diff --git a/ui-modules/blueprint-composer/app/index.less b/ui-modules/blueprint-composer/app/index.less
index e42474c..e91b16e 100644
--- a/ui-modules/blueprint-composer/app/index.less
+++ b/ui-modules/blueprint-composer/app/index.less
@@ -37,13 +37,6 @@
 @import "components/dsl-editor/dsl-editor";
 @import "components/dsl-viewer/dsl-viewer";
 
-.make-icon(@size) {
-  width: auto;
-  height: auto;
-  max-width: @size;
-  max-height: @size;
-}
-
 .navbar {
   margin-bottom: 0;
 }
diff --git a/ui-modules/catalog/app/index.less b/ui-modules/catalog/app/index.less
index cbd7eea..18760e1 100644
--- a/ui-modules/catalog/app/index.less
+++ b/ui-modules/catalog/app/index.less
@@ -29,18 +29,6 @@
 @import "views/bundle/type/type";
 @import "views/bundle/type/modal";
 
-.make-icon(@size) {
-  // this won't _increase_ size, that's more complicated.  but it will cap both sizes while
-  // keeping aspect ratio.  if width or height are set they can interfere with the maxes to screw up aspect ratio.
-  // https://stackoverflow.com/questions/12912048/how-to-maintain-aspect-ratio-using-html-img-tag
-  width: auto;
-  height: auto;
-  max-width: @size;
-  max-height: @size;
-  // and center
-  margin: auto;
-}
-
 .snackbar {
   z-index: 200;
 }
diff --git a/ui-modules/home/app/index.less b/ui-modules/home/app/index.less
index a00daad..53be790 100644
--- a/ui-modules/home/app/index.less
+++ b/ui-modules/home/app/index.less
@@ -26,12 +26,6 @@
 @import 'views/main/deploy/modal';
 @import 'components/onboarding/onboarding';
 
-.make-icon(@size) {
-  width: auto;
-  height: auto;
-  max-width: @size;
-  max-height: @size;
-}
 .hideMainContent {
   display: none;
 }
diff --git a/ui-modules/utils/br-core/style/mixins.less b/ui-modules/utils/br-core/style/mixins.less
index b4c8432..b33d574 100644
--- a/ui-modules/utils/br-core/style/mixins.less
+++ b/ui-modules/utils/br-core/style/mixins.less
@@ -55,3 +55,15 @@
     font-size: 95%;
 }
 
+.make-icon(@size) {
+  // this won't _increase_ size, that's more complicated.  but it will cap both sizes while
+  // keeping aspect ratio.  if width or height are set they can interfere with the maxes to screw up aspect ratio.
+  // https://stackoverflow.com/questions/12912048/how-to-maintain-aspect-ratio-using-html-img-tag
+  width: auto;
+  height: auto;
+  max-width: @size;
+  max-height: @size;
+  // and center
+  margin: auto;
+}
+