diff --git a/packages/interface-ipfs-core/package.json b/packages/interface-ipfs-core/package.json
index fb11b67754..2bb049a903 100644
--- a/packages/interface-ipfs-core/package.json
+++ b/packages/interface-ipfs-core/package.json
@@ -48,6 +48,7 @@
     "is-ipfs": "^2.0.0",
     "iso-random-stream": "^1.1.1",
     "it-all": "^1.0.4",
+    "it-buffer-stream": "^1.0.5",
     "it-concat": "^1.0.1",
     "it-drain": "^1.0.3",
     "it-last": "^1.0.4",
diff --git a/packages/interface-ipfs-core/src/add-all.js b/packages/interface-ipfs-core/src/add-all.js
index bb3ea5a145..8dd06bc229 100644
--- a/packages/interface-ipfs-core/src/add-all.js
+++ b/packages/interface-ipfs-core/src/add-all.js
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ const { isNode } = require('ipfs-utils/src/env')
 const { getDescribe, getIt, expect } = require('./utils/mocha')
 const testTimeout = require('./utils/test-timeout')
 const uint8ArrayFromString = require('uint8arrays/from-string')
+const bufferStream = require('it-buffer-stream')
 
 /** @typedef { import("ipfsd-ctl/src/factory") } Factory */
 /**
@@ -420,5 +421,84 @@ module.exports = (common, options) => {
       expect(files[0].cid.codec).to.equal('dag-pb')
       expect(files[0].size).to.equal(18)
     })
+
+    it('should support bidirectional streaming', async function () {
+      let progressInvoked
+
+      const handler = (bytes, path) => {
+        progressInvoked = true
+      }
+
+      const source = async function * () {
+        yield {
+          content: 'hello',
+          path: '/file'
+        }
+
+        await new Promise((resolve) => {
+          const interval = setInterval(() => {
+            // we've received a progress result, that means we've received some
+            // data from the server before we're done sending data to the server
+            // so the streaming is bidirectional and we can finish up
+            if (progressInvoked) {
+              clearInterval(interval)
+              resolve()
+            }
+          }, 10)
+        })
+      }
+
+      await drain(ipfs.addAll(source(), {
+        progress: handler,
+        fileImportConcurrency: 1
+      }))
+
+      expect(progressInvoked).to.be.true()
+    })
+
+    it('should error during add-all stream', async function () {
+      const source = async function * () {
+        yield {
+          content: 'hello',
+          path: '/file'
+        }
+
+        yield {
+          content: 'hello',
+          path: '/file'
+        }
+      }
+
+      await expect(drain(ipfs.addAll(source(), {
+        fileImportConcurrency: 1,
+        chunker: 'rabin-2048--50' // invalid chunker parameters, validated after the stream starts moving
+      }))).to.eventually.be.rejectedWith(/Chunker parameter avg must be an integer/)
+    })
+
+    it('should add big files', async function () {
+      const totalSize = 1024 * 1024 * 200
+      const chunkSize = 1024 * 1024 * 99
+
+      const source = async function * () {
+        yield {
+          path: '/dir/file-200mb-1',
+          content: bufferStream(totalSize, {
+            chunkSize
+          })
+        }
+
+        yield {
+          path: '/dir/file-200mb-2',
+          content: bufferStream(totalSize, {
+            chunkSize
+          })
+        }
+      }
+
+      const results = await all(ipfs.addAll(source()))
+
+      expect(await ipfs.files.stat(`/ipfs/${results[0].cid}`)).to.have.property('size', totalSize)
+      expect(await ipfs.files.stat(`/ipfs/${results[1].cid}`)).to.have.property('size', totalSize)
+    })
   })
 }
diff --git a/packages/ipfs-cli/tsconfig.json b/packages/ipfs-cli/tsconfig.json
index 8fdab14fa1..f84b5f655c 100644
--- a/packages/ipfs-cli/tsconfig.json
+++ b/packages/ipfs-cli/tsconfig.json
@@ -9,14 +9,17 @@
   ],
   "references": [
     {
-      "path": "../ipfs-core-utils"
+      "path": "../ipfs-core"
     },
     {
-      "path": "../ipfs-core"
+      "path": "../ipfs-core-utils"
     },
     {
       "path": "../ipfs-http-client"
     },
+    {
+      "path": "../ipfs-http-gateway"
+    },
     {
       "path": "../ipfs-http-server"
     }
diff --git a/packages/ipfs-core-utils/package.json b/packages/ipfs-core-utils/package.json
index 12e4bdbf30..e68d3ac4e5 100644
--- a/packages/ipfs-core-utils/package.json
+++ b/packages/ipfs-core-utils/package.json
@@ -38,6 +38,7 @@
   },
   "license": "MIT",
   "dependencies": {
+    "any-signal": "^2.0.0",
     "blob-to-it": "^1.0.1",
     "browser-readablestream-to-it": "^1.0.1",
     "cids": "^1.0.0",
@@ -48,6 +49,8 @@
     "it-peekable": "^1.0.1",
     "multiaddr": "^8.0.0",
     "multiaddr-to-uri": "^6.0.0",
+    "parse-duration": "^0.4.4",
+    "timeout-abort-controller": "^1.1.1",
     "uint8arrays": "^1.1.0"
   },
   "devDependencies": {
diff --git a/packages/ipfs-core-utils/src/errors.js b/packages/ipfs-core-utils/src/errors.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..7894bfbefa
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/ipfs-core-utils/src/errors.js
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+'use strict'
+
+class TimeoutError extends Error {
+  constructor (message = 'request timed out') {
+    super(message)
+    this.name = 'TimeoutError'
+    this.code = TimeoutError.code
+  }
+}
+
+TimeoutError.code = 'ERR_TIMEOUT'
+exports.TimeoutError = TimeoutError
diff --git a/packages/ipfs-core-utils/src/files/normalise-input/normalise-input.js b/packages/ipfs-core-utils/src/files/normalise-input/normalise-input.js
index 9d89695a6c..4a6e8c6d82 100644
--- a/packages/ipfs-core-utils/src/files/normalise-input/normalise-input.js
+++ b/packages/ipfs-core-utils/src/files/normalise-input/normalise-input.js
@@ -8,7 +8,9 @@ const {
   isBytes,
   isBlob,
   isReadableStream,
-  isFileObject
+  isFileObject,
+  mtimeToObject,
+  modeToNumber
 } = require('./utils')
 
 // eslint-disable-next-line complexity
@@ -105,7 +107,8 @@ module.exports = async function * normaliseInput (input, normaliseContent) {
 async function toFileObject (input, normaliseContent) {
   // @ts-ignore - Those properties don't exist on most input types
   const { path, mode, mtime, content } = input
-  const file = { path: path || '', mode, mtime }
+
+  const file = { path: path || '', mode: modeToNumber(mode), mtime: mtimeToObject(mtime) }
 
   if (content) {
     file.content = await normaliseContent(content)
diff --git a/packages/ipfs-core-utils/src/files/normalise-input/utils.js b/packages/ipfs-core-utils/src/files/normalise-input/utils.js
index e1d0cb2b61..dabc6e5a6f 100644
--- a/packages/ipfs-core-utils/src/files/normalise-input/utils.js
+++ b/packages/ipfs-core-utils/src/files/normalise-input/utils.js
@@ -35,9 +35,94 @@ function isFileObject (obj) {
 const isReadableStream = (value) =>
   value && typeof value.getReader === 'function'
 
