diff --git a/src/Logic/Actors/SelectedElementTagsUpdater.ts b/src/Logic/Actors/SelectedElementTagsUpdater.ts
index 67a7c2b44..f34ec863e 100644
--- a/src/Logic/Actors/SelectedElementTagsUpdater.ts
+++ b/src/Logic/Actors/SelectedElementTagsUpdater.ts
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ import { Changes } from "../Osm/Changes"
 import ThemeConfig from "../../Models/ThemeConfig/ThemeConfig"
 import FeaturePropertiesStore from "../FeatureSource/Actors/FeaturePropertiesStore"
 import { WithChangesState } from "../../Models/ThemeViewState/WithChangesState"
+import Objects from "../../Utils/Objects"
 
 export default class SelectedElementTagsUpdater {
     private static readonly metatags = new Set([
@@ -160,7 +161,7 @@ export default class SelectedElementTagsUpdater {
                 const newGeometry = osmObject.asGeoJson()?.geometry
                 const oldFeature = state.indexedFeatures.featuresById.data.get(id)
                 const oldGeometry = oldFeature?.geometry
-                if (oldGeometry !== undefined && !Utils.SameObject(newGeometry, oldGeometry)) {
+                if (oldGeometry !== undefined && !Objects.sameObject(newGeometry, oldGeometry)) {
                     console.log("Detected a difference in geometry for ", id)
                     this.invalidateCache(s)
                     oldFeature.geometry = newGeometry
diff --git a/src/Logic/FeatureSource/Actors/SaveFeatureSourceToLocalStorage.ts b/src/Logic/FeatureSource/Actors/SaveFeatureSourceToLocalStorage.ts
index c9cb4b04c..8f3d009f2 100644
--- a/src/Logic/FeatureSource/Actors/SaveFeatureSourceToLocalStorage.ts
+++ b/src/Logic/FeatureSource/Actors/SaveFeatureSourceToLocalStorage.ts
@@ -4,9 +4,9 @@ import TileLocalStorage from "./TileLocalStorage"
 import { GeoOperations } from "../../GeoOperations"
 import FeaturePropertiesStore from "./FeaturePropertiesStore"
 import { UIEventSource } from "../../UIEventSource"
-import { Utils } from "../../../Utils"
 import { Tiles } from "../../../Models/TileRange"
 import { BBox } from "../../BBox"
+import { Lists } from "../../../Utils/Lists"
 
 class SingleTileSaver {
     private readonly _storage: UIEventSource<Feature[]>
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ class SingleTileSaver {
     }
 
     public saveFeatures(features: Feature[]) {
-        if (Utils.sameList(features, this._storage.data)) {
+        if (Lists.sameList(features, this._storage.data)) {
             return
         }
         for (const feature of features) {
diff --git a/src/Logic/FeatureSource/Sources/ChangeGeometryApplicator.ts b/src/Logic/FeatureSource/Sources/ChangeGeometryApplicator.ts
index dee5f8994..90cc9ef1b 100644
--- a/src/Logic/FeatureSource/Sources/ChangeGeometryApplicator.ts
+++ b/src/Logic/FeatureSource/Sources/ChangeGeometryApplicator.ts
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ import { Stores, UIEventSource } from "../../UIEventSource"
 import { FeatureSource, IndexedFeatureSource } from "../FeatureSource"
 import { ChangeDescription, ChangeDescriptionTools } from "../../Osm/Actions/ChangeDescription"
 import { Feature } from "geojson"
-import { Utils } from "../../../Utils"
+import Objects from "../../../Utils/Objects"
 
