diff --git a/app/assets/javascripts/discourse/helpers/application_helpers.js b/app/assets/javascripts/discourse/helpers/application_helpers.js
index 7cefe3e631c..f34ab5cb2c6 100644
--- a/app/assets/javascripts/discourse/helpers/application_helpers.js
+++ b/app/assets/javascripts/discourse/helpers/application_helpers.js
@@ -1,55 +1,5 @@
 var safe = Handlebars.SafeString;
 
-/**
-  Produces a link to a category given a category object and helper options
-
-  @method categoryLinkHTML
-  @param {Discourse.Category} category to link to
-  @param {Object} options standard from handlebars
-**/
-function categoryLinkHTML(category, options) {
-  var categoryOptions = {};
-  if (options.hash) {
-    if (options.hash.allowUncategorized) { categoryOptions.allowUncategorized = true; }
-    if (options.hash.showParent) { categoryOptions.showParent = true; }
-    if (options.hash.onlyStripe) { categoryOptions.onlyStripe = true; }
-    if (options.hash.link !== undefined) { categoryOptions.link = options.hash.link; }
-    if (options.hash.extraClasses) { categoryOptions.extraClasses = options.hash.extraClasses; }
-    if (options.hash.categories) {
-      categoryOptions.categories = Em.Handlebars.get(this, options.hash.categories, options);
-    }
-  }
-  return new safe(Discourse.HTML.categoryBadge(category, categoryOptions));
-}
-
-/**
-  Produces a link to a category
-
-  @method category-link
-  @for Handlebars
-**/
-Handlebars.registerHelper('category-link', function(property, options) {
-  return categoryLinkHTML(Ember.Handlebars.get(this, property, options), options);
-});
-
-Handlebars.registerHelper('category-link-raw', function(property, options) {
-  return categoryLinkHTML(property, options);
-});
-
-Handlebars.registerHelper('category-badge', function(property, options) {
-  options.hash.link = false;
-  return categoryLinkHTML(Ember.Handlebars.get(this, property, options), options);
-});
-
-
-/**
-  Produces a bound link to a category
-
-  @method bound-category-link
-  @for Handlebars
-**/
-Em.Handlebars.helper('bound-category-link', categoryLinkHTML);
-
 /**
   Produces a link to a route with support for i18n on the title
 
diff --git a/app/assets/javascripts/discourse/helpers/bound-category-link.js.es6 b/app/assets/javascripts/discourse/helpers/bound-category-link.js.es6
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..abcf0f14044
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app/assets/javascripts/discourse/helpers/bound-category-link.js.es6
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+import { categoryLinkHTML } from 'discourse/lib/html-builder';
+
+Em.Handlebars.helper('bound-category-link', categoryLinkHTML);
diff --git a/app/assets/javascripts/discourse/helpers/category-badge.js.es6 b/app/assets/javascripts/discourse/helpers/category-badge.js.es6
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..d7c7a12db76
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app/assets/javascripts/discourse/helpers/category-badge.js.es6
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+import { categoryLinkHTML } from 'discourse/lib/html-builder';
+
+Handlebars.registerHelper('category-badge', function(property, options) {
+  options.hash.link = false;
+  return categoryLinkHTML(Ember.Handlebars.get(this, property, options), options);
+});
diff --git a/app/assets/javascripts/discourse/helpers/category-link-raw.js.es6 b/app/assets/javascripts/discourse/helpers/category-link-raw.js.es6
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..b8e4df1ee24
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app/assets/javascripts/discourse/helpers/category-link-raw.js.es6
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+import { categoryLinkHTML } from 'discourse/lib/html-builder';
+
+Handlebars.registerHelper('category-link-raw', function(property, options) {
+  return categoryLinkHTML(property, options);
+});
diff --git a/app/assets/javascripts/discourse/helpers/category-link.js.es6 b/app/assets/javascripts/discourse/helpers/category-link.js.es6
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..7a7c73a2dd4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app/assets/javascripts/discourse/helpers/category-link.js.es6
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+import { categoryLinkHTML } from 'discourse/lib/html-builder';
+
+export default Handlebars.registerHelper('category-link', function(property, options) {
+  return categoryLinkHTML(Ember.Handlebars.get(this, property, options), options);
+});
diff --git a/app/assets/javascripts/discourse/lib/html-builder.js.es6 b/app/assets/javascripts/discourse/lib/html-builder.js.es6
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..7e11356c116
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app/assets/javascripts/discourse/lib/html-builder.js.es6
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+export function categoryLinkHTML(category, options) {
+  var categoryOptions = {};
+  if (options.hash) {
+    if (options.hash.allowUncategorized) { categoryOptions.allowUncategorized = true; }
+    if (options.hash.showParent) { categoryOptions.showParent = true; }
+    if (options.hash.onlyStripe) { categoryOptions.onlyStripe = true; }
+    if (options.hash.link !== undefined) { categoryOptions.link = options.hash.link; }
+    if (options.hash.extraClasses) { categoryOptions.extraClasses = options.hash.extraClasses; }
+    if (options.hash.categories) {
+      categoryOptions.categories = Em.Handlebars.get(this, options.hash.categories, options);
+    }
+  }
+  return new Handlebars.SafeString(Discourse.HTML.categoryBadge(category, categoryOptions));
+}