import {
diff --git a/packages/kbn-storybook/lib/constants.js b/packages/kbn-storybook/lib/constants.js
index 9d216d347eada9e..4d8ca0adbfe17f4 100644
--- a/packages/kbn-storybook/lib/constants.js
+++ b/packages/kbn-storybook/lib/constants.js
@@ -17,10 +17,10 @@
  * under the License.
  */
 
-const { resolve, dirname } = require('path');
+const { resolve } = require('path');
+const { REPO_ROOT } = require('@kbn/utils');
 
-exports.REPO_ROOT = dirname(require.resolve('../../../package.json'));
-exports.ASSET_DIR = resolve(exports.REPO_ROOT, 'built_assets/storybook');
+exports.ASSET_DIR = resolve(REPO_ROOT, 'built_assets/storybook');
 exports.CURRENT_CONFIG = resolve(exports.ASSET_DIR, 'current.config.js');
 exports.STORY_ENTRY_PATH = resolve(exports.ASSET_DIR, 'stories.entry.js');
 exports.DLL_DIST_DIR = resolve(exports.ASSET_DIR, 'dll');
diff --git a/packages/kbn-storybook/lib/dll.js b/packages/kbn-storybook/lib/dll.js
index a9154ca972120c3..55bc8e43a02ec8c 100644
--- a/packages/kbn-storybook/lib/dll.js
+++ b/packages/kbn-storybook/lib/dll.js
@@ -20,7 +20,8 @@
 const { resolve } = require('path');
 const { existsSync } = require('fs');
 
-const { REPO_ROOT, DLL_DIST_DIR } = require('./constants');
+const { REPO_ROOT } = require('@kbn/utils');
+const { DLL_DIST_DIR } = require('./constants');
 
 exports.buildDll = async ({ rebuildDll, log, procRunner }) => {
   if (rebuildDll) {
diff --git a/packages/kbn-storybook/lib/storybook_entry.js b/packages/kbn-storybook/lib/storybook_entry.js
index 8b8aa4126ad8842..fc970b1ff9d2a78 100644
--- a/packages/kbn-storybook/lib/storybook_entry.js
+++ b/packages/kbn-storybook/lib/storybook_entry.js
@@ -27,11 +27,12 @@ const { promisify } = require('util');
 const watch = require('glob-watcher');
 const mkdirp = require('mkdirp'); // eslint-disable-line
 const glob = require('fast-glob');
+const { REPO_ROOT } = require('@kbn/utils');
 
 const mkdirpAsync = promisify(mkdirp);
 const writeFileAsync = promisify(Fs.writeFile);
 
-const { REPO_ROOT, STORY_ENTRY_PATH } = require('./constants');
+const { STORY_ENTRY_PATH } = require('./constants');
 const STORE_ENTRY_DIR = dirname(STORY_ENTRY_PATH);
 
 exports.generateStorybookEntry = ({ log, storyGlobs }) => {
diff --git a/packages/kbn-storybook/lib/webpack.dll.config.js b/packages/kbn-storybook/lib/webpack.dll.config.js
index 18dbe3bd049d3c9..6e3b4d41bd7f095 100644
--- a/packages/kbn-storybook/lib/webpack.dll.config.js
+++ b/packages/kbn-storybook/lib/webpack.dll.config.js
@@ -20,8 +20,9 @@
 const webpack = require('webpack');
 const path = require('path');
 const MiniCssExtractPlugin = require('mini-css-extract-plugin');
+const { REPO_ROOT } = require('@kbn/utils');
 
-const { DLL_NAME, REPO_ROOT, DLL_DIST_DIR } = require('./constants');
+const { DLL_NAME, DLL_DIST_DIR } = require('./constants');
 
 // This is the Webpack config for the DLL of CSS and JS assets that are
 // not expected to change during development.  This saves compile and run
diff --git a/packages/kbn-storybook/storybook_config/webpack.config.js b/packages/kbn-storybook/storybook_config/webpack.config.js
index d505c4f9a04481e..60b6b6add66d151 100644
--- a/packages/kbn-storybook/storybook_config/webpack.config.js
+++ b/packages/kbn-storybook/storybook_config/webpack.config.js
@@ -22,7 +22,8 @@ const webpack = require('webpack');
 const webpackMerge = require('webpack-merge');
 const { stringifyRequest } = require('loader-utils');
 const CopyWebpackPlugin = require('copy-webpack-plugin');
-const { REPO_ROOT, DLL_DIST_DIR } = require('../lib/constants');
+const { REPO_ROOT } = require('@kbn/utils');
+const { DLL_DIST_DIR } = require('../lib/constants');
 // eslint-disable-next-line import/no-unresolved
 const { currentConfig } = require('../../../built_assets/storybook/current.config');
 
diff --git a/packages/kbn-test/src/failed_tests_reporter/run_failed_tests_reporter_cli.ts b/packages/kbn-test/src/failed_tests_reporter/run_failed_tests_reporter_cli.ts
index 3dfb1ea44d9e74e..93616ce78a04a57 100644
--- a/packages/kbn-test/src/failed_tests_reporter/run_failed_tests_reporter_cli.ts
+++ b/packages/kbn-test/src/failed_tests_reporter/run_failed_tests_reporter_cli.ts
@@ -19,7 +19,8 @@
 
 import Path from 'path';
 
-import { REPO_ROOT, run, createFailError, createFlagError } from '@kbn/dev-utils';
+import { REPO_ROOT } from '@kbn/utils';
+import { run, createFailError, createFlagError } from '@kbn/dev-utils';
 import globby from 'globby';
 
 import { getFailures, TestFailure } from './get_failures';
diff --git a/packages/kbn-test/src/functional_test_runner/__tests__/integration/basic.js b/packages/kbn-test/src/functional_test_runner/__tests__/integration/basic.js
index 133f4d2feb53e6e..a010d9f0b038eec 100644
--- a/packages/kbn-test/src/functional_test_runner/__tests__/integration/basic.js
+++ b/packages/kbn-test/src/functional_test_runner/__tests__/integration/basic.js
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ import { spawnSync } from 'child_process';
 import { resolve } from 'path';
 
 import expect from '@kbn/expect';
-import { REPO_ROOT } from '@kbn/dev-utils';
+import { REPO_ROOT } from '@kbn/utils';
 