 export default class ChangeGeometryApplicator implements FeatureSource {
     public readonly features: UIEventSource<Feature[]> = new UIEventSource<Feature[]>([])
@@ -69,7 +69,7 @@ export default class ChangeGeometryApplicator implements FeatureSource {
             // We only apply the last change as that one'll have the latest geometry
             const change = changesForFeature[changesForFeature.length - 1]
             copy.geometry = ChangeDescriptionTools.getGeojsonGeometry(change)
-            if (Utils.SameObject(copy.geometry, feature.geometry)) {
+            if (Objects.sameObject(copy.geometry, feature.geometry)) {
                 // No actual changes: pass along the original
                 newFeatures.push(feature)
                 continue
diff --git a/src/Logic/FeatureSource/Sources/OverpassFeatureSource.ts b/src/Logic/FeatureSource/Sources/OverpassFeatureSource.ts
index 37be66206..7cbad0368 100644
--- a/src/Logic/FeatureSource/Sources/OverpassFeatureSource.ts
+++ b/src/Logic/FeatureSource/Sources/OverpassFeatureSource.ts
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ import { BBox } from "../../BBox"
 import { OsmFeature } from "../../../Models/OsmFeature"
 import { Lists } from "../../../Utils/Lists"
 
-;("use strict")
+("use strict")
 
 /**
  * A wrapper around the 'Overpass'-object.
@@ -229,7 +229,7 @@ export default class OverpassFeatureSource<T extends OsmFeature = OsmFeature> im
         const requestedBounds = this.state.bounds.data
         if (
             this._lastQueryBBox !== undefined &&
-            Utils.sameList(this._layersToDownload.data, this._lastRequestedLayers) &&
+            Lists.sameList(this._layersToDownload.data, this._lastRequestedLayers) &&
             requestedBounds.isContainedIn(this._lastQueryBBox)
         ) {
             return undefined
diff --git a/src/Logic/Search/FilterSearch.ts b/src/Logic/Search/FilterSearch.ts
index 6dbf346f2..7cc80b653 100644
--- a/src/Logic/Search/FilterSearch.ts
+++ b/src/Logic/Search/FilterSearch.ts
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ export default class FilterSearch {
             .split(" ")
             .map((query) => {
                 if (!Strings.isEmoji(query)) {
-                    return Utils.simplifyStringForSearch(query)
+                    return Strings.simplifyStringForSearch(query)
                 }
                 return query
             })
@@ -64,7 +64,7 @@ export default class FilterSearch {
                             option.searchTerms?.["en"] ??
                             []),
                     ].flatMap((term) => [term, ...(term?.split(" ") ?? [])])
-                    terms = terms.map((t) => Utils.simplifyStringForSearch(t))
+                    terms = terms.map((t) => Strings.simplifyStringForSearch(t))
                     terms.push(option.emoji)
                     Lists.noNullInplace(terms)
                     const distances = queries.flatMap((query) =>
diff --git a/src/Logic/Search/LayerSearch.ts b/src/Logic/Search/LayerSearch.ts
index 3d23767c4..ebe644122 100644
--- a/src/Logic/Search/LayerSearch.ts
+++ b/src/Logic/Search/LayerSearch.ts
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ import SearchUtils from "./SearchUtils"
 import ThemeSearch from "./ThemeSearch"
 import LayerConfig from "../../Models/ThemeConfig/LayerConfig"
 import ThemeConfig from "../../Models/ThemeConfig/ThemeConfig"
-import { Utils } from "../../Utils"
+import { Strings } from "../../Utils/Strings"
 
 export default class LayerSearch {
     private readonly _theme: ThemeConfig
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ export default class LayerSearch {
         const queryParts = query
             .trim()
             .split(" ")
-            .map((q) => Utils.simplifyStringForSearch(q))
+            .map((q) => Strings.simplifyStringForSearch(q))
         for (const id in ThemeSearch.officialThemes.layers) {
             if (options?.whitelist && !options?.whitelist.has(id)) {
                 continue
diff --git a/src/Logic/Search/LocalElementSearch.ts b/src/Logic/Search/LocalElementSearch.ts
index b34e34bf4..e4d697816 100644
--- a/src/Logic/Search/LocalElementSearch.ts
+++ b/src/Logic/Search/LocalElementSearch.ts
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ import { GeoOperations } from "../GeoOperations"
 import { ImmutableStore, Store, Stores } from "../UIEventSource"
 import OpenStreetMapIdSearch from "./OpenStreetMapIdSearch"
 import { Lists } from "../../Utils/Lists"
+import { Strings } from "../../Utils/Strings"
 
