diff --git a/boot/boot.js b/boot/boot.js
index 9a0af66e2..482af283c 100644
--- a/boot/boot.js
+++ b/boot/boot.js
@@ -256,6 +256,28 @@ $tw.utils.deepDefaults = function(object /*, sourceObjectList */) {
 	return object;
 };
 
+/*
+Convert a URIComponent encoded string to a string safely
+*/
+$tw.utils.decodeURIComponentSafe = function(s) {
+	var v = s;
+	try {
+		v = decodeURIComponent(s);
+	} catch(e) {}
+	return v;
+};
+
+/*
+Convert a URI encoded string to a string safely
+*/
+$tw.utils.decodeURISafe = function(s) {
+	var v = s;
+	try {
+		v = decodeURI(s);
+	} catch(e) {}
+	return v;
+};
+
 /*
 Convert "&amp;" to &, "&nbsp;" to nbsp, "&lt;" to <, "&gt;" to > and "&quot;" to "
 */
diff --git a/core/modules/utils/utils.js b/core/modules/utils/utils.js
index 1e6b7cec2..24e4cbd25 100644
--- a/core/modules/utils/utils.js
+++ b/core/modules/utils/utils.js
@@ -978,22 +978,4 @@ exports.makeCompareFunction = function(type,options) {
 	return (types[type] || types[options.defaultType] || types.number);
 };
 
-exports.decodeURIComponentSafe = function(str) {
-	var value = str;
-	try {
-		value = decodeURIComponent(str);
-	} catch(e) {
-	}
-	return value;
-};
-
-exports.decodeURISafe = function(str) {
-	var value = str;
-	try {
-		value = decodeURI(str);
-	} catch(e) {
-	}
-	return value;
-};
-
 })();