 const SCRIPT = resolve(REPO_ROOT, 'scripts/functional_test_runner.js');
 const BASIC_CONFIG = require.resolve('../fixtures/simple_project/config.js');
diff --git a/packages/kbn-test/src/functional_test_runner/__tests__/integration/failure_hooks.js b/packages/kbn-test/src/functional_test_runner/__tests__/integration/failure_hooks.js
index 12e28d2702c5a6b..fa4ef88fd3e703e 100644
--- a/packages/kbn-test/src/functional_test_runner/__tests__/integration/failure_hooks.js
+++ b/packages/kbn-test/src/functional_test_runner/__tests__/integration/failure_hooks.js
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ import { resolve } from 'path';
 
 import stripAnsi from 'strip-ansi';
 import expect from '@kbn/expect';
-import { REPO_ROOT } from '@kbn/dev-utils';
+import { REPO_ROOT } from '@kbn/utils';
 
 const SCRIPT = resolve(REPO_ROOT, 'scripts/functional_test_runner.js');
 const FAILURE_HOOKS_CONFIG = require.resolve('../fixtures/failure_hooks/config.js');
diff --git a/packages/kbn-test/src/functional_test_runner/lib/failure_metadata.ts b/packages/kbn-test/src/functional_test_runner/lib/failure_metadata.ts
index fdf8b3c0ddfa8ed..e5c60f1d208b117 100644
--- a/packages/kbn-test/src/functional_test_runner/lib/failure_metadata.ts
+++ b/packages/kbn-test/src/functional_test_runner/lib/failure_metadata.ts
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@
 
 import Path from 'path';
 
-import { REPO_ROOT } from '@kbn/dev-utils';
+import { REPO_ROOT } from '@kbn/utils';
 
 import { Lifecycle } from './lifecycle';
 
diff --git a/packages/kbn-test/src/functional_test_runner/lib/mocha/decorate_mocha_ui.js b/packages/kbn-test/src/functional_test_runner/lib/mocha/decorate_mocha_ui.js
index 5d3d8fe7d759bb5..92137a8c4f841f6 100644
--- a/packages/kbn-test/src/functional_test_runner/lib/mocha/decorate_mocha_ui.js
+++ b/packages/kbn-test/src/functional_test_runner/lib/mocha/decorate_mocha_ui.js
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@
  * under the License.
  */
 import { relative } from 'path';
-import { REPO_ROOT } from '@kbn/dev-utils';
+import { REPO_ROOT } from '@kbn/utils';
 import { createAssignmentProxy } from './assignment_proxy';
 import { wrapFunction } from './wrap_function';
 import { wrapRunnableArgs } from './wrap_runnable_args';
diff --git a/packages/kbn-test/src/functional_test_runner/lib/mocha/setup_mocha.js b/packages/kbn-test/src/functional_test_runner/lib/mocha/setup_mocha.js
index 3ac7a50cd28ea00..39eb69a15191899 100644
--- a/packages/kbn-test/src/functional_test_runner/lib/mocha/setup_mocha.js
+++ b/packages/kbn-test/src/functional_test_runner/lib/mocha/setup_mocha.js
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@
 
 import Mocha from 'mocha';
 import { relative } from 'path';
-import { REPO_ROOT } from '@kbn/dev-utils';
+import { REPO_ROOT } from '@kbn/utils';
 
 import { loadTestFiles } from './load_test_files';
 import { filterSuitesByTags } from './filter_suites_by_tags';
diff --git a/packages/kbn-test/src/functional_test_runner/lib/suite_tracker.test.ts b/packages/kbn-test/src/functional_test_runner/lib/suite_tracker.test.ts
index f879408bf2bebbb..5350b2709843d07 100644
--- a/packages/kbn-test/src/functional_test_runner/lib/suite_tracker.test.ts
+++ b/packages/kbn-test/src/functional_test_runner/lib/suite_tracker.test.ts
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ import fs from 'fs';
 import { join, resolve } from 'path';
 
 jest.mock('fs');
-jest.mock('@kbn/dev-utils', () => {
+jest.mock('@kbn/utils', () => {
   return { REPO_ROOT: '/dev/null/root' };
 });
 
diff --git a/packages/kbn-test/src/functional_test_runner/lib/suite_tracker.ts b/packages/kbn-test/src/functional_test_runner/lib/suite_tracker.ts
index b346be2d58dad20..6cbd74467106fd7 100644
--- a/packages/kbn-test/src/functional_test_runner/lib/suite_tracker.ts
+++ b/packages/kbn-test/src/functional_test_runner/lib/suite_tracker.ts
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@
 import fs from 'fs';
 import { dirname, relative, resolve } from 'path';
 
-import { REPO_ROOT } from '@kbn/dev-utils';
+import { REPO_ROOT } from '@kbn/utils';
 
 import { Lifecycle } from './lifecycle';
 
diff --git a/packages/kbn-test/src/mocha/run_mocha_cli.js b/packages/kbn-test/src/mocha/run_mocha_cli.js
index 3c77fef963a76d8..0fc7c762be42521 100644
--- a/packages/kbn-test/src/mocha/run_mocha_cli.js
+++ b/packages/kbn-test/src/mocha/run_mocha_cli.js
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@
  * under the License.
  */
 
-import { REPO_ROOT } from '@kbn/dev-utils';
+import { REPO_ROOT } from '@kbn/utils';
 import getopts from 'getopts';
 import globby from 'globby';
 
diff --git a/packages/kbn-ui-shared-deps/webpack.config.js b/packages/kbn-ui-shared-deps/webpack.config.js
index c81da4689052a59..9ed32f23ae84f8e 100644
--- a/packages/kbn-ui-shared-deps/webpack.config.js
+++ b/packages/kbn-ui-shared-deps/webpack.config.js
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ const Path = require('path');
 
 const MiniCssExtractPlugin = require('mini-css-extract-plugin');
 const CompressionPlugin = require('compression-webpack-plugin');
-const { REPO_ROOT } = require('@kbn/dev-utils');
+const { REPO_ROOT } = require('@kbn/utils');
 const webpack = require('webpack');
 
