diff --git a/detekt-cli/build.gradle.kts b/detekt-cli/build.gradle.kts
index 282327a0d6a..1cd13b2caab 100644
--- a/detekt-cli/build.gradle.kts
+++ b/detekt-cli/build.gradle.kts
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@ val pluginsJarFiles by configurations.resolvable("pluginsJarFiles") {
 dependencies {
     implementation(libs.jcommander)
     implementation(projects.detektTooling)
+    implementation(projects.detektUtils)
     implementation(libs.kotlin.compilerEmbeddable) {
         version {
             strictly(libs.versions.kotlin.get())
diff --git a/detekt-cli/src/main/kotlin/io/gitlab/arturbosch/detekt/cli/Spec.kt b/detekt-cli/src/main/kotlin/io/gitlab/arturbosch/detekt/cli/Spec.kt
index 4a519a9129b..d77294f62f7 100644
--- a/detekt-cli/src/main/kotlin/io/gitlab/arturbosch/detekt/cli/Spec.kt
+++ b/detekt-cli/src/main/kotlin/io/gitlab/arturbosch/detekt/cli/Spec.kt
@@ -2,9 +2,9 @@ package io.gitlab.arturbosch.detekt.cli
 
 import io.github.detekt.tooling.api.spec.ProcessingSpec
 import io.github.detekt.tooling.api.spec.RulesSpec
+import io.github.detekt.utils.PathFilters
 import io.gitlab.arturbosch.detekt.api.Rule
 import io.gitlab.arturbosch.detekt.api.RuleSet
-import io.gitlab.arturbosch.detekt.api.internal.PathFilters
 import java.nio.file.Path
 import kotlin.io.path.ExperimentalPathApi
 import kotlin.io.path.absolute
diff --git a/detekt-core/src/main/kotlin/io/gitlab/arturbosch/detekt/core/util/ConfigExtensions.kt b/detekt-core/src/main/kotlin/io/gitlab/arturbosch/detekt/core/util/ConfigExtensions.kt
index ef4f64b6166..6c409e23438 100644
--- a/detekt-core/src/main/kotlin/io/gitlab/arturbosch/detekt/core/util/ConfigExtensions.kt
+++ b/detekt-core/src/main/kotlin/io/gitlab/arturbosch/detekt/core/util/ConfigExtensions.kt
@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
 package io.gitlab.arturbosch.detekt.core.util
 
 import io.github.detekt.psi.absolutePath
+import io.github.detekt.utils.PathFilters
 import io.gitlab.arturbosch.detekt.api.Config
-import io.gitlab.arturbosch.detekt.api.internal.PathFilters
 import org.jetbrains.kotlin.psi.KtFile
 import java.nio.file.Path
 import kotlin.io.path.Path
diff --git a/detekt-api/src/main/kotlin/io/gitlab/arturbosch/detekt/api/internal/PathFilters.kt b/detekt-utils/src/main/kotlin/io/github/detekt/utils/PathFilters.kt
similarity index 96%
rename from detekt-api/src/main/kotlin/io/gitlab/arturbosch/detekt/api/internal/PathFilters.kt
rename to detekt-utils/src/main/kotlin/io/github/detekt/utils/PathFilters.kt
index f3f2377fb91..52780df9658 100644
--- a/detekt-api/src/main/kotlin/io/gitlab/arturbosch/detekt/api/internal/PathFilters.kt
+++ b/detekt-utils/src/main/kotlin/io/github/detekt/utils/PathFilters.kt
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-package io.gitlab.arturbosch.detekt.api.internal
+package io.github.detekt.utils
 
 import java.nio.file.Path
 import java.nio.file.PathMatcher
diff --git a/detekt-api/src/main/kotlin/io/gitlab/arturbosch/detekt/api/internal/PathMatchers.kt b/detekt-utils/src/main/kotlin/io/github/detekt/utils/PathMatchers.kt
similarity index 88%
rename from detekt-api/src/main/kotlin/io/gitlab/arturbosch/detekt/api/internal/PathMatchers.kt
rename to detekt-utils/src/main/kotlin/io/github/detekt/utils/PathMatchers.kt
index 0f25edad542..3ef0f86e01b 100644
--- a/detekt-api/src/main/kotlin/io/gitlab/arturbosch/detekt/api/internal/PathMatchers.kt
+++ b/detekt-utils/src/main/kotlin/io/github/detekt/utils/PathMatchers.kt
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-package io.gitlab.arturbosch.detekt.api.internal
+package io.github.detekt.utils
 
 import java.nio.file.FileSystem
 import java.nio.file.FileSystems
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ import java.nio.file.PathMatcher
  * We only support the "glob:" syntax to stay os independently.
  * Internally a globbing pattern is transformed to a regex respecting the Windows file system.
  */
-fun pathMatcher(pattern: String): PathMatcher {
+internal fun pathMatcher(pattern: String): PathMatcher {
     val result = when (pattern.substringBefore(":")) {
         "glob" -> pattern
         "regex" -> throw IllegalArgumentException(USE_GLOB_MSG)
diff --git a/detekt-api/src/test/kotlin/io/gitlab/arturbosch/detekt/api/internal/PathFiltersSpec.kt b/detekt-utils/src/test/kotlin/io/github/detekt/utils/PathFiltersSpec.kt
similarity index 97%
rename from detekt-api/src/test/kotlin/io/gitlab/arturbosch/detekt/api/internal/PathFiltersSpec.kt
rename to detekt-utils/src/test/kotlin/io/github/detekt/utils/PathFiltersSpec.kt
index b571ed9499a..daac6111258 100644
--- a/detekt-api/src/test/kotlin/io/gitlab/arturbosch/detekt/api/internal/PathFiltersSpec.kt
+++ b/detekt-utils/src/test/kotlin/io/github/detekt/utils/PathFiltersSpec.kt
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-package io.gitlab.arturbosch.detekt.api.internal
+package io.github.detekt.utils
 
 import org.assertj.core.api.Assertions.assertThat
 import org.junit.jupiter.api.Test
diff --git a/detekt-api/src/test/kotlin/io/gitlab/arturbosch/detekt/api/internal/PathMatchersSpec.kt b/detekt-utils/src/test/kotlin/io/github/detekt/utils/PathMatchersSpec.kt
similarity index 96%
rename from detekt-api/src/test/kotlin/io/gitlab/arturbosch/detekt/api/internal/PathMatchersSpec.kt
rename to detekt-utils/src/test/kotlin/io/github/detekt/utils/PathMatchersSpec.kt
index 46d2669793f..d1925723c70 100644
--- a/detekt-api/src/test/kotlin/io/gitlab/arturbosch/detekt/api/internal/PathMatchersSpec.kt
+++ b/detekt-utils/src/test/kotlin/io/github/detekt/utils/PathMatchersSpec.kt
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-package io.gitlab.arturbosch.detekt.api.internal
+package io.github.detekt.utils
 
 import org.assertj.core.api.Assertions.assertThat
 import org.assertj.core.api.Assertions.assertThatThrownBy