diff --git a/src/axolotl/core/trainer_builder.py b/src/axolotl/core/trainer_builder.py
index 8bdcfba268..35318b836d 100644
--- a/src/axolotl/core/trainer_builder.py
+++ b/src/axolotl/core/trainer_builder.py
@@ -36,6 +36,7 @@
 from axolotl.loraplus import create_loraplus_optimizer
 from axolotl.monkeypatch.multipack import SUPPORTED_MULTIPACK_MODEL_TYPES
 from axolotl.monkeypatch.relora import ReLoRACallback, ReLoRAScheduler
+from axolotl.utils import is_mlflow_available
 from axolotl.utils.callbacks import (
     EvalFirstStepCallback,
     GPUStatsCallback,
@@ -71,10 +72,6 @@
 LOG = logging.getLogger("axolotl.core.trainer_builder")
 
 
-def is_mlflow_available():
-    return importlib.util.find_spec("mlflow") is not None
-
-
 def _sanitize_kwargs_for_tagging(tag_names, kwargs=None):
     if isinstance(tag_names, str):
         tag_names = [tag_names]
diff --git a/src/axolotl/utils/__init__.py b/src/axolotl/utils/__init__.py
index e69de29bb2..99dec79f1b 100644
--- a/src/axolotl/utils/__init__.py
+++ b/src/axolotl/utils/__init__.py
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+"""
+Basic utils for Axolotl
+"""
+import importlib
+
+
+def is_mlflow_available():
+    return importlib.util.find_spec("mlflow") is not None
diff --git a/src/axolotl/utils/callbacks/__init__.py b/src/axolotl/utils/callbacks/__init__.py
index 890883512e..d907e3f6a3 100644
--- a/src/axolotl/utils/callbacks/__init__.py
+++ b/src/axolotl/utils/callbacks/__init__.py
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@
 )
 from transformers.trainer_utils import PREFIX_CHECKPOINT_DIR, IntervalStrategy
 
-from axolotl.core.trainer_builder import is_mlflow_available
+from axolotl.utils import is_mlflow_available
 from axolotl.utils.bench import log_gpu_memory_usage
 from axolotl.utils.config.models.input.v0_4_1 import AxolotlInputConfig
 from axolotl.utils.distributed import (