diff --git a/IPython/CrashHandler.py b/IPython/CrashHandler.py
index b437cac..1b48c18 100644
--- a/IPython/CrashHandler.py
+++ b/IPython/CrashHandler.py
@@ -21,13 +21,12 @@ Authors
 # From the standard library
 import os
 import sys
-from pprint import pprint,pformat
+from pprint import pformat
 
 # Our own
 from IPython import Release
 from IPython import ultraTB
-from IPython.ColorANSI import ColorScheme,ColorSchemeTable  # too long names
-from IPython.Itpl import Itpl,itpl,printpl
+from IPython.Itpl import itpl
 
 from IPython.genutils import *
 
diff --git a/IPython/Debugger.py b/IPython/Debugger.py
index 117b7d1..3223c7b 100644
--- a/IPython/Debugger.py
+++ b/IPython/Debugger.py
@@ -31,7 +31,8 @@ import linecache
 import os
 import sys
 
-from IPython import PyColorize, ColorANSI, ipapi
+from IPython import PyColorize, ipapi
+from IPython.utils import coloransi
 from IPython.genutils import Term
 from IPython.excolors import exception_colors
 
@@ -114,7 +115,7 @@ class Tracer(object):
             def_colors = 'NoColor'
             try:
                 # Limited tab completion support
-                import rlcompleter,readline
+                import readline
                 readline.parse_and_bind('tab: complete')
             except ImportError:
                 pass
@@ -207,7 +208,7 @@ class Pdb(OldPdb):
             self.color_scheme_table = exception_colors()
 
             # shorthands 
-            C = ColorANSI.TermColors
+            C = coloransi.TermColors
             cst = self.color_scheme_table
 
             cst['NoColor'].colors.breakpoint_enabled = C.NoColor
@@ -254,7 +255,7 @@ class Pdb(OldPdb):
             self.color_scheme_table = exception_colors()
 
             # shorthands 
-            C = ColorANSI.TermColors
+            C = coloransi.TermColors
             cst = self.color_scheme_table
 
             cst['NoColor'].colors.breakpoint_enabled = C.NoColor
diff --git a/IPython/OInspect.py b/IPython/OInspect.py
index ecef640..0aa196e 100644
--- a/IPython/OInspect.py
+++ b/IPython/OInspect.py
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ from IPython import PyColorize
 from IPython.genutils import page,indent,Term
 from IPython.Itpl import itpl
 from IPython.wildcard import list_namespace
-from IPython.ColorANSI import *
+from IPython.utils.coloransi import *
 
 #****************************************************************************
 # HACK!!! This is a crude fix for bugs in python 2.3's inspect module.  We
diff --git a/IPython/Prompts.py b/IPython/Prompts.py
index 21f1086..8ad8db1 100644
--- a/IPython/Prompts.py
+++ b/IPython/Prompts.py
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ import sys
 import time
 
 # IPython's own
-from IPython import ColorANSI
+from IPython.utils import coloransi
 from IPython import Release
 from IPython.external.Itpl import ItplNS
 from IPython.ipapi import TryNext
@@ -32,11 +32,11 @@ from IPython.genutils import *
 #****************************************************************************
 #Color schemes for Prompts.
 
-PromptColors = ColorANSI.ColorSchemeTable()
-InputColors = ColorANSI.InputTermColors  # just a shorthand
-Colors = ColorANSI.TermColors  # just a shorthand
+PromptColors = coloransi.ColorSchemeTable()
+InputColors = coloransi.InputTermColors  # just a shorthand
+Colors = coloransi.TermColors  # just a shorthand
 
-PromptColors.add_scheme(ColorANSI.ColorScheme(
+PromptColors.add_scheme(coloransi.ColorScheme(
     'NoColor',
     in_prompt  = InputColors.NoColor,  # Input prompt
     in_number  = InputColors.NoColor,  # Input prompt number
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ PromptColors.add_scheme(ColorANSI.ColorScheme(
     ))
 
 # make some schemes as instances so we can copy them for modification easily:
-__PColLinux =  ColorANSI.ColorScheme(
+__PColLinux =  coloransi.ColorScheme(
     'Linux',
     in_prompt  = InputColors.Green,
     in_number  = InputColors.LightGreen,
@@ -185,7 +185,7 @@ prompt_specials_nocolor[r'\#'] = '${self.cache.prompt_count}'
 # with a color name which may begin with a letter used by any other of the
 # allowed specials.  This of course means that \\C will never be allowed for
 # anything else.
-input_colors = ColorANSI.InputTermColors
+input_colors = coloransi.InputTermColors
 for _color in dir(input_colors):
     if _color[0] != '_':
         c_name = r'\C_'+_color
diff --git a/IPython/PyColorize.py b/IPython/PyColorize.py
index 7d463ea..613ae19 100644
--- a/IPython/PyColorize.py
+++ b/IPython/PyColorize.py
@@ -38,12 +38,11 @@ import cStringIO
 import keyword
 import os
 import optparse
-import string
 import sys
 import token
 import tokenize
 
