diff --git a/apps/oxfmt/src/cli/service.rs b/apps/oxfmt/src/cli/service.rs
index ec2b51ef993fd..dea3651a88e70 100644
--- a/apps/oxfmt/src/cli/service.rs
+++ b/apps/oxfmt/src/cli/service.rs
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-use std::{fs, io, path::Path, sync::mpsc, time::Instant};
+use std::{fs, path::Path, sync::mpsc, time::Instant};
 
 use cow_utils::CowUtils;
 use rayon::prelude::*;
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ use rayon::prelude::*;
 use oxc_diagnostics::{DiagnosticSender, DiagnosticService};
 
 use super::command::OutputOptions;
-use crate::core::{FormatFileSource, FormatResult, SourceFormatter};
+use crate::core::{FormatFileSource, FormatResult, SourceFormatter, utils};
 
 pub enum SuccessResult {
     Changed(String),
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ impl FormatService {
             let start_time = Instant::now();
 
             let path = entry.path();
-            let Ok(source_text) = read_to_string(path) else {
+            let Ok(source_text) = utils::read_to_string(path) else {
                 // This happens if binary file is attempted to be formatted
                 // e.g. `.ts` for MPEG-TS video file
                 let diagnostics = DiagnosticService::wrap_diagnostics(
@@ -105,19 +105,3 @@ impl FormatService {
         });
     }
 }
-
-// ---
-
-fn read_to_string(path: &Path) -> io::Result<String> {
-    // `simdutf8` is faster than `std::str::from_utf8` which `fs::read_to_string` uses internally
-    let bytes = fs::read(path)?;
-    if simdutf8::basic::from_utf8(&bytes).is_err() {
-        // Same error as `fs::read_to_string` produces (using `io::ErrorKind::InvalidData`)
-        return Err(io::Error::new(
-            io::ErrorKind::InvalidData,
-            "stream did not contain valid UTF-8",
-        ));
-    }
-    // SAFETY: `simdutf8` has ensured it's a valid UTF-8 string
-    Ok(unsafe { String::from_utf8_unchecked(bytes) })
-}
diff --git a/apps/oxfmt/src/core/mod.rs b/apps/oxfmt/src/core/mod.rs
index 684f60dea0abf..006f61abb5a90 100644
--- a/apps/oxfmt/src/core/mod.rs
+++ b/apps/oxfmt/src/core/mod.rs
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 mod format;
 mod support;
+pub mod utils;
 
 #[cfg(feature = "napi")]
 mod external_formatter;
diff --git a/apps/oxfmt/src/core/utils.rs b/apps/oxfmt/src/core/utils.rs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..72d23021af147
--- /dev/null
+++ b/apps/oxfmt/src/core/utils.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+use std::{fs, io, path::Path};
+
+pub fn read_to_string(path: &Path) -> io::Result<String> {
+    // `simdutf8` is faster than `std::str::from_utf8` which `fs::read_to_string` uses internally
+    let bytes = fs::read(path)?;
+    if simdutf8::basic::from_utf8(&bytes).is_err() {
+        // Same error as `fs::read_to_string` produces (using `io::ErrorKind::InvalidData`)
+        return Err(io::Error::new(
+            io::ErrorKind::InvalidData,
+            "stream did not contain valid UTF-8",
+        ));
+    }
+    // SAFETY: `simdutf8` has ensured it's a valid UTF-8 string
+    Ok(unsafe { String::from_utf8_unchecked(bytes) })
+}