+/**
+ * @param {any} mtime
+ * @returns {{secs:number, nsecs:number}|undefined}
+ */
+function mtimeToObject (mtime) {
+  if (mtime == null) {
+    return undefined
+  }
+
+  // Javascript Date
+  if (mtime instanceof Date) {
+    const ms = mtime.getTime()
+    const secs = Math.floor(ms / 1000)
+
+    return {
+      secs: secs,
+      nsecs: (ms - (secs * 1000)) * 1000
+    }
+  }
+
+  // { secs, nsecs }
+  if (Object.prototype.hasOwnProperty.call(mtime, 'secs')) {
+    return {
+      secs: mtime.secs,
+      nsecs: mtime.nsecs
+    }
+  }
+
+  // UnixFS TimeSpec
+  if (Object.prototype.hasOwnProperty.call(mtime, 'Seconds')) {
+    return {
+      secs: mtime.Seconds,
+      nsecs: mtime.FractionalNanoseconds
+    }
+  }
+
+  // process.hrtime()
+  if (Array.isArray(mtime)) {
+    return {
+      secs: mtime[0],
+      nsecs: mtime[1]
+    }
+  }
+  /*
+  TODO: https://github.com/ipfs/aegir/issues/487
+
+  // process.hrtime.bigint()
+  if (typeof mtime === 'bigint') {
+    const secs = mtime / BigInt(1e9)
+    const nsecs = mtime - (secs * BigInt(1e9))
+
+    return {
+      secs: parseInt(secs),
+      nsecs: parseInt(nsecs)
+    }
+  }
+  */
+}
+
+/**
+ * @param {any} mode
+ * @returns {number|undefined}
+ */
+function modeToNumber (mode) {
+  if (mode == null) {
+    return undefined
+  }
+
+  if (typeof mode === 'number') {
+    return mode
+  }
+
+  mode = mode.toString()
+
+  if (mode.substring(0, 1) === '0') {
+    // octal string
+    return parseInt(mode, 8)
+  }
+
+  // decimal string
+  return parseInt(mode, 10)
+}
+
 module.exports = {
   isBytes,
   isBlob,
   isFileObject,
-  isReadableStream
+  isReadableStream,
+  mtimeToObject,
+  modeToNumber
 }
diff --git a/packages/ipfs-core-utils/src/index.js b/packages/ipfs-core-utils/src/index.js
index ccacec309b..89aa433f85 100644
--- a/packages/ipfs-core-utils/src/index.js
+++ b/packages/ipfs-core-utils/src/index.js
@@ -1 +1,7 @@
 'use strict'
+
+/**
+ * @template {any[]} ARGS
+ * @template R
+ * @typedef {(...args: ARGS) => R} Fn
+ */
diff --git a/packages/ipfs-core-utils/src/with-timeout-option.js b/packages/ipfs-core-utils/src/with-timeout-option.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..ace39cccce
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/ipfs-core-utils/src/with-timeout-option.js
@@ -0,0 +1,106 @@
+/* eslint-disable no-unreachable */
+'use strict'
+
+const TimeoutController = require('timeout-abort-controller')
+const { anySignal } = require('any-signal')
+const parseDuration = require('parse-duration').default
+const { TimeoutError } = require('./errors')
+
+/**
+ * @template {any[]} ARGS
+ * @template {Promise<any> | AsyncIterable<any>} R - The return type of `fn`
+ * @param {Fn<ARGS, R>} fn
+ * @param {number} [optionsArgIndex]
+ * @returns {Fn<ARGS, R>}
+ */
+function withTimeoutOption (fn, optionsArgIndex) {
+  // eslint-disable-next-line
+  return /** @returns {R} */(/** @type {ARGS} */...args) => {
+    const options = args[optionsArgIndex == null ? args.length - 1 : optionsArgIndex]
+    if (!options || !options.timeout) return fn(...args)
+
+    const timeout = typeof options.timeout === 'string'
+      ? parseDuration(options.timeout)
+      : options.timeout
+
+    const controller = new TimeoutController(timeout)
+
+    options.signal = anySignal([options.signal, controller.signal])
+
+    const fnRes = fn(...args)
+    // eslint-disable-next-line promise/param-names
+    const timeoutPromise = new Promise((_resolve, reject) => {
+      controller.signal.addEventListener('abort', () => {
+        reject(new TimeoutError())
+      })
+    })
+
+    const start = Date.now()
+
+    const maybeThrowTimeoutError = () => {
+      if (controller.signal.aborted) {
+        throw new TimeoutError()
+      }
+
+      const timeTaken = Date.now() - start
+
+      // if we have starved the event loop by adding microtasks, we could have
+      // timed out already but the TimeoutController will never know because it's
+      // setTimeout will not fire until we stop adding microtasks
+      if (timeTaken > timeout) {
+        controller.abort()
+        throw new TimeoutError()
+      }
+    }
+
+    if (fnRes[Symbol.asyncIterator]) {
+      // @ts-ignore
+      return (async function * () {
+        const it = fnRes[Symbol.asyncIterator]()
+
+        try {
+          while (true) {
+            const { value, done } = await Promise.race([it.next(), timeoutPromise])
+
+            if (done) {
+              break
+            }
+
+            maybeThrowTimeoutError()
+
+            yield value
+          }
+        } catch (err) {
+          maybeThrowTimeoutError()
+
+          throw err
+        } finally {
+          controller.clear()
+
+          if (it.return) {
+            it.return()
+          }
+        }
+      })()
+    }
+
+    // @ts-ignore
+    return (async () => {
+      try {
+        const res = await Promise.race([fnRes, timeoutPromise])
+
+        maybeThrowTimeoutError()
+
+        return res
+      } catch (err) {
+        maybeThrowTimeoutError()
+
+        throw err
+      } finally {
+        controller.clear()
+      }
+    })()
+  }
+}
+
+module.exports = withTimeoutOption
diff --git a/packages/ipfs-core/package.json b/packages/ipfs-core/package.json
index d2a257cd8c..2f51f07f3e 100644
--- a/packages/ipfs-core/package.json
+++ b/packages/ipfs-core/package.json
@@ -54,7 +54,6 @@
     "dep-check": "aegir dep-check -i typescript -i interface-ipfs-core"
   },
   "dependencies": {
-    "any-signal": "^2.0.0",
     "array-shuffle": "^1.0.1",
     "bignumber.js": "^9.0.0",
     "cbor": "^5.1.0",
@@ -116,7 +115,6 @@
     "parse-duration": "^0.4.4",
     "peer-id": "^0.14.1",
     "streaming-iterables": "^5.0.2",
-    "timeout-abort-controller": "^1.1.1",
     "uint8arrays": "^1.1.0"
   },
   "devDependencies": {
diff --git a/packages/ipfs-core/src/components/add-all/index.js b/packages/ipfs-core/src/components/add-all/index.js
index 4798616df7..0c1c24435a 100644
--- a/packages/ipfs-core/src/components/add-all/index.js
+++ b/packages/ipfs-core/src/components/add-all/index.js
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ const importer = require('ipfs-unixfs-importer')
 const normaliseAddInput = require('ipfs-core-utils/src/files/normalise-input/index')
 const { parseChunkerString } = require('./utils')
 const { pipe } = require('it-pipe')
-const { withTimeoutOption } = require('../../utils')
+const withTimeoutOption = require('ipfs-core-utils/src/with-timeout-option')
 const mergeOptions = require('merge-options').bind({ ignoreUndefined: true })
 
 /**
diff --git a/packages/ipfs-core/src/components/bitswap/stat.js b/packages/ipfs-core/src/components/bitswap/stat.js
index 237a54d80a..6197426058 100644
--- a/packages/ipfs-core/src/components/bitswap/stat.js
+++ b/packages/ipfs-core/src/components/bitswap/stat.js
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 
 const Big = require('bignumber.js').default
 const CID = require('cids')
-const { withTimeoutOption } = require('../../utils')
+const withTimeoutOption = require('ipfs-core-utils/src/with-timeout-option')
 
 /**
  * @param {Object} config
diff --git a/packages/ipfs-core/src/components/bitswap/unwant.js b/packages/ipfs-core/src/components/bitswap/unwant.js
index 455696b23c..26af33e3c3 100644
--- a/packages/ipfs-core/src/components/bitswap/unwant.js
+++ b/packages/ipfs-core/src/components/bitswap/unwant.js
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 
 const CID = require('cids')
 const errCode = require('err-code')
-const { withTimeoutOption } = require('../../utils')
+const withTimeoutOption = require('ipfs-core-utils/src/with-timeout-option')
 
 /**
  * @param {Object} config
diff --git a/packages/ipfs-core/src/components/bitswap/wantlist-for-peer.js b/packages/ipfs-core/src/components/bitswap/wantlist-for-peer.js
index 6f79ab8c9d..dff9d534e1 100644
--- a/packages/ipfs-core/src/components/bitswap/wantlist-for-peer.js
+++ b/packages/ipfs-core/src/components/bitswap/wantlist-for-peer.js
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 'use strict'
 
 const PeerId = require('peer-id')
-const { withTimeoutOption } = require('../../utils')
+const withTimeoutOption = require('ipfs-core-utils/src/with-timeout-option')
 
 /**
  * @param {Object} config
diff --git a/packages/ipfs-core/src/components/bitswap/wantlist.js b/packages/ipfs-core/src/components/bitswap/wantlist.js
index 94fed01ebb..0d43f816b5 100644
--- a/packages/ipfs-core/src/components/bitswap/wantlist.js
+++ b/packages/ipfs-core/src/components/bitswap/wantlist.js
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 'use strict'
 
-const { withTimeoutOption } = require('../../utils')
+const withTimeoutOption = require('ipfs-core-utils/src/with-timeout-option')
 
 /**
  * @param {Object} config
diff --git a/packages/ipfs-core/src/components/block/get.js b/packages/ipfs-core/src/components/block/get.js
index 4f376fb4a5..d4c8825af2 100644
--- a/packages/ipfs-core/src/components/block/get.js
+++ b/packages/ipfs-core/src/components/block/get.js
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 'use strict'
 
 const { cleanCid } = require('./utils')
-const { withTimeoutOption } = require('../../utils')
+const withTimeoutOption = require('ipfs-core-utils/src/with-timeout-option')
 
 /**
  * @param {Object} config
diff --git a/packages/ipfs-core/src/components/block/put.js b/packages/ipfs-core/src/components/block/put.js
index 8303315b59..5e281e4700 100644
--- a/packages/ipfs-core/src/components/block/put.js
+++ b/packages/ipfs-core/src/components/block/put.js
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ const Block = require('ipld-block')
 const multihashing = require('multihashing-async')
 const CID = require('cids')
 const isIPFS = require('is-ipfs')
-const { withTimeoutOption } = require('../../utils')
+const withTimeoutOption = require('ipfs-core-utils/src/with-timeout-option')
 
 /**
  * @param {Object} config
diff --git a/packages/ipfs-core/src/components/block/rm.js b/packages/ipfs-core/src/components/block/rm.js
index db7414e31d..8d2826f1c1 100644
--- a/packages/ipfs-core/src/components/block/rm.js
+++ b/packages/ipfs-core/src/components/block/rm.js
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ const { parallelMap, filter } = require('streaming-iterables')
 const { pipe } = require('it-pipe')
 const { PinTypes } = require('../pin/pin-manager')
 const { cleanCid } = require('./utils')
-const { withTimeoutOption } = require('../../utils')
+const withTimeoutOption = require('ipfs-core-utils/src/with-timeout-option')
 
 const BLOCK_RM_CONCURRENCY = 8
 
diff --git a/packages/ipfs-core/src/components/block/stat.js b/packages/ipfs-core/src/components/block/stat.js
index 62f6c7ea3b..138cf1a6d7 100644
--- a/packages/ipfs-core/src/components/block/stat.js
+++ b/packages/ipfs-core/src/components/block/stat.js
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 'use strict'
 
 const { cleanCid } = require('./utils')
-const { withTimeoutOption } = require('../../utils')
+const withTimeoutOption = require('ipfs-core-utils/src/with-timeout-option')
 
