diff --git a/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/api/http/server/NCQueryServiceServlet.java b/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/api/http/server/NCQueryServiceServlet.java
index 0b0f262..d6ebdad 100644
--- a/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/api/http/server/NCQueryServiceServlet.java
+++ b/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/api/http/server/NCQueryServiceServlet.java
@@ -36,7 +36,6 @@
 import org.apache.asterix.common.api.IRequestReference;
 import org.apache.asterix.common.config.GlobalConfig;
 import org.apache.asterix.common.exceptions.ErrorCode;
-import org.apache.asterix.common.exceptions.ExceptionUtils;
 import org.apache.asterix.common.exceptions.RuntimeDataException;
 import org.apache.asterix.common.messaging.api.INCMessageBroker;
 import org.apache.asterix.common.messaging.api.MessageFuture;
@@ -46,6 +45,7 @@
 import org.apache.asterix.translator.SessionOutput;
 import org.apache.hyracks.api.application.INCServiceContext;
 import org.apache.hyracks.api.exceptions.Warning;
+import org.apache.hyracks.api.util.ExceptionUtils;
 import org.apache.hyracks.http.api.IChannelClosedHandler;
 import org.apache.hyracks.http.api.IServletRequest;
 import org.apache.hyracks.http.server.HttpServer;
diff --git a/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/app/translator/QueryTranslator.java b/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/app/translator/QueryTranslator.java
index 754e2b6..7396dcb 100644
--- a/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/app/translator/QueryTranslator.java
+++ b/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/app/translator/QueryTranslator.java
@@ -76,7 +76,6 @@
 import org.apache.asterix.common.exceptions.AsterixException;
 import org.apache.asterix.common.exceptions.CompilationException;
 import org.apache.asterix.common.exceptions.ErrorCode;
-import org.apache.asterix.common.exceptions.ExceptionUtils;
 import org.apache.asterix.common.exceptions.MetadataException;
 import org.apache.asterix.common.exceptions.RuntimeDataException;
 import org.apache.asterix.common.exceptions.WarningCollector;
@@ -3576,7 +3575,7 @@
                 printer.print(jobId);
             }
         } catch (Exception e) {
-            if (ExceptionUtils.getRootCause(e) instanceof InterruptedException) {
+            if (org.apache.hyracks.api.util.ExceptionUtils.getRootCause(e) instanceof InterruptedException) {
                 Thread.currentThread().interrupt();
                 throw new RuntimeDataException(ErrorCode.REQUEST_CANCELLED, clientRequest.getId());
             }
diff --git a/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/utils/RebalanceUtil.java b/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/utils/RebalanceUtil.java
index 429cda9..ccb73b6 100644
--- a/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/utils/RebalanceUtil.java
+++ b/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/utils/RebalanceUtil.java
@@ -34,7 +34,6 @@
 import org.apache.asterix.app.active.ActiveNotificationHandler;
 import org.apache.asterix.common.api.IMetadataLockManager;
 import org.apache.asterix.common.dataflow.ICcApplicationContext;
-import org.apache.asterix.common.exceptions.ExceptionUtils;
 import org.apache.asterix.common.metadata.DataverseName;
 import org.apache.asterix.common.transactions.TxnId;
 import org.apache.asterix.common.utils.JobUtils;
@@ -182,7 +181,7 @@
                 work.run();
                 done = true;
             } catch (Exception e) {
-                Throwable rootCause = ExceptionUtils.getRootCause(e);
+                Throwable rootCause = org.apache.hyracks.api.util.ExceptionUtils.getRootCause(e);
                 if (rootCause instanceof java.lang.InterruptedException) {
                     interruptedException = (InterruptedException) rootCause;
                     // clear the interrupted state from the thread
diff --git a/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/java/org/apache/asterix/test/common/CancellationTestExecutor.java b/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/java/org/apache/asterix/test/common/CancellationTestExecutor.java
index d4f92fb..db7ca7d 100644
--- a/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/java/org/apache/asterix/test/common/CancellationTestExecutor.java
+++ b/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/java/org/apache/asterix/test/common/CancellationTestExecutor.java
@@ -33,7 +33,6 @@
 import java.util.concurrent.Future;
 import java.util.function.Predicate;
 
