diff --git a/src/otaclient_common/common.py b/src/otaclient_common/common.py
index 10433bc2f..49faf21c8 100644
--- a/src/otaclient_common/common.py
+++ b/src/otaclient_common/common.py
@@ -22,7 +22,6 @@
 
 import logging
 import os
-import shlex
 import shutil
 import subprocess
 import time
@@ -33,6 +32,8 @@
 
 import requests
 
+from otaclient_common.linux import subprocess_run_wrapper
+
 logger = logging.getLogger(__name__)
 
 
@@ -101,39 +102,6 @@ def write_str_to_file_sync(path: Union[Path, str], input: str):
         os.fsync(f.fileno())
 
 
-def subprocess_run_wrapper(
-    cmd: str | list[str],
-    *,
-    check: bool,
-    check_output: bool,
-    timeout: Optional[float] = None,
-) -> subprocess.CompletedProcess[bytes]:
-    """A wrapper for subprocess.run method.
-
-    NOTE: this is for the requirement of customized subprocess call
-        in the future, like chroot or nsenter before execution.
-
-    Args:
-        cmd (str | list[str]): command to be executed.
-        check (bool): if True, raise CalledProcessError on non 0 return code.
-        check_output (bool): if True, the UTF-8 decoded stdout will be returned.
-        timeout (Optional[float], optional): timeout for execution. Defaults to None.
-
-    Returns:
-        subprocess.CompletedProcess[bytes]: the result of the execution.
-    """
-    if isinstance(cmd, str):
-        cmd = shlex.split(cmd)
-
-    return subprocess.run(
-        cmd,
-        check=check,
-        stderr=subprocess.PIPE,
-        stdout=subprocess.PIPE if check_output else None,
-        timeout=timeout,
-    )
-
-
 def subprocess_check_output(
     cmd: str | list[str],
     *,
diff --git a/src/otaclient_common/linux.py b/src/otaclient_common/linux.py
index 785858ca3..0cc34df61 100644
--- a/src/otaclient_common/linux.py
+++ b/src/otaclient_common/linux.py
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@
 from subprocess import check_call
 from typing import Any, Callable, Optional
 
-from otaclient._utils.typing import StrOrPath
+from otaclient_common.typing import StrOrPath
 
 #
 # ------ swapfile handling ------ #
@@ -158,6 +158,11 @@ def map_gid_by_grpnam(*, src_db: ParsedGroup, dst_db: ParsedGroup, gid: int) ->
         raise ValueError(f"failed to find mapping for {gid}")
 
 
+#
+# ------ subprocess call ------ #
+#
+
+
 def subprocess_run_wrapper(
     cmd: str | list[str],
     *,