diff --git a/awx/main/management/commands/cleanup_jobs.py b/awx/main/management/commands/cleanup_jobs.py
index dd6304e242..66953acde9 100644
--- a/awx/main/management/commands/cleanup_jobs.py
+++ b/awx/main/management/commands/cleanup_jobs.py
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ from awx.main.signals import (
     disable_computed_fields
 )
 
-from awx.main.management.commands.deletion import AWXCollector, pre_delete
+from awx.main.utils.deletion import AWXCollector, pre_delete
 
 
 class Command(BaseCommand):
diff --git a/awx/main/tests/functional/commands/test_cleanup_jobs.py b/awx/main/tests/functional/commands/test_cleanup_jobs.py
index ed50698338..98be403d1f 100644
--- a/awx/main/tests/functional/commands/test_cleanup_jobs.py
+++ b/awx/main/tests/functional/commands/test_cleanup_jobs.py
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ from collections import OrderedDict
 from django.db.models.deletion import Collector, SET_NULL, CASCADE
 from django.core.management import call_command
 
-from awx.main.management.commands.deletion import AWXCollector
+from awx.main.utils.deletion import AWXCollector
 from awx.main.models import (
     JobTemplate, User, Job, JobEvent, Notification,
     WorkflowJobNode, JobHostSummary
diff --git a/awx/main/management/commands/deletion.py b/awx/main/utils/deletion.py
similarity index 100%
rename from awx/main/management/commands/deletion.py
rename to awx/main/utils/deletion.py