diff --git a/lldb/include/lldb/Host/File.h b/lldb/include/lldb/Host/File.h
index 560a655237f3..1dfa12ea593d 100644
--- a/lldb/include/lldb/Host/File.h
+++ b/lldb/include/lldb/Host/File.h
@@ -10,8 +10,8 @@
 #ifndef liblldb_File_h_
 #define liblldb_File_h_
 
-#include "lldb/Host/IOObject.h"
 #include "lldb/Host/PosixApi.h"
+#include "lldb/Utility/IOObject.h"
 #include "lldb/Utility/Status.h"
 #include "lldb/lldb-private.h"
 
diff --git a/lldb/include/lldb/Host/Host.h b/lldb/include/lldb/Host/Host.h
index bf48e207f1f2..c41e4796f532 100644
--- a/lldb/include/lldb/Host/Host.h
+++ b/lldb/include/lldb/Host/Host.h
@@ -238,6 +238,9 @@ public:
                                        uint32_t line_no);
 
   static size_t GetEnvironment(StringList &env);
+
+  static std::unique_ptr<Connection>
+  CreateDefaultConnection(llvm::StringRef url);
 };
 
 } // namespace lldb_private
diff --git a/lldb/include/lldb/Host/MainLoopBase.h b/lldb/include/lldb/Host/MainLoopBase.h
index 39ca9a0f0c9e..a87d262e9452 100644
--- a/lldb/include/lldb/Host/MainLoopBase.h
+++ b/lldb/include/lldb/Host/MainLoopBase.h
@@ -10,12 +10,10 @@
 #ifndef lldb_Host_posix_MainLoopBase_h_
 #define lldb_Host_posix_MainLoopBase_h_
 
-#include <functional>
-
-#include "llvm/Support/ErrorHandling.h"
-
-#include "lldb/Host/IOObject.h"
+#include "lldb/Utility/IOObject.h"
 #include "lldb/Utility/Status.h"
+#include "llvm/Support/ErrorHandling.h"
+#include <functional>
 
 namespace lldb_private {
 
diff --git a/lldb/include/lldb/Host/Socket.h b/lldb/include/lldb/Host/Socket.h
index c4233a233a89..37f468f23ce0 100644
--- a/lldb/include/lldb/Host/Socket.h
+++ b/lldb/include/lldb/Host/Socket.h
@@ -15,9 +15,9 @@
 
 #include "lldb/lldb-private.h"
 
-#include "lldb/Host/IOObject.h"
 #include "lldb/Host/Predicate.h"
 #include "lldb/Host/SocketAddress.h"
+#include "lldb/Utility/IOObject.h"
 #include "lldb/Utility/Status.h"
 
 #ifdef _WIN32
diff --git a/lldb/include/lldb/Host/posix/ConnectionFileDescriptorPosix.h b/lldb/include/lldb/Host/posix/ConnectionFileDescriptorPosix.h
index f57c93684002..b7e08eb33af7 100644
--- a/lldb/include/lldb/Host/posix/ConnectionFileDescriptorPosix.h
+++ b/lldb/include/lldb/Host/posix/ConnectionFileDescriptorPosix.h
@@ -19,10 +19,10 @@
 
 // Other libraries and framework includes
 // Project includes
-#include "lldb/Core/Connection.h"
-#include "lldb/Host/IOObject.h"
 #include "lldb/Host/Pipe.h"
 #include "lldb/Host/Predicate.h"
+#include "lldb/Utility/Connection.h"
+#include "lldb/Utility/IOObject.h"
 
 namespace lldb_private {
 
diff --git a/lldb/include/lldb/Host/windows/ConnectionGenericFileWindows.h b/lldb/include/lldb/Host/windows/ConnectionGenericFileWindows.h
index 9309288b8c0a..5468009a41cd 100644
--- a/lldb/include/lldb/Host/windows/ConnectionGenericFileWindows.h
+++ b/lldb/include/lldb/Host/windows/ConnectionGenericFileWindows.h
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@
 #ifndef liblldb_Host_windows_ConnectionGenericFileWindows_h_
 #define liblldb_Host_windows_ConnectionGenericFileWindows_h_
 
