diff --git a/js/utils/general.js b/js/utils/general.js
index 7d7c1f96..cf6705e8 100644
--- a/js/utils/general.js
+++ b/js/utils/general.js
@@ -37,35 +37,7 @@ export function sumNumList(l) {
     return sum;
 }
 
-/*
-    Taken from http://stackoverflow.com/a/4795914/1263876
-    Behaves like C's format string function
 */
-export function formatText() {
-    let args = arguments,
-    string = args[0],
-    i = 1;
-    return string.replace(/%((%)|s|d)/g, (m) => {
-        // m is the matched format, e.g. %s, %d
-        let val = null;
-        if (m[2]) {
-            val = m[2];
-        } else {
-            val = args[i];
-            // A switch statement so that the formatter can be extended. Default is %s
-            switch (m) {
-                case '%d':
-                    val = parseFloat(val);
-                    if (isNaN(val)) {
-                        val = 0;
-                    }
-                    break;
-            }
-            i++;
-        }
-        return val;
-    });
-}
 
 /**
  * Checks a list of objects for key duplicates and returns a boolean
diff --git a/js/utils/lang.js b/js/utils/lang.js
index 932fd28b..b204b741 100644
--- a/js/utils/lang.js
+++ b/js/utils/lang.js
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ import { getBrowserLang } from 'js-utility-belt/es6/lang';
 
 import languages from '../constants/languages';
 
-import { formatText } from './general';
+import { formatText } from './text';
 
 
 /**
diff --git a/js/utils/text.js b/js/utils/text.js
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..28483bd5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/js/utils/text.js
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+// Re-export related utilities from js-utility-belt for easier access
+export { formatText, sprintf } from 'js-utility-belt/es6/text';