diff --git a/irc/server.go b/irc/server.go
index 52429dcd..3ac8c38f 100644
--- a/irc/server.go
+++ b/irc/server.go
@@ -99,7 +99,7 @@ func NewServer(config *Config, logger *logger.Manager) (*Server, error) {
 		listeners:    make(map[string]IRCListener),
 		logger:       logger,
 		rehashSignal: make(chan os.Signal, 1),
-		exitSignals:  make(chan os.Signal, len(ServerExitSignals)),
+		exitSignals:  make(chan os.Signal, len(utils.ServerExitSignals)),
 		defcon:       5,
 	}
 
@@ -114,7 +114,7 @@ func NewServer(config *Config, logger *logger.Manager) (*Server, error) {
 	}
 
 	// Attempt to clean up when receiving these signals.
-	signal.Notify(server.exitSignals, ServerExitSignals...)
+	signal.Notify(server.exitSignals, utils.ServerExitSignals...)
 	signal.Notify(server.rehashSignal, syscall.SIGHUP)
 
 	time.AfterFunc(alwaysOnExpirationPollPeriod, server.handleAlwaysOnExpirations)
diff --git a/irc/signals.go b/irc/utils/signals.go
similarity index 95%
rename from irc/signals.go
rename to irc/utils/signals.go
index 3d26bab9..e381ab6d 100644
--- a/irc/signals.go
+++ b/irc/utils/signals.go
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 // Copyright (c) 2020 Shivaram Lingamneni
 // released under the MIT license
 
-package irc
+package utils
 
 import (
 	"os"
diff --git a/irc/signals_plan9.go b/irc/utils/signals_plan9.go
similarity index 95%
rename from irc/signals_plan9.go
rename to irc/utils/signals_plan9.go
index 12be5be6..318a0552 100644
--- a/irc/signals_plan9.go
+++ b/irc/utils/signals_plan9.go
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 // Copyright (c) 2020 Shivaram Lingamneni
 // released under the MIT license
 
-package irc
+package utils
 
 import (
 	"os"