diff --git a/beets/ui/__init__.py b/beets/ui/__init__.py
index fe980bb5c..cf2162337 100644
--- a/beets/ui/__init__.py
+++ b/beets/ui/__init__.py
@@ -1111,76 +1111,9 @@ def show_model_changes(
     return bool(changes)
 
 
-def show_path_changes(path_changes):
-    """Given a list of tuples (source, destination) that indicate the
-    path changes, log the changes as INFO-level output to the beets log.
-    The output is guaranteed to be unicode.
-
-    Every pair is shown on a single line if the terminal width permits it,
-    else it is split over two lines. E.g.,
-
-    Source -> Destination
-
-    vs.
-
-    Source
-      -> Destination
-    """
-    sources, destinations = zip(*path_changes)
-
-    # Ensure unicode output
-    sources = list(map(util.displayable_path, sources))
-    destinations = list(map(util.displayable_path, destinations))
-
-    # Calculate widths for terminal split
-    col_width = (term_width() - len(" -> ")) // 2
-    max_width = len(max(sources + destinations, key=len))
-
-    if max_width > col_width:
-        # Print every change over two lines
-        for source, dest in zip(sources, destinations):
-            color_source, color_dest = colordiff(source, dest)
-            print_(f"{color_source} \n  -> {color_dest}")
-    else:
-        # Print every change on a single line, and add a header
-        title_pad = max_width - len("Source ") + len(" -> ")
-
-        print_(f"Source {' ' * title_pad} Destination")
-        for source, dest in zip(sources, destinations):
-            pad = max_width - len(source)
-            color_source, color_dest = colordiff(source, dest)
-            print_(f"{color_source} {' ' * pad} -> {color_dest}")
-
-
 # Helper functions for option parsing.
 
 
-def _store_dict(option, opt_str, value, parser):
-    """Custom action callback to parse options which have ``key=value``
-    pairs as values. All such pairs passed for this option are
-    aggregated into a dictionary.
-    """
-    dest = option.dest
-    option_values = getattr(parser.values, dest, None)
-
-    if option_values is None:
-        # This is the first supplied ``key=value`` pair of option.
-        # Initialize empty dictionary and get a reference to it.
-        setattr(parser.values, dest, {})
-        option_values = getattr(parser.values, dest)
-
-    try:
-        key, value = value.split("=", 1)
-        if not (key and value):
-            raise ValueError
-    except ValueError:
-        raise UserError(
-            f"supplied argument `{value}' is not of the form `key=value'"
-        )
-
-    option_values[key] = value
-
-
 class CommonOptionsParser(optparse.OptionParser):
     """Offers a simple way to add common formatting options.
 
@@ -1666,7 +1599,7 @@ def _raw_main(args: list[str], lib=None) -> None:
         and subargs[0] == "config"
         and ("-e" in subargs or "--edit" in subargs)
     ):
-        from beets.ui.commands import config_edit
+        from beets.ui.commands.config import config_edit
 
         return config_edit()
 
diff --git a/beets/ui/commands/__init__.py b/beets/ui/commands/__init__.py
index 0691be045..214bcfbd0 100644
--- a/beets/ui/commands/__init__.py
+++ b/beets/ui/commands/__init__.py
@@ -32,6 +32,21 @@ from .update import update_cmd
 from .version import version_cmd
 from .write import write_cmd
 