 /**
  * @param {Object} config
diff --git a/packages/ipfs-core/src/components/bootstrap/add.js b/packages/ipfs-core/src/components/bootstrap/add.js
index a9f22c43a1..6b4dd623ff 100644
--- a/packages/ipfs-core/src/components/bootstrap/add.js
+++ b/packages/ipfs-core/src/components/bootstrap/add.js
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 'use strict'
 
 const { isValidMultiaddr } = require('./utils')
-const { withTimeoutOption } = require('../../utils')
+const withTimeoutOption = require('ipfs-core-utils/src/with-timeout-option')
 
 /**
  * @param {import('..').IPFSRepo} repo
diff --git a/packages/ipfs-core/src/components/bootstrap/clear.js b/packages/ipfs-core/src/components/bootstrap/clear.js
index 2637e4d345..1220ef8af7 100644
--- a/packages/ipfs-core/src/components/bootstrap/clear.js
+++ b/packages/ipfs-core/src/components/bootstrap/clear.js
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 'use strict'
 
-const { withTimeoutOption } = require('../../utils')
+const withTimeoutOption = require('ipfs-core-utils/src/with-timeout-option')
 const Multiaddr = require('multiaddr')
 
 /**
diff --git a/packages/ipfs-core/src/components/bootstrap/list.js b/packages/ipfs-core/src/components/bootstrap/list.js
index 421f16792f..5c445e4056 100644
--- a/packages/ipfs-core/src/components/bootstrap/list.js
+++ b/packages/ipfs-core/src/components/bootstrap/list.js
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 'use strict'
 
-const { withTimeoutOption } = require('../../utils')
+const withTimeoutOption = require('ipfs-core-utils/src/with-timeout-option')
 const Multiaddr = require('multiaddr')
 
 /**
diff --git a/packages/ipfs-core/src/components/bootstrap/reset.js b/packages/ipfs-core/src/components/bootstrap/reset.js
index 81a2dfc6bf..897c68a8eb 100644
--- a/packages/ipfs-core/src/components/bootstrap/reset.js
+++ b/packages/ipfs-core/src/components/bootstrap/reset.js
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 'use strict'
 
 const defaultConfig = require('../../runtime/config-nodejs.js')
-const { withTimeoutOption } = require('../../utils')
+const withTimeoutOption = require('ipfs-core-utils/src/with-timeout-option')
 const Multiaddr = require('multiaddr')
 
 /**
diff --git a/packages/ipfs-core/src/components/bootstrap/rm.js b/packages/ipfs-core/src/components/bootstrap/rm.js
index 88300ea939..f96a2537f4 100644
--- a/packages/ipfs-core/src/components/bootstrap/rm.js
+++ b/packages/ipfs-core/src/components/bootstrap/rm.js
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 'use strict'
 
 const { isValidMultiaddr } = require('./utils')
-const { withTimeoutOption } = require('../../utils')
+const withTimeoutOption = require('ipfs-core-utils/src/with-timeout-option')
 
 /**
  * @param {import('..').IPFSRepo} repo
diff --git a/packages/ipfs-core/src/components/cat.js b/packages/ipfs-core/src/components/cat.js
index a2a793a6f0..6c47032286 100644
--- a/packages/ipfs-core/src/components/cat.js
+++ b/packages/ipfs-core/src/components/cat.js
@@ -1,7 +1,8 @@
 'use strict'
 
 const exporter = require('ipfs-unixfs-exporter')
-const { normalizeCidPath, withTimeoutOption } = require('../utils')
+const { normalizeCidPath } = require('../utils')
+const withTimeoutOption = require('ipfs-core-utils/src/with-timeout-option')
 
 /**
  * @param {Object} config
diff --git a/packages/ipfs-core/src/components/config.js b/packages/ipfs-core/src/components/config.js
index b3df1c6f03..d3319ab055 100644
--- a/packages/ipfs-core/src/components/config.js
+++ b/packages/ipfs-core/src/components/config.js
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 'use strict'
 
 const getDefaultConfig = require('../runtime/config-nodejs.js')
-const { withTimeoutOption } = require('../utils')
+const withTimeoutOption = require('ipfs-core-utils/src/with-timeout-option')
 const log = require('debug')('ipfs:core:config')
 
 /**
diff --git a/packages/ipfs-core/src/components/dag/get.js b/packages/ipfs-core/src/components/dag/get.js
index b0b305ea91..057ae4b4ae 100644
--- a/packages/ipfs-core/src/components/dag/get.js
+++ b/packages/ipfs-core/src/components/dag/get.js
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 'use strict'
 
-const { withTimeoutOption } = require('../../utils')
+const withTimeoutOption = require('ipfs-core-utils/src/with-timeout-option')
 const first = require('it-first')
 const last = require('it-last')
 const toCidAndPath = require('ipfs-core-utils/src/to-cid-and-path')
diff --git a/packages/ipfs-core/src/components/dag/put.js b/packages/ipfs-core/src/components/dag/put.js
index dc2e786f1d..54d45b8959 100644
--- a/packages/ipfs-core/src/components/dag/put.js
+++ b/packages/ipfs-core/src/components/dag/put.js
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ const multicodec = require('multicodec')
  * @returns {number}
  */
 const nameToCodec = name => multicodec[name.toUpperCase().replace(/-/g, '_')]
-const { withTimeoutOption } = require('../../utils')
+const withTimeoutOption = require('ipfs-core-utils/src/with-timeout-option')
 
 /**
  * @param {Object} config
diff --git a/packages/ipfs-core/src/components/dag/resolve.js b/packages/ipfs-core/src/components/dag/resolve.js
index 30a7809e9f..51931d5d89 100644
--- a/packages/ipfs-core/src/components/dag/resolve.js
+++ b/packages/ipfs-core/src/components/dag/resolve.js
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 'use strict'
 
 const CID = require('cids')
-const { withTimeoutOption } = require('../../utils')
+const withTimeoutOption = require('ipfs-core-utils/src/with-timeout-option')
 const toCidAndPath = require('ipfs-core-utils/src/to-cid-and-path')
 
 /**
diff --git a/packages/ipfs-core/src/components/dag/tree.js b/packages/ipfs-core/src/components/dag/tree.js
index 3beedd768e..e335d02b16 100644
--- a/packages/ipfs-core/src/components/dag/tree.js
+++ b/packages/ipfs-core/src/components/dag/tree.js
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 'use strict'
 
-const { withTimeoutOption } = require('../../utils')
+const withTimeoutOption = require('ipfs-core-utils/src/with-timeout-option')
 const toCidAndPath = require('ipfs-core-utils/src/to-cid-and-path')
 
 /**
diff --git a/packages/ipfs-core/src/components/dht.js b/packages/ipfs-core/src/components/dht.js
index f53865dabb..15c4caf6d0 100644
--- a/packages/ipfs-core/src/components/dht.js
+++ b/packages/ipfs-core/src/components/dht.js
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 const PeerId = require('peer-id')
 const CID = require('cids')
 const errCode = require('err-code')
-const { withTimeoutOption } = require('../utils')
+const withTimeoutOption = require('ipfs-core-utils/src/with-timeout-option')
 
 module.exports = ({ libp2p, repo }) => {
   const { get, put, findProvs, findPeer, provide, query } = {
diff --git a/packages/ipfs-core/src/components/dns.js b/packages/ipfs-core/src/components/dns.js
index 0c77219e11..0d206989d5 100644
--- a/packages/ipfs-core/src/components/dns.js
+++ b/packages/ipfs-core/src/components/dns.js
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 
 // dns-nodejs gets replaced by dns-browser when webpacked/browserified
 const dns = require('../runtime/dns-nodejs')
-const { withTimeoutOption } = require('../utils')
+const withTimeoutOption = require('ipfs-core-utils/src/with-timeout-option')
 
 /**
  * @param {string} domain
diff --git a/packages/ipfs-core/src/components/files/chmod.js b/packages/ipfs-core/src/components/files/chmod.js
index b23174ee78..01735d674a 100644
--- a/packages/ipfs-core/src/components/files/chmod.js
+++ b/packages/ipfs-core/src/components/files/chmod.js
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ const last = require('it-last')
 const cp = require('./cp')
 const rm = require('./rm')
 const persist = require('ipfs-unixfs-importer/src/utils/persist')
-const { withTimeoutOption } = require('../../utils')
+const withTimeoutOption = require('ipfs-core-utils/src/with-timeout-option')
 
 const defaultOptions = {
   flush: true,
diff --git a/packages/ipfs-core/src/components/files/cp.js b/packages/ipfs-core/src/components/files/cp.js
index aaee076f72..8936421a75 100644
--- a/packages/ipfs-core/src/components/files/cp.js
+++ b/packages/ipfs-core/src/components/files/cp.js
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ const addLink = require('./utils/add-link')
 const toMfsPath = require('./utils/to-mfs-path')
 const toSourcesAndDestination = require('./utils/to-sources-and-destination')
 const toTrail = require('./utils/to-trail')
-const { withTimeoutOption } = require('../../utils')
+const withTimeoutOption = require('ipfs-core-utils/src/with-timeout-option')
 
 const defaultOptions = {
   parents: false,
diff --git a/packages/ipfs-core/src/components/files/flush.js b/packages/ipfs-core/src/components/files/flush.js
index d3d57983a0..5df96ff0e1 100644
--- a/packages/ipfs-core/src/components/files/flush.js
+++ b/packages/ipfs-core/src/components/files/flush.js
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 'use strict'
 
 const stat = require('./stat')
-const { withTimeoutOption } = require('../../utils')
+const withTimeoutOption = require('ipfs-core-utils/src/with-timeout-option')
 const mergeOptions = require('merge-options').bind({ ignoreUndefined: true })
 
 const defaultOptions = {
diff --git a/packages/ipfs-core/src/components/files/ls.js b/packages/ipfs-core/src/components/files/ls.js
index 4610c34763..951074e86b 100644
--- a/packages/ipfs-core/src/components/files/ls.js
+++ b/packages/ipfs-core/src/components/files/ls.js
@@ -2,9 +2,7 @@
 
 const exporter = require('ipfs-unixfs-exporter')
 const toMfsPath = require('./utils/to-mfs-path')
-const {
-  withTimeoutOption
-} = require('../../utils')
+const withTimeoutOption = require('ipfs-core-utils/src/with-timeout-option')
 
