diff --git a/bitcoin/src/address.rs b/bitcoin/src/address.rs
index c0ea619c..7772702a 100644
--- a/bitcoin/src/address.rs
+++ b/bitcoin/src/address.rs
@@ -36,6 +36,7 @@ use bech32;
 use bitcoin_internals::write_err;
 use secp256k1::{Secp256k1, Verification, XOnlyPublicKey};
 
+use crate::base58;
 use crate::blockdata::constants::{
     MAX_SCRIPT_ELEMENT_SIZE, PUBKEY_ADDRESS_PREFIX_MAIN, PUBKEY_ADDRESS_PREFIX_TEST,
     SCRIPT_ADDRESS_PREFIX_MAIN, SCRIPT_ADDRESS_PREFIX_TEST,
@@ -51,7 +52,6 @@ use crate::hashes::{sha256, Hash, HashEngine};
 use crate::network::constants::Network;
 use crate::prelude::*;
 use crate::taproot::TapBranchHash;
-use crate::util::base58;
 
 /// Address error.
 #[derive(Debug, PartialEq, Eq, Clone)]
diff --git a/bitcoin/src/util/base58.rs b/bitcoin/src/base58.rs
similarity index 99%
rename from bitcoin/src/util/base58.rs
rename to bitcoin/src/base58.rs
index e6c86e7b..a69d84bf 100644
--- a/bitcoin/src/util/base58.rs
+++ b/bitcoin/src/base58.rs
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@ use crate::hashes::{sha256d, Hash};
 
 static BASE58_CHARS: &[u8] = b"123456789ABCDEFGHJKLMNPQRSTUVWXYZabcdefghijkmnopqrstuvwxyz";
 
+#[rustfmt::skip]
 static BASE58_DIGITS: [Option<u8>; 128] = [
     None,     None,     None,     None,     None,     None,     None,     None,     // 0-7
     None,     None,     None,     None,     None,     None,     None,     None,     // 8-15
diff --git a/bitcoin/src/bip32.rs b/bitcoin/src/bip32.rs
index 038b7177..f5f5f59d 100644
--- a/bitcoin/src/bip32.rs
+++ b/bitcoin/src/bip32.rs
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@ use secp256k1::{self, Secp256k1, XOnlyPublicKey};
 #[cfg(feature = "serde")]
 use serde;
 
+use crate::base58;
 use crate::crypto::key::{self, KeyPair, PrivateKey, PublicKey};
 use crate::hash_types::XpubIdentifier;
 use crate::hashes::{hex, sha512, Hash, HashEngine, Hmac, HmacEngine};
@@ -25,7 +26,6 @@ use crate::internal_macros::impl_bytes_newtype;
 use crate::io::Write;
 use crate::network::constants::Network;
 use crate::prelude::*;
-use crate::util::base58;
 
 /// A chain code
 #[derive(Copy, Clone, PartialEq, Eq, PartialOrd, Ord, Hash)]
diff --git a/bitcoin/src/crypto/key.rs b/bitcoin/src/crypto/key.rs
index b8f06ff1..6c91efa4 100644
--- a/bitcoin/src/crypto/key.rs
+++ b/bitcoin/src/crypto/key.rs
@@ -14,11 +14,10 @@ use core::fmt::{self, Write};
 use bitcoin_internals::write_err;
 pub use secp256k1::{self, Secp256k1, XOnlyPublicKey, KeyPair};
 
-use crate::io;
+use crate::{base58, io};
 use crate::network::constants::Network;
 use crate::hashes::{Hash, hash160, hex, hex::FromHex};
 use crate::hash_types::{PubkeyHash, WPubkeyHash};
-use crate::util::base58;
 
 /// A key-related error.
 #[derive(Clone, PartialEq, Eq, PartialOrd, Ord, Hash, Debug)]
diff --git a/bitcoin/src/lib.rs b/bitcoin/src/lib.rs
index 2fe89bcd..f6337af5 100644
--- a/bitcoin/src/lib.rs
+++ b/bitcoin/src/lib.rs
@@ -92,6 +92,7 @@ mod serde_utils;
 pub mod network;
 pub mod address;
 pub mod amount;
+pub mod base58;
 pub mod bip152;
 pub mod bip158;
 pub mod bip32;
diff --git a/bitcoin/src/util/mod.rs b/bitcoin/src/util/mod.rs
index 8d5e538c..95e01c4b 100644
--- a/bitcoin/src/util/mod.rs
+++ b/bitcoin/src/util/mod.rs
@@ -6,8 +6,6 @@
 //! Functions needed by all parts of the Bitcoin library.
 //!
 
-pub mod base58;
-
 /// The `misc` module was moved and re-named to `sign_message`.
 pub mod misc {
     use crate::prelude::*;