diff --git a/app/soapbox/components/status.tsx b/app/soapbox/components/status.tsx
index 2e2f68a1c..94e5033f9 100644
--- a/app/soapbox/components/status.tsx
+++ b/app/soapbox/components/status.tsx
@@ -1,13 +1,13 @@
 import classNames from 'classnames';
 import React, { useEffect, useRef, useState } from 'react';
 import { HotKeys } from 'react-hotkeys';
-import { useIntl, FormattedMessage, IntlShape, defineMessages } from 'react-intl';
+import { useIntl, FormattedMessage, defineMessages } from 'react-intl';
 import { NavLink, useHistory } from 'react-router-dom';
 
 import Icon from 'soapbox/components/icon';
 import AccountContainer from 'soapbox/containers/account_container';
 import QuotedStatus from 'soapbox/features/status/containers/quoted_status_container';
-import { defaultMediaVisibility } from 'soapbox/utils/status';
+import { defaultMediaVisibility, textForScreenReader } from 'soapbox/utils/status';
 
 import StatusMedia from './status-media';
 import StatusReplyMentions from './status-reply-mentions';
@@ -29,26 +29,6 @@ const messages = defineMessages({
   reblogged_by: { id: 'status.reblogged_by', defaultMessage: '{name} reposted' },
 });
 
-export const textForScreenReader = (intl: IntlShape, status: StatusEntity, rebloggedByText?: string): string => {
-  const { account } = status;
-  if (!account || typeof account !== 'object') return '';
-
-  const displayName = account.display_name;
-
-  const values = [
-    displayName.length === 0 ? account.acct.split('@')[0] : displayName,
-    status.spoiler_text && status.hidden ? status.spoiler_text : status.search_index.slice(status.spoiler_text.length),
-    intl.formatDate(status.created_at, { hour: '2-digit', minute: '2-digit', month: 'short', day: 'numeric' }),
-    status.getIn(['account', 'acct']),
-  ];
-
-  if (rebloggedByText) {
-    values.push(rebloggedByText);
-  }
-
-  return values.join(', ');
-};
-
 interface IStatus {
   id?: string,
   contextType?: string,
diff --git a/app/soapbox/features/status/index.tsx b/app/soapbox/features/status/index.tsx
index 9ab57ec1f..5d00bce07 100644
--- a/app/soapbox/features/status/index.tsx
+++ b/app/soapbox/features/status/index.tsx
@@ -49,7 +49,6 @@ import {
 import MissingIndicator from 'soapbox/components/missing_indicator';
 import PullToRefresh from 'soapbox/components/pull-to-refresh';
 import ScrollableList from 'soapbox/components/scrollable_list';
-import { textForScreenReader } from 'soapbox/components/status';
 import SubNavigation from 'soapbox/components/sub_navigation';
 import Tombstone from 'soapbox/components/tombstone';
 import { Column, Stack } from 'soapbox/components/ui';
@@ -57,7 +56,7 @@ import PlaceholderStatus from 'soapbox/features/placeholder/components/placehold
 import PendingStatus from 'soapbox/features/ui/components/pending_status';
 import { useAppDispatch, useAppSelector, useSettings, useSoapboxConfig } from 'soapbox/hooks';
 import { makeGetStatus } from 'soapbox/selectors';
-import { defaultMediaVisibility } from 'soapbox/utils/status';
+import { defaultMediaVisibility, textForScreenReader } from 'soapbox/utils/status';
 
 import ActionBar from './components/action-bar';
 import DetailedStatus from './components/detailed-status';
diff --git a/app/soapbox/utils/status.ts b/app/soapbox/utils/status.ts
index 5c4590066..b0890fb20 100644
--- a/app/soapbox/utils/status.ts
+++ b/app/soapbox/utils/status.ts
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 import { isIntegerId } from 'soapbox/utils/numbers';
 
+import type { IntlShape } from 'react-intl';
 import type { Status as StatusEntity } from 'soapbox/types/entities';
 
 /** Get the initial visibility of media attachments from user settings. */
@@ -36,3 +37,24 @@ export const shouldHaveCard = (status: StatusEntity): boolean => {
 export const hasIntegerMediaIds = (status: StatusEntity): boolean => {
   return status.media_attachments.some(({ id }) => isIntegerId(id));
 };
+
+/** Sanitize status text for use with screen readers. */
+export const textForScreenReader = (intl: IntlShape, status: StatusEntity, rebloggedByText?: string): string => {
+  const { account } = status;
+  if (!account || typeof account !== 'object') return '';
+
+  const displayName = account.display_name;
+
+  const values = [
+    displayName.length === 0 ? account.acct.split('@')[0] : displayName,
+    status.spoiler_text && status.hidden ? status.spoiler_text : status.search_index.slice(status.spoiler_text.length),
+    intl.formatDate(status.created_at, { hour: '2-digit', minute: '2-digit', month: 'short', day: 'numeric' }),
+    status.getIn(['account', 'acct']),
+  ];
+
+  if (rebloggedByText) {
+    values.push(rebloggedByText);
+  }
+
+  return values.join(', ');
+};