 /**
  * @param {*} fsEntry
diff --git a/packages/ipfs-core/src/components/files/mkdir.js b/packages/ipfs-core/src/components/files/mkdir.js
index be6a59760a..22f0b8cfc1 100644
--- a/packages/ipfs-core/src/components/files/mkdir.js
+++ b/packages/ipfs-core/src/components/files/mkdir.js
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ const updateTree = require('./utils/update-tree')
 const addLink = require('./utils/add-link')
 const withMfsRoot = require('./utils/with-mfs-root')
 const mergeOptions = require('merge-options').bind({ ignoreUndefined: true })
-const { withTimeoutOption } = require('../../utils')
+const withTimeoutOption = require('ipfs-core-utils/src/with-timeout-option')
 
 const defaultOptions = {
   parents: false,
diff --git a/packages/ipfs-core/src/components/files/mv.js b/packages/ipfs-core/src/components/files/mv.js
index 5f65e96e77..e58ad02963 100644
--- a/packages/ipfs-core/src/components/files/mv.js
+++ b/packages/ipfs-core/src/components/files/mv.js
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 const toSources = require('./utils/to-sources')
 const cp = require('./cp')
 const rm = require('./rm')
-const { withTimeoutOption } = require('../../utils')
+const withTimeoutOption = require('ipfs-core-utils/src/with-timeout-option')
 
 const defaultOptions = {
   parents: false,
diff --git a/packages/ipfs-core/src/components/files/read.js b/packages/ipfs-core/src/components/files/read.js
index e5cf791e51..ea697c85b7 100644
--- a/packages/ipfs-core/src/components/files/read.js
+++ b/packages/ipfs-core/src/components/files/read.js
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ const exporter = require('ipfs-unixfs-exporter')
 const mergeOptions = require('merge-options').bind({ ignoreUndefined: true })
 const toMfsPath = require('./utils/to-mfs-path')
 const errCode = require('err-code')
-const { withTimeoutOption } = require('../../utils')
+const withTimeoutOption = require('ipfs-core-utils/src/with-timeout-option')
 
 const defaultOptions = {
   offset: 0,
diff --git a/packages/ipfs-core/src/components/files/rm.js b/packages/ipfs-core/src/components/files/rm.js
index 859203665c..d9677f99e8 100644
--- a/packages/ipfs-core/src/components/files/rm.js
+++ b/packages/ipfs-core/src/components/files/rm.js
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ const toSources = require('./utils/to-sources')
 const removeLink = require('./utils/remove-link')
 const toMfsPath = require('./utils/to-mfs-path')
 const toTrail = require('./utils/to-trail')
-const { withTimeoutOption } = require('../../utils')
+const withTimeoutOption = require('ipfs-core-utils/src/with-timeout-option')
 
 const defaultOptions = {
   recursive: false,
diff --git a/packages/ipfs-core/src/components/files/stat.js b/packages/ipfs-core/src/components/files/stat.js
index 6a038b57f5..4b83a664ff 100644
--- a/packages/ipfs-core/src/components/files/stat.js
+++ b/packages/ipfs-core/src/components/files/stat.js
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ const toMfsPath = require('./utils/to-mfs-path')
 const exporter = require('ipfs-unixfs-exporter')
 const log = require('debug')('ipfs:mfs:stat')
 const errCode = require('err-code')
-const { withTimeoutOption } = require('../../utils')
+const withTimeoutOption = require('ipfs-core-utils/src/with-timeout-option')
 
 const defaultOptions = {
   withLocal: false,
diff --git a/packages/ipfs-core/src/components/files/touch.js b/packages/ipfs-core/src/components/files/touch.js
index 77f2eda055..6d889ba07b 100644
--- a/packages/ipfs-core/src/components/files/touch.js
+++ b/packages/ipfs-core/src/components/files/touch.js
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ const updateMfsRoot = require('./utils/update-mfs-root')
 const { DAGNode } = require('ipld-dag-pb')
 const mc = require('multicodec')
 const mh = require('multihashing-async').multihash
-const { withTimeoutOption } = require('../../utils')
+const withTimeoutOption = require('ipfs-core-utils/src/with-timeout-option')
 
 const defaultOptions = {
   /** @type {UnixTime|undefined} */
diff --git a/packages/ipfs-core/src/components/files/write.js b/packages/ipfs-core/src/components/files/write.js
index 67b341406f..f65987c7a7 100644
--- a/packages/ipfs-core/src/components/files/write.js
+++ b/packages/ipfs-core/src/components/files/write.js
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ const {
   MFS_MAX_CHUNK_SIZE
 } = require('../../utils')
 const last = require('it-last')
-const { withTimeoutOption } = require('../../utils')
+const withTimeoutOption = require('ipfs-core-utils/src/with-timeout-option')
 
 const defaultOptions = {
   offset: 0, // the offset in the file to begin writing
diff --git a/packages/ipfs-core/src/components/get.js b/packages/ipfs-core/src/components/get.js
index 5763f89cb9..1b614136c9 100644
--- a/packages/ipfs-core/src/components/get.js
+++ b/packages/ipfs-core/src/components/get.js
@@ -2,7 +2,8 @@
 
 const exporter = require('ipfs-unixfs-exporter')
 const errCode = require('err-code')
-const { normalizeCidPath, mapFile, withTimeoutOption } = require('../utils')
+const { normalizeCidPath, mapFile } = require('../utils')
+const withTimeoutOption = require('ipfs-core-utils/src/with-timeout-option')
 
 /**
  * @param {Object} config
diff --git a/packages/ipfs-core/src/components/id.js b/packages/ipfs-core/src/components/id.js
index 226dcc239e..f319bf3e03 100644
--- a/packages/ipfs-core/src/components/id.js
+++ b/packages/ipfs-core/src/components/id.js
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 
 const pkgversion = require('../../package.json').version
 const multiaddr = require('multiaddr')
-const { withTimeoutOption } = require('../utils')
+const withTimeoutOption = require('ipfs-core-utils/src/with-timeout-option')
 const uint8ArrayToString = require('uint8arrays/to-string')
 
 /**
diff --git a/packages/ipfs-core/src/components/key/export.js b/packages/ipfs-core/src/components/key/export.js
index 0e136c7f70..e6766bfaa4 100644
--- a/packages/ipfs-core/src/components/key/export.js
+++ b/packages/ipfs-core/src/components/key/export.js
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 'use strict'
 
-const { withTimeoutOption } = require('../../utils')
+const withTimeoutOption = require('ipfs-core-utils/src/with-timeout-option')
 
 module.exports = ({ keychain }) => {
   return withTimeoutOption((name, password, options = {}) => keychain.exportKey(name, password, options))
diff --git a/packages/ipfs-core/src/components/key/gen.js b/packages/ipfs-core/src/components/key/gen.js
index e3eaea5ff0..76a270339e 100644
--- a/packages/ipfs-core/src/components/key/gen.js
+++ b/packages/ipfs-core/src/components/key/gen.js
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 'use strict'
 
-const { withTimeoutOption } = require('../../utils')
+const withTimeoutOption = require('ipfs-core-utils/src/with-timeout-option')
 
 module.exports = ({ keychain }) => {
   return withTimeoutOption((name, options = {}) => {
diff --git a/packages/ipfs-core/src/components/key/import.js b/packages/ipfs-core/src/components/key/import.js
index 1aaba9559f..815e9063ec 100644
--- a/packages/ipfs-core/src/components/key/import.js
+++ b/packages/ipfs-core/src/components/key/import.js
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 'use strict'
 
-const { withTimeoutOption } = require('../../utils')
+const withTimeoutOption = require('ipfs-core-utils/src/with-timeout-option')
 
 module.exports = ({ keychain }) => {
   return withTimeoutOption((name, pem, password, options) => keychain.importKey(name, pem, password, options))
diff --git a/packages/ipfs-core/src/components/key/info.js b/packages/ipfs-core/src/components/key/info.js
index 209ee27eba..6000424535 100644
--- a/packages/ipfs-core/src/components/key/info.js
+++ b/packages/ipfs-core/src/components/key/info.js
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 'use strict'
 
