diff --git a/hw/dma/xlnx_dpdma.c b/hw/dma/xlnx_dpdma.c
index 2d7eae72cd..dd66be5265 100644
--- a/hw/dma/xlnx_dpdma.c
+++ b/hw/dma/xlnx_dpdma.c
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@
  */
 
 #include "qemu/osdep.h"
-#include "qemu-common.h"
+#include "qemu/cutils.h"
 #include "qemu/log.h"
 #include "qemu/module.h"
 #include "hw/dma/xlnx_dpdma.h"
diff --git a/hw/usb/ccid-card-passthru.c b/hw/usb/ccid-card-passthru.c
index fa3040fb71..f530ab2565 100644
--- a/hw/usb/ccid-card-passthru.c
+++ b/hw/usb/ccid-card-passthru.c
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@
  */
 
 #include "qemu/osdep.h"
-#include "qemu-common.h"
+#include "qemu/cutils.h"
 #include "qemu/units.h"
 #include <libcacard.h>
 #include "chardev/char-fe.h"
diff --git a/hw/usb/dev-smartcard-reader.c b/hw/usb/dev-smartcard-reader.c
index 91ffd9f8ae..28164d89be 100644
--- a/hw/usb/dev-smartcard-reader.c
+++ b/hw/usb/dev-smartcard-reader.c
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@
 #include "qemu/osdep.h"
 #include "qemu/units.h"
 #include "qapi/error.h"
-#include "qemu-common.h"
+#include "qemu/cutils.h"
 #include "qemu/error-report.h"
 #include "qemu/module.h"
 #include "hw/qdev-properties.h"
diff --git a/hw/usb/redirect.c b/hw/usb/redirect.c
index 8692ea2561..3bc4dee7fe 100644
--- a/hw/usb/redirect.c
+++ b/hw/usb/redirect.c
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@
  */
 
 #include "qemu/osdep.h"
-#include "qemu-common.h"
+#include "qemu/cutils.h"
 #include "qemu/units.h"
 #include "qapi/error.h"
 #include "qemu/timer.h"
diff --git a/hw/virtio/vhost-vdpa.c b/hw/virtio/vhost-vdpa.c
index bc54f9fc44..b57be529c7 100644
--- a/hw/virtio/vhost-vdpa.c
+++ b/hw/virtio/vhost-vdpa.c
@@ -20,10 +20,10 @@
 #include "hw/virtio/vhost-shadow-virtqueue.h"
 #include "hw/virtio/vhost-vdpa.h"
 #include "exec/address-spaces.h"
+#include "qemu/cutils.h"
 #include "qemu/main-loop.h"
 #include "cpu.h"
 #include "trace.h"
-#include "qemu-common.h"
 #include "qapi/error.h"
 
 /*
diff --git a/include/qemu-common.h b/include/qemu-common.h
index 5f53a0e112..08f40a9d1e 100644
--- a/include/qemu-common.h
+++ b/include/qemu-common.h
@@ -54,26 +54,6 @@ const char *qemu_get_vm_name(void);
 void os_setup_early_signal_handling(void);
 int os_parse_cmd_args(int index, const char *optarg);
 
-/*
- * Hexdump a line of a byte buffer into a hexadecimal/ASCII buffer
- */
-#define QEMU_HEXDUMP_LINE_BYTES 16 /* Number of bytes to dump */
-#define QEMU_HEXDUMP_LINE_LEN 75   /* Number of characters in line */
-void qemu_hexdump_line(char *line, unsigned int b, const void *bufptr,
-                       unsigned int len, bool ascii);
-
-/*
- * Hexdump a buffer to a file. An optional string prefix is added to every line
- */
-
-void qemu_hexdump(FILE *fp, const char *prefix,
-                  const void *bufptr, size_t size);
-
-/*
- * helper to parse debug environment variables
- */
-int parse_debug_env(const char *name, int max, int initial);
-
 void page_size_init(void);
 
 #endif
diff --git a/include/qemu/cutils.h b/include/qemu/cutils.h
index 320543950c..2137e65260 100644
--- a/include/qemu/cutils.h
+++ b/include/qemu/cutils.h
@@ -214,4 +214,24 @@ static inline const char *yes_no(bool b)
      return b ? "yes" : "no";
 }
 
+/*
+ * helper to parse debug environment variables
+ */
+int parse_debug_env(const char *name, int max, int initial);
+
+/*
+ * Hexdump a line of a byte buffer into a hexadecimal/ASCII buffer
+ */
+#define QEMU_HEXDUMP_LINE_BYTES 16 /* Number of bytes to dump */
+#define QEMU_HEXDUMP_LINE_LEN 75   /* Number of characters in line */
+void qemu_hexdump_line(char *line, unsigned int b, const void *bufptr,
+                       unsigned int len, bool ascii);
+
+/*
+ * Hexdump a buffer to a file. An optional string prefix is added to every line
+ */
+
+void qemu_hexdump(FILE *fp, const char *prefix,
+                  const void *bufptr, size_t size);
+
 #endif
diff --git a/net/announce.c b/net/announce.c
index 3b9e2f1f14..62c60192a3 100644
--- a/net/announce.c
+++ b/net/announce.c
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
  */
 
 #include "qemu/osdep.h"
-#include "qemu-common.h"
+#include "qemu/cutils.h"
 #include "net/announce.h"
 #include "net/net.h"
 #include "qapi/clone-visitor.h"
diff --git a/tests/qtest/npcm7xx_rng-test.c b/tests/qtest/npcm7xx_rng-test.c
index 797f832e53..35b1c1f5f6 100644
--- a/tests/qtest/npcm7xx_rng-test.c
+++ b/tests/qtest/npcm7xx_rng-test.c
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@
 
 #include "libqtest-single.h"
 #include "qemu/bitops.h"
-#include "qemu-common.h"
+#include "qemu/cutils.h"
 
 #define RNG_BASE_ADDR   0xf000b000
 
diff --git a/util/hexdump.c b/util/hexdump.c
index 2c105a8846..9921114b3c 100644
--- a/util/hexdump.c
+++ b/util/hexdump.c
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@
  */
 
 #include "qemu/osdep.h"
-#include "qemu-common.h"
+#include "qemu/cutils.h"
 
 void qemu_hexdump_line(char *line, unsigned int b, const void *bufptr,
                        unsigned int len, bool ascii)