diff --git a/labscore/cardstack/stack.js b/labscore/cardstack/stack.js
index 27a2947..eacd34c 100644
--- a/labscore/cardstack/stack.js
+++ b/labscore/cardstack/stack.js
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ const {
   ResolveCallbackTypes
 } = require("./constants");
 const {InteractiveComponentTypes, DEFAULT_BUTTON_STYLES} = require("#cardstack/constants");
-const {Xid} = require("#utils/hash");
+const {xid} = require("utils");
 
 /**
  * Stores all active card stacks
@@ -338,7 +338,7 @@ class DynamicCardStack {
     let component = {
       type: MessageComponentTypes.BUTTON,
       // id/XID is used for dynamically generated components via BUTTON_GENERATOR
-      customId: button.customId ? id + "/" + Xid(button.customId) : id,
+      customId: button.customId ? id + "/" + xid(button.customId) : id,
       style: button.style || 2,
       disabled: disabled
     }
diff --git a/labscore/utils/hash.js b/labscore/utils/hash.js
deleted file mode 100644
index 6d49d77..0000000
--- a/labscore/utils/hash.js
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,53 +0,0 @@
-// Adapted from https://github.com/google/closure-compiler/blob/master/src/com/google/javascript/jscomp/Xid.java
-const START_CHARS = "abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyzABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ";
-const CHARS = START_CHARS + "0123456789";
-const START_RADIX = START_CHARS.length;
-const RADIX = CHARS.length;
-
-/**
- * A simple utility for shortening identifiers in a stable way. Generates
- * short substitution strings deterministically, using a compact
- * (1 to 6 characters in length) repesentation of a 32-bit hash of the key.
- * The string is suitable to be used as a JavaScript or CSS identifier.
- * Collisions are possible but unlikely, depending on the underlying hash algorithm used.
- *
- * This substitution scheme uses case-sensitive names for maximum
- * compression. Digits are also allowed in all but the first character of a
- * class name. There are a few characters allowed by the CSS grammar that we
- * choose not to use (e.g. the underscore and hyphen), to keep names simple.
- *
- * Xid should maintain as minimal dependencies as possible to ease its
- * integration with other tools, such as server side HTML generators.
- *
- * (https://github.com/google/closure-compiler/blob/master/src/com/google/javascript/jscomp/Xid.java#L18-L32)
- *
- * @param input Input
- * @returns {string} Xid
- */
-module.exports.Xid = (input) => {
-  if(typeof(input)==="string"){
-    var h = 0, i, c;
-    if (input.length === 0) return h;
-    for (i = 0; i < input.length; i++) {
-      c = input.charCodeAt(i);
-      h = ((h << 5) - h) + c;
-      h |= 0;
-    }
-    if(h<=0) h = h*-1;
-    input = h;
-  }
-
-  const buf = new Array(6);
-  let len = 0;
-
-  let l = input - Math.floor(Number.MIN_SAFE_INTEGER);
-  buf[len++] = START_CHARS.charAt(Math.floor(l % START_RADIX));
-  input = Math.floor(l / START_RADIX);
-
-  while (input > 0) {
-    buf[len++] = CHARS.charAt(input % RADIX);
-    input = Math.floor(input / RADIX);
-  }
-
-  return buf.slice(0, len).reverse().join("");
-}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index bb19d49..e8bea51 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -22,7 +22,8 @@
     "dotenv": "^16.4.7",
     "emoji-aware": "^3.1.0",
     "eventemitter3": "^5.0.1",
-    "superagent": "^10.1.1"
+    "superagent": "^10.1.1",
+    "utils": "gitlab:bignutty/utils"
   },
   "imports": {
     "#api": "./labscore/api/index.js",