 const UiSharedDeps = require('./index');
diff --git a/packages/kbn-utils/package.json b/packages/kbn-utils/package.json
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000000..0733b28a453eb61
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/kbn-utils/package.json
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+{
+  "name": "@kbn/utils",
+  "main": "./target/index.js",
+  "version": "1.0.0",
+  "license": "Apache-2.0",
+  "private": true,
+  "scripts": {
+    "build": "tsc",
+    "kbn:bootstrap": "yarn build",
+    "kbn:watch": "yarn build --watch"
+  },
+  "dependencies": {
+    "@kbn/config-schema": "1.0.0",
+    "elastic-apm-node": "^3.7.0"
+  },
+  "devDependencies": {
+    "typescript": "3.9.5"
+  }
+}
diff --git a/packages/kbn-utils/src/index.ts b/packages/kbn-utils/src/index.ts
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000000..7a894d72d5624bb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/kbn-utils/src/index.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+/*
+ * Licensed to Elasticsearch B.V. under one or more contributor
+ * license agreements. See the NOTICE file distributed with
+ * this work for additional information regarding copyright
+ * ownership. Elasticsearch B.V. licenses this file to you under
+ * the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License"); you may
+ * not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *    http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+ * software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+ * "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
+ * KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
+ * specific language governing permissions and limitations
+ * under the License.
+ */
+
+export * from './package_json';
+export * from './path';
+export * from './repo_root';
diff --git a/packages/kbn-utils/src/package_json/index.test.ts b/packages/kbn-utils/src/package_json/index.test.ts
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000000..afc84102999fe53
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/kbn-utils/src/package_json/index.test.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,31 @@
+/*
+ * Licensed to Elasticsearch B.V. under one or more contributor
+ * license agreements. See the NOTICE file distributed with
+ * this work for additional information regarding copyright
+ * ownership. Elasticsearch B.V. licenses this file to you under
+ * the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License"); you may
+ * not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *    http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+ * software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+ * "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
+ * KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
+ * specific language governing permissions and limitations
+ * under the License.
+ */
+
+import path from 'path';
+import { kibanaPackageJSON } from './';
+
+it('parses package.json', () => {
+  expect(kibanaPackageJSON.name).toEqual('kibana');
+});
+
+it('includes __dirname and __filename', () => {
+  const root = path.resolve(__dirname, '../../../../');
+  expect(kibanaPackageJSON.__filename).toEqual(path.resolve(root, 'package.json'));
+  expect(kibanaPackageJSON.__dirname).toEqual(root);
+});
diff --git a/packages/kbn-utils/src/package_json/index.ts b/packages/kbn-utils/src/package_json/index.ts
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000000..f439c0100e19318
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/kbn-utils/src/package_json/index.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+/*
+ * Licensed to Elasticsearch B.V. under one or more contributor
+ * license agreements. See the NOTICE file distributed with
+ * this work for additional information regarding copyright
+ * ownership. Elasticsearch B.V. licenses this file to you under
+ * the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License"); you may
+ * not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *    http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+ * software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+ * "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
+ * KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
+ * specific language governing permissions and limitations
+ * under the License.
+ */
+
+import { dirname, resolve } from 'path';
+import { REPO_ROOT } from '../repo_root';
+
+export const kibanaPackageJSON = {
+  __filename: resolve(REPO_ROOT, 'package.json'),
+  __dirname: dirname(resolve(REPO_ROOT, 'package.json')),
+  ...require(resolve(REPO_ROOT, 'package.json')),
+};
diff --git a/src/core/server/path/index.test.ts b/packages/kbn-utils/src/path/index.test.ts
similarity index 100%
rename from src/core/server/path/index.test.ts
rename to packages/kbn-utils/src/path/index.test.ts
diff --git a/src/core/server/path/index.ts b/packages/kbn-utils/src/path/index.ts
similarity index 91%
rename from src/core/server/path/index.ts
rename to packages/kbn-utils/src/path/index.ts
index 7c1a81643fbc813..3635bf61a9f416d 100644
--- a/src/core/server/path/index.ts
+++ b/packages/kbn-utils/src/path/index.ts
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@
 import { join } from 'path';
 import { accessSync, constants } from 'fs';
 import { TypeOf, schema } from '@kbn/config-schema';
-import { fromRoot } from '../utils';
+import { REPO_ROOT } from '../repo_root';
 
 const isString = (v: any): v is string => typeof v === 'string';
 
@@ -28,19 +28,19 @@ const CONFIG_PATHS = [
   process.env.KBN_PATH_CONF && join(process.env.KBN_PATH_CONF, 'kibana.yml'),
   process.env.KIBANA_PATH_CONF && join(process.env.KIBANA_PATH_CONF, 'kibana.yml'),
   process.env.CONFIG_PATH, // deprecated
-  fromRoot('config/kibana.yml'),
+  join(REPO_ROOT, 'config/kibana.yml'),
 ].filter(isString);
 
 const CONFIG_DIRECTORIES = [
   process.env.KBN_PATH_CONF,
   process.env.KIBANA_PATH_CONF,
-  fromRoot('config'),
+  join(REPO_ROOT, 'config'),
   '/etc/kibana',
 ].filter(isString);
 
 const DATA_PATHS = [
   process.env.DATA_PATH, // deprecated
-  fromRoot('data'),
+  join(REPO_ROOT, 'data'),
   '/var/lib/kibana',
 ].filter(isString);
 
@@ -72,7 +72,9 @@ export const getConfigDirectory = () => findFile(CONFIG_DIRECTORIES);
  * Get the directory containing runtime data
  * @internal
  */
-export const getDataPath = () => findFile(DATA_PATHS);
+export const getDataPath = () => {
+  return findFile(DATA_PATHS);
+};
 
 export type PathConfigType = TypeOf<typeof config.schema>;
 
diff --git a/packages/kbn-dev-utils/src/repo_root.ts b/packages/kbn-utils/src/repo_root.ts
similarity index 100%
rename from packages/kbn-dev-utils/src/repo_root.ts
rename to packages/kbn-utils/src/repo_root.ts
diff --git a/packages/kbn-utils/tsconfig.json b/packages/kbn-utils/tsconfig.json
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000000..0ec058eeb8a2806
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/kbn-utils/tsconfig.json
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+{
+  "extends": "../../tsconfig.json",
+  "compilerOptions": {
+    "outDir": "target",
+    "target": "ES2019",
+    "declaration": true,
+    "declarationMap": true
+  },
+  "include": [
+    "src/**/*"
+  ]
+}
diff --git a/packages/kbn-utils/yarn.lock b/packages/kbn-utils/yarn.lock
new file mode 120000
index 000000000000000..3f82ebc9cdbae37
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/kbn-utils/yarn.lock
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+../../yarn.lock
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/cli/cluster/cluster_manager.ts b/src/cli/cluster/cluster_manager.ts
index eb7db8dac7cb66b..b1d1335eb188854 100644
--- a/src/cli/cluster/cluster_manager.ts
+++ b/src/cli/cluster/cluster_manager.ts
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ import { resolve } from 'path';
 import { format as formatUrl } from 'url';
 
