diff --git a/lib/Deprecated.js b/lib/Deprecated.js
index 84b13e30..26b573d3 100644
--- a/lib/Deprecated.js
+++ b/lib/Deprecated.js
@@ -38,6 +38,7 @@ const iWorkDeprecate = deprecate('iWork');
 const iCmdDeprecate = deprecate('iCmd');
 const iQshDeprecate = deprecate('iQsh');
 const iShDeprecate = deprecate('iSh');
+const xmlToJsonDeprecate = deprecate('xmlToJson');
 
 const { ProgramCall } = require('./ProgramCall');
 const { CommandCall } = require('./CommandCall');
@@ -625,6 +626,210 @@ const iSh = (sh, options) => {
   return command.toXML();
 };
 
+const xmlToJson = (xml) => {
+  xmlToJsonDeprecate('As of v1.0, \'xmlToJson\' is deprecated. Use xml2js npm package instead.');
+
+  const cmdRegG = /<cmd.*?>[\s\S]+?<\/cmd>/g;
+  const shRegG = /<sh.*?>[\s\S]+?<\/sh>/g;
+  const qshRegG = /<qsh.*?>[\s\S]+?<\/qsh>/g;
+  const pgmRegG = /<pgm.*?>[\s\S]+?<\/pgm>/g;
+  const sqlRegG = /<sql.*?>[\s\S]+?<\/sql>/g;
+
+  const shReg = /<sh.*?>([\s\S]+?)<\/sh>/;
+  const qshReg = /<qsh.*?>([\s\S]+?)<\/qsh>/;
+  const pgmReg = /<pgm name='(.*?)' lib='(.*?)'.*?>/;
+
+  const successReg = /<success>.*?\+\+\+ success (.*?)<\/success>/;
+  const errorReg = /<error>.*?\*\*\* error (.*?)<\/error>.*?<error>(.*?)<\/error>/;
+  const rtDataRegG = /<data desc='.*?'>[\s\S]*?<\/data>/g;
+  const rtDataReg = /<data desc='(.*?)'>([\s\S]*?)<\/data>/;
+
+  // const dsRegG = /<ds.*?>[\s\S]+?<\/ds>/g; // TODO: Not used
+  // const dsReg = /<ds.*?>([\s\S]+?)<\/ds>/; // TODO: Not used
+  const dataRegG = /<data[\s\S]*?<\/data>/g;
+  const dataReg = /<data.*?type='(.*?)'.*?>([\s\S]*?)<\/data>/;
+  const sqlResultG = /<row>[\s\S]+?<\/row>/g;
+  const sqlRowG = /<data desc='[\s\S]+?'>[\s\S]*?<\/data>/g;
+  const sqlRow = /<data desc='([\s\S]+?)'>([\s\S]*?)<\/data>/;
+
+  const cmdData = xml.match(cmdRegG);
+  const shData = xml.match(shRegG);
+  const qshData = xml.match(qshRegG);
+  const pgmData = xml.match(pgmRegG);
+  const sqlData = xml.match(sqlRegG);
+
+  const ResultArr = [];
+
+  // parse cmd matches
+  if (cmdData && cmdData.length > 0) {
+    cmdData.forEach((cmd) => {
+      const rs = { type: 'cmd' };
+      const sucFlag = cmd.match(successReg);
+
+      if (sucFlag && sucFlag.length > 0) {
+        rs.success = true;
+        if (sucFlag.length > 1) {
+          [, rs.cmd] = sucFlag;
+        }
+      } else {
+        rs.success = false;
+        const errFlag = cmd.match(errorReg);
+        if (errFlag && errFlag.length > 1) {
+          [, rs.cmd] = errFlag;
+        }
+        if (errFlag && errFlag.length > 2) {
+          [, , rs.error] = errFlag;
+        }
+      }
+      const rowArray = cmd.match(rtDataRegG);
+
+      if (rowArray && rowArray.length > 0) {
+        const arr = [];
+
+        rowArray.forEach((row) => {
+          const eachRow = row.match(rtDataReg);
+          if (eachRow && eachRow.length > 1) {
+            arr.push({ name: eachRow[1], value: eachRow[2] ? eachRow[2] : '' });
+          }
+        });
+
+        rs.data = arr;
+      }
+      ResultArr.push(rs);
+    });
+  }
+
+  // parse sh matches
+  if (shData && shData.length > 0) {
+    shData.forEach((sh) => {
+      const rs = { type: 'sh' };
+      const shOutput = sh.match(shReg);
+
+      if (shOutput && shOutput.length > 0) {
+        [, rs.data] = shOutput;
+      }
+      ResultArr.push(rs);
+    });
+  }
+
+  // parse qsh matches
