diff --git a/ui/src/dashboards/containers/DashboardsPage.tsx b/ui/src/dashboards/containers/DashboardsPage.tsx
index 624c1ae71f..3bc96c648d 100644
--- a/ui/src/dashboards/containers/DashboardsPage.tsx
+++ b/ui/src/dashboards/containers/DashboardsPage.tsx
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 import React, {PureComponent} from 'react'
 import {InjectedRouter} from 'react-router'
 import {connect} from 'react-redux'
-import download from 'src/external/download'
+import {downloadTextFile} from 'src/shared/utils/download'
 import _ from 'lodash'
 
 // Components
@@ -188,10 +188,9 @@ class DashboardsPage extends PureComponent<Props, State> {
       dashboard
     )
     try {
-      download(
+      downloadTextFile(
         JSON.stringify(dashboardForDownload, null, '\t'),
-        `${dashboard.name}.json`,
-        'text/plain'
+        `${dashboard.name}.json`
       )
       this.props.notify(dashboardExported(dashboard.name))
     } catch (error) {
diff --git a/ui/src/external/download.ts b/ui/src/external/download.ts
deleted file mode 100644
index 7feaa4ce3f..0000000000
--- a/ui/src/external/download.ts
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,141 +0,0 @@
-// download.js v4.2, by dandavis; 2008-2016. [CCBY2] see http://danml.com/download.html for tests/usage
-// v1 landed a FF+Chrome compat way of downloading strings to local un-named files, upgraded to use a hidden frame and optional mime
-// v2 added named files via a[download], msSaveBlob, IE (10+) support, and window.URL support for larger+faster saves than dataURLs
-// v3 added dataURL and Blob Input, bind-toggle arity, and legacy dataURL fallback was improved with force-download mime and base64 support. 3.1 improved safari handling.
-// v4 adds AMD/UMD, commonJS, and plain browser support
-// v4.1 adds url download capability via solo URL argument (same domain/CORS only)
-// v4.2 adds semantic variable names, long (over 2MB) dataURL support, and hidden by default temp anchors
-// https://github.com/rndme/download
-/* tslint:disable */
-
-const dataUrlToBlob = (myBlob, strUrl) => {
-  const parts = strUrl.split(/[:;,]/),
-    type = parts[1],
-    decoder = parts[2] === 'base64' ? atob : decodeURIComponent,
-    binData = decoder(parts.pop()),
-    mx = binData.length,
-    uiArr = new Uint8Array(mx)
-
-  for (let i = 0; i < mx; ++i) {
-    uiArr[i] = binData.charCodeAt(i)
-  }
-
-  return new myBlob([uiArr], {type})
-}
-
-const download = (data, strFileName, strMimeType) => {
-  const _window = window // this script is only for browsers anyway...
-  const defaultMime = 'application/octet-stream' // this default mime also triggers iframe downloads
-  let mimeType = strMimeType || defaultMime
-  let payload = data
-  let url = !strFileName && !strMimeType && payload
-  const anchor = document.createElement('a')
-  const toString = a => `${a}`
-  let myBlob: any = _window.Blob || toString
-  let fileName = strFileName || 'download'
-  let reader
-  myBlob = myBlob.call ? myBlob.bind(_window) : Blob
-
-  if (url && url.length < 2048) {
-    // if no filename and no mime, assume a url was passed as the only argument
-    fileName = url
-      .split('/')
-      .pop()
-      .split('?')[0]
-    anchor.href = url // assign href prop to temp anchor
-    if (anchor.href.indexOf(url) !== -1) {
-      // if the browser determines that it's a potentially valid url path:
-      const ajax = new XMLHttpRequest()
-      ajax.open('GET', url, true)
-      ajax.responseType = 'blob'
-      ajax.onload = function(e: any) {
-        download(e.target.response, fileName, defaultMime)
-      }
-      setTimeout(function() {