+
+def __getattr__(name: str):
+    """Handle deprecated imports."""
+    return deprecate_imports(
+        old_module=__name__,
+        new_module_by_name={
+            "TerminalImportSession": "beets.ui.commands.import_.session",
+            "PromptChoice": "beets.ui.commands.import_.session",
+            # TODO: We might want to add more deprecated imports here
+        },
+        name=name,
+        version="3.0.0",
+    )
+
+
 # The list of default subcommands. This is populated with Subcommand
 # objects that can be fed to a SubcommandsOptionParser.
 default_commands = [
diff --git a/beets/ui/commands/_utils.py b/beets/ui/commands/_utils.py
deleted file mode 100644
index 17e2f34c8..000000000
--- a/beets/ui/commands/_utils.py
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,67 +0,0 @@
-"""Utility functions for beets UI commands."""
-
-import os
-
-from beets import ui
-from beets.util import displayable_path, normpath, syspath
-
-
-def do_query(lib, query, album, also_items=True):
-    """For commands that operate on matched items, performs a query
-    and returns a list of matching items and a list of matching
-    albums. (The latter is only nonempty when album is True.) Raises
-    a UserError if no items match. also_items controls whether, when
-    fetching albums, the associated items should be fetched also.
-    """
-    if album:
-        albums = list(lib.albums(query))
-        items = []
-        if also_items:
-            for al in albums:
-                items += al.items()
-
-    else:
-        albums = []
-        items = list(lib.items(query))
-
-    if album and not albums:
-        raise ui.UserError("No matching albums found.")
-    elif not album and not items:
-        raise ui.UserError("No matching items found.")
-
-    return items, albums
-
-
-def paths_from_logfile(path):
-    """Parse the logfile and yield skipped paths to pass to the `import`
-    command.
-    """
-    with open(path, encoding="utf-8") as fp:
-        for i, line in enumerate(fp, start=1):
-            verb, sep, paths = line.rstrip("\n").partition(" ")
-            if not sep:
-                raise ValueError(f"line {i} is invalid")
-
-            # Ignore informational lines that don't need to be re-imported.
-            if verb in {"import", "duplicate-keep", "duplicate-replace"}:
-                continue
-
-            if verb not in {"asis", "skip", "duplicate-skip"}:
-                raise ValueError(f"line {i} contains unknown verb {verb}")
-
-            yield os.path.commonpath(paths.split("; "))
-
-
-def parse_logfiles(logfiles):
-    """Parse all `logfiles` and yield paths from it."""
-    for logfile in logfiles:
-        try:
-            yield from paths_from_logfile(syspath(normpath(logfile)))
-        except ValueError as err:
-            raise ui.UserError(
-                f"malformed logfile {displayable_path(logfile)}: {err}"
-            ) from err
-        except OSError as err:
-            raise ui.UserError(
-                f"unreadable logfile {displayable_path(logfile)}: {err}"
-            ) from err
diff --git a/beets/ui/commands/completion.py b/beets/ui/commands/completion.py
index 266b2740a..776c389b4 100644
--- a/beets/ui/commands/completion.py
+++ b/beets/ui/commands/completion.py
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@ def completion_script(commands):
     completion data for.
     """
     base_script = os.path.join(
-        os.path.dirname(__file__), "../completion_base.sh"
+        os.path.dirname(__file__), "./completion_base.sh"
     )
     with open(base_script) as base_script:
         yield base_script.read()
diff --git a/beets/ui/commands/config.py b/beets/ui/commands/config.py
index 81cc2851a..3581c6647 100644
--- a/beets/ui/commands/config.py
+++ b/beets/ui/commands/config.py
@@ -2,7 +2,8 @@
 
 import os
 
-from beets import config, ui, util
+from beets import config, ui
+from beets.util import displayable_path, editor_command, interactive_open
 
 
 def config_func(lib, opts, args):
@@ -25,7 +26,7 @@ def config_func(lib, opts, args):
             filenames.insert(0, user_path)
 
         for filename in filenames:
-            ui.print_(util.displayable_path(filename))
+            ui.print_(displayable_path(filename))
 
     # Open in editor.
     elif opts.edit:
@@ -45,11 +46,11 @@ def config_edit():
     An empty config file is created if no existing config file exists.
     """
     path = config.user_config_path()
-    editor = util.editor_command()
+    editor = editor_command()
     try:
         if not os.path.isfile(path):
             open(path, "w+").close()
-        util.interactive_open([path], editor)
+        interactive_open([path], editor)
     except OSError as exc:
         message = f"Could not edit configuration: {exc}"
         if not editor:
diff --git a/beets/ui/commands/import_/__init__.py b/beets/ui/commands/import_/__init__.py
index 6940528ad..5dba71fa8 100644
--- a/beets/ui/commands/import_/__init__.py
+++ b/beets/ui/commands/import_/__init__.py
@@ -5,13 +5,47 @@ import os
 from beets import config, logging, plugins, ui
 from beets.util import displayable_path, normpath, syspath
 
