diff --git a/Library/Homebrew/brew.sh b/Library/Homebrew/brew.sh
index 31d41077e9..99bbfebb06 100644
--- a/Library/Homebrew/brew.sh
+++ b/Library/Homebrew/brew.sh
@@ -167,95 +167,7 @@ esac
 #####
 ##### Next, define all helper functions.
 #####
-
-# These variables are set from the user environment.
-# shellcheck disable=SC2154
-ohai() {
-  # Check whether stdout is a tty.
-  if [[ -n "${HOMEBREW_COLOR}" || (-t 1 && -z "${HOMEBREW_NO_COLOR}") ]]
-  then
-    echo -e "\\033[34m==>\\033[0m \\033[1m$*\\033[0m" # blue arrow and bold text
-  else
-    echo "==> $*"
-  fi
-}
-
-opoo() {
-  # Check whether stderr is a tty.
-  if [[ -n "${HOMEBREW_COLOR}" || (-t 2 && -z "${HOMEBREW_NO_COLOR}") ]]
-  then
-    echo -ne "\\033[4;33mWarning\\033[0m: " >&2 # highlight Warning with underline and yellow color
-  else
-    echo -n "Warning: " >&2
-  fi
-  if [[ $# -eq 0 ]]
-  then
-    cat >&2
-  else
-    echo "$*" >&2
-  fi
-}
-
-bold() {
-  # Check whether stderr is a tty.
-  if [[ -n "${HOMEBREW_COLOR}" || (-t 2 && -z "${HOMEBREW_NO_COLOR}") ]]
-  then
-    echo -e "\\033[1m""$*""\\033[0m"
-  else
-    echo "$*"
-  fi
-}
-
-onoe() {
-  # Check whether stderr is a tty.
-  if [[ -n "${HOMEBREW_COLOR}" || (-t 2 && -z "${HOMEBREW_NO_COLOR}") ]]
-  then
-    echo -ne "\\033[4;31mError\\033[0m: " >&2 # highlight Error with underline and red color
-  else
-    echo -n "Error: " >&2
-  fi
-  if [[ $# -eq 0 ]]
-  then
-    cat >&2
-  else
-    echo "$*" >&2
-  fi
-}
-
-odie() {
-  onoe "$@"
-  exit 1
-}
-
-safe_cd() {
-  cd "$@" >/dev/null || odie "Failed to cd to $*!"
-}
-
-brew() {
-  # This variable is set by bin/brew
-  # shellcheck disable=SC2154
-  "${HOMEBREW_BREW_FILE}" "$@"
-}
-
-curl() {
-  "${HOMEBREW_LIBRARY}/Homebrew/shims/shared/curl" "$@"
-}
-
-git() {
-  "${HOMEBREW_LIBRARY}/Homebrew/shims/shared/git" "$@"
-}
-
-# Search given executable in PATH (remove dependency for `which` command)
-which() {
-  # Alias to Bash built-in command `type -P`
-  type -P "$@"
-}
-
-numeric() {
-  # Condense the exploded argument into a single return value.
-  # shellcheck disable=SC2086,SC2183
-  printf "%01d%02d%02d%03d" ${1//[.rc]/ } 2>/dev/null
-}
+source "${HOMEBREW_LIBRARY}/Homebrew/utils/helpers.sh"
 
 check-run-command-as-root() {
   [[ "${EUID}" == 0 || "${UID}" == 0 ]] || return
diff --git a/Library/Homebrew/cmd/setup-ruby.sh b/Library/Homebrew/cmd/setup-ruby.sh
index d5ec49ffcb..42099874f7 100644
--- a/Library/Homebrew/cmd/setup-ruby.sh
+++ b/Library/Homebrew/cmd/setup-ruby.sh
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@
 # HOMEBREW_BREW_FILE is set by extend/ENV/super.rb
 # shellcheck disable=SC2154
 homebrew-setup-ruby() {
+  source "${HOMEBREW_LIBRARY}/Homebrew/utils/helpers.sh"
   source "${HOMEBREW_LIBRARY}/Homebrew/utils/ruby.sh"
   setup-ruby-path
 
diff --git a/Library/Homebrew/utils/helpers.sh b/Library/Homebrew/utils/helpers.sh
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..10388d6875
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Library/Homebrew/utils/helpers.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,88 @@
+# These variables are set from the user environment.
+# shellcheck disable=SC2154
+ohai() {
+  # Check whether stdout is a tty.
+  if [[ -n "${HOMEBREW_COLOR}" || (-t 1 && -z "${HOMEBREW_NO_COLOR}") ]]
+  then
+    echo -e "\\033[34m==>\\033[0m \\033[1m$*\\033[0m" # blue arrow and bold text
+  else
+    echo "==> $*"
+  fi
+}
+
+opoo() {
+  # Check whether stderr is a tty.
+  if [[ -n "${HOMEBREW_COLOR}" || (-t 2 && -z "${HOMEBREW_NO_COLOR}") ]]
+  then
+    echo -ne "\\033[4;33mWarning\\033[0m: " >&2 # highlight Warning with underline and yellow color
+  else
+    echo -n "Warning: " >&2
+  fi
+  if [[ $# -eq 0 ]]
+  then
+    cat >&2
+  else
+    echo "$*" >&2
+  fi
+}
+
+bold() {
+  # Check whether stderr is a tty.
+  if [[ -n "${HOMEBREW_COLOR}" || (-t 2 && -z "${HOMEBREW_NO_COLOR}") ]]
+  then
+    echo -e "\\033[1m""$*""\\033[0m"
+  else
+    echo "$*"
+  fi
+}
+
+onoe() {
+  # Check whether stderr is a tty.
+  if [[ -n "${HOMEBREW_COLOR}" || (-t 2 && -z "${HOMEBREW_NO_COLOR}") ]]
+  then
+    echo -ne "\\033[4;31mError\\033[0m: " >&2 # highlight Error with underline and red color
+  else
+    echo -n "Error: " >&2
+  fi
+  if [[ $# -eq 0 ]]
+  then
+    cat >&2
+  else
+    echo "$*" >&2
+  fi
+}
+
+odie() {
+  onoe "$@"
+  exit 1
+}
+
+safe_cd() {
+  cd "$@" >/dev/null || odie "Failed to cd to $*!"
+}
+
+brew() {
+  # This variable is set by bin/brew
+  # shellcheck disable=SC2154
+  "${HOMEBREW_BREW_FILE}" "$@"
+}
+
+curl() {
+  "${HOMEBREW_LIBRARY}/Homebrew/shims/shared/curl" "$@"
+}
+
+git() {
+  "${HOMEBREW_LIBRARY}/Homebrew/shims/shared/git" "$@"
+}
+
+# Search given executable in PATH (remove dependency for `which` command)
+which() {
+  # Alias to Bash built-in command `type -P`
+  type -P "$@"
+}
+
+numeric() {
+  # Condense the exploded argument into a single return value.
+  # shellcheck disable=SC2086,SC2183
+  printf "%01d%02d%02d%03d" ${1//[.rc]/ } 2>/dev/null
+}