 import opn from 'opn';
-import { REPO_ROOT } from '@kbn/dev-utils';
+import { REPO_ROOT } from '@kbn/utils';
 import { FSWatcher } from 'chokidar';
 import * as Rx from 'rxjs';
 import { startWith, mapTo, filter, map, take, tap } from 'rxjs/operators';
diff --git a/src/cli/cluster/run_kbn_optimizer.ts b/src/cli/cluster/run_kbn_optimizer.ts
index c231437da394379..8196cad4a99c733 100644
--- a/src/cli/cluster/run_kbn_optimizer.ts
+++ b/src/cli/cluster/run_kbn_optimizer.ts
@@ -19,12 +19,12 @@
 
 import Chalk from 'chalk';
 import moment from 'moment';
+import { REPO_ROOT } from '@kbn/utils';
 import {
   ToolingLog,
   pickLevelFromFlags,
   ToolingLogTextWriter,
   parseLogLevel,
-  REPO_ROOT,
 } from '@kbn/dev-utils';
 import { runOptimizer, OptimizerConfig, logOptimizerState } from '@kbn/optimizer';
 
diff --git a/src/cli/serve/serve.js b/src/cli/serve/serve.js
index c08f3aec64335b1..eeb5564667ec4af 100644
--- a/src/cli/serve/serve.js
+++ b/src/cli/serve/serve.js
@@ -23,9 +23,9 @@ import { statSync } from 'fs';
 import { resolve } from 'path';
 import url from 'url';
 
+import { getConfigPath } from '@kbn/utils';
 import { IS_KIBANA_DISTRIBUTABLE } from '../../legacy/utils';
 import { fromRoot } from '../../core/server/utils';
-import { getConfigPath } from '../../core/server/path';
 import { bootstrap } from '../../core/server';
 import { readKeystore } from './read_keystore';
 
diff --git a/src/cli_keystore/get_keystore.js b/src/cli_keystore/get_keystore.js
index e181efe9196b8e6..b97efbb2cbf4db9 100644
--- a/src/cli_keystore/get_keystore.js
+++ b/src/cli_keystore/get_keystore.js
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ import { existsSync } from 'fs';
 import { join } from 'path';
 
 import { Logger } from '../cli_plugin/lib/logger';
-import { getConfigDirectory, getDataPath } from '../core/server/path';
+import { getConfigDirectory, getDataPath } from '@kbn/utils';
 
 export function getKeystore() {
   const configKeystore = join(getConfigDirectory(), 'kibana.keystore');
diff --git a/src/cli_plugin/install/index.js b/src/cli_plugin/install/index.js
index bc7e95b8489f0ca..eff14906853c182 100644
--- a/src/cli_plugin/install/index.js
+++ b/src/cli_plugin/install/index.js
@@ -17,10 +17,10 @@
  * under the License.
  */
 
+import { getConfigPath } from '@kbn/utils';
 import { pkg } from '../../core/server/utils';
 import { install } from './install';
 import { Logger } from '../lib/logger';
-import { getConfigPath } from '../../core/server/path';
 import { parse, parseMilliseconds } from './settings';
 import { logWarnings } from '../lib/log_warnings';
 
diff --git a/src/cli_plugin/remove/index.js b/src/cli_plugin/remove/index.js
index c3bd96086db9b97..b9c37c0cf802b10 100644
--- a/src/cli_plugin/remove/index.js
+++ b/src/cli_plugin/remove/index.js
@@ -17,10 +17,10 @@
  * under the License.
  */
 
+import { getConfigPath } from '@kbn/utils';
 import { remove } from './remove';
 import { Logger } from '../lib/logger';
 import { parse } from './settings';
-import { getConfigPath } from '../../core/server/path';
 import { logWarnings } from '../lib/log_warnings';
 
 function processCommand(command, options) {
diff --git a/src/core/server/environment/create_data_folder.test.ts b/src/core/server/environment/create_data_folder.test.ts
index 2a480a7a3954f4d..25c1d57996e0d97 100644
--- a/src/core/server/environment/create_data_folder.test.ts
+++ b/src/core/server/environment/create_data_folder.test.ts
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@
  * under the License.
  */
 
-import { PathConfigType } from '../path';
+import { PathConfigType } from '@kbn/utils';
 import { createDataFolder } from './create_data_folder';
 import { mkdir } from './fs';
 import { loggingSystemMock } from '../logging/logging_system.mock';
diff --git a/src/core/server/environment/create_data_folder.ts b/src/core/server/environment/create_data_folder.ts
index 641d95cbf941178..f90e9f93694eb22 100644
--- a/src/core/server/environment/create_data_folder.ts
+++ b/src/core/server/environment/create_data_folder.ts
@@ -17,9 +17,9 @@
  * under the License.
  */
 
+import { PathConfigType } from '@kbn/utils';
 import { mkdir } from './fs';
 import { Logger } from '../logging';
-import { PathConfigType } from '../path';
 
 export async function createDataFolder({
   pathConfig,
diff --git a/src/core/server/environment/environment_service.ts b/src/core/server/environment/environment_service.ts
index 6a0b1122c705344..50d872c51f1090a 100644
--- a/src/core/server/environment/environment_service.ts
+++ b/src/core/server/environment/environment_service.ts
@@ -18,10 +18,10 @@
  */
 
 import { take } from 'rxjs/operators';
+import { PathConfigType, config as pathConfigDef } from '@kbn/utils';
 import { CoreContext } from '../core_context';
 import { Logger } from '../logging';
 import { IConfigService } from '../config';
-import { PathConfigType, config as pathConfigDef } from '../path';
 import { HttpConfigType, config as httpConfigDef } from '../http';
 import { resolveInstanceUuid } from './resolve_uuid';
 import { createDataFolder } from './create_data_folder';
diff --git a/src/core/server/environment/resolve_uuid.test.ts b/src/core/server/environment/resolve_uuid.test.ts
index d162c9d8e364b7f..c6e8465507123f1 100644
--- a/src/core/server/environment/resolve_uuid.test.ts
+++ b/src/core/server/environment/resolve_uuid.test.ts
@@ -18,10 +18,10 @@
  */
 
