diff --git a/avocado/core/plugins/distro.py b/avocado/core/plugins/distro.py
index 922c09bb822b50bb66a359c74cab98de00a9d500..0492b837b434a981cc1ca95d9dd776dc998b7e5f 100644
--- a/avocado/core/plugins/distro.py
+++ b/avocado/core/plugins/distro.py
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ from avocado.core import exit_codes
 from avocado.core.plugins import plugin
 from avocado.utils import process
 from avocado.utils import path as utils_path
-from avocado.linux import distro as distro_utils
+from avocado.utils import distro as utils_distro
 
 
 class SoftwarePackage(object):
@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@ class SoftwarePackage(object):
         return json.dumps(self.to_dict())
 
 
-class DistroDef(distro_utils.LinuxDistro):
+class DistroDef(utils_distro.LinuxDistro):
 
     """
     More complete information on a given Linux Distribution
@@ -373,7 +373,7 @@ class DistroOptions(plugin.Plugin):
                             msg=('Distro information saved '
                                  'to "%s"' % output_file_name))
         else:
-            detected = distro_utils.detect()
+            detected = utils_distro.detect()
             msg = 'Detected distribution: %s (%s) version %s release %s' % (
                 detected.name,
                 detected.arch,
diff --git a/avocado/linux/software_manager.py b/avocado/linux/software_manager.py
index 05395c43d20dd17c67ac0c8c8a5b8b119c2e6f1a..c4826f26ae719f64f831529728c5c50c10c29264 100644
--- a/avocado/linux/software_manager.py
+++ b/avocado/linux/software_manager.py
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@ except ImportError:
 
 from avocado.utils import process
 from avocado.utils import data_factory
-from avocado.linux import distro
+from avocado.utils import distro
 from avocado.core import exceptions
 from avocado.utils import path as utils_path
 
diff --git a/avocado/linux/distro.py b/avocado/utils/distro.py
similarity index 100%
rename from avocado/linux/distro.py
rename to avocado/utils/distro.py
diff --git a/selftests/all/unit/avocado/distro_unittest.py b/selftests/all/unit/avocado/distro_unittest.py
index 1f4d3f358a20dbde0d509ca9fcfcafc95480cdb1..e777f7ce579812fa14b27c29e4196defed71d08e 100644
--- a/selftests/all/unit/avocado/distro_unittest.py
+++ b/selftests/all/unit/avocado/distro_unittest.py
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ if os.path.isdir(os.path.join(basedir, 'avocado')):
     sys.path.append(basedir)
 
 
-from avocado.linux import distro
+from avocado.utils import distro
 
 
 class ProbeTest(unittest.TestCase):