diff --git a/neutron/db/agentschedulers_db.py b/neutron/db/agentschedulers_db.py
index ecdc9f6ebe3..4eba552ac17 100644
--- a/neutron/db/agentschedulers_db.py
+++ b/neutron/db/agentschedulers_db.py
@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@ from sqlalchemy import orm
 from sqlalchemy.orm import exc
 
 from neutron._i18n import _, _LE, _LI, _LW
+from neutron.agent.common import utils as agent_utils
 from neutron.common import constants as n_const
 from neutron.common import utils
 from neutron import context as ncontext
@@ -125,7 +126,7 @@ class AgentSchedulerDbMixin(agents_db.AgentDbMixin):
             #                   filter is set, only agents which are 'up'
             #                   (i.e. have a recent heartbeat timestamp)
             #                   are eligible, even if active is False
-            return not agents_db.AgentDbMixin.is_agent_down(
+            return not agent_utils.is_agent_down(
                 agent['heartbeat_timestamp'])
 
     def update_agent(self, context, id, agent):
diff --git a/neutron/db/l3_agentschedulers_db.py b/neutron/db/l3_agentschedulers_db.py
index fe013a745ef..ffa717727ea 100644
--- a/neutron/db/l3_agentschedulers_db.py
+++ b/neutron/db/l3_agentschedulers_db.py
@@ -28,9 +28,9 @@ from sqlalchemy.orm import joinedload
 from sqlalchemy import sql
 
 from neutron._i18n import _, _LI
+from neutron.agent.common import utils as agent_utils
 from neutron.common import _deprecate
 from neutron.common import utils as n_utils
-from neutron.db import agents_db
 from neutron.db import agentschedulers_db
 from neutron.db.models import agent as agent_model
 from neutron.db.models import l3_attrs
@@ -397,7 +397,7 @@ class L3AgentSchedulerDbMixin(l3agentscheduler.L3AgentSchedulerPluginBase,
         if active is not None:
             l3_agents = [l3_agent for l3_agent in
                          l3_agents if not
-                         agents_db.AgentDbMixin.is_agent_down(
+                         agent_utils.is_agent_down(
                              l3_agent['heartbeat_timestamp'])]
         return l3_agents
 
diff --git a/neutron/db/models/l3agent.py b/neutron/db/models/l3agent.py
index b14985c64dd..8ca12b3786d 100644
--- a/neutron/db/models/l3agent.py
+++ b/neutron/db/models/l3agent.py
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ from neutron_lib.db import model_base
 import sqlalchemy as sa
 from sqlalchemy import orm
 
-from neutron.db import agents_db
+from neutron.db.models import agent as agent_model
 
 LOWEST_BINDING_INDEX = 1
 
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ class RouterL3AgentBinding(model_base.BASEV2):
     router_id = sa.Column(sa.String(36),
                           sa.ForeignKey("routers.id", ondelete='CASCADE'),
                           primary_key=True)
-    l3_agent = orm.relation(agents_db.Agent)
+    l3_agent = orm.relation(agent_model.Agent)
     l3_agent_id = sa.Column(sa.String(36),
                             sa.ForeignKey("agents.id", ondelete='CASCADE'),
                             primary_key=True)
diff --git a/neutron/db/models/l3ha.py b/neutron/db/models/l3ha.py
index b7b4b36f74c..866b10a749a 100644
--- a/neutron/db/models/l3ha.py
+++ b/neutron/db/models/l3ha.py
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ import sqlalchemy as sa
 from sqlalchemy import orm
 
 from neutron.common import constants as n_const
-from neutron.db import agents_db
+from neutron.db.models import agent as agent_model
 from neutron.db import models_v2
 
 
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ class L3HARouterAgentPortBinding(model_base.BASEV2):
     l3_agent_id = sa.Column(sa.String(36),
                             sa.ForeignKey("agents.id",
                                           ondelete='CASCADE'))
-    agent = orm.relationship(agents_db.Agent)
+    agent = orm.relationship(agent_model.Agent)
 
     state = sa.Column(sa.Enum(n_const.HA_ROUTER_STATE_ACTIVE,
                               n_const.HA_ROUTER_STATE_STANDBY,
diff --git a/neutron/scheduler/dhcp_agent_scheduler.py b/neutron/scheduler/dhcp_agent_scheduler.py
index 5a09c996454..58e927b5b11 100644
--- a/neutron/scheduler/dhcp_agent_scheduler.py
+++ b/neutron/scheduler/dhcp_agent_scheduler.py
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ from oslo_log import log as logging
 from sqlalchemy import sql
 
 from neutron._i18n import _LI, _LW
-from neutron.db import agents_db
+from neutron.agent.common import utils as agent_utils
 from neutron.db import api as db_api
 from neutron.db.models import agent as agent_model
 from neutron.db.models import segment as segment_model
@@ -72,7 +72,7 @@ class AutoScheduler(object):
             segments_on_host = {s.segment_id for s in query}
 
             for dhcp_agent in dhcp_agents:
-                if agents_db.AgentDbMixin.is_agent_down(
+                if agent_utils.is_agent_down(
                     dhcp_agent.heartbeat_timestamp):
                     LOG.warning(_LW('DHCP agent %s is not active'),
                                 dhcp_agent.id)