diff --git a/GPy/kern/src/ODE_UY.py b/GPy/kern/src/ODE_UY.py
index 2604773c..998d823f 100644
--- a/GPy/kern/src/ODE_UY.py
+++ b/GPy/kern/src/ODE_UY.py
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 # Licensed under the BSD 3-clause license (see LICENSE.txt)
 
 from .kern import Kern
-from GPy.util.multioutput import index_to_slices
+from ...util.multioutput import index_to_slices
 from ...core.parameterization import Param
 from paramz.transformations import Logexp
 import numpy as np
diff --git a/GPy/kern/src/ODE_UYC.py b/GPy/kern/src/ODE_UYC.py
index 413c874a..1537c1d6 100644
--- a/GPy/kern/src/ODE_UYC.py
+++ b/GPy/kern/src/ODE_UYC.py
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ from .kern import Kern
 from ...core.parameterization import Param
 from paramz.transformations import Logexp
 import numpy as np
-from GPy.util.multioutput import index_to_slices
+from ...util.multioutput import index_to_slices
 
 class ODE_UYC(Kern):
     def __init__(self, input_dim, variance_U=3., variance_Y=1., lengthscale_U=1., lengthscale_Y=1., ubias =1. ,active_dims=None, name='ode_uyc'):
diff --git a/GPy/kern/src/ODE_st.py b/GPy/kern/src/ODE_st.py
index b7f0358a..af63c51a 100644
--- a/GPy/kern/src/ODE_st.py
+++ b/GPy/kern/src/ODE_st.py
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ from .kern import Kern
 from ...core.parameterization import Param
 from paramz.transformations import Logexp
 import numpy as np
-from GPy.util.multioutput import index_to_slices
+from ...util.multioutput import index_to_slices
 
 
 class ODE_st(Kern):
diff --git a/GPy/kern/src/ODE_t.py b/GPy/kern/src/ODE_t.py
index 51a17aeb..539330a3 100644
--- a/GPy/kern/src/ODE_t.py
+++ b/GPy/kern/src/ODE_t.py
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ from .kern import Kern
 from ...core.parameterization import Param
 from paramz.transformations import Logexp
 import numpy as np
-from GPy.util.multioutput import index_to_slices
+from ...util.multioutput import index_to_slices
 
 
 class ODE_t(Kern):
diff --git a/GPy/kern/src/independent_outputs.py b/GPy/kern/src/independent_outputs.py
index c93d689f..d5c0ba08 100644
--- a/GPy/kern/src/independent_outputs.py
+++ b/GPy/kern/src/independent_outputs.py
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 from .kern import CombinationKernel
 import numpy as np
 import itertools
-from GPy.util.multioutput import index_to_slices
+from ...util.multioutput import index_to_slices
 
 
 class IndependentOutputs(CombinationKernel):
diff --git a/GPy/kern/src/multioutput_kern.py b/GPy/kern/src/multioutput_kern.py
index cfb06bb2..61b7a6d5 100644
--- a/GPy/kern/src/multioutput_kern.py
+++ b/GPy/kern/src/multioutput_kern.py
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 from .kern import Kern, CombinationKernel
 import numpy as np
 from functools import reduce, partial
-from GPy.util.multioutput import index_to_slices
+from ...util.multioutput import index_to_slices
 from paramz.caching import Cache_this
 
 class ZeroKern(Kern):
diff --git a/GPy/kern/src/splitKern.py b/GPy/kern/src/splitKern.py
index 43461230..4441a7cf 100644
--- a/GPy/kern/src/splitKern.py
+++ b/GPy/kern/src/splitKern.py
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ A new kernel
 
 import numpy as np
 from .kern import Kern, CombinationKernel
-from GPy.util.multioutput import index_to_slices
+from ...util.multioutput import index_to_slices
 import itertools
 
 class DEtime(Kern):
diff --git a/GPy/likelihoods/multioutput_likelihood.py b/GPy/likelihoods/multioutput_likelihood.py
index 85845dda..2bc43fd0 100644
--- a/GPy/likelihoods/multioutput_likelihood.py
+++ b/GPy/likelihoods/multioutput_likelihood.py
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ from .gaussian import Gaussian
 from ..core.parameterization import Param
 from paramz.transformations import Logexp
 from ..core.parameterization import Parameterized
-from GPy.util.multioutput import index_to_slices
+from ..util.multioutput import index_to_slices
 import itertools
 
 class MultioutputLikelihood(MixedNoise):
diff --git a/GPy/models/multioutput_gp.py b/GPy/models/multioutput_gp.py
index a49a7bfe..2c45a0c2 100644
--- a/GPy/models/multioutput_gp.py
+++ b/GPy/models/multioutput_gp.py
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ from .. import util
 from paramz import ObsAr
 from ..core.gp import GP
 
-from GPy.util.multioutput import index_to_slices
+from ..util.multioutput import index_to_slices
 import logging
 import warnings
 logger = logging.getLogger("GP")