diff --git a/rasa_sdk/grpc_server.py b/rasa_sdk/grpc_server.py
index 5fce7dc8a..ebbf26735 100644
--- a/rasa_sdk/grpc_server.py
+++ b/rasa_sdk/grpc_server.py
@@ -5,7 +5,6 @@
 import asyncio
 
 import grpc
-import utils
 import logging
 import ssl
 import types
@@ -36,6 +35,7 @@
     get_tracer_and_context,
     TracerProvider,
 )
+from rasa_sdk.utils import check_version_compatibility, number_of_sanic_workers
 
 logger = logging.getLogger(__name__)
 
@@ -71,7 +71,7 @@ async def webhook(
             self.tracer_provider, request
         )
         with tracer.start_as_current_span(span_name, context=tracer_context):
-            utils.check_version_compatibility(request.version)
+            check_version_compatibility(request.version)
             try:
                 action_call = MessageToDict(request, preserving_proto_field_name=True)
                 result = await self.executor.run(action_call)
@@ -155,7 +155,7 @@ async def run_grpc(
         ssl_password: Password for the SSL key file.
         endpoints: Path to the endpoints file.
     """
-    workers = utils.number_of_sanic_workers()
+    workers = number_of_sanic_workers()
     server = aio.server(futures.ThreadPoolExecutor(max_workers=workers))
     initialise_interrupts(server)
     executor = ActionExecutor()