diff --git a/oslo_messaging/_drivers/pika_driver/pika_commons.py b/oslo_messaging/_drivers/pika_driver/pika_commons.py
index f032a33..0737043 100644
--- a/oslo_messaging/_drivers/pika_driver/pika_commons.py
+++ b/oslo_messaging/_drivers/pika_driver/pika_commons.py
@@ -14,7 +14,6 @@
 
 import select
 import socket
-import sys
 
 from oslo_utils import timeutils
 from pika import exceptions as pika_exceptions
@@ -32,16 +31,3 @@ PIKA_CONNECTIVITY_ERRORS = (
 EXCEPTIONS_MODULE = 'exceptions' if six.PY2 else 'builtins'
 
 INFINITE_STOP_WATCH = timeutils.StopWatch(duration=None).start()
-
-
-def is_eventlet_monkey_patched(module):
-    """Determines safely is eventlet patching for module enabled or not
-
-    :param module: String, module name
-    :return Bool, True if module is patched, False otherwise
-    """
-
-    if 'eventlet.patcher' not in sys.modules:
-        return False
-    import eventlet.patcher
-    return eventlet.patcher.is_monkey_patched(module)
diff --git a/oslo_messaging/_drivers/pika_driver/pika_engine.py b/oslo_messaging/_drivers/pika_driver/pika_engine.py
index 65e87fc..3c29f30 100644
--- a/oslo_messaging/_drivers/pika_driver/pika_engine.py
+++ b/oslo_messaging/_drivers/pika_driver/pika_engine.py
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@ import threading
 import time
 
 from oslo_log import log as logging
+from oslo_utils import eventletutils
 import pika
 from pika import credentials as pika_credentials
 
@@ -248,7 +249,7 @@ class PikaEngine(object):
             # Note(dukhlov): we need to force select poller usage in case when
             # 'thread' module is monkey patched becase current eventlet
             # implementation does not support patching of poll/epoll/kqueue
-            if pika_drv_cmns.is_eventlet_monkey_patched("thread"):
+            if eventletutils.is_monkey_patched("thread"):
                 from pika.adapters import select_connection
                 select_connection.SELECT_TYPE = "select"