 type IntermediateResult = {
     feature: Feature
@@ -61,7 +62,7 @@ export default class LocalElementSearch implements GeocodingProvider {
                     ...searchTerms
                         .flatMap((entry) => entry.split(/ /))
                         .map((entry) => {
-                            let simplified = Utils.simplifyStringForSearch(entry)
+                            let simplified = Strings.simplifyStringForSearch(entry)
                             if (matchStart) {
                                 simplified = simplified.slice(0, query.length)
                             }
@@ -103,7 +104,7 @@ export default class LocalElementSearch implements GeocodingProvider {
         const centerPoint: [number, number] = [center.lon, center.lat]
         const properties = this._state.perLayer
         const candidateId = OpenStreetMapIdSearch.extractId(query)
-        query = Utils.simplifyStringForSearch(query)
+        query = Strings.simplifyStringForSearch(query)
 
         const partials: Store<IntermediateResult[]>[] = []
 
diff --git a/src/Logic/Search/SearchUtils.ts b/src/Logic/Search/SearchUtils.ts
index a50ac5bf7..e5f993de2 100644
--- a/src/Logic/Search/SearchUtils.ts
+++ b/src/Logic/Search/SearchUtils.ts
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ import Locale from "../../UI/i18n/Locale"
 import { Utils } from "../../Utils"
 import ThemeSearch from "./ThemeSearch"
 import { Lists } from "../../Utils/Lists"
+import { Strings } from "../../Utils/Strings"
 
 export default class SearchUtils {
     /** Applies special search terms, such as 'studio', 'osmcha', ...
@@ -60,7 +61,7 @@ export default class SearchUtils {
         const queryParts = query
             .trim()
             .split(" ")
-            .map((q) => Utils.simplifyStringForSearch(q))
+            .map((q) => Strings.simplifyStringForSearch(q))
         let terms: string[]
         if (Array.isArray(keywords)) {
             terms = keywords
@@ -74,7 +75,7 @@ export default class SearchUtils {
             const q = queryParts[i]
             let minDistance: number = 99
             for (const term of termsAll) {
-                const d = Utils.levenshteinDistance(q, Utils.simplifyStringForSearch(term))
+                const d = Utils.levenshteinDistance(q, Strings.simplifyStringForSearch(term))
                 if (d < minDistance) {
                     minDistance = d
                 }
diff --git a/src/Logic/UIEventSource.ts b/src/Logic/UIEventSource.ts
index c4af67e6e..3790be513 100644
--- a/src/Logic/UIEventSource.ts
+++ b/src/Logic/UIEventSource.ts
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 import { Utils } from "../Utils"
 import { Readable, Subscriber, Unsubscriber, Updater, Writable } from "svelte/store"
+import { Lists } from "../Utils/Lists"
 
 /**
  * Various static utils
@@ -66,7 +67,7 @@ export class Stores {
                 stable.setData(undefined)
                 return
             }
-            if (Utils.sameList(stable.data, list)) {
+            if (Lists.sameList(stable.data, list)) {
                 return
             }
             stable.setData(list)
diff --git a/src/Models/ThemeConfig/Conversion/Validation.ts b/src/Models/ThemeConfig/Conversion/Validation.ts
index 4d4919442..c4383e497 100644
--- a/src/Models/ThemeConfig/Conversion/Validation.ts
+++ b/src/Models/ThemeConfig/Conversion/Validation.ts
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@ import { eliCategory } from "../../RasterLayerProperties"
 import licenses from "../../../assets/generated/license_info.json"
 import { Strings } from "../../../Utils/Strings"
 import { Lists } from "../../../Utils/Lists"
+import Objects from "../../../Utils/Objects"
 
