diff --git a/packages/functions-runtime/src/ModelAPI.js b/packages/functions-runtime/src/ModelAPI.js
index 03b8fdd6e..bd84f61e1 100644
--- a/packages/functions-runtime/src/ModelAPI.js
+++ b/packages/functions-runtime/src/ModelAPI.js
@@ -2,9 +2,9 @@ const { sql } = require("kysely");
 const { useDatabase } = require("./database");
 const {
   transformRichDataTypes,
-  isPlainObject,
   isReferencingExistingRecord,
 } = require("./parsing");
+const { isPlainObject } = require("./type-utils");
 const { QueryBuilder } = require("./QueryBuilder");
 const { QueryContext } = require("./QueryContext");
 const { applyWhereConditions } = require("./applyWhereConditions");
diff --git a/packages/functions-runtime/src/camelCasePlugin.js b/packages/functions-runtime/src/camelCasePlugin.js
index 443a5f0a6..f13e297b4 100644
--- a/packages/functions-runtime/src/camelCasePlugin.js
+++ b/packages/functions-runtime/src/camelCasePlugin.js
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 const { CamelCasePlugin } = require("kysely");
-const { isPlainObject, isRichType } = require("./parsing");
+const { isPlainObject, isRichType } = require("./type-utils");
+
 // KeelCamelCasePlugin is a wrapper around kysely's camel case plugin.
 class KeelCamelCasePlugin {
   constructor(opt) {
diff --git a/packages/functions-runtime/src/parsing.js b/packages/functions-runtime/src/parsing.js
index 19fca656c..aa2a16b82 100644
--- a/packages/functions-runtime/src/parsing.js
+++ b/packages/functions-runtime/src/parsing.js
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 const { Duration } = require("./Duration");
 const { InlineFile, File } = require("./File");
+const { isPlainObject } = require("./type-utils");
 
 // parseInputs takes a set of inputs and creates objects for the ones that are of a complex type.
 //
@@ -81,18 +82,6 @@ function transformRichDataTypes(data) {
   return row;
 }
 
-function isPlainObject(obj) {
-  return Object.prototype.toString.call(obj) === "[object Object]";
-}
-
-function isRichType(obj) {
-  if (!isPlainObject(obj)) {
-    return false;
-  }
-
-  return obj instanceof Duration;
-}
-
 function isReferencingExistingRecord(value) {
   return Object.keys(value).length === 1 && value.id;
 }
@@ -101,7 +90,5 @@ module.exports = {
   parseInputs,
   parseOutputs,
   transformRichDataTypes,
-  isPlainObject,
-  isRichType,
   isReferencingExistingRecord,
 };
diff --git a/packages/functions-runtime/src/type-utils.js b/packages/functions-runtime/src/type-utils.js
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..235b82808
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/functions-runtime/src/type-utils.js
@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+const { Duration } = require("./Duration");
+
+function isPlainObject(obj) {
+  return Object.prototype.toString.call(obj) === "[object Object]";
+}
+
+function isRichType(obj) {
+  if (!isPlainObject(obj)) {
+    return false;
+  }
+
+  return obj instanceof Duration;
+}
+
+module.exports = {
+  isPlainObject,
+  isRichType,
+};