-import org.apache.asterix.common.exceptions.ExceptionUtils;
 import org.apache.asterix.common.utils.Servlets;
 import org.apache.asterix.test.runtime.SqlppExecutionWithCancellationTest;
 import org.apache.asterix.testframework.context.TestCaseContext;
@@ -43,6 +42,7 @@
 import org.apache.http.HttpResponse;
 import org.apache.http.client.methods.HttpUriRequest;
 import org.apache.http.client.methods.RequestBuilder;
+import org.apache.hyracks.api.util.ExceptionUtils;
 import org.junit.Assert;
 
 public class CancellationTestExecutor extends TestExecutor {
diff --git a/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/java/org/apache/asterix/test/common/RebalanceCancellationTestExecutor.java b/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/java/org/apache/asterix/test/common/RebalanceCancellationTestExecutor.java
index 3318459..d35bfb7 100644
--- a/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/java/org/apache/asterix/test/common/RebalanceCancellationTestExecutor.java
+++ b/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/java/org/apache/asterix/test/common/RebalanceCancellationTestExecutor.java
@@ -29,7 +29,6 @@
 import java.util.concurrent.Executors;
 import java.util.concurrent.Future;
 
-import org.apache.asterix.common.exceptions.ExceptionUtils;
 import org.apache.asterix.common.utils.Servlets;
 import org.apache.asterix.testframework.context.TestCaseContext;
 import org.apache.asterix.testframework.xml.ComparisonEnum;
@@ -38,6 +37,7 @@
 import org.apache.http.HttpResponse;
 import org.apache.http.client.methods.HttpUriRequest;
 import org.apache.http.client.methods.RequestBuilder;
+import org.apache.hyracks.api.util.ExceptionUtils;
 import org.apache.logging.log4j.Level;
 import org.junit.Assert;
 
diff --git a/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/java/org/apache/asterix/test/runtime/SqlppExecutionWithCancellationTest.java b/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/java/org/apache/asterix/test/runtime/SqlppExecutionWithCancellationTest.java
index c5ca66a..eae9d09 100644
--- a/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/java/org/apache/asterix/test/runtime/SqlppExecutionWithCancellationTest.java
+++ b/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/java/org/apache/asterix/test/runtime/SqlppExecutionWithCancellationTest.java
@@ -20,9 +20,9 @@
 
 import java.util.Collection;
 
-import org.apache.asterix.common.exceptions.ExceptionUtils;
 import org.apache.asterix.test.common.CancellationTestExecutor;
 import org.apache.asterix.testframework.context.TestCaseContext;
+import org.apache.hyracks.api.util.ExceptionUtils;
 import org.junit.AfterClass;
 import org.junit.Assert;
 import org.junit.BeforeClass;
diff --git a/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/java/org/apache/asterix/test/txn/LogManagerTest.java b/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/java/org/apache/asterix/test/txn/LogManagerTest.java
index 685d983..fb08fe3 100644
--- a/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/java/org/apache/asterix/test/txn/LogManagerTest.java
+++ b/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/java/org/apache/asterix/test/txn/LogManagerTest.java
@@ -31,7 +31,6 @@
 import org.apache.asterix.common.config.TransactionProperties;
 import org.apache.asterix.common.dataflow.DatasetLocalResource;
 import org.apache.asterix.common.exceptions.ACIDException;
-import org.apache.asterix.common.exceptions.ExceptionUtils;
 import org.apache.asterix.common.transactions.DatasetId;
 import org.apache.asterix.common.transactions.ILockManager;
 import org.apache.asterix.common.transactions.ILogManager;
@@ -113,7 +112,7 @@
                     logManager.log(logRecord);
                 }
             } catch (ACIDException e) {
-                Throwable rootCause = ExceptionUtils.getRootCause(e);
+                Throwable rootCause = org.apache.hyracks.api.util.ExceptionUtils.getRootCause(e);
                 if (rootCause instanceof java.lang.InterruptedException) {
                     interrupted.set(true);
                 }
diff --git a/asterixdb/asterix-common/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/common/exceptions/ExceptionUtils.java b/asterixdb/asterix-common/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/common/exceptions/ExceptionUtils.java
deleted file mode 100644
index f73848f..0000000
--- a/asterixdb/asterix-common/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/common/exceptions/ExceptionUtils.java
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,86 +0,0 @@
-/*
- * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
- * or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
- * distributed with this work for additional information
- * regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
- * to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
- * "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
- * with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
- *
- *   http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
- *
- * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
- * software distributed under the License is distributed on an
- * "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
- * KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
- * specific language governing permissions and limitations
- * under the License.
- */
-package org.apache.asterix.common.exceptions;
-
-import java.util.function.Predicate;
-
-import org.apache.hyracks.api.exceptions.IFormattedException;
-
-public class ExceptionUtils {
-    public static final String INCORRECT_PARAMETER = "Incorrect parameter.\n";
-    public static final String PARAMETER_NAME = "Parameter name: ";
-    public static final String EXPECTED_VALUE = "Expected value: ";
-    public static final String PASSED_VALUE = "Passed value: ";
-
-    private ExceptionUtils() {
-    }
-
-    public static String incorrectParameterMessage(String parameterName, String expectedValue, String passedValue) {
-        return INCORRECT_PARAMETER + PARAMETER_NAME + parameterName + System.lineSeparator() + EXPECTED_VALUE
-                + expectedValue + System.lineSeparator() + PASSED_VALUE + passedValue;
-    }
-
-    // Gets the error message for the root cause of a given Throwable instance.
-    public static String getErrorMessage(Throwable th) {
-        Throwable cause = getRootCause(th);
-        return cause.getMessage();
-    }
-
-    // Finds the root cause of a given Throwable instance.
-    public static Throwable getRootCause(Throwable e) {
-        Throwable current = e;
-        Throwable cause = e.getCause();
-        while (cause != null && cause != current) {
-            current = cause;
-            cause = current.getCause();
-        }
-        return current;
-    }
-
-    /**
-     * Determines whether supplied exception contains a matching cause in its hierarchy, or is itself a match
-     */
-    public static boolean matchingCause(Throwable e, Predicate<Throwable> test) {
-        Throwable current = e;
-        Throwable cause = e.getCause();
-        while (cause != null && cause != current) {
-            if (test.test(cause)) {
-                return true;
-            }
-            Throwable nextCause = current.getCause();
-            current = cause;
-            cause = nextCause;
-        }
-        return test.test(e);
-    }
-
-    /**
-     * Unwraps enclosed exceptions until a non-product exception is found, otherwise returns the root production
-     * exception
-     */
-    public static Throwable unwrap(Throwable e) {
-        Throwable current = e;
-        Throwable cause = e.getCause();
-        while (cause != null && cause != current && current instanceof IFormattedException) {
-            current = cause;
-            cause = current.getCause();
-        }
-        return current;
-    }
-}
diff --git a/asterixdb/asterix-external-data/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/external/input/stream/LocalFSInputStream.java b/asterixdb/asterix-external-data/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/external/input/stream/LocalFSInputStream.java
index f9eade5..ad762bf 100644
--- a/asterixdb/asterix-external-data/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/external/input/stream/LocalFSInputStream.java
+++ b/asterixdb/asterix-external-data/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/external/input/stream/LocalFSInputStream.java
@@ -26,7 +26,6 @@
 import java.io.FileInputStream;
 import java.io.IOException;
 
