diff --git a/cli/lsp/cache.rs b/cli/lsp/cache.rs
index 39b9dca601..1ea3172402 100644
--- a/cli/lsp/cache.rs
+++ b/cli/lsp/cache.rs
@@ -5,12 +5,12 @@ use crate::cache::FetchCacher;
 use crate::flags::Flags;
 use crate::proc_state::ProcState;
 use crate::resolver::ImportMapResolver;
-use crate::tokio_util::create_basic_runtime;
 
 use deno_core::error::anyhow;
 use deno_core::error::AnyError;
 use deno_core::ModuleSpecifier;
 use deno_runtime::permissions::Permissions;
+use deno_runtime::tokio_util::create_basic_runtime;
 use import_map::ImportMap;
 use std::path::PathBuf;
 use std::thread;
diff --git a/cli/lsp/config.rs b/cli/lsp/config.rs
index ff3d73f0ff..af2caf22aa 100644
--- a/cli/lsp/config.rs
+++ b/cli/lsp/config.rs
@@ -1,7 +1,5 @@
 // Copyright 2018-2021 the Deno authors. All rights reserved. MIT license.
 
-use crate::tokio_util::create_basic_runtime;
-
 use deno_core::error::anyhow;
 use deno_core::error::AnyError;
 use deno_core::parking_lot::RwLock;
@@ -11,6 +9,7 @@ use deno_core::serde_json;
 use deno_core::serde_json::Value;
 use deno_core::url::Url;
 use deno_core::ModuleSpecifier;
+use deno_runtime::tokio_util::create_basic_runtime;
 use log::error;
 use lsp::WorkspaceFolder;
 use lspower::lsp;
diff --git a/cli/lsp/diagnostics.rs b/cli/lsp/diagnostics.rs
index 698fcd7441..fdbf8b27bc 100644
--- a/cli/lsp/diagnostics.rs
+++ b/cli/lsp/diagnostics.rs
@@ -7,13 +7,13 @@ use super::language_server;
 use super::tsc;
 
 use crate::diagnostics;
-use crate::tokio_util::create_basic_runtime;
 
 use deno_core::error::anyhow;
 use deno_core::error::AnyError;
 use deno_core::resolve_url;
 use deno_core::serde_json::json;
 use deno_core::ModuleSpecifier;
+use deno_runtime::tokio_util::create_basic_runtime;
 use log::error;
 use lspower::lsp;
 use std::collections::HashMap;
diff --git a/cli/lsp/tsc.rs b/cli/lsp/tsc.rs
index 7e3c721300..d5538eb489 100644
--- a/cli/lsp/tsc.rs
+++ b/cli/lsp/tsc.rs
@@ -16,7 +16,6 @@ use super::text::LineIndex;
 use super::urls::INVALID_SPECIFIER;
 
 use crate::config_file::TsConfig;
-use crate::tokio_util::create_basic_runtime;
 use crate::tsc;
 use crate::tsc::ResolveArgs;
 
@@ -37,6 +36,7 @@ use deno_core::JsRuntime;
 use deno_core::ModuleSpecifier;
 use deno_core::OpFn;
 use deno_core::RuntimeOptions;
+use deno_runtime::tokio_util::create_basic_runtime;
 use log::warn;
 use lspower::lsp;
 use regex::Captures;
diff --git a/cli/main.rs b/cli/main.rs
index d1ee4a0127..7bf23556cf 100644
--- a/cli/main.rs
+++ b/cli/main.rs
@@ -30,7 +30,6 @@ mod resolver;
 mod source_maps;
 mod standalone;
 mod text_encoding;
-mod tokio_util;
 mod tools;
 mod tsc;
 mod unix_util;
@@ -78,6 +77,7 @@ use deno_core::ModuleSpecifier;
 use deno_runtime::colors;
 use deno_runtime::ops::worker_host::CreateWebWorkerCb;
 use deno_runtime::permissions::Permissions;
+use deno_runtime::tokio_util::run_basic;
 use deno_runtime::web_worker::WebWorker;
 use deno_runtime::web_worker::WebWorkerOptions;
 use deno_runtime::worker::MainWorker;
@@ -1389,7 +1389,7 @@ pub fn main() {
   let args: Vec<String> = env::args().collect();
   let standalone_res = match standalone::extract_standalone(args.clone()) {
     Ok(Some((metadata, bundle))) => {
-      tokio_util::run_basic(standalone::run(bundle, metadata))
+      run_basic(standalone::run(bundle, metadata))
     }
     Ok(None) => Ok(()),
     Err(err) => Err(err),
@@ -1417,5 +1417,5 @@ pub fn main() {
 
   logger::init(flags.log_level);
 
