diff --git a/disco/types/channel.py b/disco/types/channel.py
index a54b4bf..7636047 100644
--- a/disco/types/channel.py
+++ b/disco/types/channel.py
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ from holster.enum import Enum
 from disco.types.base import Model, Field, snowflake, enum, listof, dictof, text
 from disco.types.permissions import PermissionValue
 
-from disco.util import to_snowflake
+from disco.util.snowflake import to_snowflake
 from disco.util.functional import cached_property, one_or_many, chunks
 from disco.types.user import User
 from disco.types.permissions import Permissions, Permissible
diff --git a/disco/types/guild.py b/disco/types/guild.py
index 9e38582..70ff577 100644
--- a/disco/types/guild.py
+++ b/disco/types/guild.py
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 from holster.enum import Enum
 
 from disco.api.http import APIException
-from disco.util import to_snowflake
+from disco.util.snowflake import to_snowflake
 from disco.util.functional import cached_property
 from disco.types.base import Model, Field, snowflake, listof, dictof, datetime, text, binary, enum
 from disco.types.user import User
diff --git a/disco/types/message.py b/disco/types/message.py
index ba88328..52e2bb6 100644
--- a/disco/types/message.py
+++ b/disco/types/message.py
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ import re
 from holster.enum import Enum
 
 from disco.types.base import Model, Field, snowflake, text, datetime, dictof, listof, enum
-from disco.util import to_snowflake
+from disco.util.snowflake import to_snowflake
 from disco.util.functional import cached_property
 from disco.types.user import User
 
diff --git a/disco/util/__init__.py b/disco/util/__init__.py
index 2a0f667..e69de29 100644
--- a/disco/util/__init__.py
+++ b/disco/util/__init__.py
@@ -1,12 +0,0 @@
-import six
-
-
-def to_snowflake(i):
-    if isinstance(i, six.integer_types):
-        return i
-    elif isinstance(i, str):
-        return int(i)
-    elif hasattr(i, 'id'):
-        return i.id
-
-    raise Exception('{} ({}) is not convertable to a snowflake'.format(type(i), i))
diff --git a/disco/util/snowflake.py b/disco/util/snowflake.py
index bbca39d..e642aa6 100644
--- a/disco/util/snowflake.py
+++ b/disco/util/snowflake.py
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+import six
+
 from datetime import datetime
 
 DISCORD_EPOCH = 1420070400000
@@ -16,3 +18,14 @@ def to_unix(snowflake):
 
 def to_unix_ms(snowflake):
     return ((int(snowflake) >> 22) + DISCORD_EPOCH)
+
+
+def to_snowflake(i):
+    if isinstance(i, six.integer_types):
+        return i
+    elif isinstance(i, str):
+        return int(i)
+    elif hasattr(i, 'id'):
+        return i.id
+
+    raise Exception('{} ({}) is not convertable to a snowflake'.format(type(i), i))