diff --git a/core/block_events.js b/core/block_events.js
index a062bea49..0c3ad6cbc 100644
--- a/core/block_events.js
+++ b/core/block_events.js
@@ -36,8 +36,7 @@ goog.provide('Blockly.Events.Move');  // Deprecated.
 
 goog.require('Blockly.Events');
 goog.require('Blockly.Events.Abstract');
-// TODO Fix circular dependencies
-//goog.require('Blockly.Xml');
+goog.require('Blockly.Xml.utils');
 
 goog.require('goog.math.Coordinate');
 
@@ -274,7 +273,7 @@ Blockly.Events.Create.prototype.fromJson = function(json) {
 Blockly.Events.Create.prototype.run = function(forward) {
   var workspace = this.getEventWorkspace_();
   if (forward) {
-    var xml = Blockly.Xml.createElement('xml');
+    var xml = Blockly.Xml.utils.createElement('xml');
     xml.appendChild(this.xml);
     Blockly.Xml.domToWorkspace(xml, workspace);
   } else {
@@ -364,7 +363,7 @@ Blockly.Events.Delete.prototype.run = function(forward) {
       }
     }
   } else {
-    var xml = Blockly.Xml.createElement('xml');
+    var xml = Blockly.Xml.utils.createElement('xml');
     xml.appendChild(this.oldXml);
     Blockly.Xml.domToWorkspace(xml, workspace);
   }
diff --git a/core/blockly.js b/core/blockly.js
index 87a41bda4..765a6ff82 100644
--- a/core/blockly.js
+++ b/core/blockly.js
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@
 /**
  * The top level namespace used to access the Blockly library.
  * @namespace Blockly
- **/
+ */
 goog.provide('Blockly');
 
 goog.require('Blockly.BlockSvg.render');
diff --git a/core/extensions.js b/core/extensions.js
index 1379f2f18..0b1215d7d 100644
--- a/core/extensions.js
+++ b/core/extensions.js
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@
 /**
  * @name Blockly.Extensions
  * @namespace
- **/
+ */
 goog.provide('Blockly.Extensions');
 
 goog.require('Blockly.Mutator');
diff --git a/core/field.js b/core/field.js
index 229bfa727..c5e577ce7 100644
--- a/core/field.js
+++ b/core/field.js
@@ -379,7 +379,7 @@ Blockly.Field.prototype.render_ = function() {
  * Updates thw width of the field. This calls getCachedWidth which won't cache
  * the approximated width on IE/Edge when `getComputedTextLength` fails. Once
  * it eventually does succeed, the result will be cached.
- **/
+ */
 Blockly.Field.prototype.updateWidth = function() {
   var width = Blockly.Field.getCachedWidth(this.textElement_);
   if (this.borderRect_) {
diff --git a/core/mutator.js b/core/mutator.js
index 3f5cf1c98..b1367749c 100644
--- a/core/mutator.js
+++ b/core/mutator.js
@@ -34,6 +34,7 @@ goog.require('Blockly.Icon');
 goog.require('Blockly.utils');
 goog.require('Blockly.WorkspaceSvg');
 goog.require('Blockly.Xml');
+goog.require('Blockly.Xml.utils');
 
 
 /**
@@ -130,9 +131,9 @@ Blockly.Mutator.prototype.createEditor_ = function() {
       null);
   // Convert the list of names into a list of XML objects for the flyout.
   if (this.quarkNames_.length) {
-    var quarkXml = Blockly.Xml.createElement('xml');
+    var quarkXml = Blockly.Xml.utils.createElement('xml');
     for (var i = 0, quarkName; quarkName = this.quarkNames_[i]; i++) {
-      var element = Blockly.Xml.createElement('block');
+      var element = Blockly.Xml.utils.createElement('block');
       element.setAttribute('type', quarkName);
       quarkXml.appendChild(element);
     }
diff --git a/core/options.js b/core/options.js
index f9ab04005..5b3e4ba81 100644
--- a/core/options.js
+++ b/core/options.js
@@ -133,7 +133,7 @@ Blockly.Options = function(options) {
 /**
  * The parent of the current workspace, or null if there is no parent workspace.
  * @type {Blockly.Workspace}
- **/
+ */
 Blockly.Options.prototype.parentWorkspace = null;
 
