diff --git a/src/reactivity.ts b/src/reactivity.ts
index e3b00e44..737c2219 100644
--- a/src/reactivity.ts
+++ b/src/reactivity.ts
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 import { onWillUnmount } from "./component/lifecycle_hooks";
 import { ComponentNode, getCurrent } from "./component/component_node";
+import { batched, Callback } from "./utils";
 
 // Allows to get the target of a Reactive (used for making a new Reactive from the underlying object)
 const TARGET = Symbol("Target");
@@ -8,7 +9,6 @@ const KEYCHANGES = Symbol("Key changes");
 
 type ObjectKey = string | number | symbol;
 type Target = object;
-type Callback = () => void;
 export type Reactive<T extends Target = Target> = T & {
   [TARGET]: any;
 };
@@ -191,30 +191,6 @@ export function reactive<T extends Target>(target: T, callback: Callback = () =>
   return reactivesForTarget.get(callback) as Reactive<T>;
 }
 
-/**
- * Creates a batched version of a callback so that all calls to it in the same
- * microtick will only call the original callback once.
- *
- * @param callback the callback to batch
- * @returns a batched version of the original callback
- */
-export function batched(callback: Callback): Callback {
-  let called = false;
-  return async () => {
-    // This await blocks all calls to the callback here, then releases them sequentially
-    // in the next microtick. This line decides the granularity of the batch.
-    await Promise.resolve();
-    if (!called) {
-      called = true;
-      callback();
-      // wait for all calls in this microtick to fall through before resetting "called"
-      // so that only the first call to the batched function calls the original callback
-      await Promise.resolve();
-      called = false;
-    }
-  };
-}
-
 const batchedRenderFunctions = new WeakMap<ComponentNode, Callback>();
 /**
  * Creates a reactive object that will be observed by the current component.
diff --git a/src/utils.ts b/src/utils.ts
index 4ccdd2b2..58f8b027 100644
--- a/src/utils.ts
+++ b/src/utils.ts
@@ -1,3 +1,29 @@
+export type Callback = () => void;
+
+/**
+ * Creates a batched version of a callback so that all calls to it in the same
+ * microtick will only call the original callback once.
+ *
+ * @param callback the callback to batch
+ * @returns a batched version of the original callback
+ */
+export function batched(callback: Callback): Callback {
+  let called = false;
+  return async () => {
+    // This await blocks all calls to the callback here, then releases them sequentially
+    // in the next microtick. This line decides the granularity of the batch.
+    await Promise.resolve();
+    if (!called) {
+      called = true;
+      callback();
+      // wait for all calls in this microtick to fall through before resetting "called"
+      // so that only the first call to the batched function calls the original callback
+      await Promise.resolve();
+      called = false;
+    }
+  };
+}
+
 export class EventBus extends EventTarget {
   trigger(name: string, payload?: any) {
     this.dispatchEvent(new CustomEvent(name, { detail: payload }));
diff --git a/tests/reactivity.test.ts b/tests/reactivity.test.ts
index 235bd96f..4be85ed2 100644
--- a/tests/reactivity.test.ts
+++ b/tests/reactivity.test.ts
@@ -7,7 +7,8 @@ import {
   useState,
   xml,
 } from "../src";
-import { batched, reactive } from "../src/reactivity";
+import { reactive } from "../src/reactivity";
+import { batched } from "../src/utils";
 import {
   makeDeferred,
   makeTestFixture,
diff --git a/tests/utils.test.ts b/tests/utils.test.ts
index b3892fe2..19081358 100644
--- a/tests/utils.test.ts
+++ b/tests/utils.test.ts
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
-import { EventBus } from "../src/utils";
+import { batched, EventBus } from "../src/utils";
+import { nextMicroTick } from "./helpers";
 
 describe("event bus behaviour", () => {
   test("can subscribe and be notified", () => {
@@ -33,3 +34,20 @@ describe("event bus behaviour", () => {
     bus.trigger("event", "hello world");
   });
 });
+
+describe("batched", () => {
+  test("callback is called only once after operations", async () => {
+    let n = 0;
+    let fn = batched(() => n++);
+
+    expect(n).toBe(0);
+    fn();
+    fn();
+    expect(n).toBe(0);
+
+    await nextMicroTick();
+    expect(n).toBe(1);
+    await nextMicroTick();
+    expect(n).toBe(1);
+  });
+});