-const { withTimeoutOption } = require('../../utils')
+const withTimeoutOption = require('ipfs-core-utils/src/with-timeout-option')
 
 module.exports = ({ keychain }) => {
   return withTimeoutOption((name, options) => keychain.findKeyByName(name, options))
diff --git a/packages/ipfs-core/src/components/key/list.js b/packages/ipfs-core/src/components/key/list.js
index 576132f7b6..62b7b13513 100644
--- a/packages/ipfs-core/src/components/key/list.js
+++ b/packages/ipfs-core/src/components/key/list.js
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 'use strict'
 
-const { withTimeoutOption } = require('../../utils')
+const withTimeoutOption = require('ipfs-core-utils/src/with-timeout-option')
 
 module.exports = ({ keychain }) => {
   return withTimeoutOption((options) => keychain.listKeys(options))
diff --git a/packages/ipfs-core/src/components/key/rename.js b/packages/ipfs-core/src/components/key/rename.js
index acd6a0c72f..be6e44ce4d 100644
--- a/packages/ipfs-core/src/components/key/rename.js
+++ b/packages/ipfs-core/src/components/key/rename.js
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 'use strict'
 
-const { withTimeoutOption } = require('../../utils')
+const withTimeoutOption = require('ipfs-core-utils/src/with-timeout-option')
 
 module.exports = ({ keychain }) => {
   return withTimeoutOption(async (oldName, newName, options) => {
diff --git a/packages/ipfs-core/src/components/key/rm.js b/packages/ipfs-core/src/components/key/rm.js
index bd24943021..41b2b16d4b 100644
--- a/packages/ipfs-core/src/components/key/rm.js
+++ b/packages/ipfs-core/src/components/key/rm.js
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 'use strict'
 
-const { withTimeoutOption } = require('../../utils')
+const withTimeoutOption = require('ipfs-core-utils/src/with-timeout-option')
 
 module.exports = ({ keychain }) => {
   return withTimeoutOption((name, options) => keychain.removeKey(name, options))
diff --git a/packages/ipfs-core/src/components/ls.js b/packages/ipfs-core/src/components/ls.js
index e1cb13b2bd..81256669dc 100644
--- a/packages/ipfs-core/src/components/ls.js
+++ b/packages/ipfs-core/src/components/ls.js
@@ -2,7 +2,8 @@
 
 const exporter = require('ipfs-unixfs-exporter')
 const errCode = require('err-code')
-const { normalizeCidPath, mapFile, withTimeoutOption } = require('../utils')
+const { normalizeCidPath, mapFile } = require('../utils')
+const withTimeoutOption = require('ipfs-core-utils/src/with-timeout-option')
 
 /**
  * @param {Object} config
diff --git a/packages/ipfs-core/src/components/name/publish.js b/packages/ipfs-core/src/components/name/publish.js
index 217d2e41ca..bc87fb879d 100644
--- a/packages/ipfs-core/src/components/name/publish.js
+++ b/packages/ipfs-core/src/components/name/publish.js
@@ -9,7 +9,8 @@ const log = Object.assign(debug('ipfs:name:publish'), {
   error: debug('ipfs:name:publish:error')
 })
 
-const { OFFLINE_ERROR, normalizePath, withTimeoutOption } = require('../../utils')
+const { OFFLINE_ERROR, normalizePath } = require('../../utils')
+const withTimeoutOption = require('ipfs-core-utils/src/with-timeout-option')
 const { resolvePath } = require('./utils')
 
 /**
diff --git a/packages/ipfs-core/src/components/name/pubsub/cancel.js b/packages/ipfs-core/src/components/name/pubsub/cancel.js
index 1eb1b50985..f734efd2a1 100644
--- a/packages/ipfs-core/src/components/name/pubsub/cancel.js
+++ b/packages/ipfs-core/src/components/name/pubsub/cancel.js
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 'use strict'
 
 const { getPubsubRouting } = require('./utils')
-const { withTimeoutOption } = require('../../../utils')
+const withTimeoutOption = require('ipfs-core-utils/src/with-timeout-option')
 
 /**
  * @param {Object} config
diff --git a/packages/ipfs-core/src/components/name/pubsub/state.js b/packages/ipfs-core/src/components/name/pubsub/state.js
index f122da1396..a704de8a49 100644
--- a/packages/ipfs-core/src/components/name/pubsub/state.js
+++ b/packages/ipfs-core/src/components/name/pubsub/state.js
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 'use strict'
 
 const { getPubsubRouting } = require('./utils')
-const { withTimeoutOption } = require('../../../utils')
+const withTimeoutOption = require('ipfs-core-utils/src/with-timeout-option')
 
 module.exports = ({ ipns, options: constructorOptions }) => {
   /**
diff --git a/packages/ipfs-core/src/components/name/pubsub/subs.js b/packages/ipfs-core/src/components/name/pubsub/subs.js
index 6e84f8ec3c..a68b5eb05e 100644
--- a/packages/ipfs-core/src/components/name/pubsub/subs.js
+++ b/packages/ipfs-core/src/components/name/pubsub/subs.js
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 'use strict'
 
 const { getPubsubRouting } = require('./utils')
-const { withTimeoutOption } = require('../../../utils')
+const withTimeoutOption = require('ipfs-core-utils/src/with-timeout-option')
 
 module.exports = ({ ipns, options: constructorOptions }) => {
   /**
diff --git a/packages/ipfs-core/src/components/name/resolve.js b/packages/ipfs-core/src/components/name/resolve.js
index 05f74fb0f2..0589a28dfa 100644
--- a/packages/ipfs-core/src/components/name/resolve.js
+++ b/packages/ipfs-core/src/components/name/resolve.js
@@ -10,7 +10,8 @@ const log = Object.assign(debug('ipfs:name:resolve'), {
   error: debug('ipfs:name:resolve:error')
 })
 
-const { OFFLINE_ERROR, withTimeoutOption } = require('../../utils')
+const { OFFLINE_ERROR } = require('../../utils')
+const withTimeoutOption = require('ipfs-core-utils/src/with-timeout-option')
 
 /**
  *
diff --git a/packages/ipfs-core/src/components/object/data.js b/packages/ipfs-core/src/components/object/data.js
index 7143daf308..8e3bdfb84e 100644
--- a/packages/ipfs-core/src/components/object/data.js
+++ b/packages/ipfs-core/src/components/object/data.js
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 'use strict'
 
-const { withTimeoutOption } = require('../../utils')
+const withTimeoutOption = require('ipfs-core-utils/src/with-timeout-option')
 
 module.exports = ({ ipld, preload }) => {
   const get = require('./get')({ ipld, preload })
diff --git a/packages/ipfs-core/src/components/object/get.js b/packages/ipfs-core/src/components/object/get.js
index 70b8d6785c..669898b77e 100644
--- a/packages/ipfs-core/src/components/object/get.js
+++ b/packages/ipfs-core/src/components/object/get.js
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 
 const CID = require('cids')
 const errCode = require('err-code')
-const { withTimeoutOption } = require('../../utils')
+const withTimeoutOption = require('ipfs-core-utils/src/with-timeout-option')
 const uint8ArrayFromString = require('uint8arrays/from-string')
 
 function normalizeMultihash (multihash, enc) {
diff --git a/packages/ipfs-core/src/components/object/links.js b/packages/ipfs-core/src/components/object/links.js
index 8d9afb1929..d6a7b8d67c 100644
--- a/packages/ipfs-core/src/components/object/links.js
+++ b/packages/ipfs-core/src/components/object/links.js
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 const dagPB = require('ipld-dag-pb')
 const DAGLink = dagPB.DAGLink
 const CID = require('cids')
-const { withTimeoutOption } = require('../../utils')
+const withTimeoutOption = require('ipfs-core-utils/src/with-timeout-option')
 
 function findLinks (node, links = []) {
   for (const key in node) {
diff --git a/packages/ipfs-core/src/components/object/new.js b/packages/ipfs-core/src/components/object/new.js
index f7e24fdbbc..315ae9efcb 100644
--- a/packages/ipfs-core/src/components/object/new.js
+++ b/packages/ipfs-core/src/components/object/new.js
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ const dagPB = require('ipld-dag-pb')
 const DAGNode = dagPB.DAGNode
 const multicodec = require('multicodec')
 const Unixfs = require('ipfs-unixfs')
-const { withTimeoutOption } = require('../../utils')
+const withTimeoutOption = require('ipfs-core-utils/src/with-timeout-option')
 
 module.exports = ({ ipld, preload }) => {
   return withTimeoutOption(async function _new (options = {}) {
diff --git a/packages/ipfs-core/src/components/object/patch/add-link.js b/packages/ipfs-core/src/components/object/patch/add-link.js
index 77f0d26708..123a92a39d 100644
--- a/packages/ipfs-core/src/components/object/patch/add-link.js
+++ b/packages/ipfs-core/src/components/object/patch/add-link.js
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 'use strict'
 
-const { withTimeoutOption } = require('../../../utils')
+const withTimeoutOption = require('ipfs-core-utils/src/with-timeout-option')
 
 module.exports = ({ ipld, gcLock, preload }) => {
   const get = require('../get')({ ipld, preload })
diff --git a/packages/ipfs-core/src/components/object/patch/append-data.js b/packages/ipfs-core/src/components/object/patch/append-data.js
index df31ca668c..3ddd9d700e 100644
--- a/packages/ipfs-core/src/components/object/patch/append-data.js
+++ b/packages/ipfs-core/src/components/object/patch/append-data.js
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 'use strict'
 
 const { DAGNode } = require('ipld-dag-pb')
-const { withTimeoutOption } = require('../../../utils')
+const withTimeoutOption = require('ipfs-core-utils/src/with-timeout-option')
 const uint8ArrayConcat = require('uint8arrays/concat')
 
 module.exports = ({ ipld, gcLock, preload }) => {
diff --git a/packages/ipfs-core/src/components/object/patch/rm-link.js b/packages/ipfs-core/src/components/object/patch/rm-link.js
index 9d028017d0..ed24d8d168 100644
--- a/packages/ipfs-core/src/components/object/patch/rm-link.js
+++ b/packages/ipfs-core/src/components/object/patch/rm-link.js
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 'use strict'
 
