diff --git a/src/dotnet/DotnetFiles.cs b/src/Microsoft.DotNet.Cli.Utils/DotnetFiles.cs
similarity index 93%
rename from src/dotnet/DotnetFiles.cs
rename to src/Microsoft.DotNet.Cli.Utils/DotnetFiles.cs
index d4212fb6a..b27aec0a2 100644
--- a/src/dotnet/DotnetFiles.cs
+++ b/src/Microsoft.DotNet.Cli.Utils/DotnetFiles.cs
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ using Microsoft.DotNet.PlatformAbstractions;
 
 namespace Microsoft.DotNet.Cli
 {
-    internal static class DotnetFiles
+    public static class DotnetFiles
     {
         private static string SdkRootFolder => Path.Combine(typeof(DotnetFiles).GetTypeInfo().Assembly.Location, "..");
 
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ namespace Microsoft.DotNet.Cli
         /// </summary>
         public static string VersionFile => Path.GetFullPath(Path.Combine(SdkRootFolder, ".version"));
 
-        internal static DotnetVersionFile VersionFileObject
+        public static DotnetVersionFile VersionFileObject
         {
             get { return s_versionFileObject.Value; }
         }
diff --git a/src/Microsoft.DotNet.Cli.Utils/DotnetVersionFile.cs b/src/Microsoft.DotNet.Cli.Utils/DotnetVersionFile.cs
index 1f76067f2..ca8b981b3 100644
--- a/src/Microsoft.DotNet.Cli.Utils/DotnetVersionFile.cs
+++ b/src/Microsoft.DotNet.Cli.Utils/DotnetVersionFile.cs
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ using System.IO;
 
 namespace Microsoft.DotNet.Cli.Utils
 {
-    internal class DotnetVersionFile
+    public class DotnetVersionFile
     {
         public bool Exists { get; set; }
 
diff --git a/test/Microsoft.DotNet.Cli.Utils.Tests/Microsoft.DotNet.Cli.Utils.Tests.csproj b/test/Microsoft.DotNet.Cli.Utils.Tests/Microsoft.DotNet.Cli.Utils.Tests.csproj
index f6a081999..60b641ed6 100644
--- a/test/Microsoft.DotNet.Cli.Utils.Tests/Microsoft.DotNet.Cli.Utils.Tests.csproj
+++ b/test/Microsoft.DotNet.Cli.Utils.Tests/Microsoft.DotNet.Cli.Utils.Tests.csproj
@@ -13,7 +13,6 @@
 
   <ItemGroup>
     <Compile Include="**\*.cs" Exclude="bin\**;obj\**;**\*.xproj;packages\**" />
-    <Compile Include="..\..\src\dotnet\DotnetFiles.cs" />
     <EmbeddedResource Include="**\*.resx" />
     <EmbeddedResource Include="compiler\resources\**\*" />
     <Content Include="..\..\artifacts\*\stage2\sdk\*\.version">
diff --git a/test/Microsoft.DotNet.Tools.Tests.Utilities/Microsoft.DotNet.Tools.Tests.Utilities.csproj b/test/Microsoft.DotNet.Tools.Tests.Utilities/Microsoft.DotNet.Tools.Tests.Utilities.csproj
index 84ed8512e..88dd86b90 100644
--- a/test/Microsoft.DotNet.Tools.Tests.Utilities/Microsoft.DotNet.Tools.Tests.Utilities.csproj
+++ b/test/Microsoft.DotNet.Tools.Tests.Utilities/Microsoft.DotNet.Tools.Tests.Utilities.csproj
@@ -13,7 +13,6 @@
   </PropertyGroup>
   <ItemGroup>
     <Compile Include="**\*.cs" Exclude="bin\**;obj\**;**\*.xproj;packages\**" />
-    <Compile Include="..\..\src\dotnet\DotnetFiles.cs" Exclude="bin\**;obj\**;**\*.xproj;packages\**" />
     <EmbeddedResource Include="**\*.resx" />
     <EmbeddedResource Include="compiler\resources\**\*" />
   </ItemGroup>