diff --git a/packages/backend-core/src/users/users.ts b/packages/backend-core/src/users/users.ts
index 0c994d8287..d8546afa8b 100644
--- a/packages/backend-core/src/users/users.ts
+++ b/packages/backend-core/src/users/users.ts
@@ -17,11 +17,8 @@ import {
   ContextUser,
   CouchFindOptions,
   DatabaseQueryOpts,
-  SearchFilters,
   SearchUsersRequest,
   User,
-  BasicOperator,
-  ArrayOperator,
 } from "@budibase/types"
 import * as context from "../context"
 import { getGlobalDB } from "../context"
@@ -45,32 +42,6 @@ function removeUserPassword(users: User | User[]) {
   return users
 }
 
-export function isSupportedUserSearch(query: SearchFilters) {
-  const allowed = [
-    { op: BasicOperator.STRING, key: "email" },
-    { op: BasicOperator.EQUAL, key: "_id" },
-    { op: ArrayOperator.ONE_OF, key: "_id" },
-  ]
-  for (let [key, operation] of Object.entries(query)) {
-    if (typeof operation !== "object") {
-      return false
-    }
-    const fields = Object.keys(operation || {})
-    // this filter doesn't contain options - ignore
-    if (fields.length === 0) {
-      continue
-    }
-    const allowedOperation = allowed.find(
-      allow =>
-        allow.op === key && fields.length === 1 && fields[0] === allow.key
-    )
-    if (!allowedOperation) {
-      return false
-    }
-  }
-  return true
-}
-
 export async function bulkGetGlobalUsersById(
   userIds: string[],
   opts?: GetOpts
diff --git a/packages/shared-core/src/utils.ts b/packages/shared-core/src/utils.ts
index b69a059745..81fab659c6 100644
--- a/packages/shared-core/src/utils.ts
+++ b/packages/shared-core/src/utils.ts
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+import { ArrayOperator, BasicOperator, SearchFilters } from "@budibase/types"
 import * as Constants from "./constants"
 
 export function unreachable(
@@ -77,3 +78,29 @@ export function trimOtherProps(object: any, allowedProps: string[]) {
     )
   return result
 }
+
+export function isSupportedUserSearch(query: SearchFilters) {
+  const allowed = [
+    { op: BasicOperator.STRING, key: "email" },
+    { op: BasicOperator.EQUAL, key: "_id" },
+    { op: ArrayOperator.ONE_OF, key: "_id" },
+  ]
+  for (let [key, operation] of Object.entries(query)) {
+    if (typeof operation !== "object") {
+      return false
+    }
+    const fields = Object.keys(operation || {})
+    // this filter doesn't contain options - ignore
+    if (fields.length === 0) {
+      continue
+    }
+    const allowedOperation = allowed.find(
+      allow =>
+        allow.op === key && fields.length === 1 && fields[0] === allow.key
+    )
+    if (!allowedOperation) {
+      return false
+    }
+  }
+  return true
+}
diff --git a/packages/worker/src/api/controllers/global/users.ts b/packages/worker/src/api/controllers/global/users.ts
index 6ce0eef5a0..921e0324d1 100644
--- a/packages/worker/src/api/controllers/global/users.ts
+++ b/packages/worker/src/api/controllers/global/users.ts
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ import {
 } from "@budibase/backend-core"
 import { checkAnyUserExists } from "../../../utilities/users"
 import { isEmailConfigured } from "../../../utilities/email"
-import { BpmStatusKey, BpmStatusValue } from "@budibase/shared-core"
+import { BpmStatusKey, BpmStatusValue, utils } from "@budibase/shared-core"
 
 const MAX_USERS_UPLOAD_LIMIT = 1000
 
@@ -256,7 +256,7 @@ export const search = async (ctx: Ctx<SearchUsersRequest>) => {
       }
     }
     // Validate we aren't trying to search on any illegal fields
-    if (!userSdk.core.isSupportedUserSearch(body.query)) {
+    if (!utils.isSupportedUserSearch(body.query)) {
       ctx.throw(400, "Can only search by string.email, equal._id or oneOf._id")
     }
   }