diff --git a/spinifex/foundation/aws/identifiers/identifiers.go b/spinifex/foundation/aws/identifiers/identifiers.go
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..2d48d7112
--- /dev/null
+++ b/spinifex/foundation/aws/identifiers/identifiers.go
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+// Package identifiers provides small helpers for AWS resource identifiers.
+package identifiers
+
+// Distinct returns the distinct non-nil values of a request's resource-ID
+// slice, in request order. A describe that reads one document per named ID must
+// not read or report the same resource twice because the request listed it
+// twice.
+func Distinct(ids []*string) []string {
+	distinct := make([]string, 0, len(ids))
+	seen := make(map[string]bool, len(ids))
+	for _, id := range ids {
+		if id == nil || seen[*id] {
+			continue
+		}
+		seen[*id] = true
+		distinct = append(distinct, *id)
+	}
+	return distinct
+}
diff --git a/spinifex/foundation/aws/identifiers/identifiers_test.go b/spinifex/foundation/aws/identifiers/identifiers_test.go
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..385500025
--- /dev/null
+++ b/spinifex/foundation/aws/identifiers/identifiers_test.go
@@ -0,0 +1,31 @@
+package identifiers
+
+import (
+	"testing"
+
+	"github.com/stretchr/testify/assert"
+)
+
+// A describe that reads one document per named ID pays for every entry it is
+// given, so a repeated or nil ID has to be dropped before the fan-out and the
+// surviving order has to be the request's.
+func TestDistinct(t *testing.T) {
+	first, second := "vol-1", "vol-2"
+	tests := []struct {
+		name string
+		ids  []*string
+		want []string
+	}{
+		{name: "nil slice", ids: nil, want: []string{}},
+		{name: "only nil entries", ids: []*string{nil, nil}, want: []string{}},
+		{name: "request order", ids: []*string{&second, &first}, want: []string{"vol-2", "vol-1"}},
+		{name: "duplicates", ids: []*string{&first, &second, &first}, want: []string{"vol-1", "vol-2"}},
+		{name: "nil among values", ids: []*string{&first, nil, &second}, want: []string{"vol-1", "vol-2"}},
+	}
+
+	for _, tt := range tests {
+		t.Run(tt.name, func(t *testing.T) {
+			assert.Equal(t, tt.want, Distinct(tt.ids))
+		})
+	}
+}
diff --git a/spinifex/handlers/ec2/image/service_impl.go b/spinifex/handlers/ec2/image/service_impl.go
index 2f3a33544..d79f4fd6d 100644
--- a/spinifex/handlers/ec2/image/service_impl.go
+++ b/spinifex/handlers/ec2/image/service_impl.go
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@ import (
 	ec2platform "github.com/mulgadc/spinifex/spinifex/domains/ec2/platform"
 	"github.com/mulgadc/spinifex/spinifex/foundation/aws/errors"
 	awsfilters "github.com/mulgadc/spinifex/spinifex/foundation/aws/filters"
+	awsidentifiers "github.com/mulgadc/spinifex/spinifex/foundation/aws/identifiers"
 	handlers_ec2_snapshot "github.com/mulgadc/spinifex/spinifex/handlers/ec2/snapshot"
 	"github.com/mulgadc/spinifex/spinifex/providers/ebs"
 	"github.com/mulgadc/spinifex/spinifex/providers/objectstore"
@@ -179,7 +180,7 @@ func (s *ImageServiceImpl) describeImagesByIDs(ctx context.Context, input *ec2.D
 	parsedFilters map[string][]string, encryptedAtRest bool) (*ec2.DescribeImagesOutput, error) {
 	// Only nil entries names nothing, which the enumerating path answers with an
 	// empty result rather than a missing ID.