 /**
diff --git a/core/procedures.js b/core/procedures.js
index 59ec20a89..cc84a4902 100644
--- a/core/procedures.js
+++ b/core/procedures.js
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@
 /**
  * @name Blockly.Procedures
  * @namespace
- **/
+ */
 goog.provide('Blockly.Procedures');
 
 goog.require('Blockly.Blocks');
@@ -37,6 +37,7 @@ goog.require('Blockly.Field');
 goog.require('Blockly.Names');
 goog.require('Blockly.Workspace');
 goog.require('Blockly.Xml');
+goog.require('Blockly.Xml.utils');
 
 
 /**
@@ -185,12 +186,12 @@ Blockly.Procedures.flyoutCategory = function(workspace) {
     // <block type="procedures_defnoreturn" gap="16">
     //     <field name="NAME">do something</field>
     // </block>
-    var block = Blockly.Xml.createElement('block');
+    var block = Blockly.Xml.utils.createElement('block');
     block.setAttribute('type', 'procedures_defnoreturn');
     block.setAttribute('gap', 16);
-    var nameField = Blockly.Xml.createElement('field');
+    var nameField = Blockly.Xml.utils.createElement('field');
     nameField.setAttribute('name', 'NAME');
-    nameField.appendChild(Blockly.Xml.createTextNode(
+    nameField.appendChild(Blockly.Xml.utils.createTextNode(
         Blockly.Msg['PROCEDURES_DEFNORETURN_PROCEDURE']));
     block.appendChild(nameField);
     xmlList.push(block);
@@ -199,19 +200,19 @@ Blockly.Procedures.flyoutCategory = function(workspace) {
     // <block type="procedures_defreturn" gap="16">
     //     <field name="NAME">do something</field>
     // </block>
-    var block = Blockly.Xml.createElement('block');
+    var block = Blockly.Xml.utils.createElement('block');
     block.setAttribute('type', 'procedures_defreturn');
     block.setAttribute('gap', 16);
-    var nameField = Blockly.Xml.createElement('field');
+    var nameField = Blockly.Xml.utils.createElement('field');
     nameField.setAttribute('name', 'NAME');
-    nameField.appendChild(Blockly.Xml.createTextNode(
+    nameField.appendChild(Blockly.Xml.utils.createTextNode(
         Blockly.Msg['PROCEDURES_DEFRETURN_PROCEDURE']));
     block.appendChild(nameField);
     xmlList.push(block);
   }
   if (Blockly.Blocks['procedures_ifreturn']) {
     // <block type="procedures_ifreturn" gap="16"></block>
-    var block = Blockly.Xml.createElement('block');
+    var block = Blockly.Xml.utils.createElement('block');
     block.setAttribute('type', 'procedures_ifreturn');
     block.setAttribute('gap', 16);
     xmlList.push(block);
@@ -230,14 +231,14 @@ Blockly.Procedures.flyoutCategory = function(workspace) {
       //     <arg name="x"></arg>
       //   </mutation>
       // </block>
-      var block = Blockly.Xml.createElement('block');
+      var block = Blockly.Xml.utils.createElement('block');
       block.setAttribute('type', templateName);
       block.setAttribute('gap', 16);
-      var mutation = Blockly.Xml.createElement('mutation');
+      var mutation = Blockly.Xml.utils.createElement('mutation');
       mutation.setAttribute('name', name);
       block.appendChild(mutation);
       for (var j = 0; j < args.length; j++) {
-        var arg = Blockly.Xml.createElement('arg');
+        var arg = Blockly.Xml.utils.createElement('arg');
         arg.setAttribute('name', args[j]);
         mutation.appendChild(arg);
       }
diff --git a/core/tooltip.js b/core/tooltip.js
index cea221c7e..3abf7787f 100644
--- a/core/tooltip.js
+++ b/core/tooltip.js
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@
 /**
  * @name Blockly.Tooltip
  * @namespace
- **/
+ */
 goog.provide('Blockly.Tooltip');
 
