diff --git a/cmd/topicctl/subcmd/tester.go b/cmd/topicctl/subcmd/tester.go
index 4c75a9de..03bd18eb 100644
--- a/cmd/topicctl/subcmd/tester.go
+++ b/cmd/topicctl/subcmd/tester.go
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ import (
 	"time"
 
 	"github.com/segmentio/kafka-go"
-	"github.com/segmentio/topicctl/pkg/apply"
+	"github.com/segmentio/topicctl/pkg/util"
 	log "github.com/sirupsen/logrus"
 	"github.com/spf13/cobra"
 )
@@ -104,7 +104,7 @@ func runTestReader(ctx context.Context) error {
 		testerConfig.readConsumer,
 	)
 
-	ok, _ := apply.Confirm("OK to continue?", false)
+	ok, _ := util.Confirm("OK to continue?", false)
 	if !ok {
 		return errors.New("Stopping because of user response")
 	}
@@ -153,7 +153,7 @@ func runTestWriter(ctx context.Context) error {
 		testerConfig.writeRate,
 	)
 
-	ok, _ := apply.Confirm("OK to continue?", false)
+	ok, _ := util.Confirm("OK to continue?", false)
 	if !ok {
 		return errors.New("Stopping because of user response")
 	}
diff --git a/pkg/apply/apply.go b/pkg/apply/apply.go
index 76e54f0f..25b0084b 100644
--- a/pkg/apply/apply.go
+++ b/pkg/apply/apply.go
@@ -163,7 +163,7 @@ func (t *TopicApplier) applyNewTopic(ctx context.Context) error {
 		FormatNewTopicConfig(newTopicConfig),
 	)
 
-	ok, _ := Confirm("OK to continue?", t.config.SkipConfirm)
+	ok, _ := util.Confirm("OK to continue?", t.config.SkipConfirm)
 	if !ok {
 		return errors.New("Stopping because of user response")
 	}
@@ -283,7 +283,7 @@ func (t *TopicApplier) checkExistingState(
 			if t.config.DryRun {
 				log.Infof("Skipping update because dryRun is set to true")
 			} else {
-				ok, err := Confirm("OK to remove these?", t.config.SkipConfirm)
+				ok, err := util.Confirm("OK to remove these?", t.config.SkipConfirm)
 				if err != nil {
 					return err
 				} else if !ok {
@@ -326,7 +326,7 @@ func (t *TopicApplier) checkExistingState(
 				if t.config.DryRun {
 					log.Infof("Skipping update because dryRun is set to true")
 				} else {
-					ok, err := Confirm("OK to remove broker throttles?", t.config.SkipConfirm)
+					ok, err := util.Confirm("OK to remove broker throttles?", t.config.SkipConfirm)
 					if err != nil {
 						return err
 					} else if !ok {
@@ -413,7 +413,7 @@ func (t *TopicApplier) updateSettings(
 			return nil
 		}
 
-		ok, _ := Confirm(
+		ok, _ := util.Confirm(
 			"OK to update to the new values in the topic config?",
 			t.config.SkipConfirm,
 		)
@@ -576,7 +576,7 @@ func (t *TopicApplier) updatePartitionsHelper(
 		return nil
 	}
 
-	ok, _ := Confirm("OK to apply?", t.config.SkipConfirm)
+	ok, _ := util.Confirm("OK to apply?", t.config.SkipConfirm)
 	if !ok {
 		return errors.New("Stopping because of user response")
 	}
@@ -678,7 +678,7 @@ func (t *TopicApplier) updatePlacement(
 				desiredPlacement,
 			)
 
-			ok, _ := Confirm(
+			ok, _ := util.Confirm(
 				fmt.Sprintf("OK to apply %s despite having unbalanced leaders?", desiredPlacement),
 				t.config.SkipConfirm || t.config.DryRun,
 			)
@@ -841,7 +841,7 @@ func (t *TopicApplier) updatePlacementRunner(
 		log.Warnf("Autocontinue flag detected, user will not be prompted each round")
 	}
 
-	ok, _ := Confirm("OK to apply?", t.config.SkipConfirm)
+	ok, _ := util.Confirm("OK to apply?", t.config.SkipConfirm)
 	if !ok {
 		return errors.New("Stopping because of user response")
 	}
@@ -917,7 +917,7 @@ func (t *TopicApplier) updatePlacementRunner(
 		if t.config.AutoContinueRebalance {
 			log.Infof("Autocontinuing to next round")
 		} else {
-			ok, _ := Confirm("OK to continue?", t.config.SkipConfirm)
+			ok, _ := util.Confirm("OK to continue?", t.config.SkipConfirm)
 			if !ok {
 				return errors.New("Stopping because of user response")
 			}
@@ -1249,7 +1249,7 @@ func (t *TopicApplier) updateLeaders(
 			batchSize = len(wrongLeaders)
 		}
 
-		ok, _ := Confirm(
+		ok, _ := util.Confirm(
 			fmt.Sprintf(
 				"OK to run leader elections (in batches of %d partitions each) ?",
 				batchSize,
diff --git a/pkg/config/load_test.go b/pkg/config/load_test.go
index 1a0ce76c..66bc36d3 100644
--- a/pkg/config/load_test.go
+++ b/pkg/config/load_test.go
@@ -105,7 +105,6 @@ func TestLoadTopicsFile(t *testing.T) {
 	assert.Equal(t, "topic-test2", topicConfigs[1].Meta.Name)
 }
 
-// TODO: write this test
 func TestLoadACLsFile(t *testing.T) {
 	aclConfigs, err := LoadACLsFile("testdata/test-cluster/acls/acl-test.yaml")
 	require.NoError(t, err)
@@ -159,7 +158,6 @@ func TestLoadACLsFile(t *testing.T) {
 
 	invalidAclConfigs, err := LoadACLsFile("testdata/test-cluster/acls/acl-test-invalid.yaml")
 	assert.Equal(t, 0, len(invalidAclConfigs))
-	// TODO: improve this error checking and make sure the error is informative enough
 	require.Error(t, err)
 
 	multiAclConfigs, err := LoadACLsFile("testdata/test-cluster/acls/acl-test-multi.yaml")
diff --git a/pkg/create/acl.go b/pkg/create/acl.go
index 673e7621..425d8b5d 100644
--- a/pkg/create/acl.go
+++ b/pkg/create/acl.go
@@ -8,8 +8,8 @@ import (
 
 	"github.com/segmentio/kafka-go"
 	"github.com/segmentio/topicctl/pkg/admin"
-	"github.com/segmentio/topicctl/pkg/apply"
 	"github.com/segmentio/topicctl/pkg/config"
+	"github.com/segmentio/topicctl/pkg/util"
 	log "github.com/sirupsen/logrus"
 )
 
@@ -105,8 +105,7 @@ func (a *ACLCreator) Create(ctx context.Context) error {
 		formatNewACLsConfig(newACLs),
 	)
 
-	// TODO: move confirm away from apply package
-	ok, _ := apply.Confirm("OK to continue?", a.config.SkipConfirm)
+	ok, _ := util.Confirm("OK to continue?", a.config.SkipConfirm)
 	if !ok {
 		return errors.New("Stopping because of user response")
 	}
diff --git a/pkg/apply/confirm.go b/pkg/util/confirm.go
similarity index 98%
rename from pkg/apply/confirm.go
rename to pkg/util/confirm.go
index 62e54787..101d5435 100644
--- a/pkg/apply/confirm.go
+++ b/pkg/util/confirm.go
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-package apply
+package util
 
 import (
 	"fmt"