diff --git a/src/legacy/utils/binder.ts b/src/cli/cluster/binder.ts
similarity index 100%
rename from src/legacy/utils/binder.ts
rename to src/cli/cluster/binder.ts
diff --git a/src/legacy/utils/binder_for.ts b/src/cli/cluster/binder_for.ts
similarity index 100%
rename from src/legacy/utils/binder_for.ts
rename to src/cli/cluster/binder_for.ts
diff --git a/src/cli/cluster/worker.ts b/src/cli/cluster/worker.ts
index 097a549187429..c8a8a067d30bf 100644
--- a/src/cli/cluster/worker.ts
+++ b/src/cli/cluster/worker.ts
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ import _ from 'lodash';
 import cluster from 'cluster';
 import { EventEmitter } from 'events';
 
-import { BinderFor } from '../../legacy/utils/binder_for';
+import { BinderFor } from './binder_for';
 import { fromRoot } from '../../core/server/utils';
 
 const cliPath = fromRoot('src/cli');
diff --git a/src/cli_keystore/add.js b/src/cli_keystore/add.js
index 462259ec942dd..232392f34c63b 100644
--- a/src/cli_keystore/add.js
+++ b/src/cli_keystore/add.js
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@
  */
 
 import { Logger } from '../cli_plugin/lib/logger';
-import { confirm, question } from '../legacy/server/utils';
+import { confirm, question } from './utils';
 import { createPromiseFromStreams, createConcatStream } from '../core/server/utils';
 
 /**
diff --git a/src/cli_keystore/add.test.js b/src/cli_keystore/add.test.js
index b5d5009667eb4..f1adee8879bc2 100644
--- a/src/cli_keystore/add.test.js
+++ b/src/cli_keystore/add.test.js
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ import { PassThrough } from 'stream';
 import { Keystore } from '../legacy/server/keystore';
 import { add } from './add';
 import { Logger } from '../cli_plugin/lib/logger';
-import * as prompt from '../legacy/server/utils/prompt';
+import * as prompt from './utils/prompt';
 
 describe('Kibana keystore', () => {
   describe('add', () => {
diff --git a/src/cli_keystore/create.js b/src/cli_keystore/create.js
index 8be1eb36882f1..55fe2c151dec0 100644
--- a/src/cli_keystore/create.js
+++ b/src/cli_keystore/create.js
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@
  */
 
 import { Logger } from '../cli_plugin/lib/logger';
-import { confirm } from '../legacy/server/utils';
+import { confirm } from './utils';
 
 export async function create(keystore, command, options) {
   const logger = new Logger(options);
diff --git a/src/cli_keystore/create.test.js b/src/cli_keystore/create.test.js
index f48b3775ddfff..cb85475eab1cb 100644
--- a/src/cli_keystore/create.test.js
+++ b/src/cli_keystore/create.test.js
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ import sinon from 'sinon';
 import { Keystore } from '../legacy/server/keystore';
 import { create } from './create';
 import { Logger } from '../cli_plugin/lib/logger';
-import * as prompt from '../legacy/server/utils/prompt';
+import * as prompt from './utils/prompt';
 
 describe('Kibana keystore', () => {
   describe('create', () => {
diff --git a/src/legacy/server/utils/index.js b/src/cli_keystore/utils/index.js
similarity index 100%
rename from src/legacy/server/utils/index.js
rename to src/cli_keystore/utils/index.js
diff --git a/src/legacy/server/utils/prompt.js b/src/cli_keystore/utils/prompt.js
similarity index 100%
rename from src/legacy/server/utils/prompt.js
rename to src/cli_keystore/utils/prompt.js
diff --git a/src/legacy/server/utils/prompt.test.js b/src/cli_keystore/utils/prompt.test.js
similarity index 100%
rename from src/legacy/server/utils/prompt.test.js
rename to src/cli_keystore/utils/prompt.test.js
diff --git a/src/legacy/utils/index.js b/src/legacy/utils/index.js
index 529b1ddfd8a4d..e2e2331b3aea6 100644
--- a/src/legacy/utils/index.js
+++ b/src/legacy/utils/index.js
@@ -17,8 +17,6 @@
  * under the License.
  */
 
-export { BinderBase } from './binder';
-export { BinderFor } from './binder_for';
 export { deepCloneWithBuffers } from './deep_clone_with_buffers';
 export { unset } from './unset';
 export { IS_KIBANA_DISTRIBUTABLE } from './artifact_type';
diff --git a/src/legacy/utils/path_contains.js b/src/legacy/utils/path_contains.js
deleted file mode 100644
index 60d05c1099554..0000000000000
--- a/src/legacy/utils/path_contains.js
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,24 +0,0 @@
-/*
- * 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 { relative } from 'path';
-
-export default function pathContains(root, child) {
-  return relative(child, root).slice(0, 2) !== '..';
-}