diff --git a/pydu/__init__.py b/pydu/__init__.py
index 592a872..4b2e654 100644
--- a/pydu/__init__.py
+++ b/pydu/__init__.py
@@ -8,7 +8,3 @@ __version__ = '0.0.2'
 logger = logging.getLogger(__name__)
 logging.basicConfig(format='%(asctime)s [%(levelname)s] %(message)s',
                     datefmt='%Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S')
-
-
-WINDOWS = os.name == 'nt'
-POSIX = os.name == 'posix'
diff --git a/pydu/cmd.py b/pydu/cmd.py
index 8969e90..09880f0 100644
--- a/pydu/cmd.py
+++ b/pydu/cmd.py
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 import sys
 import time
 from subprocess import Popen, PIPE, STDOUT
-from pydu import WINDOWS
+from pydu.platform import WINDOWS
 from pydu.compat import PY2
 
 
diff --git a/pydu/console.py b/pydu/console.py
index 81fdaf3..937c94c 100644
--- a/pydu/console.py
+++ b/pydu/console.py
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 import sys
-from pydu import WINDOWS, POSIX
+from pydu.platform import WINDOWS, POSIX
 
 
 # http://bitbucket.org/techtonik/python-pager
diff --git a/pydu/platform.py b/pydu/platform.py
index 4236cb2..530e6fc 100644
--- a/pydu/platform.py
+++ b/pydu/platform.py
@@ -2,3 +2,4 @@ import os
 
 
 WINDOWS = os.name == 'nt'
+POSIX = os.name == 'posix'
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diff --git a/tests/test_misc.py b/tests/test_misc.py
index c66d63b..382bfaf 100644
--- a/tests/test_misc.py
+++ b/tests/test_misc.py
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 import sys
 import time
 import pytest
-from pydu import WINDOWS
+from pydu.platform import WINDOWS
 from pydu.misc import trace, unix_timeout, TimeoutError, memoize, memoize_when_activated, super_len
 
 try: