diff --git a/codes/kwant_helper/utils.py b/codes/kwant_helper/utils.py
index 41612e8ddabe4c151c0ec3dc134498c632b993fe..e2f35af95e86499af3ae6678846153a1ac377ade 100644
--- a/codes/kwant_helper/utils.py
+++ b/codes/kwant_helper/utils.py
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ import inspect
 from copy import copy
 
 
-def builder2tb(builder, params={}, return_data=False):
+def builder_to_tb(builder, params={}, return_data=False):
     """
     Constructs a tight-binding model dictionary from a `kwant.Builder`.
 
@@ -151,52 +151,3 @@ def build_interacting_syst(builder, lattice, func_onsite, func_hop, max_neighbor
     for neighbors in range(max_neighbor):
         int_builder[lattice.neighbors(neighbors + 1)] = func_hop
     return int_builder
-
-
-def generate_guess(vectors, ndof, scale=1):
-    """
-    vectors : list
-        List of hopping vectors.
-    ndof : int
-        Number internal degrees of freedom (orbitals),
-    scale : float
-        The scale of the guess. Maximum absolute value of each element of the guess.
-
-    Returns:
-    --------
-    guess : tb dictionary
-        Guess in the form of a tight-binding model.
-    """
-    guess = {}
-    for vector in vectors:
-        if vector not in guess.keys():
-            amplitude = scale * np.random.rand(ndof, ndof)
-            phase = 2 * np.pi * np.random.rand(ndof, ndof)
-            rand_hermitian = amplitude * np.exp(1j * phase)
-            if np.linalg.norm(np.array(vector)) == 0:
-                rand_hermitian += rand_hermitian.T.conj()
-                rand_hermitian /= 2
-                guess[vector] = rand_hermitian
-            else:
-                guess[vector] = rand_hermitian
-                guess[tuple(-np.array(vector))] = rand_hermitian.T.conj()
-
-    return guess
-
-
-def generate_vectors(cutoff, dim):
-    """
-    Generates hopping vectors up to a cutoff.
-
-    Parameters:
-    -----------
-    cutoff : int
-        Maximum distance along each direction.
-    dim : int
-        Dimension of the vectors.
-
-    Returns:
-    --------
-    List of hopping vectors.
-    """
-    return [*product(*([[*range(-cutoff, cutoff + 1)]] * dim))]
diff --git a/codes/tb/utils.py b/codes/tb/utils.py
index 1d00831c97c7cfcaba577e6088144037f97a3b9d..041d372d25f3f6877742029b7322892c7d9a78a4 100644
--- a/codes/tb/utils.py
+++ b/codes/tb/utils.py
@@ -1,6 +1,56 @@
 import numpy as np
 from codes.tb.transforms import tb_to_kfunc
 import itertools as it
+from itertools import product
+
+
+def generate_guess(vectors, ndof, scale=1):
+    """
+    vectors : list
+        List of hopping vectors.
+    ndof : int
+        Number internal degrees of freedom (orbitals),
+    scale : float
+        The scale of the guess. Maximum absolute value of each element of the guess.
+
+    Returns:
+    --------
+    guess : tb dictionary
+        Guess in the form of a tight-binding model.
+    """
+    guess = {}
+    for vector in vectors:
+        if vector not in guess.keys():
+            amplitude = scale * np.random.rand(ndof, ndof)
+            phase = 2 * np.pi * np.random.rand(ndof, ndof)
+            rand_hermitian = amplitude * np.exp(1j * phase)
+            if np.linalg.norm(np.array(vector)) == 0:
+                rand_hermitian += rand_hermitian.T.conj()
+                rand_hermitian /= 2
+                guess[vector] = rand_hermitian
+            else:
+                guess[vector] = rand_hermitian
+                guess[tuple(-np.array(vector))] = rand_hermitian.T.conj()
+
+    return guess
+
+
+def generate_vectors(cutoff, dim):
+    """
+    Generates hopping vectors up to a cutoff.
+
+    Parameters:
+    -----------
+    cutoff : int
+        Maximum distance along each direction.
+    dim : int
+        Dimension of the vectors.
+
+    Returns:
+    --------
+    List of hopping vectors.
+    """
+    return [*product(*([[*range(-cutoff, cutoff + 1)]] * dim))]
 
