diff --git a/keyserver/src/fetchers/report-fetchers.js b/keyserver/src/fetchers/report-fetchers.js
--- a/keyserver/src/fetchers/report-fetchers.js
+++ b/keyserver/src/fetchers/report-fetchers.js
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 // @flow
 
-import { isStaff } from 'lib/shared/user-utils.js';
+import { isStaff } from 'lib/shared/staff-utils.js';
 import {
   type FetchErrorReportInfosResponse,
   type FetchErrorReportInfosRequest,
diff --git a/lib/reducers/report-store-reducer.js b/lib/reducers/report-store-reducer.js
--- a/lib/reducers/report-store-reducer.js
+++ b/lib/reducers/report-store-reducer.js
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@
   deleteAccountActionTypes,
   logInActionTypes,
 } from '../actions/user-actions.js';
-import { isStaff } from '../shared/user-utils.js';
+import { isStaff } from '../shared/staff-utils.js';
 import type { BaseAction } from '../types/redux-types.js';
 import {
   type ReportStore,
diff --git a/lib/shared/staff-utils.js b/lib/shared/staff-utils.js
new file mode 100644
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/shared/staff-utils.js
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+// @flow
+
+import bots from '../facts/bots.js';
+import staff from '../facts/staff.js';
+
+function isStaff(userID: string): boolean {
+  if (staff.includes(userID)) {
+    return true;
+  }
+  for (const key in bots) {
+    const bot = bots[key];
+    if (userID === bot.userID) {
+      return true;
+    }
+  }
+  return false;
+}
+
+export { isStaff };
diff --git a/lib/shared/user-utils.js b/lib/shared/user-utils.js
--- a/lib/shared/user-utils.js
+++ b/lib/shared/user-utils.js
@@ -1,12 +1,10 @@
 // @flow
 
 import { memberHasAdminPowers } from './thread-utils.js';
-import bots from '../facts/bots.js';
-import staff from '../facts/staff.js';
 import { useENSNames } from '../hooks/ens-cache.js';
 import type {
-  ServerThreadInfo,
   RawThreadInfo,
+  ServerThreadInfo,
   ThreadInfo,
 } from '../types/thread-types.js';
 import type { UserInfo } from '../types/user-types.js';
@@ -32,19 +30,6 @@
   }
 }
 
-function isStaff(userID: string): boolean {
-  if (staff.includes(userID)) {
-    return true;
-  }
-  for (const key in bots) {
-    const bot = bots[key];
-    if (userID === bot.userID) {
-      return true;
-    }
-  }
-  return false;
-}
-
 function useKeyserverAdmin(
   community: ThreadInfo | RawThreadInfo | ServerThreadInfo,
 ): ?UserInfo {
@@ -58,4 +43,4 @@
   return adminUserInfoWithENSName;
 }
 
-export { stringForUser, stringForUserExplicit, isStaff, useKeyserverAdmin };
+export { stringForUser, stringForUserExplicit, useKeyserverAdmin };
diff --git a/native/redux/redux-setup.js b/native/redux/redux-setup.js
--- a/native/redux/redux-setup.js
+++ b/native/redux/redux-setup.js
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@
   invalidSessionDowngrade,
   invalidSessionRecovery,
 } from 'lib/shared/account-utils.js';
-import { isStaff } from 'lib/shared/user-utils.js';
+import { isStaff } from 'lib/shared/staff-utils.js';
 import { defaultEnabledApps } from 'lib/types/enabled-apps.js';
 import { defaultCalendarFilters } from 'lib/types/filter-types.js';
 import type { Dispatch, BaseAction } from 'lib/types/redux-types.js';
diff --git a/native/utils/staff-utils.js b/native/utils/staff-utils.js
--- a/native/utils/staff-utils.js
+++ b/native/utils/staff-utils.js
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 // @flow
 
-import { isStaff } from 'lib/shared/user-utils.js';
+import { isStaff } from 'lib/shared/staff-utils.js';
 
 import { useSelector } from '../redux/redux-utils.js';
 
diff --git a/web/database/utils/db-utils.js b/web/database/utils/db-utils.js
--- a/web/database/utils/db-utils.js
+++ b/web/database/utils/db-utils.js
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 import { detect as detectBrowser } from 'detect-browser';
 import type { QueryExecResult } from 'sql.js';
 
-import { isStaff } from 'lib/shared/user-utils.js';
+import { isStaff } from 'lib/shared/staff-utils.js';
 import { isDev } from 'lib/utils/dev-utils.js';
 
 import { DB_SUPPORTED_BROWSERS, DB_SUPPORTED_OS } from './constants.js';