diff --git a/lua/lspconfig/util.lua b/lua/lspconfig/util.lua
index e2bba2e19c..e517d798fa 100644
--- a/lua/lspconfig/util.lua
+++ b/lua/lspconfig/util.lua
@@ -208,7 +208,7 @@ function M.insert_package_json(config_files, field, fname)
   return config_files
 end
 
-function M.get_active_clients_list_by_ft(filetype)
+local function get_active_clients_list_by_ft(filetype)
   local clients = M.get_lsp_clients()
   local clients_list = {}
   for _, client in pairs(clients) do
@@ -225,7 +225,7 @@ end
 
 function M.get_other_matching_providers(filetype)
   local configs = require 'lspconfig.configs'
-  local active_clients_list = M.get_active_clients_list_by_ft(filetype)
+  local active_clients_list = get_active_clients_list_by_ft(filetype)
   local other_matching_configs = {}
   for _, config in pairs(configs) do
     if not vim.tbl_contains(active_clients_list, config.name) then
@@ -240,20 +240,6 @@ function M.get_other_matching_providers(filetype)
   return other_matching_configs
 end
 
-function M.get_config_by_ft(filetype)
-  local configs = require 'lspconfig.configs'
-  local matching_configs = {}
-  for _, config in pairs(configs) do
-    local filetypes = config.filetypes or {}
-    for _, ft in pairs(filetypes) do
-      if ft == filetype then
-        table.insert(matching_configs, config)
-      end
-    end
-  end
-  return matching_configs
-end
-
 function M.get_active_client_by_name(bufnr, servername)
   --TODO(glepnir): remove this for loop when we want only support 0.10+
   for _, client in pairs(M.get_lsp_clients { bufnr = bufnr }) do
diff --git a/plugin/lspconfig.lua b/plugin/lspconfig.lua
index 0283d84732..4e3886295f 100644
--- a/plugin/lspconfig.lua
+++ b/plugin/lspconfig.lua
@@ -63,6 +63,21 @@ local get_clients_from_cmd_args = function(arg)
   return result
 end
 
+local function get_config_by_ft(filetype)
+  local configs = require 'lspconfig.configs'
+  local matching_configs = {}
+  for _, config in pairs(configs) do
+    local filetypes = config.filetypes or {}
+    for _, ft in pairs(filetypes) do
+      if ft == filetype then
+        table.insert(matching_configs, config)
+      end
+    end
+  end
+  return matching_configs
+end
+
+
 -- Called from plugin/lspconfig.vim because it requires knowing that the last
 -- script in scriptnames to be executed is lspconfig.
 api.nvim_create_user_command('LspInfo', ':che lspconfig', { desc = 'Deprecated alias to `:che lspconfig`' })
@@ -77,7 +92,7 @@ api.nvim_create_user_command('LspStart', function(info)
     end
   end
 
-  local matching_configs = util.get_config_by_ft(vim.bo.filetype)
+  local matching_configs = get_config_by_ft(vim.bo.filetype)
   for _, config in ipairs(matching_configs) do
     config.launch()
   end