diff --git a/q2_fmt/_peds.py b/q2_fmt/_peds.py
index f334f89..8cb7f47 100644
--- a/q2_fmt/_peds.py
+++ b/q2_fmt/_peds.py
@@ -21,8 +21,8 @@
 
 from qiime2 import Metadata
 from q2_fmt._engraftment import _get_to_baseline_ref
-from q2_fmt._util import json_replace
-from q2_stats._visualizer import _make_stats
+from q2_stats.util import json_replace
+from q2_stats.plots.raincloud import _make_stats
 
 
 def peds(ctx, table, metadata, peds_metric, time_column, reference_column,
diff --git a/q2_fmt/_util.py b/q2_fmt/_util.py
deleted file mode 100644
index 577a5d4..0000000
--- a/q2_fmt/_util.py
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,26 +0,0 @@
-# ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
-# Copyright (c) 2023, QIIME 2 development team.
-#
-# Distributed under the terms of the Modified BSD License.
-#
-# The full license is in the file LICENSE, distributed with this software.
-# ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
-
-def json_replace(json_obj, **values):
-    """
-    Search for elements of `{"{{REPLACE_PARAM}}": "some_key"}` and replace
-    with the result of `values["some_key"]`.
-    """
-    if type(json_obj) is dict and list(json_obj) == ["{{REPLACE_PARAM}}"]:
-        param_name = json_obj["{{REPLACE_PARAM}}"]
-        return values[param_name]
-
-    if type(json_obj) is list:
-        return [json_replace(x, **values) for x in json_obj]
-
-    elif type(json_obj) is dict:
-        return {key: json_replace(value, **values)
-                for key, value in json_obj.items()}
-
-    else:
-        return json_obj
diff --git a/q2_fmt/plugin_setup.py b/q2_fmt/plugin_setup.py
index 4892ea2..dfb50db 100644
--- a/q2_fmt/plugin_setup.py
+++ b/q2_fmt/plugin_setup.py
@@ -17,8 +17,9 @@
 import q2_fmt
 from q2_types.feature_table import (
     FeatureTable, Frequency, RelativeFrequency, PresenceAbsence)
-from q2_stats._type import (Dist1D, Matched, Independent, Ordered,
-                            Unordered, StatsTable, Pairwise, NestedOrdered)
+from q2_stats.types import (Dist1D, Matched, Independent, Ordered,
+                            Unordered, StatsTable, Pairwise,
+                            NestedOrdered)
 import q2_fmt._examples as ex
 
 citations = Citations.load('citations.bib', package='q2_fmt')