diff --git a/api/nodes.go b/api/nodes.go
index 71bb1051e..b43a06368 100644
--- a/api/nodes.go
+++ b/api/nodes.go
@@ -6,8 +6,6 @@ import (
 	"sort"
 	"strconv"
 	"time"
-
-	"github.com/hashicorp/nomad/helper"
 )
 
 // Nodes is used to query node-related API endpoints
@@ -661,9 +659,9 @@ func (v *StatValue) String() string {
 	case v.StringVal != nil:
 		return *v.StringVal
 	case v.FloatNumeratorVal != nil:
-		str := helper.FormatFloat(*v.FloatNumeratorVal, 3)
+		str := formatFloat(*v.FloatNumeratorVal, 3)
 		if v.FloatDenominatorVal != nil {
-			str += " / " + helper.FormatFloat(*v.FloatDenominatorVal, 3)
+			str += " / " + formatFloat(*v.FloatDenominatorVal, 3)
 		}
 
 		if v.Unit != "" {
diff --git a/api/resources.go b/api/resources.go
index c8bf9b079..bad52c711 100644
--- a/api/resources.go
+++ b/api/resources.go
@@ -2,8 +2,6 @@ package api
 
 import (
 	"strconv"
-
-	"github.com/hashicorp/nomad/helper"
 )
 
 // Resources encapsulates the required resources of
@@ -169,7 +167,7 @@ type Attribute struct {
 func (a Attribute) String() string {
 	switch {
 	case a.FloatVal != nil:
-		str := helper.FormatFloat(*a.FloatVal, 3)
+		str := formatFloat(*a.FloatVal, 3)
 		if a.Unit != "" {
 			str += " " + a.Unit
 		}
diff --git a/api/utils.go b/api/utils.go
index fa0b76bd2..67b409a8c 100644
--- a/api/utils.go
+++ b/api/utils.go
@@ -1,6 +1,10 @@
 package api
 
-import "time"
+import (
+	"strconv"
+	"strings"
+	"time"
+)
 
 // boolToPtr returns the pointer to a boolean
 func boolToPtr(b bool) *bool {
@@ -26,3 +30,24 @@ func stringToPtr(str string) *string {
 func timeToPtr(t time.Duration) *time.Duration {
 	return &t
 }
+
+// formatFloat converts the floating-point number f to a string,
+// after rounding it to the passed unit.
+//
+// Uses 'f' format (-ddd.dddddd, no exponent), and uses at most
+// maxPrec digits after the decimal point.
+func formatFloat(f float64, maxPrec int) string {
+	v := strconv.FormatFloat(f, 'f', -1, 64)
+
+	idx := strings.LastIndex(v, ".")
+	if idx == -1 {
+		return v
+	}
+
+	sublen := idx + maxPrec + 1
+	if sublen > len(v) {
+		sublen = len(v)
+	}
+
+	return v[:sublen]
+}
diff --git a/api/utils_test.go b/api/utils_test.go
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..14c50544e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/api/utils_test.go
@@ -0,0 +1,39 @@
+package api
+
+import (
+	"testing"
+
+	"github.com/stretchr/testify/require"
+)
+
+func TestFormatRoundedFloat(t *testing.T) {
+	cases := []struct {
+		input    float64
+		expected string
+	}{
+		{
+			1323,
+			"1323",
+		},
+		{
+			10.321,
+			"10.321",
+		},
+		{
+			100000.31324324,
+			"100000.313",
+		},
+		{
+			100000.3,
+			"100000.3",
+		},
+		{
+			0.7654321,
+			"0.765",
+		},
+	}
+
+	for _, c := range cases {
+		require.Equal(t, c.expected, formatFloat(c.input, 3))
+	}
+}
diff --git a/helper/funcs.go b/helper/funcs.go
index b9a77db96..0a280e522 100644
--- a/helper/funcs.go
+++ b/helper/funcs.go
@@ -4,8 +4,6 @@ import (
 	"crypto/sha512"
 	"fmt"
 	"regexp"
-	"strconv"
-	"strings"
 	"time"
 
 	multierror "github.com/hashicorp/go-multierror"
@@ -359,24 +357,3 @@ func CheckHCLKeys(node ast.Node, valid []string) error {
 
 	return result
 }
-
-// FormatFloat converts the floating-point number f to a string,
-// after rounding it to the passed unit.
-//
-// Uses 'f' format (-ddd.dddddd, no exponent), and uses at most
-// maxPrec digits after the decimal point.
-func FormatFloat(f float64, maxPrec int) string {
-	v := strconv.FormatFloat(f, 'f', -1, 64)
-
-	idx := strings.LastIndex(v, ".")
-	if idx == -1 {
-		return v
-	}
-
-	sublen := idx + maxPrec + 1
-	if sublen > len(v) {
-		sublen = len(v)
-	}
-
-	return v[:sublen]
-}
diff --git a/helper/funcs_test.go b/helper/funcs_test.go
index e9c9cdcd7..774030be1 100644
--- a/helper/funcs_test.go
+++ b/helper/funcs_test.go
@@ -4,8 +4,6 @@ import (
 	"reflect"
 	"sort"
 	"testing"
-
-	"github.com/stretchr/testify/require"
 )
 
 func TestSliceStringIsSubset(t *testing.T) {
@@ -89,35 +87,3 @@ func BenchmarkCleanEnvVar(b *testing.B) {
 		CleanEnvVar(in, replacement)
 	}
 }
-
-func TestFormatRoundedFloat(t *testing.T) {
-	cases := []struct {
-		input    float64
-		expected string
-	}{
-		{
-			1323,
-			"1323",
-		},
-		{
-			10.321,
-			"10.321",
-		},
-		{
-			100000.31324324,
-			"100000.313",
-		},
-		{
-			100000.3,
-			"100000.3",
-		},
-		{
-			0.7654321,
-			"0.765",
-		},
-	}
-
-	for _, c := range cases {
-		require.Equal(t, c.expected, FormatFloat(c.input, 3))
-	}
-}