diff --git a/avocado/utils/build.py b/avocado/utils/build.py
index 2be48098db7957df6871102afaad58b4f1d562d1..c8e307271f56d5e7e52b31b3e4d2a5e0f2f8feeb 100644
--- a/avocado/utils/build.py
+++ b/avocado/utils/build.py
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@
 
 import os
 
-import process
+from . import process
 
 
 def make(path, make='make', env=None, extra_args='', ignore_status=False, allow_output_check='none'):
diff --git a/avocado/utils/download.py b/avocado/utils/download.py
index a85474a71c00f0db78682aa04a970cdc69984078..cc62955dbe8131abf1cce991305d0f91f21ecece 100644
--- a/avocado/utils/download.py
+++ b/avocado/utils/download.py
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ import socket
 import shutil
 import urllib2
 
-from avocado.utils import aurl
+from . import aurl
 
 
 log = logging.getLogger('avocado.test')
diff --git a/avocado/utils/gdb.py b/avocado/utils/gdb.py
index 6550184702f8589ffcff49f5e43bdb642e007153..bdde9778a4d836e74b5afd41aa8eec411dae6ff2 100644
--- a/avocado/utils/gdb.py
+++ b/avocado/utils/gdb.py
@@ -30,8 +30,8 @@ try:
 except ImportError:
     import subprocess
 
-from avocado.utils import network
-from avocado.utils.external import gdbmi_parser
+from . import network
+from .external import gdbmi_parser
 
 GDB_PROMPT = '(gdb)'
 GDB_EXIT = '^exit'
diff --git a/avocado/utils/genio.py b/avocado/utils/genio.py
index 21a95cf210f959076a95d51c2bdbd8079c064453..0e88863c04e3fd780232e40ebe2fcf2b572cf5f8 100644
--- a/avocado/utils/genio.py
+++ b/avocado/utils/genio.py
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ import logging
 import os
 import time
 
-from avocado.utils import path as utils_path
+from . import path as utils_path
 
 
 log = logging.getLogger('avocado.test')
diff --git a/avocado/utils/kernel_build.py b/avocado/utils/kernel_build.py
index e657072ea90d2b7be6bbd0bd2538b54565afffb0..2fbe29ee6cb28d64f974c8d1c95a67249edfaaad 100755
--- a/avocado/utils/kernel_build.py
+++ b/avocado/utils/kernel_build.py
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ import os
 import logging
 import shutil
 
-from avocado.utils import download, archive, build
+from . import download, archive, build
 
 
 log = logging.getLogger('avocado.test')
diff --git a/avocado/utils/memory.py b/avocado/utils/memory.py
index fdeed62348da2e5c277d30c2887398b58e9a1a47..5515cd78eac424d804689979804692e12bae35c9 100644
--- a/avocado/utils/memory.py
+++ b/avocado/utils/memory.py
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ import glob
 import math
 import logging
 
-from avocado.utils import process
+from . import process
 
 
 # Returns total memory in kb
diff --git a/avocado/utils/path.py b/avocado/utils/path.py
index 8553db750dc9cc3d3feae0d2b0eec185e995edc0..3c761f7fba60bfb213e44baed29af16f8c0583a9 100644
--- a/avocado/utils/path.py
+++ b/avocado/utils/path.py
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ Avocado path related functions.
 import os
 import stat
 
-from avocado.utils import aurl
+from . import aurl
 
 
 PY_EXTENSIONS = ['.py']
diff --git a/avocado/utils/process.py b/avocado/utils/process.py
index a3a15b16cf28f54112ca14fa3b0d4ce76a021b08..8e78eaf9bf67ded746d168d29508d8c35915be65 100644
--- a/avocado/utils/process.py
+++ b/avocado/utils/process.py
@@ -34,8 +34,9 @@ except ImportError:
     import subprocess
     SUBPROCESS32_SUPPORT = False
 
+from . import gdb
+
 from avocado import runtime
-from avocado.utils import gdb
 from avocado.core import exceptions
 
 log = logging.getLogger('avocado.test')
diff --git a/avocado/utils/remote.py b/avocado/utils/remote.py
index f78e85d86f00c49f278000de011bb95bfb84ec1c..634bd89fd10ba370f147a7b063bb898cf88a0744 100644
--- a/avocado/utils/remote.py
+++ b/avocado/utils/remote.py
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ import logging
 import time
 
 from avocado.core import output
-from avocado.utils import process
+from . import process
 
 
 LOG = logging.getLogger('avocado.test')
diff --git a/avocado/utils/script.py b/avocado/utils/script.py
index 12919981d7b5a77c490eeec90d347e344879a748..ccde94b59348f901ca6be3c648a20f9701031278 100644
--- a/avocado/utils/script.py
+++ b/avocado/utils/script.py
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ import os
 import tempfile
 import shutil
 
-from avocado.utils import path as utils_path
+from . import path as utils_path
 
 
 class Script(object):
diff --git a/avocado/utils/software_manager.py b/avocado/utils/software_manager.py
index 196eb3d6cf80a40ddc3edd30eb03a41e48ff8588..91647cff4efd653cc03a546ad51c68f51ef6d37b 100644
--- a/avocado/utils/software_manager.py
+++ b/avocado/utils/software_manager.py
@@ -49,10 +49,10 @@ except ImportError:
 else:
     HAS_YUM_MODULE = True
 
-from avocado.utils import process
-from avocado.utils import data_factory
-from avocado.utils import distro
-from avocado.utils import path as utils_path
+from . import process
+from . import data_factory
+from . import distro
+from . import path as utils_path
 
 log = logging.getLogger('avocado.test')
 
diff --git a/avocado/utils/virt.py b/avocado/utils/virt.py
index 134585bb8e7b2f2fe737e2bbc18520bbb7c2decd..2ce883b4d55d41391cfeee8bd9466db66d74d310 100644
--- a/avocado/utils/virt.py
+++ b/avocado/utils/virt.py
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ Module to provide classes for Virtual Machines.
 import logging
 from xml.dom import minidom
 
-from avocado.utils import remote
+from . import remote
 
 LOG = logging.getLogger('avocado.test')