diff --git a/infer/lib/python/inferTraceBugs b/infer/lib/python/inferTraceBugs
index b87087401..6a95e0b65 100755
--- a/infer/lib/python/inferTraceBugs
+++ b/infer/lib/python/inferTraceBugs
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ import shutil
 import subprocess
 import sys
 
-from inferlib import analyze, config, source, utils
+from inferlib import config, source, utils
 
 HTML_REPORT_DIR = 'report.html'
 TRACES_REPORT_DIR = 'traces'
@@ -346,10 +346,10 @@ def html_list_of_bugs(args, remote_source_template, selector):
 def generate_html_report(args, reports):
     html_dir = os.path.join(args.infer_out, HTML_REPORT_DIR)
     shutil.rmtree(html_dir, True)
-    analyze.mkdir_if_not_exists(html_dir)
+    utils.mkdir_if_not_exists(html_dir)
 
     traces_dir = os.path.join(html_dir, TRACES_REPORT_DIR)
-    analyze.mkdir_if_not_exists(traces_dir)
+    utils.mkdir_if_not_exists(traces_dir)
 
     sel = Selector(args, reports)
 
diff --git a/infer/lib/python/inferlib/analyze.py b/infer/lib/python/inferlib/analyze.py
index 98578a804..d521167ba 100644
--- a/infer/lib/python/inferlib/analyze.py
+++ b/infer/lib/python/inferlib/analyze.py
@@ -190,17 +190,11 @@ def remove_infer_out(infer_out):
     shutil.rmtree(infer_out, True)
 
 
-def mkdir_if_not_exists(path):
-    try:
-        os.mkdir(path)
-    except OSError:
-        pass
-
 def create_results_dir(results_dir):
-    mkdir_if_not_exists(results_dir)
-    mkdir_if_not_exists(os.path.join(results_dir, 'specs'))
-    mkdir_if_not_exists(os.path.join(results_dir, 'captured'))
-    mkdir_if_not_exists(os.path.join(results_dir, 'sources'))
+    utils.mkdir_if_not_exists(results_dir)
+    utils.mkdir_if_not_exists(os.path.join(results_dir, 'specs'))
+    utils.mkdir_if_not_exists(os.path.join(results_dir, 'captured'))
+    utils.mkdir_if_not_exists(os.path.join(results_dir, 'sources'))
 
 
 def clean(infer_out):
diff --git a/infer/lib/python/inferlib/utils.py b/infer/lib/python/inferlib/utils.py
index 115b4d2db..d84a656fc 100644
--- a/infer/lib/python/inferlib/utils.py
+++ b/infer/lib/python/inferlib/utils.py
@@ -278,6 +278,13 @@ def interact():
     code.interact(local=locals())
 
 
+def mkdir_if_not_exists(path):
+    try:
+        os.mkdir(path)
+    except OSError:
+        pass
+
+
 def search_files(root_dir, extension):
     # Input:
     #   - root directory where to start a recursive search of yjson files