diff --git a/aries_cloudagent/config/ledger.py b/aries_cloudagent/config/ledger.py
index d747941378..021a8f51aa 100644
--- a/aries_cloudagent/config/ledger.py
+++ b/aries_cloudagent/config/ledger.py
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@
 from prompt_toolkit.formatted_text import HTML
 
 from ..ledger.base import BaseLedger
-from ..transport.util import http_fetch, TransportFetchError
+from ..utils.http import fetch, FetchError
 
 from .base import ConfigError
 from .injection_context import InjectionContext
@@ -25,8 +25,8 @@ async def fetch_genesis_transactions(genesis_url: str) -> str:
     headers["Content-Type"] = "application/json"
     LOGGER.info("Fetching genesis transactions from: %s", genesis_url)
     try:
-        return await http_fetch(genesis_url, headers=headers)
-    except TransportFetchError as e:
+        return await fetch(genesis_url, headers=headers)
+    except FetchError as e:
         raise ConfigError("Error retrieving ledger genesis transactions") from e
 
 
diff --git a/aries_cloudagent/transport/util.py b/aries_cloudagent/utils/http.py
similarity index 87%
rename from aries_cloudagent/transport/util.py
rename to aries_cloudagent/utils/http.py
index 1a89ba7d02..a32b17c17a 100644
--- a/aries_cloudagent/transport/util.py
+++ b/aries_cloudagent/utils/http.py
@@ -1,19 +1,19 @@
-"""Transport utility methods."""
+"""HTTP utility methods."""
 
 import asyncio
 
 from aiohttp import BaseConnector, ClientError, ClientResponse, ClientSession
 
-from ..messaging.repeat import RepeatSequence
+from ..core.error import BaseError
 
-from .error import TransportError
+from .repeat import RepeatSequence
 
 
-class TransportFetchError(TransportError):
+class FetchError(BaseError):
     """Error raised when an HTTP fetch fails."""
 
 
-async def http_fetch(
+async def fetch(
     url: str,
     *,
     headers: dict = None,
@@ -56,4 +56,4 @@ async def http_fetch(
                     return await (response.json() if json else response.text())
             except (ClientError, asyncio.TimeoutError) as e:
                 if attempt.final:
-                    raise TransportFetchError("Exceeded maximum fetch attempts") from e
+                    raise FetchError("Exceeded maximum fetch attempts") from e
diff --git a/aries_cloudagent/messaging/repeat.py b/aries_cloudagent/utils/repeat.py
similarity index 100%
rename from aries_cloudagent/messaging/repeat.py
rename to aries_cloudagent/utils/repeat.py
diff --git a/aries_cloudagent/transport/tests/test_util.py b/aries_cloudagent/utils/tests/test_http.py
similarity index 82%
rename from aries_cloudagent/transport/tests/test_util.py
rename to aries_cloudagent/utils/tests/test_http.py
index 7d7557fdec..a9b486fb5d 100644
--- a/aries_cloudagent/transport/tests/test_util.py
+++ b/aries_cloudagent/utils/tests/test_http.py
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 from aiohttp import web
 from aiohttp.test_utils import AioHTTPTestCase, unittest_run_loop
 
-from ..util import http_fetch, TransportFetchError
+from ..http import fetch, FetchError
 
 
 class TestTransportUtils(AioHTTPTestCase):
@@ -26,19 +26,19 @@ async def succeed_route(self, request):
         return ret
 
     @unittest_run_loop
-    async def test_http_fetch(self):
+    async def test_fetch(self):
         server_addr = f"http://localhost:{self.server.port}"
-        result = await http_fetch(
+        result = await fetch(
             f"{server_addr}/succeed", session=self.client.session, json=True
         )
         assert result == [1]
         assert self.succeed_calls == 1
 
     @unittest_run_loop
-    async def test_http_fetch_fail(self):
+    async def test_fetch_fail(self):
         server_addr = f"http://localhost:{self.server.port}"
-        with self.assertRaises(TransportFetchError):
-            result = await http_fetch(
+        with self.assertRaises(FetchError):
+            result = await fetch(
                 f"{server_addr}/fail",
                 max_attempts=2,
                 interval=0,
diff --git a/aries_cloudagent/messaging/tests/test_repeat.py b/aries_cloudagent/utils/tests/test_repeat.py
similarity index 100%
rename from aries_cloudagent/messaging/tests/test_repeat.py
rename to aries_cloudagent/utils/tests/test_repeat.py