diff --git a/devlib/exception.py b/devlib/exception.py
index 8bb6d2b..aa41eb4 100644
--- a/devlib/exception.py
+++ b/devlib/exception.py
@@ -14,9 +14,6 @@
 #
 
 
-from devlib.utils.misc import TimeoutError  # NOQA pylint: disable=W0611
-
-
 class DevlibError(Exception):
     """Base class for all Workload Automation exceptions."""
     pass
@@ -38,3 +35,17 @@ class HostError(DevlibError):
     """An error has occured on the host"""
     pass
 
+
+class TimeoutError(DevlibError):
+    """Raised when a subprocess command times out. This is basically a ``DevlibError``-derived version
+    of ``subprocess.CalledProcessError``, the thinking being that while a timeout could be due to
+    programming error (e.g. not setting long enough timers), it is often due to some failure in the
+    environment, and there fore should be classed as a "user error"."""
+
+    def __init__(self, command, output):
+        super(TimeoutError, self).__init__('Timed out: {}'.format(command))
+        self.command = command
+        self.output = output
+
+    def __str__(self):
+        return '\n'.join([self.message, 'OUTPUT:', self.output or ''])
diff --git a/devlib/utils/misc.py b/devlib/utils/misc.py
index df27a1d..95c660d 100644
--- a/devlib/utils/misc.py
+++ b/devlib/utils/misc.py
@@ -36,6 +36,9 @@ from functools import partial
 
 import wrapt
 
+from devlib.exception import TimeoutError
+
+
 # ABI --> architectures list
 ABI_MAP = {
     'armeabi': ['armeabi', 'armv7', 'armv7l', 'armv7el', 'armv7lh'],
@@ -120,22 +123,6 @@ def preexec_function():
 check_output_logger = logging.getLogger('check_output')
 
 
-# Defined here rather than in devlib.exceptions due to module load dependencies
-class TimeoutError(Exception):
-    """Raised when a subprocess command times out. This is basically a ``WAError``-derived version
-    of ``subprocess.CalledProcessError``, the thinking being that while a timeout could be due to
-    programming error (e.g. not setting long enough timers), it is often due to some failure in the
-    environment, and there fore should be classed as a "user error"."""
-
-    def __init__(self, command, output):
-        super(TimeoutError, self).__init__('Timed out: {}'.format(command))
-        self.command = command
-        self.output = output
-
-    def __str__(self):
-        return '\n'.join([self.message, 'OUTPUT:', self.output or ''])
-
-
 def check_output(command, timeout=None, ignore=None, inputtext=None, **kwargs):
     """This is a version of subprocess.check_output that adds a timeout parameter to kill
     the subprocess if it does not return within the specified time."""