-        ajax.send()
-      }, 0) // allows setting custom ajax headers using the return:
-      return ajax
-    } // end if valid url?
-  } // end if url?
-
-  const saver = (saverUrl, winMode) => {
-    if ('download' in anchor) {
-      // html5 A[download]
-      anchor.href = saverUrl
-      anchor.setAttribute('download', fileName)
-      anchor.className = 'download-js-link'
-      anchor.innerHTML = 'downloading...'
-      anchor.style.display = 'none'
-      document.body.appendChild(anchor)
-      setTimeout(function() {
-        anchor.click()
-        document.body.removeChild(anchor)
-        if (winMode === true) {
-          setTimeout(function() {
-            _window.URL.revokeObjectURL(anchor.href)
-          }, 250)
-        }
-      }, 66)
-      return true
-    }
-
-    // do iframe dataURL download (old ch+FF):
-    const f = document.createElement('iframe')
-    document.body.appendChild(f)
-
-    if (!winMode) {
-      // force a mime that will download:
-      url = `data:${url.replace(/^data:([\w\/\-\+]+)/, defaultMime)}`
-    }
-    f.src = url
-    setTimeout(function() {
-      document.body.removeChild(f)
-    }, 333)
-  } // end saver
-
-  // go ahead and download dataURLs right away
-  if (/^data\:[\w+\-]+\/[\w+\-]+[,;]/.test(payload)) {
-    if (payload.length > 1024 * 1024 * 1.999 && myBlob !== toString) {
-      payload = dataUrlToBlob(myBlob, payload)
-      mimeType = payload.type || defaultMime
-    } else {
-      return navigator.msSaveBlob // IE10 can't do a[download], only Blobs:
-        ? navigator.msSaveBlob(dataUrlToBlob(myBlob, payload), fileName)
-        : saver(payload, false) // everyone else can save dataURLs un-processed
-    }
-  } // end if dataURL passed?
-
-  const blob =
-    payload instanceof myBlob
-      ? payload
-      : new myBlob([payload], {type: mimeType})
-
-  if (navigator.msSaveBlob) {
-    // IE10+ : (has Blob, but not a[download] or URL)
-    return navigator.msSaveBlob(blob, fileName)
-  }
-
-  if (_window.URL) {
-    // simple fast and modern way using Blob and URL:
-    saver(_window.URL.createObjectURL(blob), true)
-  } else {
-    // handle non-Blob()+non-URL browsers:
-    if (typeof blob === 'string' || blob.constructor === toString) {
-      try {
-        return saver(`data:${mimeType};base64,${_window.btoa(blob)}`, false)
-      } catch (y) {
-        return saver(`data:${mimeType},${encodeURIComponent(blob)}`, false)
-      }
-    }
-
-    // Blob but not URL support:
-    reader = new FileReader()
-    reader.onload = function() {
-      saver(this.result, false)
-    }
-    reader.readAsDataURL(blob)
-  }
-  return true
-} /* end download() */
-
-export default download
diff --git a/ui/src/tasks/components/TaskRow.tsx b/ui/src/tasks/components/TaskRow.tsx
index cf1899d4ea..b5f0b89eec 100644
--- a/ui/src/tasks/components/TaskRow.tsx
+++ b/ui/src/tasks/components/TaskRow.tsx
@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 // Libraries
 import React, {PureComponent} from 'react'
 import {withRouter, WithRouterProps} from 'react-router'
-import download from 'src/external/download'
 
 // Components
 import {
@@ -14,6 +13,9 @@ import {
   IndexList,
 } from 'src/clockface'
 
+// Utils
+import {downloadTextFile} from 'src/shared/utils/download'
+
 // Types
 import {Task, TaskStatus} from 'src/types/v2/tasks'
 
@@ -79,7 +81,7 @@ class TaskRow extends PureComponent<Props & WithRouterProps> {
 
   private handleExport = () => {
     const {task} = this.props
-    download(task.flux, `${task.name}.flux`, 'text/plain')
+    downloadTextFile(task.flux, `${task.name}.flux`)
   }
 
   private handleOrgClick = () => {