diff --git a/src/compiler/build/build.ts b/src/compiler/build/build.ts
index b9697964167..38b4a18145c 100644
--- a/src/compiler/build/build.ts
+++ b/src/compiler/build/build.ts
@@ -1,9 +1,10 @@
 import { BuildResults, CompilerCtx, Config, WatcherResults } from '../../declarations';
 import { bundle } from '../bundle/bundle';
-import { catchError, getCompilerCtx } from '../util';
+import { catchError } from '../util';
 import { copyTasks } from '../copy/copy-tasks';
 import { emptyDestDir, writeBuildFiles } from './write-build';
 import { getBuildContext } from './build-utils';
+import { getCompilerCtx } from './compiler-ctx';
 import { generateAppFiles } from '../app/generate-app-files';
 import { generateBundles } from '../bundle/generate-bundles';
 import { generateEntryModules } from '../entries/entry-modules';
diff --git a/src/compiler/build/compiler-ctx.ts b/src/compiler/build/compiler-ctx.ts
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..262eb658b38
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/compiler/build/compiler-ctx.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+import { BuildEvents } from '../events';
+import { Cache } from '../cache';
+import { CompilerCtx, Config } from '../../declarations';
+import { InMemoryFileSystem } from '../../util/in-memory-fs';
+
+
+export function getCompilerCtx(config: Config, compilerCtx?: CompilerCtx) {
+  // reusable data between builds
+  compilerCtx = compilerCtx || {};
+  compilerCtx.fs = compilerCtx.fs || new InMemoryFileSystem(config.sys.fs, config.sys.path);
+  compilerCtx.cache = compilerCtx.cache || new Cache(config, new InMemoryFileSystem(config.sys.fs, config.sys.path), config.sys.tmpdir());
+  compilerCtx.events = compilerCtx.events || new BuildEvents(config);
+  compilerCtx.appFiles = compilerCtx.appFiles || {};
+  compilerCtx.moduleFiles = compilerCtx.moduleFiles || {};
+  compilerCtx.rollupCache = compilerCtx.rollupCache || {};
+  compilerCtx.collections = compilerCtx.collections || {};
+  compilerCtx.compiledModuleJsText = compilerCtx.compiledModuleJsText || {};
+  compilerCtx.compiledModuleLegacyJsText = compilerCtx.compiledModuleLegacyJsText || {};
+
+  if (typeof compilerCtx.activeBuildId !== 'number') {
+    compilerCtx.activeBuildId = -1;
+  }
+
+  return compilerCtx;
+}
diff --git a/src/compiler/compiler.ts b/src/compiler/compiler.ts
index aa8ea08a9e7..ffeb6328f12 100644
--- a/src/compiler/compiler.ts
+++ b/src/compiler/compiler.ts
@@ -1,7 +1,8 @@
 import { BuildResults, CompilerCtx, CompilerEventName, Config, Diagnostic } from '../declarations';
 import { build } from './build/build';
-import { catchError, getCompilerCtx } from './util';
+import { catchError } from './util';
 import { docs } from './docs/docs';
+import { getCompilerCtx } from './build/compiler-ctx';
 import { InMemoryFileSystem } from '../util/in-memory-fs';
 import { validateBuildConfig } from '../compiler/config/validate-config';
 import { validatePrerenderConfig } from './prerender/validate-prerender-config';
diff --git a/src/compiler/docs/docs.ts b/src/compiler/docs/docs.ts
index 320a114add1..dca1e54a971 100644
--- a/src/compiler/docs/docs.ts
+++ b/src/compiler/docs/docs.ts
@@ -1,8 +1,9 @@
 import { CompilerCtx, Config } from '../../declarations';
-import { catchError, getCompilerCtx, hasError } from '../util';
+import { catchError, hasError } from '../util';
 import { cleanDiagnostics } from '../../util/logger/logger-util';
 import { generateReadmes } from './generate-readmes';
 import { getBuildContext } from '../build/build-utils';
+import { getCompilerCtx } from '../build/compiler-ctx';
 import { transpileAppModules } from '../transpile/transpile-app-modules';
 
 
diff --git a/src/compiler/util.ts b/src/compiler/util.ts
index 7c6783b7952..ef953eeed68 100644
--- a/src/compiler/util.ts
+++ b/src/compiler/util.ts
@@ -1,29 +1,5 @@
 import { BANNER } from '../util/constants';
-import { BuildEvents } from './events';
-import { Cache } from './cache';
 import { CompilerCtx, Config, Diagnostic, SourceTarget } from '../declarations';
-import { InMemoryFileSystem } from '../util/in-memory-fs';
-
-
-export function getCompilerCtx(config: Config, compilerCtx?: CompilerCtx) {
-  // reusable data between builds
-  compilerCtx = compilerCtx || {};
-  compilerCtx.fs = compilerCtx.fs || new InMemoryFileSystem(config.sys.fs, config.sys.path);
-  compilerCtx.cache = compilerCtx.cache || new Cache(config, new InMemoryFileSystem(config.sys.fs, config.sys.path), config.sys.tmpdir());
-  compilerCtx.events = compilerCtx.events || new BuildEvents(config);
-  compilerCtx.appFiles = compilerCtx.appFiles || {};
-  compilerCtx.moduleFiles = compilerCtx.moduleFiles || {};
-  compilerCtx.rollupCache = compilerCtx.rollupCache || {};
-  compilerCtx.collections = compilerCtx.collections || {};
-  compilerCtx.compiledModuleJsText = compilerCtx.compiledModuleJsText || {};
-  compilerCtx.compiledModuleLegacyJsText = compilerCtx.compiledModuleLegacyJsText || {};
-
-  if (typeof compilerCtx.activeBuildId !== 'number') {
-    compilerCtx.activeBuildId = -1;
-  }
-
-  return compilerCtx;
-}
 
 
 /**
diff --git a/src/server/renderer.ts b/src/server/renderer.ts
index aabf72f715d..bf482aeda06 100644
--- a/src/server/renderer.ts
+++ b/src/server/renderer.ts
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 import { CompilerCtx, ComponentRegistry, Config, HydrateOptions, HydrateResults } from '../declarations';
-import { catchError, getCompilerCtx } from '../compiler/util';
+import { catchError } from '../compiler/util';
+import { getCompilerCtx } from '../compiler/build/compiler-ctx';
 import { getGlobalWWW } from '../compiler/app/app-file-naming';
 import { hydrateHtml } from './hydrate-html';
 import { InMemoryFileSystem } from '../util/in-memory-fs';