-const { withTimeoutOption } = require('../../../utils')
+const withTimeoutOption = require('ipfs-core-utils/src/with-timeout-option')
 
 module.exports = ({ ipld, gcLock, preload }) => {
   const get = require('../get')({ ipld, preload })
diff --git a/packages/ipfs-core/src/components/object/patch/set-data.js b/packages/ipfs-core/src/components/object/patch/set-data.js
index 9a9e4b3a1f..e556a8ea3c 100644
--- a/packages/ipfs-core/src/components/object/patch/set-data.js
+++ b/packages/ipfs-core/src/components/object/patch/set-data.js
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 'use strict'
 
 const { DAGNode } = require('ipld-dag-pb')
-const { withTimeoutOption } = require('../../../utils')
+const withTimeoutOption = require('ipfs-core-utils/src/with-timeout-option')
 
 module.exports = ({ ipld, gcLock, preload }) => {
   const get = require('../get')({ ipld, preload })
diff --git a/packages/ipfs-core/src/components/object/put.js b/packages/ipfs-core/src/components/object/put.js
index cbbe4f2e23..65cf70fcb9 100644
--- a/packages/ipfs-core/src/components/object/put.js
+++ b/packages/ipfs-core/src/components/object/put.js
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ const DAGNode = dagPB.DAGNode
 const DAGLink = dagPB.DAGLink
 const mh = require('multihashing-async').multihash
 const multicodec = require('multicodec')
-const { withTimeoutOption } = require('../../utils')
+const withTimeoutOption = require('ipfs-core-utils/src/with-timeout-option')
 const uint8ArrayToString = require('uint8arrays/to-string')
 const uint8ArrayFromString = require('uint8arrays/from-string')
 
diff --git a/packages/ipfs-core/src/components/object/stat.js b/packages/ipfs-core/src/components/object/stat.js
index 511415c4c7..699c9b4d3e 100644
--- a/packages/ipfs-core/src/components/object/stat.js
+++ b/packages/ipfs-core/src/components/object/stat.js
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 'use strict'
 
 const dagPB = require('ipld-dag-pb')
-const { withTimeoutOption } = require('../../utils')
+const withTimeoutOption = require('ipfs-core-utils/src/with-timeout-option')
 
 module.exports = ({ ipld, preload }) => {
   const get = require('./get')({ ipld, preload })
diff --git a/packages/ipfs-core/src/components/pin/add-all.js b/packages/ipfs-core/src/components/pin/add-all.js
index 24889323e3..09892c24e6 100644
--- a/packages/ipfs-core/src/components/pin/add-all.js
+++ b/packages/ipfs-core/src/components/pin/add-all.js
@@ -1,9 +1,10 @@
 /* eslint max-nested-callbacks: ["error", 8] */
 'use strict'
 
-const { resolvePath, withTimeoutOption } = require('../../utils')
+const { resolvePath } = require('../../utils')
 const PinManager = require('./pin-manager')
 const { PinTypes } = PinManager
+const withTimeoutOption = require('ipfs-core-utils/src/with-timeout-option')
 
 /** @type {(source:Source) => AsyncIterable<PinTarget>} */
 const normaliseInput = require('ipfs-core-utils/src/pins/normalise-input')
diff --git a/packages/ipfs-core/src/components/pin/ls.js b/packages/ipfs-core/src/components/pin/ls.js
index 179585d620..4764e32d94 100644
--- a/packages/ipfs-core/src/components/pin/ls.js
+++ b/packages/ipfs-core/src/components/pin/ls.js
@@ -4,7 +4,8 @@
 const PinManager = require('./pin-manager')
 const { PinTypes } = PinManager
 const normaliseInput = require('ipfs-core-utils/src/pins/normalise-input')
-const { resolvePath, withTimeoutOption } = require('../../utils')
+const { resolvePath } = require('../../utils')
+const withTimeoutOption = require('ipfs-core-utils/src/with-timeout-option')
 
 function toPin (type, cid, metadata) {
   const output = {
diff --git a/packages/ipfs-core/src/components/pin/rm-all.js b/packages/ipfs-core/src/components/pin/rm-all.js
index 06f0887fe9..e02d2e7bfb 100644
--- a/packages/ipfs-core/src/components/pin/rm-all.js
+++ b/packages/ipfs-core/src/components/pin/rm-all.js
@@ -1,7 +1,8 @@
 'use strict'
 
 const normaliseInput = require('ipfs-core-utils/src/pins/normalise-input')
-const { resolvePath, withTimeoutOption } = require('../../utils')
+const { resolvePath } = require('../../utils')
+const withTimeoutOption = require('ipfs-core-utils/src/with-timeout-option')
 const { PinTypes } = require('./pin-manager')
 
 /**
diff --git a/packages/ipfs-core/src/components/ping.js b/packages/ipfs-core/src/components/ping.js
index 24ed95dbff..a3285be652 100644
--- a/packages/ipfs-core/src/components/ping.js
+++ b/packages/ipfs-core/src/components/ping.js
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 const PeerId = require('peer-id')
 /** @type {{success:true, time:0, text: ''}} */
 const basePacket = { success: true, time: 0, text: '' }
-const { withTimeoutOption } = require('../utils')
+const withTimeoutOption = require('ipfs-core-utils/src/with-timeout-option')
 
 /**
  * @param {Object} config
diff --git a/packages/ipfs-core/src/components/pubsub.js b/packages/ipfs-core/src/components/pubsub.js
index 531a85e359..876594d5aa 100644
--- a/packages/ipfs-core/src/components/pubsub.js
+++ b/packages/ipfs-core/src/components/pubsub.js
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 'use strict'
 
-const { withTimeoutOption } = require('../utils')
+const withTimeoutOption = require('ipfs-core-utils/src/with-timeout-option')
 const errCode = require('err-code')
 
 module.exports = ({ libp2p }) => {
diff --git a/packages/ipfs-core/src/components/refs/index.js b/packages/ipfs-core/src/components/refs/index.js
index 669fd0cbe1..15aee1a3d0 100644
--- a/packages/ipfs-core/src/components/refs/index.js
+++ b/packages/ipfs-core/src/components/refs/index.js
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ const { DAGNode } = require('ipld-dag-pb')
 const { normalizeCidPath } = require('../../utils')
 const { Errors } = require('interface-datastore')
 const ERR_NOT_FOUND = Errors.notFoundError().code
-const { withTimeoutOption } = require('../../utils')
+const withTimeoutOption = require('ipfs-core-utils/src/with-timeout-option')
 
 const Format = {
   default: '<dst>',
diff --git a/packages/ipfs-core/src/components/refs/local.js b/packages/ipfs-core/src/components/refs/local.js
index 871c5440dd..92411408a1 100644
--- a/packages/ipfs-core/src/components/refs/local.js
+++ b/packages/ipfs-core/src/components/refs/local.js
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 'use strict'
 
-const { withTimeoutOption } = require('../../utils')
+const withTimeoutOption = require('ipfs-core-utils/src/with-timeout-option')
 
 module.exports = function ({ repo }) {
   return withTimeoutOption(async function * refsLocal (options = {}) {
diff --git a/packages/ipfs-core/src/components/repo/gc.js b/packages/ipfs-core/src/components/repo/gc.js
index c2b8b26afa..5a8bee05c8 100644
--- a/packages/ipfs-core/src/components/repo/gc.js
+++ b/packages/ipfs-core/src/components/repo/gc.js
@@ -2,7 +2,8 @@
 
 const CID = require('cids')
 const log = require('debug')('ipfs:repo:gc')
-const { MFS_ROOT_KEY, withTimeoutOption } = require('../../utils')
+const { MFS_ROOT_KEY } = require('../../utils')
+const withTimeoutOption = require('ipfs-core-utils/src/with-timeout-option')
 const { Errors } = require('interface-datastore')
 const ERR_NOT_FOUND = Errors.notFoundError().code
 const { parallelMerge, transform, map } = require('streaming-iterables')
diff --git a/packages/ipfs-core/src/components/repo/stat.js b/packages/ipfs-core/src/components/repo/stat.js
index 9194a00ded..3cf268254a 100644
--- a/packages/ipfs-core/src/components/repo/stat.js
+++ b/packages/ipfs-core/src/components/repo/stat.js
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 'use strict'
 
-const { withTimeoutOption } = require('../../utils')
+const withTimeoutOption = require('ipfs-core-utils/src/with-timeout-option')
 
 module.exports = ({ repo }) => {
   return withTimeoutOption(async function stat (options) {
diff --git a/packages/ipfs-core/src/components/repo/version.js b/packages/ipfs-core/src/components/repo/version.js
index 4622f667b7..3d73e89045 100644
--- a/packages/ipfs-core/src/components/repo/version.js
+++ b/packages/ipfs-core/src/components/repo/version.js
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 'use strict'
 
 const { repoVersion } = require('ipfs-repo')
-const { withTimeoutOption } = require('../../utils')
+const withTimeoutOption = require('ipfs-core-utils/src/with-timeout-option')
 
 module.exports = ({ repo }) => {
   /**
diff --git a/packages/ipfs-core/src/components/resolve.js b/packages/ipfs-core/src/components/resolve.js
index 9b14d4516c..8e9672d6ab 100644
--- a/packages/ipfs-core/src/components/resolve.js
+++ b/packages/ipfs-core/src/components/resolve.js
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 const isIpfs = require('is-ipfs')
 const CID = require('cids')
 const { cidToString } = require('ipfs-core-utils/src/cid')
-const { withTimeoutOption } = require('../utils')
+const withTimeoutOption = require('ipfs-core-utils/src/with-timeout-option')
 