 
 def compute_gap(h, fermi_energy=0, n=100):
diff --git a/codes/test_graphene.py b/codes/test_graphene.py
index 1ebcd41ae1e313e7b120713756ef69e91380cb35..921428ef58b304e21423c1a7fef4361a9b277d3a 100644
--- a/codes/test_graphene.py
+++ b/codes/test_graphene.py
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ import pytest
 repeat_number = 10
 # %%
 graphene_builder, int_builder = kwant_examples.graphene_extended_hubbard()
-h_0 = utils.builder2tb(graphene_builder)
+h_0 = utils.builder_to_tb(graphene_builder)
 
 
 # %%
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ def gap_prediction(U, V):
     filling = 2
     nk = 20
 
-    h_int = utils.builder2tb(int_builder, params)
+    h_int = utils.builder_to_tb(int_builder, params)
     guess = utils.generate_guess(frozenset(h_int), len(list(h_0.values())[0]))
     model = Model(h_0, h_int, filling)
 
diff --git a/examples/graphene_extended_hubbard.ipynb b/examples/graphene_extended_hubbard.ipynb
index 20b9770e677681f124134c24d7f0ba744d4a19bf..12c3bba59b09fd694f62f3af80a9180829fef4a6 100644
--- a/examples/graphene_extended_hubbard.ipynb
+++ b/examples/graphene_extended_hubbard.ipynb
@@ -65,7 +65,7 @@
    "source": [
     "# Create translationally-invariant `kwant.Builder`\n",
     "graphene_builder, int_builder = kwant_examples.graphene_extended_hubbard()\n",
-    "h_0 = utils.builder2tb(graphene_builder)"
+    "h_0 = utils.builder_to_tb(graphene_builder)"
    ]
   },
   {
@@ -84,7 +84,7 @@
     "        guess=None\n",
     "        for V in Vs: \n",
     "            params = dict(U=U, V=V)\n",
-    "            h_int = utils.builder2tb(int_builder, params)\n",
+    "            h_int = utils.builder_to_tb(int_builder, params)\n",
     "            if guess==None:\n",
     "                guess = utils.generate_guess(frozenset(h_int), len(list(h_0.values())[0]))\n",
     "            model = Model(h_0, h_int, filling=2)\n",
@@ -225,7 +225,7 @@
     "params = dict(U=0, V=1)\n",
     "filling = 2 \n",
     "\n",
-    "h_int = utils.builder2tb(int_builder, params)\n",
+    "h_int = utils.builder_to_tb(int_builder, params)\n",
     "model = Model(h_0, h_int, filling)\n",
     "mf_guess = utils.generate_guess(frozenset(h_int), len(list(h_0.values())[0]))\n",
     "mf_sol = solver(model, mf_guess, nK=30)\n",
@@ -295,8 +295,8 @@
     "filling = 2\n",
     "nK = 300\n",
     "\n",
-    "h_int = utils.builder2tb(int_builder, params)\n",
-    "h_0 = utils.builder2tb(graphene_builder)\n",
+    "h_int = utils.builder_to_tb(int_builder, params)\n",
+    "h_0 = utils.builder_to_tb(graphene_builder)\n",
     "guess = utils.generate_guess(frozenset(h_int), len(list(h_0.values())[0]))\n",
     "\n",
     "model = Model(h_0, h_int, filling)\n",
diff --git a/profiling/graphene.py b/profiling/graphene.py
index 9731d90fb0e984ab34250c976b3971819cbc77f8..5b653bd343a2c1e64be0f2cfaf9b3aec01ebaba1 100644
--- a/profiling/graphene.py
+++ b/profiling/graphene.py
@@ -14,8 +14,8 @@ params = {"U": 0.5, "V": 1.1}
 filling = 2
 nk = 600
 
-h_int = utils.builder2tb(int_builder, params)
-h_0 = utils.builder2tb(graphene_builder)
+h_int = utils.builder_to_tb(int_builder, params)
+h_0 = utils.builder_to_tb(graphene_builder)
 guess = utils.generate_guess(frozenset(h_int), len(list(h_0.values())[0]))
 
 model = Model(h_0, h_int, filling)