diff --git a/crates/compiler/builtins/bitcode/src/dec.zig b/crates/compiler/builtins/bitcode/src/dec.zig
index 92738c7351..d8a5281e75 100644
--- a/crates/compiler/builtins/bitcode/src/dec.zig
+++ b/crates/compiler/builtins/bitcode/src/dec.zig
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ const math = std.math;
 const always_inline = std.builtin.CallOptions.Modifier.always_inline;
 const RocStr = str.RocStr;
 const WithOverflow = utils.WithOverflow;
-const roc_panic = utils.panic;
+const roc_panic = @import("panic.zig").panic_help;
 const U256 = num_.U256;
 const mul_u128 = num_.mul_u128;
 
diff --git a/crates/compiler/builtins/bitcode/src/main.zig b/crates/compiler/builtins/bitcode/src/main.zig
index fcbd3cc7c7..5b2ebb5bef 100644
--- a/crates/compiler/builtins/bitcode/src/main.zig
+++ b/crates/compiler/builtins/bitcode/src/main.zig
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ const builtin = @import("builtin");
 const math = std.math;
 const utils = @import("utils.zig");
 const expect = @import("expect.zig");
+const panic_utils = @import("panic.zig");
 
 const ROC_BUILTINS = "roc_builtins";
 const NUM = "num";
@@ -166,7 +167,7 @@ comptime {
     exportUtilsFn(utils.decrefCheckNullC, "decref_check_null");
     exportUtilsFn(utils.allocateWithRefcountC, "allocate_with_refcount");
 
-    @export(utils.panic, .{ .name = "roc_builtins.utils." ++ "panic", .linkage = .Weak });
+    @export(panic_utils.panic, .{ .name = "roc_builtins.utils." ++ "panic", .linkage = .Weak });
 
     if (builtin.target.cpu.arch != .wasm32) {
         exportUtilsFn(expect.expectFailedStartSharedBuffer, "expect_failed_start_shared_buffer");
diff --git a/crates/compiler/builtins/bitcode/src/num.zig b/crates/compiler/builtins/bitcode/src/num.zig
index 23670f4142..990982b7a2 100644
--- a/crates/compiler/builtins/bitcode/src/num.zig
+++ b/crates/compiler/builtins/bitcode/src/num.zig
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ const math = std.math;
 const RocList = @import("list.zig").RocList;
 const RocStr = @import("str.zig").RocStr;
 const WithOverflow = @import("utils.zig").WithOverflow;
-const roc_panic = @import("utils.zig").panic;
+const roc_panic = @import("panic.zig").panic_help;
 
 pub fn NumParseResult(comptime T: type) type {
     // on the roc side we sort by alignment; putting the errorcode last
diff --git a/crates/compiler/builtins/bitcode/src/utils.zig b/crates/compiler/builtins/bitcode/src/utils.zig
index 94a6190f8d..c8ab9f0039 100644
--- a/crates/compiler/builtins/bitcode/src/utils.zig
+++ b/crates/compiler/builtins/bitcode/src/utils.zig
@@ -16,9 +16,6 @@ extern fn roc_realloc(c_ptr: *anyopaque, new_size: usize, old_size: usize, align
 // This should never be passed a null pointer.
 extern fn roc_dealloc(c_ptr: *anyopaque, alignment: u32) callconv(.C) void;
 
-// Signals to the host that the program has panicked
-extern fn roc_panic(c_ptr: *const anyopaque, tag_id: u32) callconv(.C) void;
-
 // should work just like libc memcpy (we can't assume libc is present)
 extern fn roc_memcpy(dst: [*]u8, src: [*]u8, size: usize) callconv(.C) void;
 
@@ -108,11 +105,6 @@ pub fn dealloc(c_ptr: [*]u8, alignment: u32) void {
     return @call(.{ .modifier = always_inline }, roc_dealloc, .{ c_ptr, alignment });
 }
 
-// must export this explicitly because right now it is not used from zig code
-pub fn panic(c_ptr: *const anyopaque, alignment: u32) callconv(.C) void {
-    return @call(.{ .modifier = always_inline }, roc_panic, .{ c_ptr, alignment });
-}
-
 pub fn memcpy(dst: [*]u8, src: [*]u8, size: usize) void {
     @call(.{ .modifier = always_inline }, roc_memcpy, .{ dst, src, size });
 }