 /**
  * @param {Object} config
diff --git a/packages/ipfs-core/src/components/start.js b/packages/ipfs-core/src/components/start.js
index 1f1f286eb2..d421707ef4 100644
--- a/packages/ipfs-core/src/components/start.js
+++ b/packages/ipfs-core/src/components/start.js
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ const routingConfig = require('../ipns/routing/config')
 const { AlreadyInitializedError, NotEnabledError } = require('../errors')
 const Components = require('./')
 const createMfsPreload = require('../mfs-preload')
-const { withTimeoutOption } = require('../utils')
+const withTimeoutOption = require('ipfs-core-utils/src/with-timeout-option')
 
 const WEBSOCKET_STAR_PROTO_CODE = 479
 
diff --git a/packages/ipfs-core/src/components/stats/bw.js b/packages/ipfs-core/src/components/stats/bw.js
index 3c2319187c..cb5b13fe7a 100644
--- a/packages/ipfs-core/src/components/stats/bw.js
+++ b/packages/ipfs-core/src/components/stats/bw.js
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 const Big = require('bignumber.js').default
 const parseDuration = require('parse-duration').default
 const errCode = require('err-code')
-const { withTimeoutOption } = require('../../utils')
+const withTimeoutOption = require('ipfs-core-utils/src/with-timeout-option')
 
 function getBandwidthStats (libp2p, opts) {
   let stats
diff --git a/packages/ipfs-core/src/components/stop.js b/packages/ipfs-core/src/components/stop.js
index 88e320aaea..10d03a8809 100644
--- a/packages/ipfs-core/src/components/stop.js
+++ b/packages/ipfs-core/src/components/stop.js
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 const defer = require('p-defer')
 const { NotStartedError, AlreadyInitializedError } = require('../errors')
 const Components = require('./')
-const { withTimeoutOption } = require('../utils')
+const withTimeoutOption = require('ipfs-core-utils/src/with-timeout-option')
 
 module.exports = ({
   apiManager,
diff --git a/packages/ipfs-core/src/components/swarm/addrs.js b/packages/ipfs-core/src/components/swarm/addrs.js
index cca0c83d32..42301f414c 100644
--- a/packages/ipfs-core/src/components/swarm/addrs.js
+++ b/packages/ipfs-core/src/components/swarm/addrs.js
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 'use strict'
 
-const { withTimeoutOption } = require('../../utils')
+const withTimeoutOption = require('ipfs-core-utils/src/with-timeout-option')
 
 module.exports = ({ libp2p }) => {
   return withTimeoutOption(async function addrs (options) { // eslint-disable-line require-await
diff --git a/packages/ipfs-core/src/components/swarm/connect.js b/packages/ipfs-core/src/components/swarm/connect.js
index aafa951742..8f287505e1 100644
--- a/packages/ipfs-core/src/components/swarm/connect.js
+++ b/packages/ipfs-core/src/components/swarm/connect.js
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 'use strict'
 
-const { withTimeoutOption } = require('../../utils')
+const withTimeoutOption = require('ipfs-core-utils/src/with-timeout-option')
 
 module.exports = ({ libp2p }) => {
   return withTimeoutOption(function connect (addr, options) {
diff --git a/packages/ipfs-core/src/components/swarm/disconnect.js b/packages/ipfs-core/src/components/swarm/disconnect.js
index 7d09d43edb..9ef3966606 100644
--- a/packages/ipfs-core/src/components/swarm/disconnect.js
+++ b/packages/ipfs-core/src/components/swarm/disconnect.js
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 'use strict'
 
-const { withTimeoutOption } = require('../../utils')
+const withTimeoutOption = require('ipfs-core-utils/src/with-timeout-option')
 
 module.exports = ({ libp2p }) => {
   return withTimeoutOption(function disconnect (addr, options) {
diff --git a/packages/ipfs-core/src/components/swarm/local-addrs.js b/packages/ipfs-core/src/components/swarm/local-addrs.js
index 10b7f04cc3..51912f8259 100644
--- a/packages/ipfs-core/src/components/swarm/local-addrs.js
+++ b/packages/ipfs-core/src/components/swarm/local-addrs.js
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 'use strict'
 
-const { withTimeoutOption } = require('../../utils')
+const withTimeoutOption = require('ipfs-core-utils/src/with-timeout-option')
 
 module.exports = ({ multiaddrs }) => {
   return withTimeoutOption(async function localAddrs () { // eslint-disable-line require-await
diff --git a/packages/ipfs-core/src/components/swarm/peers.js b/packages/ipfs-core/src/components/swarm/peers.js
index 4a0654cad7..a3e1199e95 100644
--- a/packages/ipfs-core/src/components/swarm/peers.js
+++ b/packages/ipfs-core/src/components/swarm/peers.js
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 'use strict'
 
-const { withTimeoutOption } = require('../../utils')
+const withTimeoutOption = require('ipfs-core-utils/src/with-timeout-option')
 
 module.exports = ({ libp2p }) => {
   return withTimeoutOption(async function peers (options = {}) { // eslint-disable-line require-await
diff --git a/packages/ipfs-core/src/components/version.js b/packages/ipfs-core/src/components/version.js
index 72b304a62f..f9024bb657 100644
--- a/packages/ipfs-core/src/components/version.js
+++ b/packages/ipfs-core/src/components/version.js
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 'use strict'
 
 const pkg = require('../../package.json')
-const { withTimeoutOption } = require('../utils')
+const withTimeoutOption = require('ipfs-core-utils/src/with-timeout-option')
 
 // gitHead is defined in published versions
 const meta = { gitHead: '', ...pkg }
diff --git a/packages/ipfs-core/src/errors.js b/packages/ipfs-core/src/errors.js
index 465576b322..e15dec7260 100644
--- a/packages/ipfs-core/src/errors.js
+++ b/packages/ipfs-core/src/errors.js
@@ -54,14 +54,3 @@ class NotEnabledError extends Error {
 
 NotEnabledError.code = 'ERR_NOT_ENABLED'
 exports.NotEnabledError = NotEnabledError
-
-class TimeoutError extends Error {
-  constructor (message = 'request timed out') {
-    super(message)
-    this.name = 'TimeoutError'
-    this.code = TimeoutError.code
-  }
-}
-
-TimeoutError.code = 'ERR_TIMEOUT'
-exports.TimeoutError = TimeoutError
diff --git a/packages/ipfs-core/src/utils.js b/packages/ipfs-core/src/utils.js
index 18fcad2326..e2f7bce6d9 100644
--- a/packages/ipfs-core/src/utils.js
+++ b/packages/ipfs-core/src/utils.js
@@ -3,11 +3,7 @@
 
 const isIpfs = require('is-ipfs')
 const CID = require('cids')
-const TimeoutController = require('timeout-abort-controller')
-const { anySignal } = require('any-signal')
-const parseDuration = require('parse-duration').default
 const Key = require('interface-datastore').Key
-const { TimeoutError } = require('./errors')
 const errCode = require('err-code')
 const toCidAndPath = require('ipfs-core-utils/src/to-cid-and-path')
 
@@ -217,105 +213,7 @@ const mapFile = (file, options = {}) => {
  * @template {Record<string, any>} ExtraOptions
  */
 
-/**
- * @template {any[]} ARGS
- * @template {Promise<any> | AsyncIterable<any>} R - The return type of `fn`
- * @param {Fn<ARGS, R>} fn
- * @param {number} [optionsArgIndex]
- * @returns {Fn<ARGS, R>}
- */
-function withTimeoutOption (fn, optionsArgIndex) {
-  // eslint-disable-next-line
-  return /** @returns {R} */(/** @type {ARGS} */...args) => {
-    const options = args[optionsArgIndex == null ? args.length - 1 : optionsArgIndex]
-    if (!options || !options.timeout) return fn(...args)
-
-    const timeout = typeof options.timeout === 'string'
-      ? parseDuration(options.timeout)
-      : options.timeout
-
-    const controller = new TimeoutController(timeout)
-
-    options.signal = anySignal([options.signal, controller.signal])
-
-    const fnRes = fn(...args)
-    // eslint-disable-next-line promise/param-names
-    const timeoutPromise = new Promise((_resolve, reject) => {
-      controller.signal.addEventListener('abort', () => {
-        reject(new TimeoutError())
-      })
-    })
-
-    const start = Date.now()
-
-    const maybeThrowTimeoutError = () => {
-      if (controller.signal.aborted) {
-        throw new TimeoutError()
-      }
-
-      const timeTaken = Date.now() - start
-
-      // if we have starved the event loop by adding microtasks, we could have
-      // timed out already but the TimeoutController will never know because it's
-      // setTimeout will not fire until we stop adding microtasks
-      if (timeTaken > timeout) {
-        controller.abort()
-        throw new TimeoutError()
-      }
-    }
-
-    if (fnRes[Symbol.asyncIterator]) {
-      // @ts-ignore
-      return (async function * () {
-        const it = fnRes[Symbol.asyncIterator]()
-
-        try {
-          while (true) {
-            const { value, done } = await Promise.race([it.next(), timeoutPromise])
-
-            if (done) {
-              break
-            }
-
-            maybeThrowTimeoutError()
-
-            yield value
-          }
-        } catch (err) {
-          maybeThrowTimeoutError()
-
-          throw err
-        } finally {
-          controller.clear()
-
-          if (it.return) {
-            it.return()
-          }
-        }
-      })()
-    }
-
-    // @ts-ignore
-    return (async () => {
-      try {
-        const res = await Promise.race([fnRes, timeoutPromise])
-
-        maybeThrowTimeoutError()
-
-        return res
-      } catch (err) {
-        maybeThrowTimeoutError()
-
-        throw err
-      } finally {
-        controller.clear()
-      }
-    })()
-  }
-}
-
 exports.normalizePath = normalizePath
 exports.normalizeCidPath = normalizeCidPath
 exports.resolvePath = resolvePath
 exports.mapFile = mapFile
-exports.withTimeoutOption = withTimeoutOption
diff --git a/packages/ipfs-http-client/src/files/write.js b/packages/ipfs-http-client/src/files/write.js
index 08b598397a..329834c0f5 100644
--- a/packages/ipfs-http-client/src/files/write.js
+++ b/packages/ipfs-http-client/src/files/write.js
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 'use strict'
 
