diff --git a/IPython/zmq/codeutil.py b/IPython/utils/codeutil.py
similarity index 100%
rename from IPython/zmq/codeutil.py
rename to IPython/utils/codeutil.py
diff --git a/IPython/zmq/newserialized.py b/IPython/utils/newserialized.py
similarity index 100%
rename from IPython/zmq/newserialized.py
rename to IPython/utils/newserialized.py
diff --git a/IPython/zmq/pickleutil.py b/IPython/utils/pickleutil.py
similarity index 100%
rename from IPython/zmq/pickleutil.py
rename to IPython/utils/pickleutil.py
diff --git a/IPython/zmq/parallel/streamsession.py b/IPython/zmq/parallel/streamsession.py
index 567fc29..7019083 100644
--- a/IPython/zmq/parallel/streamsession.py
+++ b/IPython/zmq/parallel/streamsession.py
@@ -14,8 +14,8 @@ import zmq
 from zmq.utils import jsonapi
 from zmq.eventloop.zmqstream import ZMQStream
 
-from IPython.zmq.pickleutil import can, uncan, canSequence, uncanSequence
-from IPython.zmq.newserialized import serialize, unserialize
+from IPython.utils.pickleutil import can, uncan, canSequence, uncanSequence
+from IPython.utils.newserialized import serialize, unserialize
 
 try:
     import cPickle