 goog.require('Blockly.utils');
diff --git a/core/touch.js b/core/touch.js
index 8655211dd..eb5099d36 100644
--- a/core/touch.js
+++ b/core/touch.js
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@
 /**
  * @name Blockly.Touch
  * @namespace
- **/
+ */
 goog.provide('Blockly.Touch');
 
 goog.require('Blockly.utils');
diff --git a/core/ui_menu_utils.js b/core/ui_menu_utils.js
index 8fda6021a..a8c68447b 100644
--- a/core/ui_menu_utils.js
+++ b/core/ui_menu_utils.js
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@
 /**
  * @name Blockly.utils.uiMenu
  * @namespace
- **/
+ */
 goog.provide('Blockly.utils.uiMenu');
 
 
diff --git a/core/utils.js b/core/utils.js
index ebfe37ba6..a1b167c78 100644
--- a/core/utils.js
+++ b/core/utils.js
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@
 /**
  * @name Blockly.utils
  * @namespace
- **/
+ */
 goog.provide('Blockly.utils');
 
 goog.require('goog.dom');
diff --git a/core/variables.js b/core/variables.js
index 2dfcd1cf3..38a0cb1ab 100644
--- a/core/variables.js
+++ b/core/variables.js
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@
 /**
  * @name Blockly.Variables
  * @namespace
- **/
+ */
 goog.provide('Blockly.Variables');
 
 goog.require('Blockly.Blocks');
diff --git a/core/widgetdiv.js b/core/widgetdiv.js
index 82de6a02b..ccb7d5554 100644
--- a/core/widgetdiv.js
+++ b/core/widgetdiv.js
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@
 /**
  * @name Blockly.WidgetDiv
  * @namespace
- **/
+ */
 goog.provide('Blockly.WidgetDiv');
 
 goog.require('Blockly.Css');
diff --git a/core/workspace_comment.js b/core/workspace_comment.js
index 290e2d0c1..514775040 100644
--- a/core/workspace_comment.js
+++ b/core/workspace_comment.js
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ goog.require('Blockly.Events.CommentCreate');
 goog.require('Blockly.Events.CommentDelete');
 goog.require('Blockly.Events.CommentMove');
 goog.require('Blockly.utils');
-goog.require('Blockly.Xml');
+goog.require('Blockly.Xml.utils');
 
 goog.require('goog.math.Coordinate');
 
@@ -278,7 +278,7 @@ Blockly.WorkspaceComment.prototype.toXmlWithXY = function(opt_noId) {
  * @package
  */
 Blockly.WorkspaceComment.prototype.toXml = function(opt_noId) {
-  var commentElement = Blockly.Xml.createElement('comment');
+  var commentElement = Blockly.Xml.utils.createElement('comment');
   if (!opt_noId) {
     commentElement.setAttribute('id', this.id);
   }
diff --git a/core/ws_comment_events.js b/core/ws_comment_events.js
index da644ffbe..0e26f1e4f 100644
--- a/core/ws_comment_events.js
+++ b/core/ws_comment_events.js
@@ -33,6 +33,7 @@ goog.provide('Blockly.Events.CommentMove');
 goog.require('Blockly.Events');
 goog.require('Blockly.Events.Abstract');
 goog.require('Blockly.Xml');
+goog.require('Blockly.Xml.utils');
 
 goog.require('goog.math.Coordinate');
 