-from IPython.ColorANSI import *
+from IPython.utils.coloransi import *
 
 #############################################################################
 ### Python Source Parser (does Hilighting)
diff --git a/IPython/__init__.py b/IPython/__init__.py
index 2fb3281..c509ad1 100644
--- a/IPython/__init__.py
+++ b/IPython/__init__.py
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
+ # -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
 """
 IPython -- An enhanced Interactive Python
 
diff --git a/IPython/excolors.py b/IPython/excolors.py
index 0245eb5..13f67b7 100644
--- a/IPython/excolors.py
+++ b/IPython/excolors.py
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ Color schemes for exception handling code in IPython.
 
 #****************************************************************************
 # Required modules
-from IPython.ColorANSI import ColorSchemeTable, TermColors, ColorScheme
+from IPython.utils.coloransi import ColorSchemeTable, TermColors, ColorScheme
 
 def exception_colors():
     """Return a color table with fields for exception reporting.
diff --git a/IPython/frontend/wx/console_widget.py b/IPython/frontend/wx/console_widget.py
index 8fcb17a..be20eff 100644
--- a/IPython/frontend/wx/console_widget.py
+++ b/IPython/frontend/wx/console_widget.py
@@ -105,8 +105,8 @@ ANSI_STYLES = {'0;30': [0, 'BLACK'],            '0;31': [1, 'RED'],
                                                  [13, 'MEDIUM VIOLET RED'],
                '1;36': [14, 'LIGHT STEEL BLUE'], '1;37': [15, 'YELLOW']}
 
-# XXX: Maybe one day we should factor this code with ColorANSI. Right now
-# ColorANSI is hard to reuse and makes our code more complex.
+# XXX: Maybe one day we should factor this code with coloransi. Right now
+# coloransi is hard to reuse and makes our code more complex.
 
 #we define platform specific fonts
 if wx.Platform == '__WXMSW__':
diff --git a/IPython/iplib.py b/IPython/iplib.py
index 0de50ec..aae75be 100644
--- a/IPython/iplib.py
+++ b/IPython/iplib.py
@@ -31,37 +31,29 @@ import __main__
 import __builtin__
 import StringIO
 import bdb
-import cPickle as pickle
 import codeop
 import exceptions
 import glob
-import inspect
 import keyword
 import new
 import os
-import pydoc
 import re
 import shutil
 import string
 import sys
 import tempfile
-import traceback
-import types
-from pprint import pprint, pformat
 
 # IPython's own modules
 #import IPython
 from IPython import Debugger,OInspect,PyColorize,ultraTB
-from IPython.ColorANSI import ColorScheme,ColorSchemeTable  # too long names
 from IPython.Extensions import pickleshare
 from IPython.FakeModule import FakeModule, init_fakemod_dict
-from IPython.Itpl import Itpl,itpl,printpl,ItplNS,itplns
+from IPython.Itpl import ItplNS
 from IPython.Logger import Logger
 from IPython.Magic import Magic
 from IPython.Prompts import CachedOutput
 from IPython.ipstruct import Struct
 from IPython.background_jobs import BackgroundJobManager
-from IPython.usage import cmd_line_usage,interactive_usage
 from IPython.genutils import *
 from IPython.strdispatch import StrDispatch
 import IPython.ipapi
diff --git a/IPython/kernel/core/prompts.py b/IPython/kernel/core/prompts.py
index be654ac..8815881 100644
--- a/IPython/kernel/core/prompts.py
+++ b/IPython/kernel/core/prompts.py
@@ -21,30 +21,26 @@ __docformat__ = "restructuredtext en"
 
 # Required modules
 import __builtin__
-import os
 import socket
 import sys
-import time
 
 # IPython's own
 from IPython.external.Itpl import ItplNS
-from macro import Macro
 
-from IPython import ColorANSI
+from IPython.utils import coloransi
 from IPython import Release
 from IPython.ipapi import TryNext
-from IPython.ipstruct import Struct
 from IPython.genutils import *
 
 #****************************************************************************
 #Color schemes for Prompts.
 