 import { join } from 'path';
+import { PathConfigType } from '@kbn/utils';
 import { loggingSystemMock } from '../logging/logging_system.mock';
 import { readFile, writeFile } from './fs';
 import { resolveInstanceUuid, UUID_7_6_0_BUG } from './resolve_uuid';
-import { PathConfigType } from '../path';
 import { HttpConfigType } from '../http';
 
 jest.mock('uuid', () => ({
diff --git a/src/core/server/environment/resolve_uuid.ts b/src/core/server/environment/resolve_uuid.ts
index 0267e0693999722..a640319e30af479 100644
--- a/src/core/server/environment/resolve_uuid.ts
+++ b/src/core/server/environment/resolve_uuid.ts
@@ -19,8 +19,8 @@
 
 import uuid from 'uuid';
 import { join } from 'path';
+import { PathConfigType } from '@kbn/utils';
 import { readFile, writeFile } from './fs';
-import { PathConfigType } from '../path';
 import { HttpConfigType } from '../http';
 import { Logger } from '../logging';
 
diff --git a/src/core/server/legacy/legacy_service.ts b/src/core/server/legacy/legacy_service.ts
index 7d5557be92b3005..cb36aba20f57dbb 100644
--- a/src/core/server/legacy/legacy_service.ts
+++ b/src/core/server/legacy/legacy_service.ts
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@
 import { combineLatest, ConnectableObservable, EMPTY, Observable, Subscription } from 'rxjs';
 import { first, map, publishReplay, tap } from 'rxjs/operators';
 
+import { PathConfigType } from '@kbn/utils';
 import { CoreService } from '../../types';
 import { Config, ConfigDeprecationProvider } from '../config';
 import { CoreContext } from '../core_context';
@@ -27,7 +28,6 @@ import { CspConfigType, config as cspConfig } from '../csp';
 import { DevConfig, DevConfigType, config as devConfig } from '../dev';
 import { BasePathProxyServer, HttpConfig, HttpConfigType, config as httpConfig } from '../http';
 import { Logger } from '../logging';
-import { PathConfigType } from '../path';
 import { findLegacyPluginSpecs, logLegacyThirdPartyPluginDeprecationWarning } from './plugins';
 import { convertLegacyDeprecationProvider } from './config';
 import {
diff --git a/src/core/server/plugins/plugin_context.ts b/src/core/server/plugins/plugin_context.ts
index eb31b2380d177fe..ef50f52902c4311 100644
--- a/src/core/server/plugins/plugin_context.ts
+++ b/src/core/server/plugins/plugin_context.ts
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@
 
 import { map, shareReplay } from 'rxjs/operators';
 import { combineLatest } from 'rxjs';
+import { PathConfigType, config as pathConfig } from '@kbn/utils';
 import { CoreContext } from '../core_context';
 import { PluginWrapper } from './plugin';
 import { PluginsServiceSetupDeps, PluginsServiceStartDeps } from './plugins_service';
@@ -28,7 +29,6 @@ import {
   PluginOpaqueId,
   SharedGlobalConfigKeys,
 } from './types';
-import { PathConfigType, config as pathConfig } from '../path';
 import { KibanaConfigType, config as kibanaConfig } from '../kibana_config';
 import {
   ElasticsearchConfigType,
diff --git a/src/core/server/plugins/types.ts b/src/core/server/plugins/types.ts
index 517261b5bc9bb19..34d5e044222eb8d 100644
--- a/src/core/server/plugins/types.ts
+++ b/src/core/server/plugins/types.ts
@@ -20,12 +20,12 @@
 import { Observable } from 'rxjs';
 import { Type } from '@kbn/config-schema';
 import { RecursiveReadonly } from '@kbn/utility-types';
+import { PathConfigType } from '@kbn/utils';
 
 import { ConfigPath, EnvironmentMode, PackageInfo, ConfigDeprecationProvider } from '../config';
 import { LoggerFactory } from '../logging';
 import { KibanaConfigType } from '../kibana_config';
 import { ElasticsearchConfigType } from '../elasticsearch/elasticsearch_config';
-import { PathConfigType } from '../path';
 import { CoreSetup, CoreStart } from '..';
 
