diff --git a/src/pisi-build b/src/pisi-build
index e991d83f..0db47b45 100755
--- a/src/pisi-build
+++ b/src/pisi-build
@@ -8,11 +8,6 @@ import pisiconfig
 import util
 from pisibuild import PisiBuild
 
-def usage(progname = "pisi-build"):
-    print """
-Usage:
-%s [options] package-name.pspec
-""" %(progname)
 
 def doProgress(filename, percent, rate):
     out = '\r%-30.30s %%%3d %d KB/s' % (filename, percent, rate)
@@ -23,7 +18,7 @@ def main():
     import getopt
     
     # wrapper for usage(progname) function
-    help = lambda: usage(sys.argv[0])
+    help = lambda: util.usage(sys.argv[0])
 
     # getopt magic
     try:
diff --git a/src/pisi-install b/src/pisi-install
index d161860d..337aed24 100755
--- a/src/pisi-install
+++ b/src/pisi-install
@@ -4,18 +4,12 @@
 import install
 import util
 
-def usage(progname = "pisi-install"):
-    print """
-Usage:
-%s [options] package-name.pspec
-""" %(progname)
-    
 def main():
     import sys
     import getopt
     
     # wrapper for usage(progname) function
-    help = lambda: usage(sys.argv[0])
+    help = lambda: util.usage(sys.argv[0])
 
     # getopt magic
     try:
diff --git a/src/util.py b/src/util.py
index 7528bc5b..b826cb5a 100644
--- a/src/util.py
+++ b/src/util.py
@@ -42,3 +42,9 @@ def strlist(l):
 
 class ArgError(Exception):
     pass
+
+def usage(progname = "pisi-build"):
+    print """
+Usage:
+%s [options] package-name.pspec
+""" %(progname)