-from .._utils import parse_logfiles
 from .session import TerminalImportSession
 
 # Global logger.
 log = logging.getLogger("beets")
 
 
+def paths_from_logfile(path):
+    """Parse the logfile and yield skipped paths to pass to the `import`
+    command.
+    """
+    with open(path, encoding="utf-8") as fp:
+        for i, line in enumerate(fp, start=1):
+            verb, sep, paths = line.rstrip("\n").partition(" ")
+            if not sep:
+                raise ValueError(f"line {i} is invalid")
+
+            # Ignore informational lines that don't need to be re-imported.
+            if verb in {"import", "duplicate-keep", "duplicate-replace"}:
+                continue
+
+            if verb not in {"asis", "skip", "duplicate-skip"}:
+                raise ValueError(f"line {i} contains unknown verb {verb}")
+
+            yield os.path.commonpath(paths.split("; "))
+
+
+def parse_logfiles(logfiles):
+    """Parse all `logfiles` and yield paths from it."""
+    for logfile in logfiles:
+        try:
+            yield from paths_from_logfile(syspath(normpath(logfile)))
+        except ValueError as err:
+            raise ui.UserError(
+                f"malformed logfile {displayable_path(logfile)}: {err}"
+            ) from err
+        except OSError as err:
+            raise ui.UserError(
+                f"unreadable logfile {displayable_path(logfile)}: {err}"
+            ) from err
+
+
 def import_files(lib, paths: list[bytes], query):
     """Import the files in the given list of paths or matching the
     query.
@@ -97,6 +131,32 @@ def import_func(lib, opts, args: list[str]):
     import_files(lib, byte_paths, query)
 
 
+def _store_dict(option, opt_str, value, parser):
+    """Custom action callback to parse options which have ``key=value``
+    pairs as values. All such pairs passed for this option are
+    aggregated into a dictionary.
+    """
+    dest = option.dest
+    option_values = getattr(parser.values, dest, None)
+
+    if option_values is None:
+        # This is the first supplied ``key=value`` pair of option.
+        # Initialize empty dictionary and get a reference to it.
+        setattr(parser.values, dest, {})
+        option_values = getattr(parser.values, dest)
+
+    try:
+        key, value = value.split("=", 1)
+        if not (key and value):
+            raise ValueError
+    except ValueError:
+        raise ui.UserError(
+            f"supplied argument `{value}' is not of the form `key=value'"
+        )
+
+    option_values[key] = value
+
+
 import_cmd = ui.Subcommand(
     "import", help="import new music", aliases=("imp", "im")
 )
@@ -274,7 +334,7 @@ import_cmd.parser.add_option(
     "--set",
     dest="set_fields",
     action="callback",
-    callback=ui._store_dict,
+    callback=_store_dict,
     metavar="FIELD=VALUE",
     help="set the given fields to the supplied values",
 )
diff --git a/beets/ui/commands/import_/display.py b/beets/ui/commands/import_/display.py
index b6617d487..a12f1f8d3 100644
--- a/beets/ui/commands/import_/display.py
+++ b/beets/ui/commands/import_/display.py
@@ -2,16 +2,13 @@ import os
 from collections.abc import Sequence
 from functools import cached_property
 
-from beets import autotag, config, logging, ui
+from beets import autotag, config, ui
 from beets.autotag import hooks
 from beets.util import displayable_path
 from beets.util.units import human_seconds_short
 
 VARIOUS_ARTISTS = "Various Artists"
 
-# Global logger.
-log = logging.getLogger("beets")
-
 
 class ChangeRepresentation:
     """Keeps track of all information needed to generate a (colored) text
diff --git a/beets/ui/commands/import_/session.py b/beets/ui/commands/import_/session.py
index 6608705a8..27562664e 100644
--- a/beets/ui/commands/import_/session.py
+++ b/beets/ui/commands/import_/session.py
@@ -6,7 +6,6 @@ from beets import autotag, config, importer, logging, plugins, ui
 from beets.autotag import Recommendation
 from beets.util import displayable_path
 from beets.util.units import human_bytes, human_seconds_short
-from beetsplug.bareasc import print_
 
 from .display import (
     disambig_string,
@@ -415,8 +414,8 @@ def choose_candidate(
         if singleton:
             ui.print_("No matching recordings found.")
         else:
-            print_(f"No matching release found for {itemcount} tracks.")
-            print_(
+            ui.print_(f"No matching release found for {itemcount} tracks.")
+            ui.print_(
                 "For help, see: "
                 "https://beets.readthedocs.org/en/latest/faq.html#nomatch"
             )
@@ -461,17 +460,17 @@ def choose_candidate(
                 else:
                     metadata = ui.colorize("text_highlight_minor", metadata)
                 line1 = [index, distance, metadata]
-                print_(f"  {' '.join(line1)}")
+                ui.print_(f"  {' '.join(line1)}")
 