+  if (qshData && qshData.length > 0) {
+    qshData.forEach((qsh) => {
+      const rs = { type: 'qsh' };
+      const qshOutput = qsh.match(qshReg);
+      if (qshOutput && qshOutput.length > 0) {
+        [, rs.data] = qshOutput;
+      }
+      ResultArr.push(rs);
+    });
+  }
+
+  // parse pgm matches
+  if (pgmData && pgmData.length > 0) {
+    pgmData.forEach((pgm) => {
+      const rs = { type: 'pgm' };
+      const sucFlag = pgm.match(successReg);
+
+      if (sucFlag && sucFlag.length > 0) {
+        rs.success = true;
+      } else {
+        rs.success = false;
+      }
+
+      const pgmLib = pgm.match(pgmReg);
+
+      if (pgmLib && pgmLib.length > 2) {
+        [, rs.pgm, rs.lib] = pgmLib;
+      }
+
+      const paramData = pgm.match(dataRegG);
+
+      if (paramData && paramData.length > 0) {
+        const arr = [];
+        paramData.forEach((param) => {
+          const obj = {};
+          const rx = / \b(.*?)\s*=\s*'([^']*)'/g;
+          const eachRow = param.match(dataReg);
+          let attr;
+
+          if (eachRow && eachRow.length > 1) {
+            obj.value = (eachRow[2] ? eachRow[2] : '');
+          }
+
+          // eslint-disable-next-line no-cond-assign
+          while (attr = rx.exec(param)) {
+            // eslint-disable-next-line prefer-destructuring
+            obj[attr[1]] = attr[2];
+          }
+
+          arr.push(obj);
+        });
+
+        rs.data = arr;
+      }
+      ResultArr.push(rs);
+    });
+  }
+
+  // parse sql matches
+  if (sqlData && sqlData.length > 0) {
+    sqlData.forEach((sql) => {
+      const rs = { type: 'sql' };
+      const sucFlag = sql.match(successReg);
+
+      if (sucFlag && sucFlag.length > 0) {
+        rs.success = true;
+        if (sucFlag.length > 1) {
+          if (sucFlag[0].includes('![CDATA')) {
+            const fixed = sucFlag[1].replace(/]]>/, '');
+            rs.stmt = fixed;
+          } else {
+            [, rs.stmt] = sucFlag;
+          }
+        }
+      } else {
+        rs.success = false;
+        const errFlag = sql.match(errorReg);
+
+        if (errFlag && errFlag.length > 1) {
+          [, rs.stmt] = errFlag;
+        }
+        if (errFlag && errFlag.length > 2) {
+          [, , rs.error] = errFlag;
+        }
+      }
+
+      const sqlResult = sql.match(sqlResultG);
+
+      if (sqlResult && sqlResult.length > 0) {
+        const arr = [];
+
+        sqlResult.forEach((result) => {
+          const eachRow = result.match(sqlRowG);
+
+          if (eachRow) {
+            const theRow = [];
+
+            eachRow.forEach((row) => {
+              const perField = row.match(sqlRow);
+
+              if (perField && perField.length > 2) {
+                theRow.push({ desc: perField[1], value: perField[2] });
+              }
+            });
+
+            arr.push(theRow);
+          }
+        });
+
+        rs.result = arr;
+      }
+      ResultArr.push(rs);
+    });
+  }
+  return ResultArr;
+};
+
 module.exports.iPgm = iPgm;
 module.exports.iSql = iSql;
 module.exports.iConn = iConn;
@@ -637,3 +842,4 @@ module.exports.iWork = iWork;
 module.exports.iCmd = iCmd;
 module.exports.iQsh = iQsh;
 module.exports.iSh = iSh;
+module.exports.xmlToJson = xmlToJson;
diff --git a/lib/Toolkit.js b/lib/Toolkit.js
index 86d67539..42d28e0c 100644
--- a/lib/Toolkit.js
+++ b/lib/Toolkit.js
@@ -17,7 +17,6 @@
 