-PromptColors = ColorANSI.ColorSchemeTable()
-InputColors = ColorANSI.InputTermColors  # just a shorthand
-Colors = ColorANSI.TermColors  # just a shorthand
+PromptColors = coloransi.ColorSchemeTable()
+InputColors = coloransi.InputTermColors  # just a shorthand
+Colors = coloransi.TermColors  # just a shorthand
 
 
-__PColNoColor = ColorANSI.ColorScheme(
+__PColNoColor = coloransi.ColorScheme(
     'NoColor',
     in_prompt  = InputColors.NoColor,  # Input prompt
     in_number  = InputColors.NoColor,  # Input prompt number
@@ -172,7 +168,7 @@ prompt_specials_nocolor[r'\#'] = '${self.cache.prompt_count}'
 # with a color name which may begin with a letter used by any other of the
 # allowed specials.  This of course means that \\C will never be allowed for
 # anything else.
-input_colors = ColorANSI.InputTermColors
+input_colors = coloransi.InputTermColors
 for _color in dir(input_colors):
     if _color[0] != '_':
         c_name = r'\C_'+_color
diff --git a/IPython/kernel/multiengineclient.py b/IPython/kernel/multiengineclient.py
index 4281df8..600a877 100644
--- a/IPython/kernel/multiengineclient.py
+++ b/IPython/kernel/multiengineclient.py
@@ -17,17 +17,14 @@ __docformat__ = "restructuredtext en"
 #-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
 import sys
-import cPickle as pickle
-from types import FunctionType
 import linecache
 import warnings
 
-from twisted.internet import reactor
-from twisted.python import components, log
+from twisted.python import components
 from twisted.python.failure import Failure
 from zope.interface import Interface, implements, Attribute
 
-from IPython.ColorANSI import TermColors
+from IPython.utils.coloransi import TermColors
 
 from IPython.kernel.twistedutil import blockingCallFromThread
 from IPython.kernel import error
@@ -37,10 +34,8 @@ from IPython.kernel.mapper import (
     IMultiEngineMapperFactory,
     IMapper
 )
-from IPython.kernel import map as Map
-from IPython.kernel import multiengine as me
-from IPython.kernel.multiengine import (IFullMultiEngine,
-    IFullSynchronousMultiEngine)
+
+from IPython.kernel.multiengine import IFullSynchronousMultiEngine
 
 
 #-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
@@ -311,7 +306,7 @@ class InteractiveMultiEngineClient(object):
     
     def findsource_file(self,f):
         linecache.checkcache()
-        s = findsource(f.f_code)
+        s = findsource(f.f_code) # findsource is not defined!
         lnum = f.f_lineno
         wsource = s[0][f.f_lineno:]
         return strip_whitespace(wsource)
diff --git a/IPython/testing/iptest.py b/IPython/testing/iptest.py
index 02aa77a..094eacf 100644
--- a/IPython/testing/iptest.py
+++ b/IPython/testing/iptest.py
@@ -198,7 +198,7 @@ def make_runners():
     # XXX: Shell.py is also ommited because of a bug in the skip_doctest
     # decorator.  See ticket https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/366209
     top_mod = \
-      ['background_jobs.py', 'ColorANSI.py', 'completer.py', 'ConfigLoader.py',
+      ['background_jobs.py', 'coloransi.py', 'completer.py', 'ConfigLoader.py',
        'CrashHandler.py', 'Debugger.py', 'deep_reload.py', 'demo.py',
        'DPyGetOpt.py', 'dtutils.py', 'excolors.py', 'FakeModule.py',
        'generics.py', 'genutils.py', 'history.py', 'hooks.py', 'ipapi.py',
diff --git a/IPython/ColorANSI.py b/IPython/utils/coloransi.py
similarity index 100%
rename from IPython/ColorANSI.py
rename to IPython/utils/coloransi.py
diff --git a/docs/source/development/reorg.txt b/docs/source/development/reorg.txt
index 5484a42..197376d 100644
--- a/docs/source/development/reorg.txt
+++ b/docs/source/development/reorg.txt
@@ -71,6 +71,17 @@ We propose to create the following new sub-packages:
   standards, but that we plan on keeping.  To be moved out of this sub-package
   a module needs to have a maintainer, tests and documentation.
 
+Prodecure
+=========
+
+1. Move the file to its new location with its new name.
+2. Rename all import statements to reflect the change.
+3. Run PyFlakes on each changes module.
+3. Add tests/test_imports.py to test it.
+
+Need to modify iptests to properly skip modules that are no longer top
+level modules.
+
 Where things will be moved
 ==========================