diff --git a/IPython/utils/jsonutil.py b/jupyter_client/jsonutil.py
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rename from IPython/utils/jsonutil.py
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diff --git a/IPython/utils/tests/test_jsonutil.py b/jupyter_client/tests/test_jsonutil.py
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rename from IPython/utils/tests/test_jsonutil.py
rename to jupyter_client/tests/test_jsonutil.py