diff --git a/globals.ts b/globals.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..f25cc710b1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/globals.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,44 @@
+import { setTimeout } from "./timers";
+
+// If you use the eval function indirectly, by invoking it via a reference
+// other than eval, as of ECMAScript 5 it works in the global scope rather than
+// the local scope. This means, for instance, that function declarations create
+// global functions, and that the code being evaluated doesn't have access to
+// local variables within the scope where it's being called.
+export const globalEval = eval;
+
+// A reference to the global object.
+// TODO The underscore is because it's conflicting with @types/node.
+export const _global = globalEval("this");
+
+_global["window"] = _global; // Create a window object.
+import "./url";
+
+_global["setTimeout"] = setTimeout;
+
+const print = V8Worker2.print;
+
+_global["console"] = {
+  // tslint:disable-next-line:no-any
+  log(...args: any[]): void {
+    print(stringifyArgs(args));
+  },
+
+  // tslint:disable-next-line:no-any
+  error(...args: any[]): void {
+    print("ERROR: " + stringifyArgs(args));
+  }
+};
+
+// tslint:disable-next-line:no-any
+function stringifyArgs(args: any[]): string {
+  const out: string[] = [];
+  for (const a of args) {
+    if (typeof a === "string") {
+      out.push(a);
+    } else {
+      out.push(JSON.stringify(a));
+    }
+  }
+  return out.join(" ");
+}
diff --git a/os.ts b/os.ts
index 3d3639dc32..82baac25df 100644
--- a/os.ts
+++ b/os.ts
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 import { main as pb } from "./msg.pb";
-import { TypedArray, ModuleInfo } from "./types";
+import { ModuleInfo } from "./types";
+import { typedArrayToArrayBuffer } from "./util";
 
 export function exit(code = 0): void {
   sendMsgFromObject({
@@ -28,11 +29,6 @@ export function sourceCodeCache(
   throwOnError(res);
 }
 
-function typedArrayToArrayBuffer(ta: TypedArray): ArrayBuffer {
-  const ab = ta.buffer.slice(ta.byteOffset, ta.byteOffset + ta.byteLength);
-  return ab as ArrayBuffer;
-}
-
 export function sendMsgFromObject(obj: pb.IMsg): null | pb.Msg {
   const msg = pb.Msg.fromObject(obj);
   const ui8 = pb.Msg.encode(msg).finish();
diff --git a/runtime.ts b/runtime.ts
index 57b556c216..046a1c6057 100644
--- a/runtime.ts
+++ b/runtime.ts
@@ -10,8 +10,8 @@ import * as ts from "typescript";
 import * as util from "./util";
 import { log } from "./util";
 import * as os from "./os";
-import "./url";
 import * as sourceMaps from "./v8_source_maps";
+import { _global, globalEval } from "./globals";
 
 const EOL = "\n";
 
@@ -141,10 +141,10 @@ function resolveModuleName(
 
 function execute(fileName: string, outputCode: string): void {
   util.assert(outputCode && outputCode.length > 0);
-  util._global["define"] = makeDefine(fileName);
+  _global["define"] = makeDefine(fileName);
   outputCode += "\n//# sourceURL=" + fileName;
-  util.globalEval(outputCode);
-  util._global["define"] = null;
+  globalEval(outputCode);
+  _global["define"] = null;
 }
 
 // This is a singleton class. Use Compiler.instance() to access.
diff --git a/timers.ts b/timers.ts
index ed84c00e9d..6603b3d161 100644
--- a/timers.ts
+++ b/timers.ts
@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
-import { _global } from "./util";
 import { sendMsgFromObject } from "./os";
 
 let nextTimerId = 1;
@@ -32,7 +31,6 @@ export function setTimeout(cb: TimerCallback, duration: number): number {
   });
   return timer.id;
 }
-_global["setTimeout"] = setTimeout;
 
 export function timerReady(id: number, done: boolean): void {
   const timer = timers.get(id);
diff --git a/util.ts b/util.ts
index 0b4b9adbcb..c4fa032558 100644
--- a/util.ts
+++ b/util.ts
@@ -1,19 +1,5 @@
-// If you use the eval function indirectly, by invoking it via a reference
-// other than eval, as of ECMAScript 5 it works in the global scope rather than
-// the local scope. This means, for instance, that function declarations create
-// global functions, and that the code being evaluated doesn't have access to
-// local variables within the scope where it's being called.
-export const globalEval = eval;
-
-// A reference to the global object.
-// TODO The underscore is because it's conflicting with @types/node.
-export const _global = globalEval("this");
-
-_global["window"] = _global; // Create a window object.
-
-const print = V8Worker2.print;
-
 import { debug } from "./main";
+import { TypedArray } from "./types";
 
 // Internal logging for deno. Use the "debug" variable above to control
 // output.
@@ -24,33 +10,13 @@ export function log(...args: any[]): void {
   }
 }
 
-_global["console"] = {
-  // tslint:disable-next-line:no-any
-  log(...args: any[]): void {
-    print(stringifyArgs(args));
-  },
-
-  // tslint:disable-next-line:no-any
-  error(...args: any[]): void {
-    print("ERROR: " + stringifyArgs(args));
-  }
-};
-
-// tslint:disable-next-line:no-any
-function stringifyArgs(args: any[]): string {
-  const out: string[] = [];
-  for (const a of args) {
-    if (typeof a === "string") {
-      out.push(a);
-    } else {
-      out.push(JSON.stringify(a));
-    }
-  }
-  return out.join(" ");
-}
-
 export function assert(cond: boolean, msg = "") {
   if (!cond) {
     throw Error("Assert fail. " + msg);
   }
 }
+
+export function typedArrayToArrayBuffer(ta: TypedArray): ArrayBuffer {
+  const ab = ta.buffer.slice(ta.byteOffset, ta.byteOffset + ta.byteLength);
+  return ab as ArrayBuffer;
+}