diff --git a/csst_common/utils/__init__.py b/csst_common/utils/__init__.py
index 674d786bec774aa4a48e65409c046e7de13fb37c..105e3b3ab70faf7441d023e501941614d947b5d3 100644
--- a/csst_common/utils/__init__.py
+++ b/csst_common/utils/__init__.py
@@ -1 +1,2 @@
 from ._module_docstr import ModuleHeader
+from ._io import remove_dir, remove_files