diff --git a/core/src/components/nav/nav.tsx b/core/src/components/nav/nav.tsx
index 7552bc11b6..192c745367 100644
--- a/core/src/components/nav/nav.tsx
+++ b/core/src/components/nav/nav.tsx
@@ -3,9 +3,10 @@ import { ViewLifecycle } from '../..';
 import {
   Animation, ComponentProps, Config, FrameworkDelegate, GestureDetail, Mode,
   NavComponent, NavOptions, NavOutlet, NavResult, QueueController, RouteID,
-  RouteWrite, RouterIntent, TransitionDoneFn, TransitionInstruction } from '../../interface';
+  RouteWrite, TransitionDoneFn, TransitionInstruction } from '../../interface';
 import { assert } from '../../utils/helpers';
 import { TransitionOptions, lifecycle, transition } from '../../utils/transition';
+import { RouterIntent } from '../router/utils/constants';
 import { ViewController, ViewState, convertToViews, matches } from './view-controller';
 
 @Component({
diff --git a/core/src/components/router/router.tsx b/core/src/components/router/router.tsx
index 769b398779..3155db25cb 100644
--- a/core/src/components/router/router.tsx
+++ b/core/src/components/router/router.tsx
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 import { Component, Element, Event, EventEmitter, Listen, Method, Prop } from '@stencil/core';
-import { Config, QueueController, RouteChain, RouterDirection, RouterEventDetail, RouterIntent } from '../../interface';
+import { Config, QueueController, RouteChain, RouterDirection, RouterEventDetail } from '../../interface';
 import { debounce } from '../../utils/helpers';
+import { RouterIntent } from './utils/constants';
 import { printRedirects, printRoutes } from './utils/debug';
 import { readNavState, waitUntilNavNode, writeNavState } from './utils/dom';
 import { routeRedirect, routerIDsToChain, routerPathToChain } from './utils/matching';
diff --git a/core/src/components/router/utils/constants.ts b/core/src/components/router/utils/constants.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..75de3b7d3e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/core/src/components/router/utils/constants.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+
+export const enum RouterIntent {
+  None = 0,
+  Forward = 1,
+  Back = -1,
+}
diff --git a/core/src/components/router/utils/dom.ts b/core/src/components/router/utils/dom.ts
index 15c1309dc1..e878412471 100644
--- a/core/src/components/router/utils/dom.ts
+++ b/core/src/components/router/utils/dom.ts
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 import { NavOutletElement, RouteChain, RouteID } from '../../../interface';
-import { RouterIntent } from './interface';
+import { RouterIntent } from './constants';
 
 export async function writeNavState(root: HTMLElement | undefined, chain: RouteChain, intent: RouterIntent, index: number, changed = false): Promise<boolean> {
   try {
diff --git a/core/src/components/router/utils/interface.ts b/core/src/components/router/utils/interface.ts
index aebeb2f2cf..01c41d58a0 100644
--- a/core/src/components/router/utils/interface.ts
+++ b/core/src/components/router/utils/interface.ts
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
+import * as c from './constants';
 
 export interface NavOutlet {
-  setRouteId(id: string, data: any, direction: RouterIntent): Promise<RouteWrite>;
+  setRouteId(id: string, data: any, direction: c.RouterIntent): Promise<RouteWrite>;
   getRouteId(): RouteID|undefined;
 }
 
@@ -12,12 +13,6 @@ export interface RouterEventDetail {
 
 export type RouterDirection = 'forward' | 'back' | 'root';
 
-export const enum RouterIntent {
-  None = 0,
-  Forward = 1,
-  Back = -1,
-}
-
 export interface RouteRedirect {
   from: string[];
   to?: string[];
diff --git a/core/src/components/router/utils/path.ts b/core/src/components/router/utils/path.ts
index fea0cb492a..ca6537dc6f 100644
--- a/core/src/components/router/utils/path.ts
+++ b/core/src/components/router/utils/path.ts
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 import { RouteChain } from '../../../interface';
-import { RouterIntent } from './interface';
+import { RouterIntent } from './constants';
 
 export function generatePath(segments: string[]): string {
   const path = segments