diff --git a/src/@types/common.ts b/src/@types/common.ts
index 4126733397e..c1373d93297 100644
--- a/src/@types/common.ts
+++ b/src/@types/common.ts
@@ -2,3 +2,5 @@ export type ConditionFn = (args?: any[]) => boolean;
 
 /** Alias for the constructor of a class */
 export type Constructor<T> = new (...args: unknown[]) => T;
+
+export type nil = null | undefined;
diff --git a/src/data/battle-anims.ts b/src/data/battle-anims.ts
index ac93a0cac1c..e1966805b40 100644
--- a/src/data/battle-anims.ts
+++ b/src/data/battle-anims.ts
@@ -7,8 +7,9 @@ import { AnimBlendType, AnimFocus, AnimFrameTarget, ChargeAnim, CommonAnim } fro
 import { MoveFlags } from "#enums/move-flags";
 import { MoveId } from "#enums/move-id";
 import type { Pokemon } from "#field/pokemon";
+import type { nil } from "#types/common";
 import { coerceArray } from "#utils/array";
-import { getFrameMs, type nil } from "#utils/common";
+import { getFrameMs } from "#utils/common";
 import { getEnumKeys, getEnumValues } from "#utils/enums";
 import { toKebabCase } from "#utils/strings";
 import Phaser from "phaser";
diff --git a/src/data/pokemon-forms.ts b/src/data/pokemon-forms.ts
index 1b392f6fb21..0517459aaa1 100644
--- a/src/data/pokemon-forms.ts
+++ b/src/data/pokemon-forms.ts
@@ -24,8 +24,7 @@ import { SpeciesFormKey } from "#enums/species-form-key";
 import { SpeciesId } from "#enums/species-id";
 import { WeatherType } from "#enums/weather-type";
 import type { Pokemon } from "#field/pokemon";
-import type { Constructor } from "#types/common";
-import type { nil } from "#utils/common";
+import type { Constructor, nil } from "#types/common";
 
 export type SpeciesFormChangeConditionPredicate = (p: Pokemon) => boolean;
 export type SpeciesFormChangeConditionEnforceFunc = (p: Pokemon) => void;
diff --git a/src/phases/move-effect-phase.ts b/src/phases/move-effect-phase.ts
index be6d0164698..2115694d6c7 100644
--- a/src/phases/move-effect-phase.ts
+++ b/src/phases/move-effect-phase.ts
@@ -37,9 +37,9 @@ import { getMoveTargets, isFieldTargeted } from "#moves/move-utils";
 import { PokemonMove } from "#moves/pokemon-move";
 import { PokemonPhase } from "#phases/pokemon-phase";
 import { DamageAchv } from "#system/achv";
+import type { nil } from "#types/common";
 import type { DamageResult } from "#types/damage-result";
 import type { TurnMove } from "#types/turn-move";
-import type { nil } from "#utils/common";
 import { BooleanHolder, NumberHolder } from "#utils/common";
 import i18next from "i18next";
 
diff --git a/src/timed-event-manager.ts b/src/timed-event-manager.ts
index 75f4afa772e..d0ebb5607bb 100644
--- a/src/timed-event-manager.ts
+++ b/src/timed-event-manager.ts
@@ -7,8 +7,8 @@ import { MysteryEncounterType } from "#enums/mystery-encounter-type";
 import { SpeciesId } from "#enums/species-id";
 import { TextStyle } from "#enums/text-style";
 import { WeatherType } from "#enums/weather-type";
+import type { nil } from "#types/common";
 import { addTextObject } from "#ui/text";
-import type { nil } from "#utils/common";
 import i18next from "i18next";
 
 export enum EventType {
diff --git a/src/utils/common.ts b/src/utils/common.ts
index cd6b726938e..ae586b60455 100644
--- a/src/utils/common.ts
+++ b/src/utils/common.ts
@@ -3,8 +3,6 @@ import { MoneyFormat } from "#enums/money-format";
 import type { Variant } from "#sprites/variant";
 import i18next from "i18next";
 
-export type nil = null | undefined;
-
 export const MissingTextureKey = "__MISSING";
 
 // TODO: Draft tests for these utility functions