diff --git a/.eslintignore b/.eslintignore
index 2ecbfcdc0..532cc1b96 100644
--- a/.eslintignore
+++ b/.eslintignore
@@ -101,7 +101,6 @@ src/Explorer/Menus/CommandBar/CommandBarComponentButtonFactory.ts
 src/Explorer/Menus/ContextMenu.ts
 src/Explorer/MostRecentActivity/MostRecentActivity.ts
 src/Explorer/Notebook/FileSystemUtil.ts
-src/Explorer/Notebook/NTeractUtil.ts
 src/Explorer/Notebook/NotebookClientV2.ts
 src/Explorer/Notebook/NotebookComponent/NotebookContentProvider.ts
 src/Explorer/Notebook/NotebookComponent/__mocks__/rx-jupyter.ts
diff --git a/src/Explorer/Notebook/NTeractUtil.ts b/src/Explorer/Notebook/NTeractUtil.ts
index b54afb530..2fdd9ae33 100644
--- a/src/Explorer/Notebook/NTeractUtil.ts
+++ b/src/Explorer/Notebook/NTeractUtil.ts
@@ -3,20 +3,18 @@ import { NotebookContentRecordProps, selectors } from "@nteract/core";
 /**
  * A bunch of utilities to interact with nteract
  */
-export default class NTeractUtil {
-  public static getCurrentCellType(content: NotebookContentRecordProps): "markdown" | "code" | "raw" | undefined {
-    if (!content) {
-      return undefined;
-    }
-
-    const cellFocusedId = selectors.notebook.cellFocused(content.model);
-    if (cellFocusedId) {
-      const cell = selectors.notebook.cellById(content.model, { id: cellFocusedId });
-      if (cell) {
-        return cell.cell_type;
-      }
-    }
-
+export function getCurrentCellType(content: NotebookContentRecordProps): "markdown" | "code" | "raw" | undefined {
+  if (!content) {
     return undefined;
   }
+
+  const cellFocusedId = selectors.notebook.cellFocused(content.model);
+  if (cellFocusedId) {
+    const cell = selectors.notebook.cellById(content.model, { id: cellFocusedId });
+    if (cell) {
+      return cell.cell_type;
+    }
+  }
+
+  return undefined;
 }
diff --git a/src/Explorer/Notebook/NotebookComponent/NotebookComponentBootstrapper.tsx b/src/Explorer/Notebook/NotebookComponent/NotebookComponentBootstrapper.tsx
index 2dc173fc6..3422f6456 100644
--- a/src/Explorer/Notebook/NotebookComponent/NotebookComponentBootstrapper.tsx
+++ b/src/Explorer/Notebook/NotebookComponent/NotebookComponentBootstrapper.tsx
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ import "@nteract/styles/global-variables.css";
 import "react-table/react-table.css";
 
 import * as CdbActions from "./actions";
-import NteractUtil from "../NTeractUtil";
+import * as NteractUtil from "../NTeractUtil";
 
 export interface NotebookComponentBootstrapperOptions {
   notebookClient: NotebookClientV2;
diff --git a/src/Explorer/Notebook/NotebookComponent/VirtualCommandBarComponent.tsx b/src/Explorer/Notebook/NotebookComponent/VirtualCommandBarComponent.tsx
index b49669be5..9c2953cc7 100644
--- a/src/Explorer/Notebook/NotebookComponent/VirtualCommandBarComponent.tsx
+++ b/src/Explorer/Notebook/NotebookComponent/VirtualCommandBarComponent.tsx
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 import * as React from "react";
 import { AppState, ContentRef, selectors } from "@nteract/core";
 import { connect } from "react-redux";
-import NteractUtil from "../NTeractUtil";
+import * as NteractUtil from "../NTeractUtil";
 
 interface VirtualCommandBarComponentProps {
   kernelSpecName: string;