 export class ValidateLanguageCompleteness extends DesugaringStep<ThemeConfig> {
     private readonly _languages: string[]
@@ -1085,11 +1086,8 @@ export class DetectDuplicatePresets extends DesugaringStep<ThemeConfig> {
                 const presetBTags = optimizedTags[j]
                 const presetB = presets[j]
                 if (
-                    Utils.SameObject(presetATags, presetBTags) &&
-                    Utils.sameList(
-                        presetA.preciseInput.snapToLayers,
-                        presetB.preciseInput.snapToLayers
-                    )
+                  Objects.sameObject(presetATags, presetBTags) &&
+                  Lists.sameList(presetA.preciseInput.snapToLayers, presetB.preciseInput.snapToLayers)
                 ) {
                     context.err(
                         `This theme has multiple presets with the same tags: ${presetATags.asHumanString(
diff --git a/src/UI/Popup/TagRendering/TagRenderingEditable.svelte b/src/UI/Popup/TagRendering/TagRenderingEditable.svelte
index c0b16be48..78f7c3006 100644
--- a/src/UI/Popup/TagRendering/TagRenderingEditable.svelte
+++ b/src/UI/Popup/TagRendering/TagRenderingEditable.svelte
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@
   import { Utils } from "../../../Utils"
   import { twMerge } from "tailwind-merge"
   import EditButton from "./EditButton.svelte"
+  import { Strings } from "../../../Utils/Strings"
 
   export let config: TagRenderingConfig
   export let tags: UIEventSource<Record<string, string>>
@@ -83,7 +84,7 @@
     onDestroy(highlightedRendering?.addCallbackAndRun(() => setHighlighting()))
     onDestroy(_htmlElement.addCallbackAndRun(() => setHighlighting()))
   }
-  let answerId = "answer-" + Utils.randomString(5)
+  let answerId = "answer-" + Strings.randomString(5)
   let debug = state?.featureSwitches?.featureSwitchIsDebugging ?? new ImmutableStore(false)
 
   let apiState: Store<string> = state?.osmConnection?.apiIsOnline ?? new ImmutableStore("online")
diff --git a/src/UI/Studio/EditLayerState.ts b/src/UI/Studio/EditLayerState.ts
index f73137ab5..594776421 100644
--- a/src/UI/Studio/EditLayerState.ts
+++ b/src/UI/Studio/EditLayerState.ts
@@ -1,12 +1,7 @@
 import { ConfigMeta } from "./configMeta"
 import { Store, UIEventSource } from "../../Logic/UIEventSource"
 import { LayerConfigJson } from "../../Models/ThemeConfig/Json/LayerConfigJson"
-import {
-    Conversion,
-    ConversionMessage,
-    DesugaringContext,
-    Pipe,
-} from "../../Models/ThemeConfig/Conversion/Conversion"
+import { Conversion, ConversionMessage, DesugaringContext, Pipe } from "../../Models/ThemeConfig/Conversion/Conversion"
 import { PrepareLayer } from "../../Models/ThemeConfig/Conversion/PrepareLayer"
 import { PrevalidateTheme, ValidateLayer } from "../../Models/ThemeConfig/Conversion/Validation"
 import { AllSharedLayers } from "../../Customizations/AllSharedLayers"
@@ -26,6 +21,7 @@ import { TagRenderingConfigJson } from "../../Models/ThemeConfig/Json/TagRenderi
 import { ValidateTheme } from "../../Models/ThemeConfig/Conversion/ValidateTheme"
 import * as questions from "../../../public/assets/generated/layers/questions.json"
 import { Lists } from "../../Utils/Lists"
+import { Strings } from "../../Utils/Strings"
 