@@ -227,7 +228,7 @@ Blockly.Events.CommentCreate.prototype.run = function(forward) {
 Blockly.Events.CommentCreateDeleteHelper = function(event, create) {
   var workspace = event.getEventWorkspace_();
   if (create) {
-    var xml = Blockly.Xml.createElement('xml');
+    var xml = Blockly.Xml.utils.createElement('xml');
     xml.appendChild(event.xml);
     Blockly.Xml.domToWorkspace(xml, workspace);
   } else {
diff --git a/core/xml.js b/core/xml.js
index 5f8ccef55..2ddd08480 100644
--- a/core/xml.js
+++ b/core/xml.js
@@ -27,11 +27,12 @@
 /**
  * @name Blockly.Xml
  * @namespace
- **/
+ */
 goog.provide('Blockly.Xml');
 
 goog.require('Blockly.Events.BlockCreate');
 goog.require('Blockly.Events.VarCreate');
+goog.require('Blockly.Xml.utils');
 
 
 /**
@@ -41,7 +42,7 @@ goog.require('Blockly.Events.VarCreate');
  * @return {!Element} XML document.
  */
 Blockly.Xml.workspaceToDom = function(workspace, opt_noId) {
-  var xml = Blockly.Xml.createElement('xml');
+  var xml = Blockly.Xml.utils.createElement('xml');
   var variablesElement = Blockly.Xml.variablesToDom(
       Blockly.Variables.allUsedVarModels(workspace));
   if (variablesElement.hasChildNodes()) {
@@ -65,10 +66,10 @@ Blockly.Xml.workspaceToDom = function(workspace, opt_noId) {
  * @return {!Element} List of XML elements.
  */
 Blockly.Xml.variablesToDom = function(variableList) {
-  var variables = Blockly.Xml.createElement('variables');
+  var variables = Blockly.Xml.utils.createElement('variables');
   for (var i = 0, variable; variable = variableList[i]; i++) {
-    var element = Blockly.Xml.createElement('variable');
-    element.appendChild(Blockly.Xml.createTextNode(variable.name));
+    var element = Blockly.Xml.utils.createElement('variable');
+    element.appendChild(Blockly.Xml.utils.createTextNode(variable.name));
     element.setAttribute('type', variable.type);
     element.setAttribute('id', variable.getId());
     variables.appendChild(element);
@@ -122,8 +123,8 @@ Blockly.Xml.fieldToDomVariable_ = function(field) {
   if (!variable) {
     throw Error('Tried to serialize a variable field with no variable.');
   }
-  var container = Blockly.Xml.createElement('field');
-  container.appendChild(Blockly.Xml.createTextNode(variable.name));
+  var container = Blockly.Xml.utils.createElement('field');
+  container.appendChild(Blockly.Xml.utils.createTextNode(variable.name));
   container.setAttribute('name', field.name);
   container.setAttribute('id', variable.getId());
   container.setAttribute('variabletype', variable.type);
@@ -142,8 +143,8 @@ Blockly.Xml.fieldToDom_ = function(field) {
     if (field.referencesVariables()) {
       return Blockly.Xml.fieldToDomVariable_(field);
     } else {
-      var container = Blockly.Xml.createElement('field');
-      container.appendChild(Blockly.Xml.createTextNode(field.getValue()));
+      var container = Blockly.Xml.utils.createElement('field');
+      container.appendChild(Blockly.Xml.utils.createTextNode(field.getValue()));
       container.setAttribute('name', field.name);
       return container;
     }
@@ -177,7 +178,7 @@ Blockly.Xml.allFieldsToDom_ = function(block, element) {
  * @return {!Element} Tree of XML elements.
  */
 Blockly.Xml.blockToDom = function(block, opt_noId) {
-  var element = Blockly.Xml.createElement(block.isShadow() ? 'shadow' : 'block');
+  var element = Blockly.Xml.utils.createElement(block.isShadow() ? 'shadow' : 'block');
   element.setAttribute('type', block.type);
   if (!opt_noId) {
     element.setAttribute('id', block.id);
@@ -194,8 +195,8 @@ Blockly.Xml.blockToDom = function(block, opt_noId) {
 