 /**
diff --git a/src/core/server/server.api.md b/src/core/server/server.api.md
index fb4e4494801ed66..ab87ed54f2ddeae 100644
--- a/src/core/server/server.api.md
+++ b/src/core/server/server.api.md
@@ -106,6 +106,7 @@ import { NodesStatsParams } from 'elasticsearch';
 import { ObjectType } from '@kbn/config-schema';
 import { Observable } from 'rxjs';
 import { ParsedQuery } from 'query-string';
+import { PathConfigType } from '@kbn/utils';
 import { PeerCertificate } from 'tls';
 import { PingParams } from 'elasticsearch';
 import { PutScriptParams } from 'elasticsearch';
@@ -2958,6 +2959,5 @@ export const validBodyOutput: readonly ["data", "stream"];
 // src/core/server/legacy/types.ts:167:16 - (ae-forgotten-export) The symbol "LegacyPluginSpec" needs to be exported by the entry point index.d.ts
 // src/core/server/plugins/types.ts:272:3 - (ae-forgotten-export) The symbol "KibanaConfigType" needs to be exported by the entry point index.d.ts
 // src/core/server/plugins/types.ts:272:3 - (ae-forgotten-export) The symbol "SharedGlobalConfigKeys" needs to be exported by the entry point index.d.ts
-// src/core/server/plugins/types.ts:274:3 - (ae-forgotten-export) The symbol "PathConfigType" needs to be exported by the entry point index.d.ts
 
 ```
diff --git a/src/core/server/server.ts b/src/core/server/server.ts
index e2f77f0551f34cc..78a01f6e351a94d 100644
--- a/src/core/server/server.ts
+++ b/src/core/server/server.ts
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@
  * under the License.
  */
 
+import { config as pathConfig } from '@kbn/utils';
 import { ConfigService, Env, RawConfigurationProvider, coreDeprecationProvider } from './config';
 import { CoreApp } from './core_app';
 import { AuditTrailService } from './audit_trail';
@@ -39,7 +40,7 @@ import { config as elasticsearchConfig } from './elasticsearch';
 import { config as httpConfig } from './http';
 import { config as loggingConfig } from './logging';
 import { config as devConfig } from './dev';
-import { config as pathConfig } from './path';
+
 import { config as kibanaConfig } from './kibana_config';
 import { savedObjectsConfig, savedObjectsMigrationConfig } from './saved_objects';
 import { config as uiSettingsConfig } from './ui_settings';
diff --git a/src/dev/build/lib/build.test.ts b/src/dev/build/lib/build.test.ts
index 9fdf21cee656735..7ccd5b8e13a2cb6 100644
--- a/src/dev/build/lib/build.test.ts
+++ b/src/dev/build/lib/build.test.ts
@@ -17,7 +17,8 @@
  * under the License.
  */
 
-import { REPO_ROOT, createAbsolutePathSerializer } from '@kbn/dev-utils';
+import { REPO_ROOT } from '@kbn/utils';
+import { createAbsolutePathSerializer } from '@kbn/dev-utils';
 
 import { Config } from './config';
 import { Build } from './build';
diff --git a/src/dev/build/lib/config.test.ts b/src/dev/build/lib/config.test.ts
index 0539adc840a6a0a..bb4d4c000e9d538 100644
--- a/src/dev/build/lib/config.test.ts
+++ b/src/dev/build/lib/config.test.ts
@@ -19,7 +19,8 @@
 
 import { resolve } from 'path';
 
-import { createAbsolutePathSerializer, REPO_ROOT } from '@kbn/dev-utils';
+import { REPO_ROOT } from '@kbn/utils';
+import { createAbsolutePathSerializer } from '@kbn/dev-utils';
 
 import pkg from '../../../../package.json';
 import { Config } from './config';
diff --git a/src/dev/build/tasks/build_kibana_platform_plugins.ts b/src/dev/build/tasks/build_kibana_platform_plugins.ts
index 48625078e9bd151..44b441ad898c353 100644
--- a/src/dev/build/tasks/build_kibana_platform_plugins.ts
+++ b/src/dev/build/tasks/build_kibana_platform_plugins.ts
@@ -17,7 +17,8 @@
  * under the License.
  */
 
-import { CiStatsReporter, REPO_ROOT } from '@kbn/dev-utils';
+import { REPO_ROOT } from '@kbn/utils';
+import { CiStatsReporter } from '@kbn/dev-utils';
 import {
   runOptimizer,
   OptimizerConfig,
diff --git a/src/dev/build/tasks/nodejs/extract_node_builds_task.test.ts b/src/dev/build/tasks/nodejs/extract_node_builds_task.test.ts
index a5b9e01714f3845..cd197db2510936b 100644
--- a/src/dev/build/tasks/nodejs/extract_node_builds_task.test.ts
+++ b/src/dev/build/tasks/nodejs/extract_node_builds_task.test.ts
@@ -20,12 +20,12 @@
 import { readFileSync } from 'fs';
 import Path from 'path';
 
+import { REPO_ROOT } from '@kbn/utils';
 import {
   ToolingLog,
   ToolingLogCollectingWriter,
   createAbsolutePathSerializer,
   createRecursiveSerializer,
-  REPO_ROOT,
 } from '@kbn/dev-utils';
 
 import { Config } from '../../lib';
diff --git a/src/dev/build/tasks/nodejs/verify_existing_node_builds_task.test.ts b/src/dev/build/tasks/nodejs/verify_existing_node_builds_task.test.ts
index 1a850890a33fed5..9b03dcd828cf9c6 100644
--- a/src/dev/build/tasks/nodejs/verify_existing_node_builds_task.test.ts
+++ b/src/dev/build/tasks/nodejs/verify_existing_node_builds_task.test.ts
@@ -20,12 +20,12 @@
 import Path from 'path';
 import Fs from 'fs';
 
+import { REPO_ROOT } from '@kbn/utils';
 import {
   ToolingLog,
   ToolingLogCollectingWriter,
   createAnyInstanceSerializer,
   createRecursiveSerializer,
-  REPO_ROOT,
 } from '@kbn/dev-utils';
 
 import { Config, Platform } from '../../lib';
diff --git a/src/dev/constants.ts b/src/dev/constants.ts
index d1b89719c69b7da..9ce18ffdc9bcd15 100644
--- a/src/dev/constants.ts
+++ b/src/dev/constants.ts
@@ -17,10 +17,6 @@
  * under the License.
  */
 
-import { dirname } from 'path';
-
-export const REPO_ROOT = dirname(require.resolve('../../package.json'));
-
 // Files in directories of this name will be treated as Jest integration tests with instances of
 // Elasticsearch and the Kibana server.
 export const RESERVED_DIR_JEST_INTEGRATION_TESTS = 'integration_tests';
diff --git a/src/dev/eslint/lint_files.ts b/src/dev/eslint/lint_files.ts
index ba16163fc9bd333..ebd6bedb5f56c88 100644
--- a/src/dev/eslint/lint_files.ts
+++ b/src/dev/eslint/lint_files.ts
@@ -19,9 +19,9 @@
 
 import { CLIEngine } from 'eslint';
 
+import { REPO_ROOT } from '@kbn/utils';