 const { parseString } = require('xml2js');
 const { ProgramCall } = require('./ProgramCall');
-const { xmlToJson } = require('./utils');
 const { Connection } = require('./Connection');
 
 const sysvalArray = [
diff --git a/lib/itoolkit.js b/lib/itoolkit.js
index 551c2243..c4360e7c 100644
--- a/lib/itoolkit.js
+++ b/lib/itoolkit.js
@@ -23,7 +23,6 @@ const { ProgramCall } = require('./ProgramCall');
 const { CommandCall } = require('./CommandCall');
 const { Connection } = require('./Connection');
 const { Toolkit } = require('./Toolkit');
-const { xmlToJson } = require('./utils');
 
 const {
   iPgm,
@@ -38,6 +37,7 @@ const {
   iCmd,
   iQsh,
   iSh,
+  xmlToJson,
 } = require('./Deprecated');
 
 module.exports = {
diff --git a/lib/utils.js b/lib/utils.js
index 463c9c38..c40e5b6c 100644
--- a/lib/utils.js
+++ b/lib/utils.js
@@ -15,208 +15,6 @@
 // DAMAGES OR OTHER LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM,
 // OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN THE SOFTWARE.
 
-const xmlToJson = (xml) => {
-  const cmdRegG = /<cmd.*?>[\s\S]+?<\/cmd>/g;
-  const shRegG = /<sh.*?>[\s\S]+?<\/sh>/g;
-  const qshRegG = /<qsh.*?>[\s\S]+?<\/qsh>/g;
-  const pgmRegG = /<pgm.*?>[\s\S]+?<\/pgm>/g;
-  const sqlRegG = /<sql.*?>[\s\S]+?<\/sql>/g;
-
-  const shReg = /<sh.*?>([\s\S]+?)<\/sh>/;
-  const qshReg = /<qsh.*?>([\s\S]+?)<\/qsh>/;
-  const pgmReg = /<pgm name='(.*?)' lib='(.*?)'.*?>/;
-
-  const successReg = /<success>.*?\+\+\+ success (.*?)<\/success>/;
-  const errorReg = /<error>.*?\*\*\* error (.*?)<\/error>.*?<error>(.*?)<\/error>/;
-  const rtDataRegG = /<data desc='.*?'>[\s\S]*?<\/data>/g;
-  const rtDataReg = /<data desc='(.*?)'>([\s\S]*?)<\/data>/;
-
-  // const dsRegG = /<ds.*?>[\s\S]+?<\/ds>/g; // TODO: Not used
-  // const dsReg = /<ds.*?>([\s\S]+?)<\/ds>/; // TODO: Not used
-  const dataRegG = /<data[\s\S]*?<\/data>/g;
-  const dataReg = /<data.*?type='(.*?)'.*?>([\s\S]*?)<\/data>/;
-  const sqlResultG = /<row>[\s\S]+?<\/row>/g;
-  const sqlRowG = /<data desc='[\s\S]+?'>[\s\S]*?<\/data>/g;
-  const sqlRow = /<data desc='([\s\S]+?)'>([\s\S]*?)<\/data>/;
-
-  const cmdData = xml.match(cmdRegG);
-  const shData = xml.match(shRegG);
-  const qshData = xml.match(qshRegG);
-  const pgmData = xml.match(pgmRegG);
-  const sqlData = xml.match(sqlRegG);
-
-  const ResultArr = [];
-
-  // parse cmd matches
-  if (cmdData && cmdData.length > 0) {
-    cmdData.forEach((cmd) => {
-      const rs = { type: 'cmd' };
-      const sucFlag = cmd.match(successReg);
-
-      if (sucFlag && sucFlag.length > 0) {
-        rs.success = true;
-        if (sucFlag.length > 1) {
-          [, rs.cmd] = sucFlag;
-        }
-      } else {
-        rs.success = false;
-        const errFlag = cmd.match(errorReg);
-        if (errFlag && errFlag.length > 1) {
-          [, rs.cmd] = errFlag;
-        }
-        if (errFlag && errFlag.length > 2) {
-          [, , rs.error] = errFlag;
-        }
-      }
-      const rowArray = cmd.match(rtDataRegG);
-
-      if (rowArray && rowArray.length > 0) {
-        const arr = [];
-
-        rowArray.forEach((row) => {
-          const eachRow = row.match(rtDataReg);
-          if (eachRow && eachRow.length > 1) {
-            arr.push({ name: eachRow[1], value: eachRow[2] ? eachRow[2] : '' });
-          }
-        });
-
-        rs.data = arr;
-      }
-      ResultArr.push(rs);
-    });
-  }
-
-  // parse sh matches
-  if (shData && shData.length > 0) {
-    shData.forEach((sh) => {
-      const rs = { type: 'sh' };