-import org.apache.asterix.common.exceptions.ExceptionUtils;
 import org.apache.asterix.external.dataflow.AbstractFeedDataFlowController;
 import org.apache.asterix.external.util.FeedLogManager;
 import org.apache.asterix.external.util.FileSystemWatcher;
@@ -129,7 +128,7 @@
         if (in == null) {
             return false;
         }
-        Throwable root = ExceptionUtils.getRootCause(th);
+        Throwable root = org.apache.hyracks.api.util.ExceptionUtils.getRootCause(th);
         if (root instanceof HyracksDataException) {
             HyracksDataException r = (HyracksDataException) root;
             boolean advance = false;
diff --git a/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-api/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/api/util/ExceptionUtils.java b/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-api/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/api/util/ExceptionUtils.java
index d748ed8..7c304b9 100644
--- a/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-api/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/api/util/ExceptionUtils.java
+++ b/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-api/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/api/util/ExceptionUtils.java
@@ -23,9 +23,11 @@
 import java.util.List;
 import java.util.Map;
 import java.util.function.Function;
+import java.util.function.Predicate;
 
 import org.apache.hyracks.api.exceptions.ErrorCode;
 import org.apache.hyracks.api.exceptions.HyracksDataException;
+import org.apache.hyracks.api.exceptions.IFormattedException;
 import org.apache.hyracks.util.ThrowingFunction;
 
 import com.google.common.util.concurrent.UncheckedExecutionException;
@@ -158,4 +160,41 @@
             throw HyracksDataException.create(e.getCause());
         }
     }
+
+    // Gets the error message for the root cause of a given Throwable instance.
+    public static String getErrorMessage(Throwable th) {
+        Throwable cause = getRootCause(th);
+        return cause.getMessage();
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Determines whether supplied exception contains a matching cause in its hierarchy, or is itself a match
+     */
+    public static boolean matchingCause(Throwable e, Predicate<Throwable> test) {
+        Throwable current = e;
+        Throwable cause = e.getCause();
+        while (cause != null && cause != current) {
+            if (test.test(cause)) {
+                return true;
+            }
+            Throwable nextCause = current.getCause();
+            current = cause;
+            cause = nextCause;
+        }
+        return test.test(e);
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Unwraps enclosed exceptions until a non-product exception is found, otherwise returns the root production
+     * exception
+     */
+    public static Throwable unwrap(Throwable e) {
+        Throwable current = e;
+        Throwable cause = e.getCause();
+        while (cause != current && cause instanceof IFormattedException) {
+            current = cause;
+            cause = current.getCause();
+        }
+        return current;
+    }
 }