   var commentText = block.getCommentText();
   if (commentText) {
-    var commentElement = Blockly.Xml.createElement('comment');
-    containerElement.appendChild(Blockly.Xml.createTextNode(commentText));
+    var commentElement = Blockly.Xml.utils.createElement('comment');
+    containerElement.appendChild(Blockly.Xml.utils.createTextNode(commentText));
     if (typeof block.comment == 'object') {
       commentElement.setAttribute('pinned', block.comment.isVisible());
       var hw = block.comment.getBubbleSize();
@@ -206,8 +207,8 @@ Blockly.Xml.blockToDom = function(block, opt_noId) {
   }
 
   if (block.data) {
-    var dataElement = Blockly.Xml.createElement('data');
-    dataElement.appendChild(Blockly.Xml.createTextNode(block.data));
+    var dataElement = Blockly.Xml.utils.createElement('data');
+    dataElement.appendChild(Blockly.Xml.utils.createTextNode(block.data));
     element.appendChild(dataElement);
   }
 
@@ -219,9 +220,9 @@ Blockly.Xml.blockToDom = function(block, opt_noId) {
     } else {
       var childBlock = input.connection.targetBlock();
       if (input.type == Blockly.INPUT_VALUE) {
-        container = Blockly.Xml.createElement('value');
+        container = Blockly.Xml.utils.createElement('value');
       } else if (input.type == Blockly.NEXT_STATEMENT) {
-        container = Blockly.Xml.createElement('statement');
+        container = Blockly.Xml.utils.createElement('statement');
       }
       var shadow = input.connection.getShadowDom();
       if (shadow && (!childBlock || !childBlock.isShadow())) {
@@ -258,8 +259,8 @@ Blockly.Xml.blockToDom = function(block, opt_noId) {
 
   var nextBlock = block.getNextBlock();
   if (nextBlock) {
-    var container = Blockly.Xml.createElement('next');
-    container.appendChild(Blockly.Xml.createTextNode(
+    var container = Blockly.Xml.utils.createElement('next');
+    container.appendChild(Blockly.Xml.utils.createTextNode(
         Blockly.Xml.blockToDom(nextBlock, opt_noId)));
     element.appendChild(container);
   }
@@ -866,27 +867,6 @@ Blockly.Xml.deleteNext = function(xmlBlock) {
   }
 };
 
-/**
- * Create DOM element for XML.
- * @param {tagName} name Name of DOM element.
- * @return {!Element} New DOM element.
- */
-Blockly.Xml.createElement = function(tagName) {
-  // TODO: Namespace this element.
-  // TODO: Support node.js.
-  return document.createElement(tagName);
-};
-
-/**
- * Create text element for XML.
- * @param {text} text Text content.
- * @return {!Node} New DOM node.
- */
-Blockly.Xml.createTextNode = function(text) {
-  // TODO: Support node.js.
-  return document.createTextNode(text);
-};
-
 // Export symbols that would otherwise be renamed by Closure compiler.
 if (!goog.global['Blockly']) {
   goog.global['Blockly'] = {};
diff --git a/core/xml_utils.js b/core/xml_utils.js
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..1dea3c83d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/core/xml_utils.js
@@ -0,0 +1,54 @@
+/**
+ * @license
+ * Visual Blocks Editor
+ *
+ * Copyright 2018 Google Inc.
+ * https://developers.google.com/blockly/
+ *
+ * Licensed 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.
+ */
+
+/**
+ * @fileoverview XML element manipulation.
+ * @author fraser@google.com (Neil Fraser)
+ */
+'use strict';
+
+/**
+ * @name Blockly.Xml.utils
+ * @namespace
+ */
+goog.provide('Blockly.Xml.utils');
+
+
+/**
+ * Create DOM element for XML.
+ * @param {tagName} name Name of DOM element.
+ * @return {!Element} New DOM element.
+ */
+Blockly.Xml.utils.createElement = function(tagName) {
+  // TODO: Namespace this element.
+  // TODO: Support node.js.
+  return document.createElement(tagName);
+};
+
+/**
+ * Create text element for XML.
+ * @param {text} text Text content.
+ * @return {!Node} New DOM node.
+ */
+Blockly.Xml.utils.createTextNode = function(text) {
+  // TODO: Support node.js.
+  return document.createTextNode(text);
+};
+