diff --git a/src/command.ts b/src/command.ts
index 90103692..17cf34a2 100644
--- a/src/command.ts
+++ b/src/command.ts
@@ -6,7 +6,8 @@ import {HelpBase} from '@oclif/plugin-help'
 import {format, inspect} from 'util'
 
 import * as flags from './flags'
-import {sortBy, uniqBy, getHelpPlugin} from './util'
+import {sortBy, uniqBy} from './util'
+import {getHelpPlugin} from '@oclif/plugin-help'
 
 /**
  * swallows stdout epipe errors
diff --git a/src/main.ts b/src/main.ts
index 7253cb62..c638a78e 100644
--- a/src/main.ts
+++ b/src/main.ts
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ import * as Config from '@oclif/config'
 import {HelpBase} from '@oclif/plugin-help'
 
 import {Command} from '.'
-import {getHelpPlugin} from './util'
+import {getHelpPlugin} from '@oclif/plugin-help'
 
 export class Main extends Command {
   static run(argv = process.argv.slice(2), options?: Config.LoadOptions) {
diff --git a/src/util.ts b/src/util.ts
index f527a1f5..9f10e0eb 100644
--- a/src/util.ts
+++ b/src/util.ts
@@ -1,7 +1,3 @@
-import {IConfig} from '@oclif/config'
-import {tsPath} from '@oclif/config/lib/ts-node'
-import {HelpBase} from '@oclif/plugin-help'
-
 export function compact<T>(a: (T | undefined)[]): T[] {
   return a.filter((a): a is T => Boolean(a))
 }
@@ -35,37 +31,3 @@ export function sortBy<T>(arr: T[], fn: (i: T) => sort.Types | sort.Types[]): T[
 
   return arr.sort((a, b) => compare(fn(a), fn(b)))
 }
-
-interface HelpBaseDerived {
-  new(config: IConfig): HelpBase;
-}
-
-export function extractPlugin(config: IConfig, pluginPath: string): HelpBaseDerived {
-  const helpPlugin = tsPath(config.root, pluginPath)
-  return require(helpPlugin) as HelpBaseDerived
-}
-
-export function extractExport(exported: any): HelpBaseDerived {
-  return exported && exported.default ? exported.default : exported
-}
-
-export function getHelpPlugin(config: IConfig, defaultPlugin = '@oclif/plugin-help'): HelpBaseDerived {
-  const pjson = config.pjson
-  const configuredPlugin = pjson && pjson.oclif &&  pjson.oclif.helpPlugin
-
-  if (configuredPlugin) {
-    try {
-      const exported = extractPlugin(config, configuredPlugin)
-      return extractExport(exported) as HelpBaseDerived
-    } catch (error) {
-      throw new Error(`Unable to load configured help plugin "${configuredPlugin}" from package.json, failed with message:\n${error.message}`)
-    }
-  }
-
-  try {
-    const exported = require(defaultPlugin)
-    return extractExport(exported) as HelpBaseDerived
-  } catch (error) {
-    throw new Error(`Could not load a help plugin, consider installing the @oclif/plugin-help package, failed with message:\n${error.message}`)
-  }
-}
diff --git a/test/command.test.ts b/test/command.test.ts
index 2eaa01c1..087c0afb 100644
--- a/test/command.test.ts
+++ b/test/command.test.ts
@@ -3,9 +3,9 @@ import {expect, fancy} from 'fancy-test'
 
 import Base, {flags} from '../src'
 import {TestHelpPluginConfig} from './helpers/test-help-in-src/src/test-help-plugin'
-import * as Util from '../src/util'
+import * as PluginHelp from '@oclif/plugin-help'
 
-const originalGetHelpPlugin = Util.getHelpPlugin
+const originalGetHelpPlugin = PluginHelp.getHelpPlugin
 
 // const pjson = require('../package.json')
 
@@ -290,7 +290,7 @@ USAGE
 
     fancy
     .stdout()
-    .stub(Util, 'getHelpPlugin', function (config: any) {
+    .stub(PluginHelp, 'getHelpPlugin', function (config: any) {
       return originalGetHelpPlugin(config, '')
     })
     .add('config', async () => {
@@ -310,7 +310,7 @@ USAGE
     describe('from a help plugin', () => {
       fancy
       .stdout()
-      .stub(Util, 'getHelpPlugin', function (config: Config.IConfig) {
+      .stub(PluginHelp, 'getHelpPlugin', function (config: Config.IConfig) {
         const patchedConfig = {
           ...config,
           root: `${__dirname}/helpers/test-help-in-lib/`,
@@ -343,7 +343,7 @@ USAGE
 
       fancy
       .stdout()
-      .stub(Util, 'getHelpPlugin', function (config: Config.IConfig) {
+      .stub(PluginHelp, 'getHelpPlugin', function (config: Config.IConfig) {
         const patchedConfig = {
           ...config,
           root: `${__dirname}/helpers/test-help-in-src/`,
@@ -376,7 +376,7 @@ USAGE
 
       fancy
       .stdout()
-      .stub(Util, 'getHelpPlugin', function (config: Config.IConfig) {
+      .stub(PluginHelp, 'getHelpPlugin', function (config: Config.IConfig) {
         const patchedConfig = {
           ...config,
           root: `${__dirname}/helpers/test-help-in-src/`,
diff --git a/test/main.test.ts b/test/main.test.ts
index ed092e66..dd2a673b 100644
--- a/test/main.test.ts
+++ b/test/main.test.ts
@@ -1,13 +1,13 @@
 import {expect, fancy} from 'fancy-test'
 
 import {Main} from '../src/main'
-import * as Util from '../src/util'
+import * as PluginHelp from '@oclif/plugin-help'
 import * as Config from '@oclif/config'
 import {TestHelpPluginConfig} from './helpers/test-help-in-src/src/test-help-plugin'
 
 const pjson = require('../package.json')
 const version = `@oclif/command/${pjson.version} ${process.platform}-${process.arch} node-${process.version}`
-const originalGetHelpPlugin = Util.getHelpPlugin
+const originalGetHelpPlugin = PluginHelp.getHelpPlugin
 
 describe('main', () => {
   fancy
@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@ COMMANDS
 
     fancy
     .stdout()
-    .stub(Util, 'getHelpPlugin', function (config: Config.IConfig) {
+    .stub(PluginHelp, 'getHelpPlugin', function (config: Config.IConfig) {
       const patchedConfig = {
         ...config,
         root: `${__dirname}/helpers/test-help-in-src/`,
@@ -71,7 +71,7 @@ COMMANDS
 
     fancy
     .stdout()
-    .stub(Util, 'getHelpPlugin', function (config: Config.IConfig) {
+    .stub(PluginHelp, 'getHelpPlugin', function (config: Config.IConfig) {
       const patchedConfig = {
         ...config,
         root: `${__dirname}/helpers/test-help-in-src/`,
@@ -86,7 +86,7 @@ COMMANDS
 
     fancy
     .stdout()
-    .stub(Util, 'getHelpPlugin', function (config: Config.IConfig) {
+    .stub(PluginHelp, 'getHelpPlugin', function (config: Config.IConfig) {
       const patchedConfig = {
         ...config,
         root: `${__dirname}/helpers/test-help-in-src/`,