 const modeToString = require('../lib/mode-to-string')
-const mtimeToObject = require('../lib/mtime-to-object')
+const { mtimeToObject } = require('ipfs-core-utils/src/files/normalise-input/utils')
 const configure = require('../lib/configure')
 const multipartRequest = require('../lib/multipart-request')
 const toUrlSearchParams = require('../lib/to-url-search-params')
diff --git a/packages/ipfs-http-client/src/lib/mtime-to-object.js b/packages/ipfs-http-client/src/lib/mtime-to-object.js
deleted file mode 100644
index f7c4d3dbc9..0000000000
--- a/packages/ipfs-http-client/src/lib/mtime-to-object.js
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,60 +0,0 @@
-'use strict'
-
-/**
- * @param {any} mtime
- * @returns {{secs:number, nsecs:number}|undefined}
- */
-module.exports = function parseMtime (mtime) {
-  if (mtime == null) {
-    return undefined
-  }
-
-  // Javascript Date
-  if (mtime instanceof Date) {
-    const ms = mtime.getTime()
-    const secs = Math.floor(ms / 1000)
-
-    return {
-      secs: secs,
-      nsecs: (ms - (secs * 1000)) * 1000
-    }
-  }
-
-  // { secs, nsecs }
-  if (Object.prototype.hasOwnProperty.call(mtime, 'secs')) {
-    return {
-      secs: mtime.secs,
-      nsecs: mtime.nsecs
-    }
-  }
-
-  // UnixFS TimeSpec
-  if (Object.prototype.hasOwnProperty.call(mtime, 'Seconds')) {
-    return {
-      secs: mtime.Seconds,
-      nsecs: mtime.FractionalNanoseconds
-    }
-  }
-
-  // process.hrtime()
-  if (Array.isArray(mtime)) {
-    return {
-      secs: mtime[0],
-      nsecs: mtime[1]
-    }
-  }
-  /*
-  TODO: https://github.com/ipfs/aegir/issues/487
-
-  // process.hrtime.bigint()
-  if (typeof mtime === 'bigint') {
-    const secs = mtime / BigInt(1e9)
-    const nsecs = mtime - (secs * BigInt(1e9))
-
-    return {
-      secs: parseInt(secs),
-      nsecs: parseInt(nsecs)
-    }
-  }
-  */
-}
diff --git a/packages/ipfs-http-client/src/lib/multipart-request.browser.js b/packages/ipfs-http-client/src/lib/multipart-request.browser.js
index 417282a7d8..6c6ee87996 100644
--- a/packages/ipfs-http-client/src/lib/multipart-request.browser.js
+++ b/packages/ipfs-http-client/src/lib/multipart-request.browser.js
@@ -4,7 +4,6 @@
 // version and fail.
 const normaliseInput = require('ipfs-core-utils/src/files/normalise-input/index.browser')
 const modeToString = require('./mode-to-string')
-const mtimeToObject = require('./mtime-to-object')
 const { File, FormData } = require('ipfs-utils/src/globalthis')
 
 async function multipartRequest (source = '', abortController, headers = {}) {
@@ -28,9 +27,8 @@ async function multipartRequest (source = '', abortController, headers = {}) {
       qs.push(`mode=${modeToString(mode)}`)
     }
 
-    const time = mtimeToObject(mtime)
-    if (time != null) {
-      const { secs, nsecs } = time
+    if ((mtime) != null) {
+      const { secs, nsecs } = (mtime)
 
       qs.push(`mtime=${secs}`)
 
diff --git a/packages/ipfs-http-client/src/lib/multipart-request.node.js b/packages/ipfs-http-client/src/lib/multipart-request.node.js
index d707f4f2b4..61d82c12e4 100644
--- a/packages/ipfs-http-client/src/lib/multipart-request.node.js
+++ b/packages/ipfs-http-client/src/lib/multipart-request.node.js
@@ -3,7 +3,6 @@
 const normaliseInput = require('ipfs-core-utils/src/files/normalise-input')
 const { nanoid } = require('nanoid')
 const modeToString = require('./mode-to-string')
-const mtimeToObject = require('./mtime-to-object')
 const merge = require('merge-options').bind({ ignoreUndefined: true })
 const toStream = require('it-to-stream')
 
@@ -36,9 +35,8 @@ async function multipartRequest (source = '', abortController, headers = {}, bou
           qs.push(`mode=${modeToString(mode)}`)
         }
 
-        const time = mtimeToObject(mtime)
-        if (time != null) {
-          const { secs, nsecs } = time
+        if (mtime != null) {
+          const { secs, nsecs } = mtime
 
           qs.push(`mtime=${secs}`)
 
diff --git a/packages/ipfs-http-client/src/lib/to-url-search-params.js b/packages/ipfs-http-client/src/lib/to-url-search-params.js
index 479dcbb840..2067b0be02 100644
--- a/packages/ipfs-http-client/src/lib/to-url-search-params.js
+++ b/packages/ipfs-http-client/src/lib/to-url-search-params.js
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 'use strict'
 
 const modeToString = require('./mode-to-string')
-const mtimeToObject = require('./mtime-to-object')
+const { mtimeToObject } = require('ipfs-core-utils/src/files/normalise-input/utils')
 
 /**
  * @param {*} params
diff --git a/packages/ipfs-http-server/src/index.js b/packages/ipfs-http-server/src/index.js
index 5439be23d2..062814abf9 100644
--- a/packages/ipfs-http-server/src/index.js
+++ b/packages/ipfs-http-server/src/index.js
@@ -182,7 +182,7 @@ class HttpApi {
         const controller = new AbortController()
         request.app.signal = controller.signal
 
-        // abort the reqest if the client disconnects
+        // abort the request if the client disconnects
         request.events.once('disconnect', () => {
           controller.abort()
         })
diff --git a/packages/ipfs/test/interface-http-go.js b/packages/ipfs/test/interface-http-go.js
index 7e091509f5..c3a60d6d0d 100644
--- a/packages/ipfs/test/interface-http-go.js
+++ b/packages/ipfs/test/interface-http-go.js
@@ -49,6 +49,14 @@ describe('interface-ipfs-core over ipfs-http-client tests against go-ipfs', () =
       {
         name: 'should override raw leaves when file is smaller than one block and metadata is present',
         reason: 'TODO not implemented in go-ipfs yet'
+      },
+      {
+        name: 'should support bidirectional streaming',
+        reason: 'Not supported by http'
+      },
+      {
+        name: 'should error during add-all stream',
+        reason: 'Not supported by http'
       }
     ]
   })
diff --git a/packages/ipfs/test/interface-http-js.js b/packages/ipfs/test/interface-http-js.js
index 37fd0347ed..8126c739f3 100644
--- a/packages/ipfs/test/interface-http-js.js
+++ b/packages/ipfs/test/interface-http-js.js
@@ -15,16 +15,25 @@ describe('interface-ipfs-core over ipfs-http-client tests against js-ipfs', func
   })
 
   tests.root(commonFactory, {
-    skip: isNode ? [{
-      name: 'should fail when passed invalid input',
-      reason: 'node-fetch cannot detect errors in streaming bodies - https://github.com/node-fetch/node-fetch/issues/753'
-    }, {
-      name: 'should not add from an invalid url',
-      reason: 'node-fetch cannot detect errors in streaming bodies - https://github.com/node-fetch/node-fetch/issues/753'
-    }] : [{
-      name: 'should add with mtime as hrtime',
-      reason: 'Not designed to run in the browser'
-    }]
+    skip: [
+      {
+        name: 'should support bidirectional streaming',
+        reason: 'Not supported by http'
+      },
+      {
+        name: 'should error during add-all stream',
+        reason: 'Not supported by http'
+      }]
+      .concat(isNode ? [{
+        name: 'should fail when passed invalid input',
+        reason: 'node-fetch cannot detect errors in streaming bodies - https://github.com/node-fetch/node-fetch/issues/753'
+      }, {
+        name: 'should not add from an invalid url',
+        reason: 'node-fetch cannot detect errors in streaming bodies - https://github.com/node-fetch/node-fetch/issues/753'
+      }] : [{
+        name: 'should add with mtime as hrtime',
+        reason: 'Not designed to run in the browser'
+      }])
   })
 
   tests.bitswap(commonFactory)