-#include "lldb/Core/Connection.h"
+#include "lldb/Host/Connection.h"
 #include "lldb/Host/windows/windows.h"
 #include "lldb/lldb-types.h"
 
diff --git a/lldb/include/lldb/Core/Connection.h b/lldb/include/lldb/Utility/Connection.h
similarity index 98%
rename from lldb/include/lldb/Core/Connection.h
rename to lldb/include/lldb/Utility/Connection.h
index 27757b2f77e7..be5641d5fa63 100644
--- a/lldb/include/lldb/Core/Connection.h
+++ b/lldb/include/lldb/Utility/Connection.h
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ template <typename Ratio> class Timeout;
 namespace lldb_private {
 
 //----------------------------------------------------------------------
-/// @class Connection Connection.h "lldb/Core/Connection.h"
+/// @class Connection Connection.h "lldb/Utility/Connection.h"
 /// @brief A communication connection class.
 ///
 /// A class that implements that actual communication functions for
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@ public:
   //------------------------------------------------------------------
   /// Default constructor
   //------------------------------------------------------------------
-  Connection();
+  Connection() = default;
 
   //------------------------------------------------------------------
   /// Virtual destructor since this class gets subclassed and handed
@@ -56,8 +56,6 @@ public:
   //------------------------------------------------------------------
   virtual ~Connection();
 
-  static Connection *CreateDefaultConnection(const char *url);
-
   //------------------------------------------------------------------
   /// Connect using the connect string \a url.
   ///
diff --git a/lldb/include/lldb/Host/IOObject.h b/lldb/include/lldb/Utility/IOObject.h
similarity index 96%
rename from lldb/include/lldb/Host/IOObject.h
rename to lldb/include/lldb/Utility/IOObject.h
index 98ad5056de74..61f288183850 100644
--- a/lldb/include/lldb/Host/IOObject.h
+++ b/lldb/include/lldb/Utility/IOObject.h
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ public:
 
   IOObject(FDType type, bool should_close)
       : m_fd_type(type), m_should_close_fd(should_close) {}
-  virtual ~IOObject() {}
+  virtual ~IOObject();
 
   virtual Status Read(void *buf, size_t &num_bytes) = 0;
   virtual Status Write(const void *buf, size_t &num_bytes) = 0;
@@ -51,6 +51,6 @@ protected:
 private:
   DISALLOW_COPY_AND_ASSIGN(IOObject);
 };
-}
+} // namespace lldb_private
 
 #endif
diff --git a/lldb/source/API/SBCommunication.cpp b/lldb/source/API/SBCommunication.cpp
index 8ebc33ca26a6..63b672efe3c0 100644
--- a/lldb/source/API/SBCommunication.cpp
+++ b/lldb/source/API/SBCommunication.cpp
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@
 #include "lldb/API/SBBroadcaster.h"
 #include "lldb/Core/Communication.h"
 #include "lldb/Host/ConnectionFileDescriptor.h"
+#include "lldb/Host/Host.h"
 #include "lldb/Utility/Log.h"
 
 using namespace lldb;
@@ -51,7 +52,7 @@ void SBCommunication::SetCloseOnEOF(bool b) {
 ConnectionStatus SBCommunication::Connect(const char *url) {
   if (m_opaque) {
     if (!m_opaque->HasConnection())
-      m_opaque->SetConnection(Connection::CreateDefaultConnection(url));
+      m_opaque->SetConnection(Host::CreateDefaultConnection(url).release());
     return m_opaque->Connect(url, NULL);
   }
   return eConnectionStatusNoConnection;
diff --git a/lldb/source/Core/CMakeLists.txt b/lldb/source/Core/CMakeLists.txt
index 806227793f24..6c3233df6df2 100644
--- a/lldb/source/Core/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/lldb/source/Core/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -7,7 +7,6 @@ add_lldb_library(lldbCore
   ArchSpec.cpp
   Broadcaster.cpp
   Communication.cpp
-  Connection.cpp
   Debugger.cpp
   Disassembler.cpp
   DumpDataExtractor.cpp
diff --git a/lldb/source/Core/Communication.cpp b/lldb/source/Core/Communication.cpp
index 72873a9510b5..38ab902ab4b7 100644
--- a/lldb/source/Core/Communication.cpp
+++ b/lldb/source/Core/Communication.cpp
@@ -9,11 +9,11 @@
 
