diff --git a/classes/obmc-phosphor-ipmiprovider-symlink.bbclass b/classes/obmc-phosphor-ipmiprovider-symlink.bbclass
index 02f7ce0..7a86496 100644
--- a/classes/obmc-phosphor-ipmiprovider-symlink.bbclass
+++ b/classes/obmc-phosphor-ipmiprovider-symlink.bbclass
@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
 # Common code for recipes that create IPMI provider libraries
 
+inherit obmc-phosphor-utils
+
 LIBDIR = "${D}/${libdir}/ipmid-providers/"
 HOSTIPMI_LIBDIR = "${D}/${libdir}/host-ipmid/"
 NETIPMI_LIBDIR = "${D}/${libdir}/net-ipmid/"
diff --git a/classes/phosphor-mapper.bbclass b/classes/phosphor-mapper.bbclass
index 71d26ec..2910763 100644
--- a/classes/phosphor-mapper.bbclass
+++ b/classes/phosphor-mapper.bbclass
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@
 # PHOSPHOR_MAPPER_INTERFACE_BLACKLIST_append = " foo.bar.baz"
 
 inherit phosphor-mapperdir
+inherit obmc-phosphor-utils
 
 python phosphor_mapper_do_postinst() {
     def process_var(d, var, dir):
diff --git a/common/recipes-core/base-files/base-files_%.bbappend b/common/recipes-core/base-files/base-files_%.bbappend
index 172c9a5..4b48dc7 100644
--- a/common/recipes-core/base-files/base-files_%.bbappend
+++ b/common/recipes-core/base-files/base-files_%.bbappend
@@ -1,5 +1,3 @@
-inherit obmc-phosphor-utils
-
 FILESEXTRAPATHS_prepend_df-obmc-ubi-fs := "${THISDIR}/${PN}:"
 
 RDEPENDS_${PN}_append_df-obmc-ubi-fs = " preinit-mounts"
diff --git a/common/recipes-kernel/linux/linux-obmc.inc b/common/recipes-kernel/linux/linux-obmc.inc
index 9797811..271f325 100644
--- a/common/recipes-kernel/linux/linux-obmc.inc
+++ b/common/recipes-kernel/linux/linux-obmc.inc
@@ -6,8 +6,6 @@
 
 FILESEXTRAPATHS_prepend := "${THISDIR}/${PN}:"
 
-inherit obmc-phosphor-utils
-
 KSRC ?= "git://github.com/openbmc/linux;protocol=git;branch=${KBRANCH}"
 SRC_URI = "${KSRC}"
 SRC_URI += "file://phosphor-gpio-keys.scc"
diff --git a/common/recipes-phosphor/leds/phosphor-led-manager-config-example-native.bb b/common/recipes-phosphor/leds/phosphor-led-manager-config-example-native.bb
index 139b775..4b546d0 100644
--- a/common/recipes-phosphor/leds/phosphor-led-manager-config-example-native.bb
+++ b/common/recipes-phosphor/leds/phosphor-led-manager-config-example-native.bb
@@ -2,7 +2,6 @@
 PR = "r1"
 
 inherit native
-inherit obmc-phosphor-utils
 require phosphor-led-manager.inc
 
 PROVIDES += "virtual/phosphor-led-manager-config-native"
diff --git a/common/recipes-phosphor/packagegroups/packagegroup-obmc-apps.bb b/common/recipes-phosphor/packagegroups/packagegroup-obmc-apps.bb
index 41eb7a3..11cfe34 100644
--- a/common/recipes-phosphor/packagegroups/packagegroup-obmc-apps.bb
+++ b/common/recipes-phosphor/packagegroups/packagegroup-obmc-apps.bb
@@ -2,7 +2,6 @@
 PR = "r1"
 
 inherit packagegroup
-inherit obmc-phosphor-utils
 inherit obmc-phosphor-license
 
 PROVIDES = "${PACKAGES}"
diff --git a/conf/distro/include/phosphor-base.inc b/conf/distro/include/phosphor-base.inc
index 267aab6..d318da7 100644
--- a/conf/distro/include/phosphor-base.inc
+++ b/conf/distro/include/phosphor-base.inc
@@ -57,8 +57,6 @@
 # TODO: openbmc/openbmc#12345 - Upgrade to pygobject-3.
 PREFERRED_VERSION_python-pygobject = "2.%"
 
-INHERIT_append = " obmc-phosphor-utils"
-
 include conf/distro/include/openbmc-phosphor/${MACHINE}.inc
 
 # TODO: openbmc/openbmc#1407 - Remove with RHEL6 support deprecation.