diff --git a/IPython/zmq/codeutil.py b/IPython/zmq/codeutil.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..31e0361
--- /dev/null
+++ b/IPython/zmq/codeutil.py
@@ -0,0 +1,39 @@
+# encoding: utf-8
+
+"""Utilities to enable code objects to be pickled.
+
+Any process that import this module will be able to pickle code objects.  This
+includes the func_code attribute of any function.  Once unpickled, new 
+functions can be built using new.function(code, globals()).  Eventually
+we need to automate all of this so that functions themselves can be pickled.
+
+Reference: A. Tremols, P Cogolo, "Python Cookbook," p 302-305
+"""
+
+__docformat__ = "restructuredtext en"
+
+#-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+#  Copyright (C) 2008  The IPython Development Team
+#
+#  Distributed under the terms of the BSD License.  The full license is in
+#  the file COPYING, distributed as part of this software.
+#-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+#-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+# Imports
+#-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+import new, types, copy_reg
+
+def code_ctor(*args):
+    return new.code(*args)
+    
+def reduce_code(co):
+    if co.co_freevars or co.co_cellvars:
+        raise ValueError("Sorry, cannot pickle code objects with closures")
+    return code_ctor, (co.co_argcount, co.co_nlocals, co.co_stacksize,
+        co.co_flags, co.co_code, co.co_consts, co.co_names,
+        co.co_varnames, co.co_filename, co.co_name, co.co_firstlineno,
+        co.co_lnotab)
+
+copy_reg.pickle(types.CodeType, reduce_code)
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/IPython/zmq/newserialized.py b/IPython/zmq/newserialized.py
index a534d2c..2b5378a 100644
--- a/IPython/zmq/newserialized.py
+++ b/IPython/zmq/newserialized.py
@@ -21,15 +21,13 @@ __test__ = {}
 
 import cPickle as pickle
 
-# from twisted.python import components
-# from zope.interface import Interface, implements
-
 try:
     import numpy
 except ImportError:
     pass
 
-from IPython.kernel.error import SerializationError
+class SerializationError(Exception):
+    pass
 
 #-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 # Classes and functions
diff --git a/IPython/zmq/pickleutil.py b/IPython/zmq/pickleutil.py
index a52fc69..b3b09ee 100644
--- a/IPython/zmq/pickleutil.py
+++ b/IPython/zmq/pickleutil.py
@@ -18,8 +18,8 @@ __docformat__ = "restructuredtext en"
 from types import FunctionType
 
 # contents of codeutil should either be in here, or codeutil belongs in IPython/util
-from IPython.kernel import codeutil
 from IPython.zmq.parallel.dependency import dependent
+import codeutil
 
 class CannedObject(object):
     def __init__(self, obj, keys=[]):