diff --git a/src/brevitas/core/function_wrapper/clamp.py b/src/brevitas/core/function_wrapper/clamp.py
index 1d6391d21..7cd9f047f 100644
--- a/src/brevitas/core/function_wrapper/clamp.py
+++ b/src/brevitas/core/function_wrapper/clamp.py
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@
 from brevitas.core.utils import StatelessBuffer
 from brevitas.function import tensor_clamp
 from brevitas.function.ops import max_float
-from brevitas.utils.quant_utils import MAX_MANTISSA_DICT
+from brevitas.utils.torch_utils import MAX_MANTISSA_DICT
 
 
 class TensorClamp(brevitas.jit.ScriptModule):
diff --git a/src/brevitas/core/scaling/float_scaling.py b/src/brevitas/core/scaling/float_scaling.py
index 86451523b..fc1721d91 100644
--- a/src/brevitas/core/scaling/float_scaling.py
+++ b/src/brevitas/core/scaling/float_scaling.py
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@
 import brevitas
 from brevitas.core.utils import StatelessBuffer
 from brevitas.function.ops import max_float
-from brevitas.utils.quant_utils import MAX_MANTISSA_DICT
+from brevitas.utils.torch_utils import MAX_MANTISSA_DICT
 
 
 class FloatScaling(brevitas.jit.ScriptModule):
diff --git a/src/brevitas/export/inference/handler.py b/src/brevitas/export/inference/handler.py
index 5945d0a8a..bafeb67ef 100644
--- a/src/brevitas/export/inference/handler.py
+++ b/src/brevitas/export/inference/handler.py
@@ -16,8 +16,8 @@
 from brevitas.proxy.parameter_quant import BiasQuantProxyFromInjector
 from brevitas.proxy.parameter_quant import WeightQuantProxyFromInjector
 from brevitas.proxy.runtime_quant import ActQuantProxyFromInjector
-from brevitas.utils.quant_utils import MAX_MANTISSA_DICT
 from brevitas.utils.torch_utils import float_internal_scale
+from brevitas.utils.torch_utils import MAX_MANTISSA_DICT
 
 
 class InferenceHandler(torch.nn.Module, ABC):
diff --git a/src/brevitas/utils/quant_utils.py b/src/brevitas/utils/quant_utils.py
index be2847b32..6fd519b41 100644
--- a/src/brevitas/utils/quant_utils.py
+++ b/src/brevitas/utils/quant_utils.py
@@ -221,11 +221,3 @@ def float_to_int_impl_to_enum(module):
             return FloatToIntImplType.STOCHASTIC_ROUND
     else:
         return None
-
-
-def max_mantissa_func(val):
-    import torch
-    return torch.sum((2. ** torch.arange(0, -1. * val - 1., -1.)))
-
-
-MAX_MANTISSA_DICT = {x: max_mantissa_func(x) for x in range(0, 16)}
diff --git a/src/brevitas/utils/torch_utils.py b/src/brevitas/utils/torch_utils.py
index 2f0d34fba..ea4be5047 100644
--- a/src/brevitas/utils/torch_utils.py
+++ b/src/brevitas/utils/torch_utils.py
@@ -113,3 +113,11 @@ def padding(x: torch.Tensor, group_size: int, group_dim: int) -> List[int]:
         padding[2 * group_dim] = group_size - size[group_dim] % group_size
     padding = list(reversed(padding))
     return padding
+
+
+def max_mantissa_func(val):
+    import torch
+    return torch.sum((2. ** torch.arange(0, -1. * val - 1., -1.)))
+
+
+MAX_MANTISSA_DICT = {x: max_mantissa_func(x) for x in range(0, 16)}
diff --git a/tests/brevitas/core/test_clamp.py b/tests/brevitas/core/test_clamp.py
index 8d4a6c117..e5430e140 100644
--- a/tests/brevitas/core/test_clamp.py
+++ b/tests/brevitas/core/test_clamp.py
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@
 from brevitas.quant.experimental.float_quant_ocp import Fp8e5m2OCPWeight
 from brevitas.utils.float_quant_utils import get_max_available_float
 from brevitas.utils.float_quant_utils import get_min_available_float
-from brevitas.utils.quant_utils import MAX_MANTISSA_DICT
+from brevitas.utils.torch_utils import MAX_MANTISSA_DICT
 from tests.brevitas.hyp_helper import float_tensor_random_shape_st
 
 from .minifloat_fixtures import *
diff --git a/tests/brevitas/core/test_float_quant.py b/tests/brevitas/core/test_float_quant.py
index b088fd036..a471f7bbf 100644
--- a/tests/brevitas/core/test_float_quant.py
+++ b/tests/brevitas/core/test_float_quant.py
@@ -14,8 +14,8 @@
 from brevitas.core.scaling import ConstScaling
 from brevitas.core.scaling import FloatScaling
 from brevitas.function.ops import max_float
-from brevitas.utils.quant_utils import MAX_MANTISSA_DICT
 from brevitas.utils.torch_utils import float_internal_scale
+from brevitas.utils.torch_utils import MAX_MANTISSA_DICT
 from tests.brevitas.hyp_helper import float_st
 from tests.brevitas.hyp_helper import float_tensor_random_shape_st
 from tests.brevitas.hyp_helper import random_minifloat_format