diff --git a/js/components/ascribe_buttons/acl_information.js b/js/components/ascribe_buttons/acl_information.js
index 4a6f5f50..87395546 100644
--- a/js/components/ascribe_buttons/acl_information.js
+++ b/js/components/ascribe_buttons/acl_information.js
@@ -90,7 +90,7 @@ let AclInformation = React.createClass({
             verbsToDisplay = verbsToDisplay.concat(verbs);
         } else if(aim === 'button' && this.props.aclObject) {
             const { aclObject } = this.props;
-            const sanitizedAclObject = sanitize(aclObject, (val) => !val);
+            const sanitizedAclObject = sanitize(aclObject);
             verbsToDisplay = verbsToDisplay.concat(intersectLists(verbs, Object.keys(sanitizedAclObject)));
         }
 
diff --git a/js/components/ascribe_forms/form.js b/js/components/ascribe_forms/form.js
index 3f5bf96b..7e1371ed 100644
--- a/js/components/ascribe_forms/form.js
+++ b/js/components/ascribe_forms/form.js
@@ -370,7 +370,7 @@ let Form = React.createClass({
                 const validatedRef = this._hasRefErrors(refToValidate);
                 validatedFormInputs[refName] = validatedRef;
             });
-        const errorMessagesForRefs = sanitize(validatedFormInputs, (val) => !val);
+        const errorMessagesForRefs = sanitize(validatedFormInputs);
         this.handleError({ json: { errors: errorMessagesForRefs } });
         return !Object.keys(errorMessagesForRefs).length;
     },
diff --git a/js/utils/acl.js b/js/utils/acl.js
index 91ca47b7..c6b3c312 100644
--- a/js/utils/acl.js
+++ b/js/utils/acl.js
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ export function getAvailableAcls(editions, filterFn) {
         edition.acl.edition = false;
         edition.acl.piece = false;
 
-        edition.acl = sanitize(edition.acl, (val) => !val);
+        edition.acl = sanitize(edition.acl);
         edition.acl = Object.keys(edition.acl);
 
         // additionally, the user can specify a filter function for
diff --git a/js/utils/general.js b/js/utils/general.js
index 8be36871..7d7c1f96 100644
--- a/js/utils/general.js
+++ b/js/utils/general.js
@@ -6,23 +6,10 @@
  */
 export { default as isShallowEqual } from 'shallow-equals';
 
-/**
- * Takes an object and returns a shallow copy without any keys
- * that fail the passed in filter function.
- * Does not modify the passed in object.
- *
- * @param  {object} obj regular javascript object
- * @return {object}     regular javascript object without null values or empty strings
- */
-export function sanitize(obj, filterFn) {
-    if (!filterFn) {
-        // By matching null with a double equal, we can match undefined and null
-        // http://stackoverflow.com/a/15992131
-        filterFn = (val) => val == null || val === '';
-    }
-
-    return omitFromObject(obj, filterFn);
-}
+// Re-export general utilities from js-utility-belt for easier access
+export {
+    sanitize
+} from 'js-utility-belt/es6';
 
 /**
  * Removes all falsy values (undefined, null, false, ...) from a list/array