 #include "lldb/Core/Communication.h"
 
-#include "lldb/Core/Connection.h"
 #include "lldb/Core/Event.h"
 #include "lldb/Core/Listener.h"
 #include "lldb/Host/HostThread.h"
 #include "lldb/Host/ThreadLauncher.h"
+#include "lldb/Utility/Connection.h"
 #include "lldb/Utility/ConstString.h" // for ConstString
 #include "lldb/Utility/Log.h"
 #include "lldb/Utility/Logging.h" // for LogIfAnyCategoriesSet, LIBLLDB...
diff --git a/lldb/source/Core/Connection.cpp b/lldb/source/Core/Connection.cpp
deleted file mode 100644
index 60d1221c160c..000000000000
--- a/lldb/source/Core/Connection.cpp
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,32 +0,0 @@
-//===-- Connection.cpp ------------------------------------------*- C++ -*-===//
-//
-//                     The LLVM Compiler Infrastructure
-//
-// This file is distributed under the University of Illinois Open Source
-// License. See LICENSE.TXT for details.
-//
-//===----------------------------------------------------------------------===//
-
-#include "lldb/Core/Connection.h"
-
-#if defined(_WIN32)
-#include "lldb/Host/windows/ConnectionGenericFileWindows.h"
-#endif
-
-#include "lldb/Host/ConnectionFileDescriptor.h"
-
-#include <string.h> // for strstr
-
-using namespace lldb_private;
-
-Connection::Connection() {}
-
-Connection::~Connection() {}
-
-Connection *Connection::CreateDefaultConnection(const char *url) {
-#if defined(_WIN32)
-  if (strstr(url, "file://") == url)
-    return new ConnectionGenericFile();
-#endif
-  return new ConnectionFileDescriptor();
-}
diff --git a/lldb/source/Host/CMakeLists.txt b/lldb/source/Host/CMakeLists.txt
index b9079ce26a2c..73d030e198af 100644
--- a/lldb/source/Host/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/lldb/source/Host/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -13,7 +13,6 @@ add_host_subdirectory(common
   common/HostNativeThreadBase.cpp
   common/HostProcess.cpp
   common/HostThread.cpp
-  common/IOObject.cpp
   common/LockFileBase.cpp
   common/MainLoop.cpp
   common/MonitoringProcessLauncher.cpp
diff --git a/lldb/source/Host/common/Host.cpp b/lldb/source/Host/common/Host.cpp
index af0b57248922..29e5991d31aa 100644
--- a/lldb/source/Host/common/Host.cpp
+++ b/lldb/source/Host/common/Host.cpp
@@ -58,6 +58,7 @@
 #include "lldb/Host/Predicate.h"
 #include "lldb/Host/ProcessLauncher.h"
 #include "lldb/Host/ThreadLauncher.h"
+#include "lldb/Host/posix/ConnectionFileDescriptorPosix.h"
 #include "lldb/Target/FileAction.h"
 #include "lldb/Target/ProcessLaunchInfo.h"
 #include "lldb/Target/UnixSignals.h"
@@ -73,6 +74,7 @@
 #include "llvm/Support/FileSystem.h"
 
 #if defined(_WIN32)
+#include "lldb/Host/windows/ConnectionGenericFileWindows.h"
 #include "lldb/Host/windows/ProcessLauncherWindows.h"
 #else
 #include "lldb/Host/posix/ProcessLauncherPosixFork.h"
@@ -624,6 +626,14 @@ const UnixSignalsSP &Host::GetUnixSignals() {
   return s_unix_signals_sp;
 }
 
