diff --git a/apps/routerconsole/java/src/net/i2p/router/web/NetDbRenderer.java b/apps/routerconsole/java/src/net/i2p/router/web/NetDbRenderer.java
index 6a9088ca4..22ab18943 100644
--- a/apps/routerconsole/java/src/net/i2p/router/web/NetDbRenderer.java
+++ b/apps/routerconsole/java/src/net/i2p/router/web/NetDbRenderer.java
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ import net.i2p.data.RouterAddress;
 import net.i2p.data.RouterInfo;
 import net.i2p.router.RouterContext;
 import net.i2p.router.TunnelPoolSettings;
-import net.i2p.router.networkdb.kademlia.HashDistance;   // debug
+import net.i2p.router.util.HashDistance;   // debug
 import net.i2p.router.networkdb.kademlia.FloodfillNetworkDatabaseFacade;
 import net.i2p.util.ObjectCounter;
 import net.i2p.util.VersionComparator;
diff --git a/router/java/src/net/i2p/router/networkdb/kademlia/PeerSelector.java b/router/java/src/net/i2p/router/networkdb/kademlia/PeerSelector.java
index de41d63e3..f6b48216b 100644
--- a/router/java/src/net/i2p/router/networkdb/kademlia/PeerSelector.java
+++ b/router/java/src/net/i2p/router/networkdb/kademlia/PeerSelector.java
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@ import java.util.TreeMap;
 import net.i2p.data.Hash;
 import net.i2p.data.RouterInfo;
 import net.i2p.router.RouterContext;
+import net.i2p.router.util.HashDistance;
 import net.i2p.util.Log;
 
 /**
diff --git a/router/java/src/net/i2p/router/tunnel/pool/TunnelPeerSelector.java b/router/java/src/net/i2p/router/tunnel/pool/TunnelPeerSelector.java
index a1c6f2ab7..f125cf42e 100644
--- a/router/java/src/net/i2p/router/tunnel/pool/TunnelPeerSelector.java
+++ b/router/java/src/net/i2p/router/tunnel/pool/TunnelPeerSelector.java
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ import net.i2p.router.Router;
 import net.i2p.router.RouterContext;
 import net.i2p.router.TunnelPoolSettings;
 import net.i2p.router.networkdb.kademlia.FloodfillNetworkDatabaseFacade;
-import net.i2p.router.networkdb.kademlia.HashDistance;
+import net.i2p.router.util.HashDistance;
 import net.i2p.util.Log;
 import net.i2p.util.VersionComparator;
 
diff --git a/router/java/src/net/i2p/router/networkdb/kademlia/HashDistance.java b/router/java/src/net/i2p/router/util/HashDistance.java
similarity index 94%
rename from router/java/src/net/i2p/router/networkdb/kademlia/HashDistance.java
rename to router/java/src/net/i2p/router/util/HashDistance.java
index eb6ed1c74..ff9a88b33 100644
--- a/router/java/src/net/i2p/router/networkdb/kademlia/HashDistance.java
+++ b/router/java/src/net/i2p/router/util/HashDistance.java
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-package net.i2p.router.networkdb.kademlia;
+package net.i2p.router.util;
 /*
  * free (adj.): unencumbered; not under the control of others
  * Written by jrandom in 2003 and released into the public domain