diff --git a/ui/app/components/send/currency-display.js b/ui/app/components/send/currency-display.js
index e410bc070..897ebad84 100644
--- a/ui/app/components/send/currency-display.js
+++ b/ui/app/components/send/currency-display.js
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ const Component = require('react').Component
 const h = require('react-hyperscript')
 const inherits = require('util').inherits
 const { conversionUtil, multiplyCurrencies } = require('../../conversion-util')
+const { removeLeadingZeroes } = require('../send_/send.utils')
 const currencyFormatter = require('currency-formatter')
 const currencies = require('currency-formatter/currencies')
 const ethUtil = require('ethereumjs-util')
@@ -92,10 +93,6 @@ CurrencyDisplay.prototype.getConvertedValueToRender = function (nonFormattedValu
     : convertedValue
 }
 
-function removeLeadingZeroes (str) {
-  return str.replace(/^0*(?=\d)/, '')
-}
-
 CurrencyDisplay.prototype.handleChange = function (newVal) {
   this.setState({ valueToRender: removeLeadingZeroes(newVal) })
   this.props.onChange(this.getAmount(newVal))
diff --git a/ui/app/components/send_/send.utils.js b/ui/app/components/send_/send.utils.js
index dfd459731..313465fed 100644
--- a/ui/app/components/send_/send.utils.js
+++ b/ui/app/components/send_/send.utils.js
@@ -32,6 +32,7 @@ module.exports = {
   getToAddressForGasUpdate,
   isBalanceSufficient,
   isTokenBalanceSufficient,
+  removeLeadingZeroes,
 }
 
 function calcGasTotal (gasLimit, gasPrice) {
@@ -273,3 +274,7 @@ function estimateGasPriceFromRecentBlocks (recentBlocks) {
 function getToAddressForGasUpdate (...addresses) {
   return [...addresses, ''].find(str => str !== undefined && str !== null).toLowerCase()
 }
+
+function removeLeadingZeroes (str) {
+  return str.replace(/^0*(?=\d)/, '')
+}
diff --git a/ui/app/components/send_/send.utils.test.js b/ui/app/components/send_/send.utils.test.js
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..36f3a5c10
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ui/app/components/send_/send.utils.test.js
@@ -0,0 +1,30 @@
+import assert from 'assert'
+import { removeLeadingZeroes } from './send.utils'
+
+
+describe('send utils', () => {
+  describe('removeLeadingZeroes()', () => {
+    it('should remove leading zeroes from int when user types', () => {
+      assert.equal(removeLeadingZeroes('0'), '0')
+      assert.equal(removeLeadingZeroes('1'), '1')
+      assert.equal(removeLeadingZeroes('00'), '0')
+      assert.equal(removeLeadingZeroes('01'), '1')
+    })
+
+    it('should remove leading zeroes from int when user copy/paste', () => {
+      assert.equal(removeLeadingZeroes('001'), '1')
+    })
+
+    it('should remove leading zeroes from float when user types', () => {
+      assert.equal(removeLeadingZeroes('0.'), '0.')
+      assert.equal(removeLeadingZeroes('0.0'), '0.0')
+      assert.equal(removeLeadingZeroes('0.00'), '0.00')
+      assert.equal(removeLeadingZeroes('0.001'), '0.001')
+      assert.equal(removeLeadingZeroes('0.10'), '0.10')
+    })
+
+    it('should remove leading zeroes from float when user copy/paste', () => {
+      assert.equal(removeLeadingZeroes('00.1'), '0.1')
+    })
+  })
+})