diff --git a/src/ActiveScriptsUI.js b/src/ActiveScriptsUI.js
index d41d63a26..83a75b8a4 100644
--- a/src/ActiveScriptsUI.js
+++ b/src/ActiveScriptsUI.js
@@ -1,18 +1,19 @@
-import {Engine}                                     from "./engine";
+import {Engine}                    from "./engine";
 import {workerScripts,
         addWorkerScript,
-        killWorkerScript}                           from "./NetscriptWorker";
-import {Player}                                     from "./Player";
-import {getServer}                                  from "./Server";
-import {dialogBoxCreate}                            from "../utils/DialogBox";
-import {createAccordionElement, removeElement,
-        removeChildrenFromElement}                  from "../utils/HelperFunctions";
-import {arrayToString}                              from "../utils/helpers/arrayToString";
-import {createElement}                              from "../utils/uiHelpers/createElement";
-import {exceptionAlert}                             from "../utils/helpers/exceptionAlert";
-import {logBoxCreate}                               from "../utils/LogBox";
-import numeral                                      from "numeral/min/numeral.min";
-import {formatNumber}                               from "../utils/StringHelperFunctions";
+        killWorkerScript}          from "./NetscriptWorker";
+import {Player}                    from "./Player";
+import {getServer}                 from "./Server";
+import {dialogBoxCreate}           from "../utils/DialogBox";
+import {createAccordionElement,
+        removeChildrenFromElement} from "../utils/HelperFunctions";
+import {arrayToString}             from "../utils/helpers/arrayToString";
+import {createElement}             from "../utils/uiHelpers/createElement";
+import {exceptionAlert}            from "../utils/helpers/exceptionAlert";
+import {logBoxCreate}              from "../utils/LogBox";
+import numeral                     from "numeral/min/numeral.min";
+import {formatNumber}              from "../utils/StringHelperFunctions";
+import {removeElement}             from "../utils/uiHelpers/removeElement";
 
 /* {
  *     serverName: {
diff --git a/src/Bladeburner.js b/src/Bladeburner.js
index 914bd66d7..17c5f9cb2 100644
--- a/src/Bladeburner.js
+++ b/src/Bladeburner.js
@@ -11,8 +11,7 @@ import {KEY}                                        from "./Terminal";
 
 import {createProgressBarText}                      from "../utils/helpers/createProgressBarText";
 import {dialogBoxCreate}                            from "../utils/DialogBox";
-import {removeChildrenFromElement,
-        removeElement}                              from "../utils/HelperFunctions";
+import {removeChildrenFromElement}                  from "../utils/HelperFunctions";
 import {Reviver, Generic_toJSON,
         Generic_fromJSON}                           from "../utils/JSONReviver";
 import numeral                                      from "numeral/min/numeral.min";
@@ -24,6 +23,7 @@ import {createPopup}                                from "../utils/uiHelpers/cre
 import {exceptionAlert}                             from "../utils/helpers/exceptionAlert";
 import {formatNumber}                               from "../utils/StringHelperFunctions";
 import {getRandomInt}                               from "../utils/helpers/getRandomInt";
+import {removeElement}                              from "../utils/uiHelpers/removeElement";
 import {removeElementById}                          from "../utils/uiHelpers/removeElementById";
 
 
diff --git a/src/Gang.js b/src/Gang.js
index 29f1e67de..dcebb42b7 100644
--- a/src/Gang.js
+++ b/src/Gang.js
@@ -7,13 +7,13 @@ import {dialogBoxCreate}                        from "../utils/DialogBox";
 import {Reviver, Generic_toJSON,
         Generic_fromJSON}                       from "../utils/JSONReviver";
 import {removeChildrenFromElement,
-        createAccordionElement,
-        removeElement}                          from "../utils/HelperFunctions";
+        createAccordionElement}                 from "../utils/HelperFunctions";
 import {createElement}                          from "../utils/uiHelpers/createElement";
 import {createPopup}                            from "../utils/uiHelpers/createPopup";
 import  numeral                                 from "numeral/min/numeral.min";
 import {formatNumber}                           from "../utils/StringHelperFunctions";
 import {getRandomInt}                           from "../utils/helpers/getRandomInt";
+import {removeElement}                          from "../utils/uiHelpers/removeElement";
 import {removeElementById}                      from "../utils/uiHelpers/removeElementById";
 import {yesNoBoxCreate, yesNoTxtInpBoxCreate,
         yesNoBoxGetYesButton, yesNoBoxGetNoButton,
diff --git a/utils/HelperFunctions.js b/utils/HelperFunctions.js
index 71a5fe47b..5b30996a5 100644
--- a/utils/HelperFunctions.js
+++ b/utils/HelperFunctions.js
@@ -1,12 +1,6 @@
 //General helper functions
 import {isString}           from "./helpers/isString";
 
-function removeElement(elem) {
-    if (elem == null || !(elem instanceof Element)) {return;}
-    while(elem.firstChild) {elem.removeChild(elem.firstChild);}
-    elem.parentNode.removeChild(elem);
-}
-
 function removeChildrenFromElement(el) {
     if (isString(el)) {
         el = document.getElementById(el);
@@ -54,7 +48,6 @@ function clearSelector(selector) {
     }
 }
 
-export {removeElement,
-        createAccordionElement,
+export {createAccordionElement,
         removeChildrenFromElement,
         clearSelector};
diff --git a/utils/uiHelpers/removeElement.ts b/utils/uiHelpers/removeElement.ts
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..07bbdb7a1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/utils/uiHelpers/removeElement.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+/**
+ * For a given element, this function removes it AND its children
+ * @param elem The element to remove.
+ */
+export function removeElement(elem: Element | null) {
+    if (elem === null) {
+        // tslint:disable-next-line:no-console
+        console.debug("The element passed into 'removeElement' was null.");
+
+        return;
+    }
+    if (!(elem instanceof Element)) {
+        // tslint:disable-next-line:no-console
+        console.debug("The element passed into 'removeElement' was not an instance of an Element.");
+
+        return;
+    }
+
+    while (elem.firstChild) {
+        elem.removeChild(elem.firstChild);
+    }
+
+    if (elem.parentNode) {
+        elem.parentNode.removeChild(elem);
+    }
+}
diff --git a/utils/uiHelpers/removeElementById.ts b/utils/uiHelpers/removeElementById.ts
index 96718b0f6..f0fe4125b 100644
--- a/utils/uiHelpers/removeElementById.ts
+++ b/utils/uiHelpers/removeElementById.ts
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 import { getElementById } from "./getElementById";
+import { removeElement } from "./removeElement";
 
-//
 /**
  * Given its id, this function removes an element AND its children
  * @param id The HTML identifier to search for and remove.
@@ -8,13 +8,7 @@ import { getElementById } from "./getElementById";
 export function removeElementById(id: string) {
     try {
         const elem: HTMLElement = getElementById(id);
-        while (elem.firstChild) {
-            elem.removeChild(elem.firstChild);
-        }
-
-        if (elem.parentNode) {
-            elem.parentNode.removeChild(elem);
-        }
+        removeElement(elem);
     } catch (e) {
         // Probably should log this as we're trying to remove elements that don't exist.
     }