diff --git a/can-view-target.js b/can-view-target.js
index 1bff54a..b5eb31d 100644
--- a/can-view-target.js
+++ b/can-view-target.js
@@ -1,7 +1,11 @@
 /* jshint maxdepth:7 */
 /* jshint latedef:false */
+var childNodes = require('can-util/dom/child-nodes/child-nodes');
+var domAttr = require('can-util/dom/attr/attr');
+var each = require('can-util/js/each/each');
+var makeArray = require('can-util/js/make-array/make-array');
 var getDocument = require('can-globals/document/document');
-var domMutate = require('can-dom-mutate/node');
+var domMutate = require('can-util/dom/mutate/mutate');
 var namespace = require('can-namespace');
 var MUTATION_OBSERVER = require('can-globals/mutation-observer/mutation-observer');
 
@@ -29,7 +33,7 @@ var processNodes = function(nodes, paths, location, document){
 
 		var cloned  = testFrag.cloneNode(true);
 
-		return cloned.firstChild.childNodes.length === 2;
+		return childNodes(cloned.firstChild).length === 2;
 	})(),
 	clonesWork = typeof document !== "undefined" && (function(){
 		// Since html5shiv is required to support custom elements, assume cloning
@@ -106,13 +110,12 @@ var cloneNode = clonesWork ?
 		}
 
 		if(node.attributes) {
-			var attributes = node.attributes;
-			for (var i = 0; i < attributes.length; i++) {
-				var attribute = attributes[i];
-				if (attribute && attribute.specified) {
-					domMutate.setAttribute.call(copy, attribute.nodeName || attribute.name, attribute.nodeValue || attribute.value);
+			var attributes = makeArray(node.attributes);
+			each(attributes, function (node) {
+				if(node && node.specified) {
+					domAttr.setAttribute(copy, node.nodeName || node.name, node.nodeValue || node.value);
 				}
-			}
+			});
 		}
 
 		if(node && node.firstChild) {
@@ -162,7 +165,7 @@ function processNode(node, paths, location, document){
 							callback:  value
 						});
 					} else  {
-						domMutate.setAttribute.call(el, attrName, value);
+						domAttr.setAttribute(el, attrName, value);
 					}
 				}
 			}
@@ -261,10 +264,7 @@ function makeTarget(nodes, doc){
 		clone: frag,
 		hydrate: function(){
 			var cloned = cloneNode(this.clone);
-			var args = [];
-			for (var a = 0, ref = args.length = arguments.length; a < ref; a++) {
-				args[a] = arguments[a];
-			} // see https://jsperf.com/nodelist-to-array
+			var args = makeArray(arguments);
 
 			var callbacks = [];
 			for(var i = 0; i < paths.length; i++) {
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 733c7a5..4018743 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -34,9 +34,9 @@
     "donejs"
   ],
   "dependencies": {
-    "can-dom-mutate": "<2.0.0",
     "can-globals": "<2.0.0",
-    "can-namespace": "1.0.0"
+    "can-namespace": "1.0.0",
+    "can-util": "^3.10.9"
   },
   "devDependencies": {
     "bit-docs": "0.0.7",