diff --git a/guix/scripts/pull.scm b/guix/scripts/pull.scm
index 56ee9acb18..a4824e4fd7 100644
--- a/guix/scripts/pull.scm
+++ b/guix/scripts/pull.scm
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@
 
 (define-module (guix scripts pull)
   #:use-module (guix ui)
+  #:use-module (guix utils)
   #:use-module (guix scripts)
   #:use-module (guix store)
   #:use-module (guix config)
diff --git a/guix/ui.scm b/guix/ui.scm
index c45c50fa16..b7ed5e7d4d 100644
--- a/guix/ui.scm
+++ b/guix/ui.scm
@@ -73,7 +73,6 @@
             read/eval
             read/eval-package-expression
             location->string
-            switch-symlinks
             config-directory
             fill-paragraph
             texi->plain-text
@@ -715,13 +714,6 @@ replacement if PORT is not Unicode-capable."
     (($ <location> file line column)
      (format #f "~a:~a:~a" file line column))))
 
-(define (switch-symlinks link target)
-  "Atomically switch LINK, a symbolic link, to point to TARGET.  Works
-both when LINK already exists and when it does not."
-  (let ((pivot (string-append link ".new")))
-    (symlink target pivot)
-    (rename-file pivot link)))
-
 (define (config-directory)
   "Return the name of the configuration directory, after making sure that it
 exists.  Honor the XDG specs,
diff --git a/guix/utils.scm b/guix/utils.scm
index f1317ac756..1542e86f7a 100644
--- a/guix/utils.scm
+++ b/guix/utils.scm
@@ -74,6 +74,7 @@
             arguments-from-environment-variable
             file-extension
             file-sans-extension
+            switch-symlinks
             call-with-temporary-output-file
             call-with-temporary-directory
             with-atomic-file-output
@@ -557,6 +558,13 @@ minor version numbers from version-string."
         (substring file 0 dot)
         file)))
 
+(define (switch-symlinks link target)
+  "Atomically switch LINK, a symbolic link, to point to TARGET.  Works
+both when LINK already exists and when it does not."
+  (let ((pivot (string-append link ".new")))
+    (symlink target pivot)
+    (rename-file pivot link)))
+
 (define* (string-replace-substring str substr replacement
                                    #:optional
                                    (start 0)