-	imageIDs := utils.DistinctIDs(input.ImageIds)
+	imageIDs := awsidentifiers.Distinct(input.ImageIds)
 	if len(imageIDs) == 0 {
 		return &ec2.DescribeImagesOutput{}, nil
 	}
diff --git a/spinifex/handlers/ec2/snapshot/service_impl.go b/spinifex/handlers/ec2/snapshot/service_impl.go
index a186fcad7..db344691e 100644
--- a/spinifex/handlers/ec2/snapshot/service_impl.go
+++ b/spinifex/handlers/ec2/snapshot/service_impl.go
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@ import (
 	"github.com/mulgadc/spinifex/spinifex/domains/ec2/ebs/metadata"
 	"github.com/mulgadc/spinifex/spinifex/foundation/aws/errors"
 	awsfilters "github.com/mulgadc/spinifex/spinifex/foundation/aws/filters"
+	awsidentifiers "github.com/mulgadc/spinifex/spinifex/foundation/aws/identifiers"
 	"github.com/mulgadc/spinifex/spinifex/foundation/state/kvstore"
 	"github.com/mulgadc/spinifex/spinifex/foundation/state/migrate"
 	"github.com/mulgadc/spinifex/spinifex/handlers/ec2/volumestate"
@@ -518,7 +519,7 @@ func (s *SnapshotServiceImpl) describeSnapshotsByIDs(ctx context.Context, input
 	accountID string, parsedFilters map[string][]string, strict bool) (*ec2.DescribeSnapshotsOutput, error) {
 	// Only nil entries names nothing, which the listing path answers with an
 	// empty result rather than a missing ID.
-	snapshotIDs := utils.DistinctIDs(input.SnapshotIds)
+	snapshotIDs := awsidentifiers.Distinct(input.SnapshotIds)
 	if len(snapshotIDs) == 0 {
 		return &ec2.DescribeSnapshotsOutput{}, nil
 	}
diff --git a/spinifex/utils/utils.go b/spinifex/utils/utils.go
index b6ab5ee58..269ad83c7 100644
--- a/spinifex/utils/utils.go
+++ b/spinifex/utils/utils.go
@@ -37,22 +37,6 @@ func GenerateResourceID(prefix string) string {
 	return prefix + "-" + hex.EncodeToString(b)[:17]
 }
 
-// DistinctIDs returns the distinct non-nil values of a request's resource-ID
-// slice, in request order. A describe that reads one document per named ID must
-// not read or report the same resource twice because the request listed it twice.
-func DistinctIDs(ids []*string) []string {
-	distinct := make([]string, 0, len(ids))
-	seen := make(map[string]bool, len(ids))
-	for _, id := range ids {
-		if id == nil || seen[*id] {
-			continue
-		}
-		seen[*id] = true
-		distinct = append(distinct, *id)
-	}
-	return distinct
-}
-
 func MarshalToXML(payload any) ([]byte, error) {
 	var buf bytes.Buffer
 	enc := xml.NewEncoder(&buf)
diff --git a/spinifex/utils/utils_test.go b/spinifex/utils/utils_test.go
index d466d053b..473d34850 100644
--- a/spinifex/utils/utils_test.go
+++ b/spinifex/utils/utils_test.go
@@ -26,30 +26,6 @@ import (
 	"github.com/stretchr/testify/require"
 )
 
-// A describe that reads one document per named ID pays for every entry it is
-// given, so a repeated or nil ID has to be dropped before the fan-out and the
-// surviving order has to be the request's.
-func TestDistinctIDs(t *testing.T) {
-	first, second := "vol-1", "vol-2"
-	tests := []struct {
-		name string
-		ids  []*string
-		want []string
-	}{
-		{name: "nil slice", ids: nil, want: []string{}},
-		{name: "only nil entries", ids: []*string{nil, nil}, want: []string{}},
-		{name: "request order", ids: []*string{&second, &first}, want: []string{"vol-2", "vol-1"}},
-		{name: "duplicates", ids: []*string{&first, &second, &first}, want: []string{"vol-1", "vol-2"}},
-		{name: "nil among values", ids: []*string{&first, nil, &second}, want: []string{"vol-1", "vol-2"}},
-	}
-
-	for _, tt := range tests {
-		t.Run(tt.name, func(t *testing.T) {
-			assert.Equal(t, tt.want, DistinctIDs(tt.ids))
-		})
-	}
-}
-
 func TestGenerateResourceID(t *testing.T) {
 	tests := []struct {
 		prefix string