+std::unique_ptr<Connection> Host::CreateDefaultConnection(llvm::StringRef url) {
+#if defined(_WIN32)
+  if (url.startswith("file://"))
+    return std::unique_ptr<Connection>(new ConnectionGenericFile());
+#endif
+  return std::unique_ptr<Connection>(new ConnectionFileDescriptor());
+}
+
 #if defined(LLVM_ON_UNIX)
 WaitStatus WaitStatus::Decode(int wstatus) {
   if (WIFEXITED(wstatus))
diff --git a/lldb/source/Host/posix/ConnectionFileDescriptorPosix.cpp b/lldb/source/Host/posix/ConnectionFileDescriptorPosix.cpp
index c3b237a87302..cc434f43855c 100644
--- a/lldb/source/Host/posix/ConnectionFileDescriptorPosix.cpp
+++ b/lldb/source/Host/posix/ConnectionFileDescriptorPosix.cpp
@@ -16,10 +16,10 @@
 
 #include "lldb/Host/posix/ConnectionFileDescriptorPosix.h"
 #include "lldb/Host/Config.h"
-#include "lldb/Host/IOObject.h"
 #include "lldb/Host/Socket.h"
 #include "lldb/Host/SocketAddress.h"
 #include "lldb/Utility/SelectHelper.h"
+#include "lldb/Utility/Timeout.h"
 
 // C Includes
 #include <errno.h>
@@ -42,7 +42,6 @@
 #include "llvm/ADT/SmallVector.h"
 #endif
 // Project includes
-#include "lldb/Core/Communication.h"
 #include "lldb/Core/Timer.h"
 #include "lldb/Host/Host.h"
 #include "lldb/Host/Socket.h"
diff --git a/lldb/source/Utility/CMakeLists.txt b/lldb/source/Utility/CMakeLists.txt
index 31b14acda962..cff601884bc8 100644
--- a/lldb/source/Utility/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/lldb/source/Utility/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 add_lldb_library(lldbUtility
   Baton.cpp
+  Connection.cpp
   ConstString.cpp
   DataBufferHeap.cpp
   DataBufferLLVM.cpp
@@ -8,6 +9,7 @@ add_lldb_library(lldbUtility
   FastDemangle.cpp
   FileSpec.cpp
   History.cpp
+  IOObject.cpp
   JSON.cpp
   LLDBAssert.cpp
   Log.cpp
diff --git a/lldb/source/Utility/Connection.cpp b/lldb/source/Utility/Connection.cpp
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..9f6114f6ed5d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lldb/source/Utility/Connection.cpp
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+//===-- Connection.cpp ------------------------------------------*- C++ -*-===//
+//
+//                     The LLVM Compiler Infrastructure
+//
+// This file is distributed under the University of Illinois Open Source
+// License. See LICENSE.TXT for details.
+//
+//===----------------------------------------------------------------------===//
+
+#include "lldb/Utility/Connection.h"
+
+using namespace lldb_private;
+
+Connection::~Connection() = default;
diff --git a/lldb/source/Host/common/IOObject.cpp b/lldb/source/Utility/IOObject.cpp
similarity index 86%
rename from lldb/source/Host/common/IOObject.cpp
rename to lldb/source/Utility/IOObject.cpp
index 6f7de442be1d..df7929c4f911 100644
--- a/lldb/source/Host/common/IOObject.cpp
+++ b/lldb/source/Utility/IOObject.cpp
@@ -7,8 +7,9 @@
 //
 //===----------------------------------------------------------------------===//
 
-#include "lldb/Host/IOObject.h"
+#include "lldb/Utility/IOObject.h"
 
 using namespace lldb_private;
 
 const IOObject::WaitableHandle IOObject::kInvalidHandleValue = -1;
+IOObject::~IOObject() = default;
diff --git a/lldb/tools/lldb-server/Acceptor.h b/lldb/tools/lldb-server/Acceptor.h
index 207bb4d973a5..7d1a5695a364 100644
--- a/lldb/tools/lldb-server/Acceptor.h
+++ b/lldb/tools/lldb-server/Acceptor.h
@@ -9,8 +9,8 @@
 #ifndef lldb_server_Acceptor_h_
 #define lldb_server_Acceptor_h_
 
-#include "lldb/Core/Connection.h"
 #include "lldb/Host/Socket.h"
+#include "lldb/Utility/Connection.h"
 #include "lldb/Utility/Status.h"
 
 #include <functional>