diff --git a/plugins/pilot/event.js b/plugins/pilot/event.js
index 2beaff41..fdea7164 100644
--- a/plugins/pilot/event.js
+++ b/plugins/pilot/event.js
@@ -61,6 +61,9 @@ exports.removeListener = function(elem, type, callback) {
     }
 };
 
+/**
+* Prevents propagation and clobbers the default action of the passed event
+*/
 exports.stopEvent = function(e) {
     exports.stopPropagation(e);
     exports.preventDefault(e);
diff --git a/plugins/pilot/keyboard/keyutil.js b/plugins/pilot/keyboard/keyutil.js
index bbc0ac5a..497f316e 100644
--- a/plugins/pilot/keyboard/keyutil.js
+++ b/plugins/pilot/keyboard/keyutil.js
@@ -33,6 +33,7 @@ For more information about SproutCore, visit http://www.sproutcore.com
 
 define(function(require, exports, module) {
 
+var dom = require('pilot/dom');
 var util = require('pilot/util');
 
 
@@ -215,7 +216,7 @@ exports.addKeyDownListener = function(element, boundFunction) {
         var handled = boundFunction(ev);
         // If the boundFunction returned true, then stop the event.
         if (handled) {
-            util.stopEvent(ev);
+            dom.stopEvent(ev);
         }
         return handled;
     };
diff --git a/plugins/pilot/util.js b/plugins/pilot/util.js
index bb1550e3..0ae29c9e 100644
--- a/plugins/pilot/util.js
+++ b/plugins/pilot/util.js
@@ -419,14 +419,6 @@ if (typeof(document) !== 'undefined' && document.compareDocumentPosition) {
     };
 }
 
-/**
- * Prevents propagation and clobbers the default action of the passed event
- */
-exports.stopEvent = function(ev) {
-    ev.preventDefault();
-    ev.stopPropagation();
-};
-
 /**
  * Create a random password of the given length (default 16 chars)
  */