diff --git a/openstack-common.conf b/openstack-common.conf
index 0e9553a..fed59cb 100644
--- a/openstack-common.conf
+++ b/openstack-common.conf
@@ -4,7 +4,6 @@
 module = fileutils
 module = fixture
 module = gettextutils
-module = strutils
 script = tools/run_cross_tests.sh
 
 # The base module to hold the copy of openstack.common
diff --git a/oslo/concurrency/processutils.py b/oslo/concurrency/processutils.py
index d95231b..83517a8 100644
--- a/oslo/concurrency/processutils.py
+++ b/oslo/concurrency/processutils.py
@@ -27,10 +27,10 @@ import signal
 
 from eventlet.green import subprocess
 from eventlet import greenthread
+from oslo.utils import strutils
 import six
 
 from oslo.concurrency.openstack.common.gettextutils import _  # noqa
-from oslo.concurrency.openstack.common import strutils
 
 
 LOG = logging.getLogger(__name__)
diff --git a/requirements-py3.txt b/requirements-py3.txt
index 7a50746..797c05d 100644
--- a/requirements-py3.txt
+++ b/requirements-py3.txt
@@ -3,5 +3,6 @@ Babel>=0.9.6
 iso8601>=0.1.9
 fixtures>=0.3.14
 oslo.config>=1.4.0.0a3
+oslo.utils>=0.2.0
 posix_ipc
 six>=1.7.0
diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index aba8a68..65ec2c5 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -4,5 +4,6 @@ eventlet>=0.13.0
 greenlet>=0.3.2
 fixtures>=0.3.14
 oslo.config>=1.4.0.0a3
+oslo.utils>=0.2.0
 posix_ipc
 six>=1.7.0