 export interface HighlightedTagRendering {
     path: ReadonlyArray<string | number>
@@ -431,7 +427,7 @@ export default class EditLayerState extends EditJsonState<LayerConfigJson> {
                 }
                 if (!tr["id"] && !tr["override"]) {
                     const qtr = <QuestionableTagRenderingConfigJson>tr
-                    let id = "" + i + "_" + Utils.randomString(5)
+                    let id = "" + i + "_" + Strings.randomString(5)
                     if (qtr?.freeform?.key) {
                         id = qtr?.freeform?.key
                     } else if (qtr.mappings?.[0]?.if) {
diff --git a/src/Utils.ts b/src/Utils.ts
index c4f203b6d..123818e2c 100644
--- a/src/Utils.ts
+++ b/src/Utils.ts
@@ -1378,66 +1378,6 @@ In the case that MapComplete is pointed to the testing grounds, the edit will be
         }
         element.scrollIntoView({ behavior: "smooth", block: "nearest" })
     }
-
-    /**
-     * Returns true if the contents of `a` are the same (and in the same order) as `b`.
-     * Might have false negatives in some cases
-     * @param a
-     * @param b
-     */
-    public static sameList<T>(a: ReadonlyArray<T>, b: ReadonlyArray<T>) {
-        if (a == b) {
-            return true
-        }
-        if (a === undefined || a === null || b === undefined || b === null) {
-            return false
-        }
-        if (a.length !== b.length) {
-            return false
-        }
-        for (let i = 0; i < a.length; i++) {
-            const ai = a[i]
-            const bi = b[i]
-            if (ai == bi) {
-                continue
-            }
-            if (ai === bi) {
-                continue
-            }
-            return false
-        }
-        return true
-    }
-
-    public static SameObject<T>(a: T, b: T, ignoreKeys?: string[]): boolean {
-        if (a === b) {
-            return true
-        }
-        if (a === undefined || a === null || b === null || b === undefined) {
-            return false
-        }
-        if (typeof a === "object" && typeof b === "object") {
-            for (const aKey in a) {
-                if (!(aKey in b)) {
-                    return false
-                }
-            }
-
-            for (const bKey in b) {
-                if (!(bKey in a)) {
-                    return false
-                }
-            }
-            for (const k in a) {
-                if (!Utils.SameObject(a[k], b[k])) {
-                    return false
-                }
-            }
-            return true
-        }
-        return false
-    }
-
     /**
      *
      * Utils.splitIntoSubstitutionParts("abc") // => [{message: "abc"}]
@@ -1510,45 +1450,6 @@ In the case that MapComplete is pointed to the testing grounds, the edit will be
             filename: path.substring(path.lastIndexOf("/") + 1),
         }
     }
-
-    /**
-     * Removes accents from a string
-     * @param str
-     * @constructor
-     *
-     * Utils.RemoveDiacritics("bâtiments") // => "batiments"
-     * Utils.RemoveDiacritics(undefined) // => undefined
-     */
-    public static RemoveDiacritics(str?: string): string {
-        // See #1729
-        if (!str) {
-            return str
-        }
-        return str.normalize("NFD").replace(/\p{Diacritic}/gu, "")
-    }
-
-    /**
-     * Simplifies a string to increase the chance of a match
-     * @param str
-     * Utils.simplifyStringForSearch("abc def; ghi 564") // => "abcdefghi564"
-     * Utils.simplifyStringForSearch("âbc déf; ghi 564") // => "abcdefghi564"
-     * Utils.simplifyStringForSearch(undefined) // => undefined
-     */
-    public static simplifyStringForSearch(str: string): string {
-        return Utils.RemoveDiacritics(str)
-            ?.toLowerCase()
-            ?.replace(/[^a-z0-9]/g, "")
-    }
-
-    public static randomString(length: number): string {
-        let result = ""
-        for (let i = 0; i < length; i++) {
-            const chr = Math.random().toString(36).substr(2, 3)
-            result += chr
-        }
-        return result
-    }
-
     /**
      * Recursively rewrites all keys from `+key`, `key+` and `=key` into `key
      *
diff --git a/src/Utils/Lists.ts b/src/Utils/Lists.ts
index 3e0b71b57..7d06a395a 100644
--- a/src/Utils/Lists.ts
+++ b/src/Utils/Lists.ts
@@ -43,12 +43,15 @@ export class Lists {
      * Elements are returned in the same order as they appear in the lists.
      * Null/Undefined is returned as is. If an empty array is given, a new empty array will be returned
      */
-    public static dedup(arr: NonNullable<string[]>): NonNullable<string[]>
+    public static dedup(arr: NonNullable<ReadonlyArray<string>>): NonNullable<string[]>
     public static dedup(arr: undefined): undefined
-    public static dedup(arr: string[] | undefined): string[] | undefined
-    public static dedup(arr: string[]): string[] {
-        if (arr === undefined || arr === null) {
-            return arr
+    public static dedup(arr: ReadonlyArray<string> | undefined): string[] | undefined
+    public static dedup(arr: ReadonlyArray<string>): string[] {
+        if (arr === undefined) {
+            return undefined
+        }
+        if (arr === null) {
+            return null
         }
         const newArr = []
         for (const string of arr) {
@@ -60,8 +63,8 @@ export class Lists {
     }
 
