diff --git a/common/content/editor.js b/common/content/editor.js
index 34460f49..d1f639b9 100644
--- a/common/content/editor.js
+++ b/common/content/editor.js
@@ -303,7 +303,6 @@ var Editor = Module("editor", {
             if (tmpfile && tmpfile.exists())
                 tmpfile.remove(false);
 
-            // blink the textbox after returning
             if (textBox) {
                 dactyl.focus(textBox);
                 for (let group in values(blink.concat(blink, ""))) {
diff --git a/common/content/hints.js b/common/content/hints.js
index e22d79a0..9147e27b 100644
--- a/common/content/hints.js
+++ b/common/content/hints.js
@@ -1012,42 +1012,6 @@ var Hints = Module("hints", {
         this.hintSession = HintSession(mode, opts);
     }
 }, {
-
-    compileMatcher: function compileMatcher(list) {
-        let xpath = [], css = [];
-        for (let elem in values(list))
-            if (/^xpath:/.test(elem))
-                xpath.push(elem.substr(6));
-            else
-                css.push(elem);
-
-        return update(
-            function matcher(node) {
-                if (matcher.xpath)
-                    for (let elem in util.evaluateXPath(matcher.xpath, node))
-                        yield elem;
-
-                if (matcher.css)
-                    for (let [, elem] in iter(node.querySelectorAll(matcher.css)))
-                        yield elem;
-            }, {
-                css: css.join(", "),
-                xpath: xpath.join(" | ")
-            });
-    },
-
-    validateMatcher: function validateMatcher(values) {
-        let evaluator = services.XPathEvaluator();
-        let node = util.xmlToDom(<div/>, document);
-        return this.testValues(values, function (value) {
-            if (/^xpath:/.test(value))
-                evaluator.createExpression(value.substr(6), util.evaluateXPath.resolver);
-            else
-                node.querySelector(value);
-            return true;
-        });
-    },
-
     translitTable: Class.memoize(function () {
         const table = {};
         [
@@ -1218,10 +1182,10 @@ var Hints = Module("hints", {
                         res ? res.matcher : default_,
                 setter: function (vals) {
                     for (let value in values(vals))
-                        value.matcher = Hints.compileMatcher(Option.splitList(value.result));
+                        value.matcher = util.compileMatcher(Option.splitList(value.result));
                     return vals;
                 },
-                validator: Hints.validateMatcher
+                validator: util.validateMatcher
             });
 
         options.add(["hinttags", "ht"],
@@ -1231,10 +1195,10 @@ var Hints = Module("hints", {
                           "[tabindex],[role=link],[role=button]",
             {
                 setter: function (values) {
-                    this.matcher = Hints.compileMatcher(values);
+                    this.matcher = util.compileMatcher(values);
                     return values;
                 },
-                validator: Hints.validateMatcher
+                validator: util.validateMatcher
             });
 
         options.add(["hintkeys", "hk"],
diff --git a/common/modules/util.jsm b/common/modules/util.jsm
index bd30a87a..8675aa24 100644
--- a/common/modules/util.jsm
+++ b/common/modules/util.jsm
@@ -405,6 +405,42 @@ var Util = Module("Util", XPCOM([Ci.nsIObserver, Ci.nsISupportsWeakReference]),
         return stack.top;
     },
 
+    compileMatcher: function compileMatcher(list) {
+        let xpath = [], css = [];
+        for (let elem in values(list))
+            if (/^xpath:/.test(elem))
+                xpath.push(elem.substr(6));
+            else
+                css.push(elem);
+
+        return update(
+            function matcher(node) {
+                if (matcher.xpath)
+                    for (let elem in util.evaluateXPath(matcher.xpath, node))
+                        yield elem;
+
+                if (matcher.css)
+                    for (let [, elem] in iter(node.querySelectorAll(matcher.css)))
+                        yield elem;
+            }, {
+                css: css.join(", "),
+                xpath: xpath.join(" | ")
+            });
+    },
+
+    validateMatcher: function validateMatcher(values) {
+        let evaluator = services.XPathEvaluator();
+        let node = util.xmlToDom(<div/>, document);
+        return this.testValues(values, function (value) {
+            if (/^xpath:/.test(value))
+                evaluator.createExpression(value.substr(6), util.evaluateXPath.resolver);
+            else
+                node.querySelector(value);
+            return true;
+        });
+    },
+
+
     /**
      * Returns an object representing a Node's computed CSS style.
      *