                 # Penalties.
                 penalties = penalty_string(match.distance, 3)
                 if penalties:
-                    print_(f"{' ' * 13}{penalties}")
+                    ui.print_(f"{' ' * 13}{penalties}")
 
                 # Disambiguation
                 disambig = disambig_string(match.info)
                 if disambig:
-                    print_(f"{' ' * 13}{disambig}")
+                    ui.print_(f"{' ' * 13}{disambig}")
 
             # Ask the user for a choice.
             sel = ui.input_options(choice_opts, numrange=(1, len(candidates)))
diff --git a/beets/ui/commands/modify.py b/beets/ui/commands/modify.py
index dab68a3fc..186bfb6dd 100644
--- a/beets/ui/commands/modify.py
+++ b/beets/ui/commands/modify.py
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 from beets import library, ui
 from beets.util import functemplate
 
-from ._utils import do_query
+from .utils import do_query
 
 
 def modify_items(lib, mods, dels, query, write, move, album, confirm, inherit):
diff --git a/beets/ui/commands/move.py b/beets/ui/commands/move.py
index 6d6f4f16a..40a9d1b83 100644
--- a/beets/ui/commands/move.py
+++ b/beets/ui/commands/move.py
@@ -2,17 +2,65 @@
 
 import os
 
-from beets import logging, ui, util
+from beets import logging, ui
+from beets.util import (
+    MoveOperation,
+    PathLike,
+    displayable_path,
+    normpath,
+    syspath,
+)
 
-from ._utils import do_query
+from .utils import do_query
 
 # Global logger.
 log = logging.getLogger("beets")
 
 
+def show_path_changes(path_changes):
+    """Given a list of tuples (source, destination) that indicate the
+    path changes, log the changes as INFO-level output to the beets log.
+    The output is guaranteed to be unicode.
+
+    Every pair is shown on a single line if the terminal width permits it,
+    else it is split over two lines. E.g.,
+
+    Source -> Destination
+
+    vs.
+
+    Source
+      -> Destination
+    """
+    sources, destinations = zip(*path_changes)
+
+    # Ensure unicode output
+    sources = list(map(displayable_path, sources))
+    destinations = list(map(displayable_path, destinations))
+
+    # Calculate widths for terminal split
+    col_width = (ui.term_width() - len(" -> ")) // 2
+    max_width = len(max(sources + destinations, key=len))
+
+    if max_width > col_width:
+        # Print every change over two lines
+        for source, dest in zip(sources, destinations):
+            color_source, color_dest = ui.colordiff(source, dest)
+            ui.print_(f"{color_source} \n  -> {color_dest}")
+    else:
+        # Print every change on a single line, and add a header
+        title_pad = max_width - len("Source ") + len(" -> ")
+
+        ui.print_(f"Source {' ' * title_pad} Destination")
+        for source, dest in zip(sources, destinations):
+            pad = max_width - len(source)
+            color_source, color_dest = ui.colordiff(source, dest)
+            ui.print_(f"{color_source} {' ' * pad} -> {color_dest}")
+
+
 def move_items(
     lib,
-    dest_path: util.PathLike,
+    dest_path: PathLike,
     query,
     copy,
     album,
@@ -60,7 +108,7 @@ def move_items(
 
     if pretend:
         if album:
-            ui.show_path_changes(
+            show_path_changes(
                 [
                     (item.path, item.destination(basedir=dest))
                     for obj in objs
@@ -68,7 +116,7 @@ def move_items(
                 ]
             )
         else:
-            ui.show_path_changes(
+            show_path_changes(
                 [(obj.path, obj.destination(basedir=dest)) for obj in objs]
             )
     else:
@@ -76,7 +124,7 @@ def move_items(
             objs = ui.input_select_objects(
                 f"Really {act}",
                 objs,
-                lambda o: ui.show_path_changes(
+                lambda o: show_path_changes(
                     [(o.path, o.destination(basedir=dest))]
                 ),
             )
@@ -87,24 +135,22 @@ def move_items(
             if export:
                 # Copy without affecting the database.
                 obj.move(
-                    operation=util.MoveOperation.COPY, basedir=dest, store=False
+                    operation=MoveOperation.COPY, basedir=dest, store=False
                 )
             else:
                 # Ordinary move/copy: store the new path.
                 if copy:
-                    obj.move(operation=util.MoveOperation.COPY, basedir=dest)
+                    obj.move(operation=MoveOperation.COPY, basedir=dest)
                 else:
-                    obj.move(operation=util.MoveOperation.MOVE, basedir=dest)
+                    obj.move(operation=MoveOperation.MOVE, basedir=dest)
 
