diff --git a/app/channel.cpp b/app/channel.cpp
index 93fba24..e4532c5 100644
--- a/app/channel.cpp
+++ b/app/channel.cpp
@@ -3,12 +3,12 @@
 #include "transporthandler.hpp"
 #include "types.hpp"
 #include "user_channel/channel_layer.hpp"
-#include "utils.hpp"
 
 #include <arpa/inet.h>
 
 #include <boost/process/child.hpp>
 #include <fstream>
+#include <ipmid/utils.hpp>
 #include <phosphor-logging/elog-errors.hpp>
 #include <phosphor-logging/log.hpp>
 #include <set>
diff --git a/app/watchdog_service.hpp b/app/watchdog_service.hpp
index 75afc1e..0cf1c74 100644
--- a/app/watchdog_service.hpp
+++ b/app/watchdog_service.hpp
@@ -1,6 +1,5 @@
 #pragma once
-#include "utils.hpp"
-
+#include <ipmid/utils.hpp>
 #include <sdbusplus/bus.hpp>
 #include <xyz/openbmc_project/State/Watchdog/server.hpp>