     public static dedupT<T>(arr: ReadonlyArray<T>): T[]
-    public static dedupT<T>(arr: null): null
-    public static dedupT<T>(arr: undefined): undefined
+    public static dedupT(arr: null): null
+    public static dedupT(arr: undefined): undefined
     public static dedupT<T>(arr: ReadonlyArray<T>): T[] {
         if (arr === undefined) {
             return undefined
@@ -160,7 +163,7 @@ export class Lists {
      * Lists.duplicates(["a", "b","c","b","b"] // => ["b"]
      *
      */
-    public static duplicates(arr: string[]): string[] {
+    public static duplicates(arr: ReadonlyArray<string>): string[] {
         if (arr === undefined) {
             return undefined
         }
@@ -175,4 +178,34 @@ export class Lists {
         return Array.from(duplicates)
     }
 
+    /**
+     * Returns true if the contents of `a` are the same (and in the same order) as `b`.
+     * Might have false negatives in some cases
+     * @param a
+     * @param b
+     */
+    public static sameList<T>(a: ReadonlyArray<T>, b: ReadonlyArray<T>): boolean {
+        if (a == b) {
+            return true
+        }
+        if (a === undefined || a === null || b === undefined || b === null) {
+            return false
+        }
+        if (a.length !== b.length) {
+            return false
+        }
+        for (let i = 0; i < a.length; i++) {
+            const ai = a[i]
+            const bi = b[i]
+            if (ai == bi) {
+                continue
+            }
+            if (ai === bi) {
+                continue
+            }
+            return false
+        }
+        return true
+    }
+
 }
diff --git a/src/Utils/Objects.ts b/src/Utils/Objects.ts
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..1d8b95c15
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/Utils/Objects.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,33 @@
+/**
+ * Various object-related utils
+ */
+export default class Objects {
+    public static sameObject<T>(a: T, b: T, ignoreKeys?: string[]): boolean {
+        if (a === b) {
+            return true
+        }
+        if (a === undefined || a === null || b === null || b === undefined) {
+            return false
+        }
+        if (typeof a === "object" && typeof b === "object") {
+            for (const aKey in a) {
+                if (!(aKey in b)) {
+                    return false
+                }
+            }
+
+            for (const bKey in b) {
+                if (!(bKey in a)) {
+                    return false
+                }
+            }
+            for (const k in a) {
+                if (!Objects.sameObject(a[k], b[k])) {
+                    return false
+                }
+            }
+            return true
+        }
+        return false
+    }
+}
diff --git a/src/Utils/Strings.ts b/src/Utils/Strings.ts
index ae619a3e4..709014115 100644
--- a/src/Utils/Strings.ts
+++ b/src/Utils/Strings.ts
@@ -21,4 +21,42 @@ export class Strings {
     public static isEmojiFlag(string: string): boolean {
         return /[🇦-🇿]{2}/u.test(string) // flags, see https://stackoverflow.com/questions/53360006/detect-with-regex-if-emoji-is-country-flag
     }
+
+    /**
+     * Removes accents from a string
+     * @param str
+     * @constructor
+     *
+     * Strings.removeDiacritics("bâtiments") // => "batiments"
+     * Strings.removeDiacritics(undefined) // => undefined
+     */
+    public static removeDiacritics(str?: string): string {
+        // See #1729
+        if (!str) {
+            return str
+        }
+        return str.normalize("NFD").replace(/\p{Diacritic}/gu, "")
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Simplifies a string to increase the chance of a match
+     * @param str
+     * Strings.simplifyStringForSearch("abc def; ghi 564") // => "abcdefghi564"
+     * Strings.simplifyStringForSearch("âbc déf; ghi 564") // => "abcdefghi564"
+     * Strings.simplifyStringForSearch(undefined) // => undefined
+     */
+    public static simplifyStringForSearch(str: string): string {
+        return Strings.removeDiacritics(str)
+            ?.toLowerCase()
+            ?.replace(/[^a-z0-9]/g, "")
+    }
+
+    public static randomString(length: number): string {
+        let result = ""
+        for (let i = 0; i < length; i++) {
+            const chr = Math.random().toString(36).substr(2, 3)
+            result += chr
+        }
+        return result
+    }
 }