 import { createFailError, ToolingLog } from '@kbn/dev-utils';
 import { File } from '../file';
-import { REPO_ROOT } from '../constants';
 
 /**
  * Lints a list of files with eslint. eslint reports are written to the log
diff --git a/src/dev/license_checker/run_check_licenses_cli.ts b/src/dev/license_checker/run_check_licenses_cli.ts
index 0267a1a90d4fe1f..70ebb43c788f991 100644
--- a/src/dev/license_checker/run_check_licenses_cli.ts
+++ b/src/dev/license_checker/run_check_licenses_cli.ts
@@ -17,12 +17,12 @@
  * under the License.
  */
 
+import { REPO_ROOT } from '@kbn/utils';
 import { run } from '@kbn/dev-utils';
 import { getInstalledPackages } from '../npm';
 
 import { LICENSE_WHITELIST, DEV_ONLY_LICENSE_WHITELIST, LICENSE_OVERRIDES } from './config';
 import { assertLicensesValid } from './valid';
-import { REPO_ROOT } from '../constants';
 
 run(
   async ({ log, flags }) => {
diff --git a/src/dev/notice/cli.js b/src/dev/notice/cli.js
index 34217ef48a33b2e..ea0f884bb1ea078 100644
--- a/src/dev/notice/cli.js
+++ b/src/dev/notice/cli.js
@@ -22,9 +22,9 @@ import { resolve } from 'path';
 
 import getopts from 'getopts';
 import dedent from 'dedent';
+import { REPO_ROOT } from '@kbn/utils';
 import { ToolingLog, pickLevelFromFlags } from '@kbn/dev-utils';
 
-import { REPO_ROOT } from '../constants';
 import { generateNoticeFromSource } from './generate_notice_from_source';
 
 const unknownFlags = [];
diff --git a/src/dev/npm/integration_tests/installed_packages.test.ts b/src/dev/npm/integration_tests/installed_packages.test.ts
index 58c954cbc12f72b..3aeb5b106c2ec07 100644
--- a/src/dev/npm/integration_tests/installed_packages.test.ts
+++ b/src/dev/npm/integration_tests/installed_packages.test.ts
@@ -21,8 +21,8 @@ import { resolve, sep } from 'path';
 
 import { uniq } from 'lodash';
 
+import { REPO_ROOT } from '@kbn/utils';
 import { getInstalledPackages, InstalledPackage } from '../installed_packages';
-import { REPO_ROOT } from '../../constants';
 
 const FIXTURE1_ROOT = resolve(__dirname, '__fixtures__/fixture1');
 
diff --git a/src/dev/precommit_hook/get_files_for_commit.js b/src/dev/precommit_hook/get_files_for_commit.js
index dc5560be0d1ade0..e700b587821749a 100644
--- a/src/dev/precommit_hook/get_files_for_commit.js
+++ b/src/dev/precommit_hook/get_files_for_commit.js
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@
 import SimpleGit from 'simple-git';
 import { fromNode as fcb } from 'bluebird';
 
-import { REPO_ROOT } from '../constants';
+import { REPO_ROOT } from '@kbn/utils';
 import { File } from '../file';
 
 /**
diff --git a/src/dev/run_check_file_casing.js b/src/dev/run_check_file_casing.js
index bdbf1827897e760..3acff74430abeb8 100644
--- a/src/dev/run_check_file_casing.js
+++ b/src/dev/run_check_file_casing.js
@@ -19,9 +19,9 @@
 
 import globby from 'globby';
 
+import { REPO_ROOT } from '@kbn/utils';
 import { run } from '@kbn/dev-utils';
 import { File } from './file';
-import { REPO_ROOT } from './constants';
 import { checkFileCasing } from './precommit_hook/check_file_casing';
 
 run(async ({ log }) => {
diff --git a/src/dev/run_check_lockfile_symlinks.js b/src/dev/run_check_lockfile_symlinks.js
index 5ebb7952e2cf329..c4e040c4bffa3d0 100644
--- a/src/dev/run_check_lockfile_symlinks.js
+++ b/src/dev/run_check_lockfile_symlinks.js
@@ -21,9 +21,9 @@ import { existsSync, lstatSync, readFileSync, readlinkSync } from 'fs';
 import globby from 'globby';
 import { dirname } from 'path';
 
+import { REPO_ROOT } from '@kbn/utils';
 import { run, createFailError } from '@kbn/dev-utils';
 
-import { REPO_ROOT } from './constants';
 import { File } from './file';
 import { matchesAnyGlob } from './globs';
 
diff --git a/src/dev/storybook/commands/clean.ts b/src/dev/storybook/commands/clean.ts
index 328c4d9e2c23c29..539757d0e7ad22b 100644
--- a/src/dev/storybook/commands/clean.ts
+++ b/src/dev/storybook/commands/clean.ts
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@
  */
 
 import { ToolingLog } from '@kbn/dev-utils';
-import { REPO_ROOT } from '@kbn/dev-utils';
+import { REPO_ROOT } from '@kbn/utils';
 import { join } from 'path';
 import del from 'del';
 
diff --git a/src/dev/storybook/run_storybook_cli.ts b/src/dev/storybook/run_storybook_cli.ts
index 7f97cff91aaaafa..b1e8d882e535282 100644
--- a/src/dev/storybook/run_storybook_cli.ts
+++ b/src/dev/storybook/run_storybook_cli.ts
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@
 
 import { join } from 'path';
 import { run, createFlagError } from '@kbn/dev-utils';
-import { REPO_ROOT } from '@kbn/dev-utils';
+import { REPO_ROOT } from '@kbn/utils';
 import { storybookAliases } from './aliases';
 import { clean } from './commands/clean';
 
diff --git a/src/dev/typescript/get_ts_project_for_absolute_path.ts b/src/dev/typescript/get_ts_project_for_absolute_path.ts
index 54d7e950834a4c2..0057263660b7771 100644
--- a/src/dev/typescript/get_ts_project_for_absolute_path.ts
+++ b/src/dev/typescript/get_ts_project_for_absolute_path.ts
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@
  */
 
 import { relative, resolve } from 'path';
-import { REPO_ROOT } from '../constants';
+import { REPO_ROOT } from '@kbn/utils';
 import { File } from '../file';
 import { Project } from './project';
 import { PROJECTS } from './projects';
diff --git a/src/dev/typescript/project.ts b/src/dev/typescript/project.ts
index 4cf87d812a0b388..811c1792f1988e1 100644
--- a/src/dev/typescript/project.ts
+++ b/src/dev/typescript/project.ts
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ import { basename, dirname, relative, resolve } from 'path';
 import { IMinimatch, Minimatch } from 'minimatch';
 import { parseConfigFileTextToJson } from 'typescript';
 
-import { REPO_ROOT } from '../constants';
+import { REPO_ROOT } from '@kbn/utils';
 
 function makeMatchers(directory: string, patterns: string[]) {
   return patterns.map(
diff --git a/src/dev/typescript/projects.ts b/src/dev/typescript/projects.ts
