diff --git a/src/Modal.tsx b/src/Modal.tsx
index 0b0e621e89..55fc871d67 100644
--- a/src/Modal.tsx
+++ b/src/Modal.tsx
@@ -18,10 +18,10 @@ limitations under the License.
 import React from 'react';
 import ReactDOM from 'react-dom';
 import classNames from 'classnames';
+import { defer } from "matrix-js-sdk/src/utils";
 
 import Analytics from './Analytics';
 import dis from './dispatcher/dispatcher';
-import { defer } from './utils/promise';
 import AsyncWrapper from './AsyncWrapper';
 
 const DIALOG_CONTAINER_ID = "mx_Dialog_Container";
diff --git a/src/components/structures/MatrixChat.tsx b/src/components/structures/MatrixChat.tsx
index c1e0b8d7cb..da06e06442 100644
--- a/src/components/structures/MatrixChat.tsx
+++ b/src/components/structures/MatrixChat.tsx
@@ -19,6 +19,8 @@ import { createClient } from "matrix-js-sdk/src/matrix";
 import { InvalidStoreError } from "matrix-js-sdk/src/errors";
 import { RoomMember } from "matrix-js-sdk/src/models/room-member";
 import { MatrixEvent } from "matrix-js-sdk/src/models/event";
+import { defer, IDeferred } from "matrix-js-sdk/src/utils";
+
 // focus-visible is a Polyfill for the :focus-visible CSS pseudo-attribute used by _AccessibleButton.scss
 import 'focus-visible';
 // what-input helps improve keyboard accessibility
@@ -55,7 +57,7 @@ import DMRoomMap from '../../utils/DMRoomMap';
 import ThemeWatcher from "../../settings/watchers/ThemeWatcher";
 import { FontWatcher } from '../../settings/watchers/FontWatcher';
 import { storeRoomAliasInCache } from '../../RoomAliasCache';
-import { defer, IDeferred, sleep } from "../../utils/promise";
+import { sleep } from "../../utils/promise";
 import ToastStore from "../../stores/ToastStore";
 import * as StorageManager from "../../utils/StorageManager";
 import type LoggedInViewType from "./LoggedInView";
diff --git a/src/utils/MultiInviter.ts b/src/utils/MultiInviter.ts
index 4e66d4a99f..a7d1accde1 100644
--- a/src/utils/MultiInviter.ts
+++ b/src/utils/MultiInviter.ts
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ limitations under the License.
 */
 
 import { MatrixError } from "matrix-js-sdk/src/http-api";
+import { defer, IDeferred } from "matrix-js-sdk/src/utils";
 
 import { MatrixClientPeg } from '../MatrixClientPeg';
 import { AddressType, getAddressType } from '../UserAddress';
@@ -22,7 +23,6 @@ import GroupStore from '../stores/GroupStore';
 import { _t } from "../languageHandler";
 import Modal from "../Modal";
 import SettingsStore from "../settings/SettingsStore";
-import { defer, IDeferred } from "./promise";
 import AskInviteAnywayDialog from "../components/views/dialogs/AskInviteAnywayDialog";
 
 export enum InviteState {
diff --git a/src/utils/promise.ts b/src/utils/promise.ts
index 902d3c7e31..003da874fb 100644
--- a/src/utils/promise.ts
+++ b/src/utils/promise.ts
@@ -32,25 +32,6 @@ export async function timeout<T>(promise: Promise<T>, timeoutValue: T, ms: numbe
     return Promise.race([promise, timeoutPromise]);
 }
 
-export interface IDeferred<T> {
-    resolve: (value: T) => void;
-    reject: (any) => void;
-    promise: Promise<T>;
-}
-
-// Returns a Deferred
-export function defer<T>(): IDeferred<T> {
-    let resolve;
-    let reject;
-
-    const promise = new Promise<T>((_resolve, _reject) => {
-        resolve = _resolve;
-        reject = _reject;
-    });
-
-    return { resolve, reject, promise };
-}
-
 // Helper method to retry a Promise a given number of times or until a predicate fails
 export async function retry<T, E extends Error>(fn: () => Promise<T>, num: number, predicate?: (e: E) => boolean) {
     let lastErr: E;