diff --git a/js/components/ascribe_media/media_player.js b/js/components/ascribe_media/media_player.js
index a7e56fb7..23e84945 100644
--- a/js/components/ascribe_media/media_player.js
+++ b/js/components/ascribe_media/media_player.js
@@ -3,12 +3,13 @@
 import React from 'react';
 import Q from 'q';
 
-import { escapeHTML } from '../../utils/general_utils';
-
-import InjectInHeadMixin from '../../mixins/inject_in_head_mixin';
 import Panel from 'react-bootstrap/lib/Panel';
 import ProgressBar from 'react-bootstrap/lib/ProgressBar';
-import AppConstants from '../../constants/application_constants.js';
+
+import AppConstants from '../../constants/application_constants';
+
+import { escapeHTML } from '../../utils/general_utils';
+import { InjectInHeadUtils } from '../../utils/inject_utils';
 
 /**
  * This is the component that implements display-specific functionality.
@@ -54,14 +55,12 @@ let Image = React.createClass({
         preview: React.PropTypes.string.isRequired
     },
 
-    mixins: [InjectInHeadMixin],
-
     componentDidMount() {
-        this.inject('https://code.jquery.com/jquery-2.1.4.min.js')
+        InjectInHeadUtils.inject('https://code.jquery.com/jquery-2.1.4.min.js')
             .then(() =>
                 Q.all([
-                    this.inject(AppConstants.baseUrl + 'static/thirdparty/shmui/shmui.css'),
-                    this.inject(AppConstants.baseUrl + 'static/thirdparty/shmui/jquery.shmui.js')
+                    InjectInHeadUtils.inject(AppConstants.baseUrl + 'static/thirdparty/shmui/shmui.css'),
+                    InjectInHeadUtils.inject(AppConstants.baseUrl + 'static/thirdparty/shmui/jquery.shmui.js')
                 ]).then(() => { window.jQuery('.shmui-ascribe').shmui(); }));
     },
 
@@ -77,10 +76,8 @@ let Audio = React.createClass({
         url: React.PropTypes.string.isRequired
     },
 
-    mixins: [InjectInHeadMixin],
-
     componentDidMount() {
-        this.inject(AppConstants.baseUrl + 'static/thirdparty/audiojs/audiojs/audio.min.js').then(this.ready);
+        InjectInHeadUtils.inject(AppConstants.baseUrl + 'static/thirdparty/audiojs/audiojs/audio.min.js').then(this.ready);
     },
 
     ready() {
@@ -111,7 +108,7 @@ let Video = React.createClass({
      *    `false` if we failed to load the external library)
      * 2) render the cover using the `<Image />` component (because libraryLoaded is null)
      * 3) on `componentDidMount`, we load the external `css` and `js` resources using
-     *    the `InjectInHeadMixin`, attaching a function to `Promise.then` to change
+     *    the `InjectInHeadUtils`, attaching a function to `Promise.then` to change
      *    `state.libraryLoaded` to true
      * 4) when the promise is succesfully resolved, we change `state.libraryLoaded` triggering
      *    a re-render
@@ -129,16 +126,14 @@ let Video = React.createClass({
         encodingStatus: React.PropTypes.number
     },
 
-    mixins: [InjectInHeadMixin],
-
     getInitialState() {
         return { libraryLoaded: null, videoMounted: false };
     },
 