index 065321e355256a8..462d9888341f987 100644
--- a/src/dev/typescript/projects.ts
+++ b/src/dev/typescript/projects.ts
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@
 
 import glob from 'glob';
 import { resolve } from 'path';
-import { REPO_ROOT } from '../constants';
+import { REPO_ROOT } from '@kbn/utils';
 import { Project } from './project';
 
 export const PROJECTS = [
diff --git a/src/dev/typescript/run_check_ts_projects_cli.ts b/src/dev/typescript/run_check_ts_projects_cli.ts
index b0c125ea478294c..a095bef047711e9 100644
--- a/src/dev/typescript/run_check_ts_projects_cli.ts
+++ b/src/dev/typescript/run_check_ts_projects_cli.ts
@@ -22,8 +22,8 @@ import { resolve } from 'path';
 import execa from 'execa';
 
 import { run } from '@kbn/dev-utils';
+import { REPO_ROOT } from '@kbn/utils';
 
-const REPO_ROOT = resolve(__dirname, '../../../');
 import { File } from '../file';
 import { PROJECTS } from './projects';
 
diff --git a/src/plugins/data/server/server.api.md b/src/plugins/data/server/server.api.md
index 9f114f213200982..68919a4809e2ea4 100644
--- a/src/plugins/data/server/server.api.md
+++ b/src/plugins/data/server/server.api.md
@@ -117,6 +117,7 @@ import { NodesHotThreadsParams } from 'elasticsearch';
 import { NodesInfoParams } from 'elasticsearch';
 import { NodesStatsParams } from 'elasticsearch';
 import { Observable } from 'rxjs';
+import { PathConfigType } from '@kbn/utils';
 import { PingParams } from 'elasticsearch';
 import { Plugin as Plugin_2 } from 'src/core/server';
 import { PluginInitializerContext as PluginInitializerContext_2 } from 'src/core/server';
diff --git a/src/plugins/telemetry/server/config.ts b/src/plugins/telemetry/server/config.ts
index ae9b70bb9f3672d..f547bf55091a79f 100644
--- a/src/plugins/telemetry/server/config.ts
+++ b/src/plugins/telemetry/server/config.ts
@@ -18,8 +18,7 @@
  */
 
 import { schema, TypeOf } from '@kbn/config-schema';
-// eslint-disable-next-line @kbn/eslint/no-restricted-paths
-import { getConfigPath } from '../../../core/server/path';
+import { getConfigPath } from '@kbn/utils';
 import { ENDPOINT_VERSION } from '../common/constants';
 
 export const configSchema = schema.object({
diff --git a/x-pack/tasks/build.ts b/x-pack/tasks/build.ts
index 085f63206507f7f..41bf9587cad1e48 100644
--- a/x-pack/tasks/build.ts
+++ b/x-pack/tasks/build.ts
@@ -10,7 +10,8 @@ import { writeFileSync } from 'fs';
 import { promisify } from 'util';
 import { pipeline } from 'stream';
 
-import { ToolingLog, REPO_ROOT, transformFileStream, transformFileWithBabel } from '@kbn/dev-utils';
+import { REPO_ROOT } from '@kbn/utils';
+import { ToolingLog, transformFileStream, transformFileWithBabel } from '@kbn/dev-utils';
 import gulp from 'gulp';
 import del from 'del';
 import fancyLog from 'fancy-log';
diff --git a/x-pack/test/functional/apps/dashboard/reporting/download_csv.ts b/x-pack/test/functional/apps/dashboard/reporting/download_csv.ts
index 5c41945cb88d857..87f94855672a992 100644
--- a/x-pack/test/functional/apps/dashboard/reporting/download_csv.ts
+++ b/x-pack/test/functional/apps/dashboard/reporting/download_csv.ts
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
  * you may not use this file except in compliance with the Elastic License.
  */
 
-import { REPO_ROOT } from '@kbn/dev-utils';
+import { REPO_ROOT } from '@kbn/utils';
 import expect from '@kbn/expect';
 import fs from 'fs';
 import path from 'path';
diff --git a/x-pack/test/reporting_api_integration/reporting_and_security/constants.ts b/x-pack/test/reporting_api_integration/reporting_and_security/constants.ts
index 590ef6325dd5171..c1a518507ec37bc 100644
--- a/x-pack/test/reporting_api_integration/reporting_and_security/constants.ts
+++ b/x-pack/test/reporting_api_integration/reporting_and_security/constants.ts
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
  * you may not use this file except in compliance with the Elastic License.
  */
 
-import { REPO_ROOT } from '@kbn/dev-utils';
+import { REPO_ROOT } from '@kbn/utils';
 import path from 'path';
 
 export const OSS_KIBANA_ARCHIVE_PATH = path.resolve(
diff --git a/x-pack/test/saved_object_api_integration/common/config.ts b/x-pack/test/saved_object_api_integration/common/config.ts
index 61884f521cfaf1f..32ece6aa6437a01 100644
--- a/x-pack/test/saved_object_api_integration/common/config.ts
+++ b/x-pack/test/saved_object_api_integration/common/config.ts
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
 
 import path from 'path';
 
-import { REPO_ROOT } from '@kbn/dev-utils';
+import { REPO_ROOT } from '@kbn/utils';
 import { FtrConfigProviderContext } from '@kbn/test/types/ftr';
 
 import { services } from './services';
diff --git a/x-pack/test/spaces_api_integration/common/config.ts b/x-pack/test/spaces_api_integration/common/config.ts
index 89fa07566ecbaec..b1da9931f3c9b3d 100644
--- a/x-pack/test/spaces_api_integration/common/config.ts
+++ b/x-pack/test/spaces_api_integration/common/config.ts
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
 
 import path from 'path';
 
-import { REPO_ROOT } from '@kbn/dev-utils';
+import { REPO_ROOT } from '@kbn/utils';
 
 import { TestInvoker } from './lib/types';
 // @ts-ignore
diff --git a/yarn.lock b/yarn.lock
index c0c2305609f5807..765ae5182628e9f 100644
--- a/yarn.lock
+++ b/yarn.lock
@@ -28418,7 +28418,7 @@ typescript-tuple@^2.2.1:
   dependencies:
     typescript-compare "^0.0.2"
 
-typescript@4.0.2, typescript@^3.0.1, typescript@^3.0.3, typescript@^3.2.2, typescript@^3.3.3333, typescript@^3.4.5, typescript@~3.7.2:
+typescript@3.9.5, typescript@4.0.2, typescript@^3.0.1, typescript@^3.0.3, typescript@^3.2.2, typescript@^3.3.3333, typescript@^3.4.5, typescript@~3.7.2:
   version "4.0.2"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/typescript/-/typescript-4.0.2.tgz#7ea7c88777c723c681e33bf7988be5d008d05ac2"
   integrity sha512-e4ERvRV2wb+rRZ/IQeb3jm2VxBsirQLpQhdxplZ2MEzGvDkkMmPglecnNDfSUBivMjP93vRbngYYDQqQ/78bcQ==