-      const shOutput = sh.match(shReg);
-
-      if (shOutput && shOutput.length > 0) {
-        [, rs.data] = shOutput;
-      }
-      ResultArr.push(rs);
-    });
-  }
-
-  // parse qsh matches
-  if (qshData && qshData.length > 0) {
-    qshData.forEach((qsh) => {
-      const rs = { type: 'qsh' };
-      const qshOutput = qsh.match(qshReg);
-      if (qshOutput && qshOutput.length > 0) {
-        [, rs.data] = qshOutput;
-      }
-      ResultArr.push(rs);
-    });
-  }
-
-  // parse pgm matches
-  if (pgmData && pgmData.length > 0) {
-    pgmData.forEach((pgm) => {
-      const rs = { type: 'pgm' };
-      const sucFlag = pgm.match(successReg);
-
-      if (sucFlag && sucFlag.length > 0) {
-        rs.success = true;
-      } else {
-        rs.success = false;
-      }
-
-      const pgmLib = pgm.match(pgmReg);
-
-      if (pgmLib && pgmLib.length > 2) {
-        [, rs.pgm, rs.lib] = pgmLib;
-      }
-
-      const paramData = pgm.match(dataRegG);
-
-      if (paramData && paramData.length > 0) {
-        const arr = [];
-        paramData.forEach((param) => {
-          const obj = {};
-          const rx = / \b(.*?)\s*=\s*'([^']*)'/g;
-          const eachRow = param.match(dataReg);
-          let attr;
-
-          if (eachRow && eachRow.length > 1) {
-            obj.value = (eachRow[2] ? eachRow[2] : '');
-          }
-
-          // eslint-disable-next-line no-cond-assign
-          while (attr = rx.exec(param)) {
-            // eslint-disable-next-line prefer-destructuring
-            obj[attr[1]] = attr[2];
-          }
-
-          arr.push(obj);
-        });
-
-        rs.data = arr;
-      }
-      ResultArr.push(rs);
-    });
-  }
-
-  // parse sql matches
-  if (sqlData && sqlData.length > 0) {
-    sqlData.forEach((sql) => {
-      const rs = { type: 'sql' };
-      const sucFlag = sql.match(successReg);
-
-      if (sucFlag && sucFlag.length > 0) {
-        rs.success = true;
-        if (sucFlag.length > 1) {
-          if (sucFlag[0].includes('![CDATA')) {
-            const fixed = sucFlag[1].replace(/]]>/, '');
-            rs.stmt = fixed;
-          } else {
-            [, rs.stmt] = sucFlag;
-          }
-        }
-      } else {
-        rs.success = false;
-        const errFlag = sql.match(errorReg);
-
-        if (errFlag && errFlag.length > 1) {
-          [, rs.stmt] = errFlag;
-        }
-        if (errFlag && errFlag.length > 2) {
-          [, , rs.error] = errFlag;
-        }
-      }
-
-      const sqlResult = sql.match(sqlResultG);
-
-      if (sqlResult && sqlResult.length > 0) {
-        const arr = [];
-
-        sqlResult.forEach((result) => {
-          const eachRow = result.match(sqlRowG);
-
-          if (eachRow) {
-            const theRow = [];
-
-            eachRow.forEach((row) => {
-              const perField = row.match(sqlRow);
-
-              if (perField && perField.length > 2) {
-                theRow.push({ desc: perField[1], value: perField[2] });
-              }
-            });
-
-            arr.push(theRow);
-          }
-        });
-
-        rs.result = arr;
-      }
-      ResultArr.push(rs);
-    });
-  }
-  return ResultArr;
-};
-
 function returnTransports(transportOptions) {
   // eslint-disable-next-line global-require
   const { Connection } = require('./Connection');
@@ -259,4 +57,4 @@ function returnTransportsDeprecated(options) {
   return transports;
 }
 
-module.exports = { xmlToJson, returnTransports, returnTransportsDeprecated };
+module.exports = { returnTransports, returnTransportsDeprecated };