diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index 960d55f1..896f7bc1 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -329,8 +329,6 @@ dependencies = [
  "serde_json",
  "tokio",
  "toml",
- "unicode-segmentation",
- "unicode-width",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
diff --git a/helix-core/src/lib.rs b/helix-core/src/lib.rs
index d669fa49..4a9ac891 100644
--- a/helix-core/src/lib.rs
+++ b/helix-core/src/lib.rs
@@ -18,6 +18,12 @@ mod state;
 pub mod syntax;
 mod transaction;
 
+pub mod unicode {
+    pub use unicode_general_category as category;
+    pub use unicode_segmentation as segmentation;
+    pub use unicode_width as width;
+}
+
 static RUNTIME_DIR: once_cell::sync::Lazy<std::path::PathBuf> =
     once_cell::sync::Lazy::new(runtime_dir);
 
@@ -97,8 +103,6 @@ pub use ropey::{Rope, RopeSlice};
 
 pub use tendril::StrTendril as Tendril;
 
-pub use unicode_general_category::get_general_category;
-
 #[doc(inline)]
 pub use {regex, tree_sitter};
 
diff --git a/helix-term/Cargo.toml b/helix-term/Cargo.toml
index 24741796..385af64c 100644
--- a/helix-term/Cargo.toml
+++ b/helix-term/Cargo.toml
@@ -54,6 +54,3 @@ toml = "0.5"
 
 serde_json = "1.0"
 serde = { version = "1.0", features = ["derive"] }
-
-unicode-segmentation = "1.7"
-unicode-width = "0.1"
diff --git a/helix-term/src/ui/prompt.rs b/helix-term/src/ui/prompt.rs
index d1413209..22158e78 100644
--- a/helix-term/src/ui/prompt.rs
+++ b/helix-term/src/ui/prompt.rs
@@ -6,8 +6,10 @@ use helix_view::{Editor, Theme};
 use std::{borrow::Cow, ops::RangeFrom};
 use tui::terminal::CursorKind;
 
-use unicode_segmentation::{GraphemeCursor, GraphemeIncomplete};
-use unicode_width::UnicodeWidthStr;
+use helix_core::{
+    unicode::segmentation::{GraphemeCursor, GraphemeIncomplete},
+    unicode::width::UnicodeWidthStr,
+};
 
 pub type Completion = (RangeFrom<usize>, Cow<'static, str>);