-  unwrap_or_exit(tokio_util::run_basic(get_subcommand(flags)));
+  unwrap_or_exit(run_basic(get_subcommand(flags)));
 }
diff --git a/cli/tokio_util.rs b/cli/tokio_util.rs
deleted file mode 100644
index 695b948025..0000000000
--- a/cli/tokio_util.rs
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,25 +0,0 @@
-// Copyright 2018-2021 the Deno authors. All rights reserved. MIT license.
-
-pub fn create_basic_runtime() -> tokio::runtime::Runtime {
-  tokio::runtime::Builder::new_current_thread()
-    .enable_io()
-    .enable_time()
-    // This limits the number of threads for blocking operations (like for
-    // synchronous fs ops) or CPU bound tasks like when we run dprint in
-    // parallel for deno fmt.
-    // The default value is 512, which is an unhelpfully large thread pool. We
-    // don't ever want to have more than a couple dozen threads.
-    .max_blocking_threads(32)
-    .build()
-    .unwrap()
-}
-
-// TODO(ry) rename to run_local ?
-pub fn run_basic<F, R>(future: F) -> R
-where
-  F: std::future::Future<Output = R>,
-{
-  let rt = create_basic_runtime();
-  let local = tokio::task::LocalSet::new();
-  local.block_on(&rt, future)
-}
diff --git a/cli/tools/test.rs b/cli/tools/test.rs
index 820509f69a..d883f18a34 100644
--- a/cli/tools/test.rs
+++ b/cli/tools/test.rs
@@ -18,7 +18,6 @@ use crate::lockfile;
 use crate::ops;
 use crate::proc_state::ProcState;
 use crate::resolver::ImportMapResolver;
-use crate::tokio_util;
 use crate::tools::coverage::CoverageCollector;
 
 use deno_ast::swc::common::comments::CommentKind;
@@ -33,6 +32,7 @@ use deno_core::serde_json::json;
 use deno_core::JsRuntime;
 use deno_core::ModuleSpecifier;
 use deno_runtime::permissions::Permissions;
+use deno_runtime::tokio_util::run_basic;
 use log::Level;
 use rand::rngs::SmallRng;
 use rand::seq::SliceRandom;
@@ -782,7 +782,7 @@ async fn test_specifiers(
             sender,
           );
 
-          tokio_util::run_basic(future)
+          run_basic(future)
         });
 
         join_handle.join().unwrap()
diff --git a/runtime/tokio_util.rs b/runtime/tokio_util.rs
index 7a6f4d49e6..695b948025 100644
--- a/runtime/tokio_util.rs
+++ b/runtime/tokio_util.rs
@@ -13,3 +13,13 @@ pub fn create_basic_runtime() -> tokio::runtime::Runtime {
     .build()
     .unwrap()
 }
+
+// TODO(ry) rename to run_local ?
+pub fn run_basic<F, R>(future: F) -> R
+where
+  F: std::future::Future<Output = R>,
+{
+  let rt = create_basic_runtime();
+  let local = tokio::task::LocalSet::new();
+  local.block_on(&rt, future)
+}
diff --git a/runtime/web_worker.rs b/runtime/web_worker.rs
index c70d20ffcf..c7358bc74e 100644
--- a/runtime/web_worker.rs
+++ b/runtime/web_worker.rs
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ use crate::inspector_server::InspectorServer;
 use crate::js;
 use crate::ops;
 use crate::permissions::Permissions;
-use crate::tokio_util::create_basic_runtime;
+use crate::tokio_util::run_basic;
 use crate::BootstrapOptions;
 use deno_broadcast_channel::InMemoryBroadcastChannel;
 use deno_core::error::AnyError;
@@ -545,8 +545,6 @@ pub fn run_web_worker(
 ) -> Result<(), AnyError> {
   let name = worker.name.to_string();
 
-  let rt = create_basic_runtime();
-
   // TODO(bartlomieju): run following block using "select!"
   // with terminate
 
@@ -587,6 +585,5 @@ pub fn run_web_worker(
     debug!("Worker thread shuts down {}", &name);
     result
   };
-
-  rt.block_on(fut)
+  run_basic(fut)
 }