 
 def move_func(lib, opts, args):
     dest = opts.dest
     if dest is not None:
-        dest = util.normpath(dest)
-        if not os.path.isdir(util.syspath(dest)):
-            raise ui.UserError(
-                f"no such directory: {util.displayable_path(dest)}"
-            )
+        dest = normpath(dest)
+        if not os.path.isdir(syspath(dest)):
+            raise ui.UserError(f"no such directory: {displayable_path(dest)}")
 
     move_items(
         lib,
diff --git a/beets/ui/commands/remove.py b/beets/ui/commands/remove.py
index 574f0c4d4..997a4b48c 100644
--- a/beets/ui/commands/remove.py
+++ b/beets/ui/commands/remove.py
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 
 from beets import ui
 
-from ._utils import do_query
+from .utils import do_query
 
 
 def remove_items(lib, query, album, delete, force):
diff --git a/beets/ui/commands/update.py b/beets/ui/commands/update.py
index 71be6bbd9..9286bf12b 100644
--- a/beets/ui/commands/update.py
+++ b/beets/ui/commands/update.py
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ import os
 from beets import library, logging, ui
 from beets.util import ancestry, syspath
 
-from ._utils import do_query
+from .utils import do_query
 
 # Global logger.
 log = logging.getLogger("beets")
diff --git a/beets/ui/commands/utils.py b/beets/ui/commands/utils.py
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..71c104d07
--- /dev/null
+++ b/beets/ui/commands/utils.py
@@ -0,0 +1,29 @@
+"""Utility functions for beets UI commands."""
+
+from beets import ui
+
+
+def do_query(lib, query, album, also_items=True):
+    """For commands that operate on matched items, performs a query
+    and returns a list of matching items and a list of matching
+    albums. (The latter is only nonempty when album is True.) Raises
+    a UserError if no items match. also_items controls whether, when
+    fetching albums, the associated items should be fetched also.
+    """
+    if album:
+        albums = list(lib.albums(query))
+        items = []
+        if also_items:
+            for al in albums:
+                items += al.items()
+
+    else:
+        albums = []
+        items = list(lib.items(query))
+
+    if album and not albums:
+        raise ui.UserError("No matching albums found.")
+    elif not album and not items:
+        raise ui.UserError("No matching items found.")
+
+    return items, albums
diff --git a/beets/ui/commands/write.py b/beets/ui/commands/write.py
index 84f2fb5b6..05c3c7565 100644
--- a/beets/ui/commands/write.py
+++ b/beets/ui/commands/write.py
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ import os
 from beets import library, logging, ui
 from beets.util import syspath
 
-from ._utils import do_query
+from .utils import do_query
 
 # Global logger.
 log = logging.getLogger("beets")
diff --git a/beetsplug/edit.py b/beetsplug/edit.py
index f6fadefd0..188afed1f 100644
--- a/beetsplug/edit.py
+++ b/beetsplug/edit.py
@@ -25,7 +25,8 @@ import yaml
 from beets import plugins, ui, util
 from beets.dbcore import types
 from beets.importer import Action
-from beets.ui.commands import PromptChoice, _do_query
+from beets.ui.commands.import_.session import PromptChoice
+from beets.ui.commands.utils import do_query
 
 # These "safe" types can avoid the format/parse cycle that most fields go
 # through: they are safe to edit with native YAML types.
@@ -176,7 +177,7 @@ class EditPlugin(plugins.BeetsPlugin):
     def _edit_command(self, lib, opts, args):
         """The CLI command function for the `beet edit` command."""
         # Get the objects to edit.
-        items, albums = _do_query(lib, args, opts.album, False)
+        items, albums = do_query(lib, args, opts.album, False)
         objs = albums if opts.album else items
         if not objs:
             ui.print_("Nothing to edit.")