     componentDidMount() {
         Q.all([
-            this.inject('//vjs.zencdn.net/4.12/video-js.css'),
-            this.inject('//vjs.zencdn.net/4.12/video.js')])
+            InjectInHeadUtils.inject('//vjs.zencdn.net/4.12/video-js.css'),
+            InjectInHeadUtils.inject('//vjs.zencdn.net/4.12/video.js')])
         .then(() => this.setState({libraryLoaded: true}))
         .fail(() => this.setState({libraryLoaded: false}));
     },
diff --git a/js/mixins/inject_in_head_mixin.js b/js/mixins/inject_in_head_mixin.js
deleted file mode 100644
index 6eacacad..00000000
--- a/js/mixins/inject_in_head_mixin.js
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,71 +0,0 @@
-'use strict';
-
-import Q from 'q';
-
-let mapAttr = {
-    link: 'href',
-    script: 'src'
-};
-
-let mapTag = {
-    js: 'script',
-    css: 'link'
-};
-
-
-let InjectInHeadMixin = {
-    /**
-     * Provide functions to inject `<script>` and `<link>` in `<head>`.
-     * Useful when you have to load a huge external library and
-     * you don't want to embed everything inside the build file.
-     */
-
-    isPresent(tag, src) {
-        let attr = mapAttr[tag];
-        let query = `head > ${tag}[${attr}="${src}"]`;
-        return document.querySelector(query);
-    },
-
-    injectTag(tag, src) {
-        return Q.Promise((resolve, reject) => {
-            if (InjectInHeadMixin.isPresent(tag, src)) {
-                resolve();
-            } else {
-                let attr = mapAttr[tag];
-                let element = document.createElement(tag);
-                if (tag === 'script') {
-                    element.onload = () => resolve();
-                    element.onerror = () => reject();
-                } else {
-                    resolve();
-                }
-                document.head.appendChild(element);
-                element[attr] = src;
-                if (tag === 'link') {
-                    element.rel = 'stylesheet';
-                }
-            }
-        });
-    },
-
-    injectStylesheet(src) {
-        return InjectInHeadMixin.injectTag('link', src);
-    },
-
-    injectScript(src) {
-        return InjectInHeadMixin.injectTag('source', src);
-    },
-
-    inject(src) {
-        let ext = src.split('.').pop();
-        let tag = mapTag[ext];
-        if (!tag) {
-            throw new Error(`Cannot inject ${src} in the DOM, cannot guess the tag name from extension "${ext}". Valid extensions are "js" and "css".`);
-        }
-
-        return InjectInHeadMixin.injectTag(tag, src);
-    }
-
-};
-
-export default InjectInHeadMixin;
diff --git a/js/utils/inject_utils.js b/js/utils/inject_utils.js
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..174ac8b6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/js/utils/inject_utils.js
@@ -0,0 +1,72 @@
+'use strict';
+
+import Q from 'q';
+
+let mapAttr = {
+    link: 'href',
+    script: 'src'
+};
+
+let mapTag = {
+    js: 'script',
+    css: 'link'
+};
+
+function injectTag(tag, src) {
+    return Q.Promise((resolve, reject) => {
+        if (isPresent(tag, src)) {
+            resolve();
+        } else {
+            let attr = mapAttr[tag];
+            let element = document.createElement(tag);
+            if (tag === 'script') {
+                element.onload = () => resolve();
+                element.onerror = () => reject();
+            } else {
+                resolve();
+            }
+            document.head.appendChild(element);
+            element[attr] = src;
+            if (tag === 'link') {
+                element.rel = 'stylesheet';
+            }
+        }
+    });
+}
+
+function isPresent(tag, src) {
+    let attr = mapAttr[tag];
+    let query = `head > ${tag}[${attr}="${src}"]`;
+    return document.querySelector(query);
+}
+
+function injectStylesheet(src) {
+    return injectTag('link', src);
+}
+
+function injectScript(src) {
+    return injectTag('source', src);
+}
+
+function inject(src) {
+    let ext = src.split('.').pop();
+    let tag = mapTag[ext];
+    if (!tag) {
+        throw new Error(`Cannot inject ${src} in the DOM, cannot guess the tag name from extension "${ext}". Valid extensions are "js" and "css".`);
+    }
+
+    return injectTag(tag, src);
+}
+
+export const InjectInHeadUtils = {
+    /**
+     * Provide functions to inject `<script>` and `<link>` in `<head>`.
+     * Useful when you have to load a huge external library and
+     * you don't want to embed everything inside the build file.
+     */
+
+    isPresent,
+    injectStylesheet,
+    injectScript,
+    inject
+};
