diff --git a/src/infra/diffusers/_autoencoder_repository.py b/src/infra/diffusers/_autoencoder_repository.py
index c85b0af..7403291 100644
--- a/src/infra/diffusers/_autoencoder_repository.py
+++ b/src/infra/diffusers/_autoencoder_repository.py
@@ -5,8 +5,7 @@ from comfy.model_management import get_torch_device  # pyright: ignore[reportMis
 from diffusers import AutoencoderKL
 
 from ...domain.repositories import AutoencoderRepository
-from ...utils import get_cache_path
-from ._cache import is_vae_cached
+from ._cache import get_cache_path, is_vae_cached
 
 
 class DiffusersAutoencoderRepository(AutoencoderRepository):
diff --git a/src/infra/diffusers/_cache.py b/src/infra/diffusers/_cache.py
index 204ca66..ed566c0 100644
--- a/src/infra/diffusers/_cache.py
+++ b/src/infra/diffusers/_cache.py
@@ -1,6 +1,9 @@
 import os
+from pathlib import Path
 from typing import Final
 
+from ...config import get_cache_dir, get_project_root
+
 # Centralized cache helpers for diffusers-related repositories
 
 _PIPELINE_INDEX_FILE: Final[str] = "model_index.json"
@@ -13,6 +16,26 @@ _VAE_WEIGHT_CANDIDATES: Final[tuple[str, ...]] = (
 )
 
 
+def setup_cache_path() -> Path:
+    env_cache_str = get_cache_dir()
+    env_cache_path = Path(env_cache_str)
+    if env_cache_path.is_absolute():
+        cache_dir = env_cache_path
+    else:
+        project_root = get_project_root()
+        cache_dir = (project_root / env_cache_path).resolve()
+    if not cache_dir.exists():
+        cache_dir.mkdir(parents=True, exist_ok=True)
+    return cache_dir
+
+
+def get_cache_path(filename: str | None = None) -> Path:
+    cache_dir = setup_cache_path()
+    if filename is None:
+        return cache_dir
+    return cache_dir / filename
+
+
 def is_pipeline_cached(cache_path: str) -> bool:
     """Returns True if the Stable Diffusion pipeline has already been converted.
 
diff --git a/src/infra/diffusers/_pipeline_repository.py b/src/infra/diffusers/_pipeline_repository.py
index 6485e8c..d2828f2 100644
--- a/src/infra/diffusers/_pipeline_repository.py
+++ b/src/infra/diffusers/_pipeline_repository.py
@@ -5,8 +5,7 @@ from comfy.model_management import get_torch_device  # pyright: ignore[reportMis
 from diffusers import StableDiffusionPipeline
 
 from ...domain.repositories import PipelineRepository
-from ...utils import get_cache_path
-from ._cache import is_pipeline_cached
+from ._cache import get_cache_path, is_pipeline_cached
 
 
 class DiffusersPipelineRepository(PipelineRepository):
diff --git a/src/infra/diffusers/_scheduler_repository.py b/src/infra/diffusers/_scheduler_repository.py
index b82e530..c99ad65 100644
--- a/src/infra/diffusers/_scheduler_repository.py
+++ b/src/infra/diffusers/_scheduler_repository.py
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ from diffusers.schedulers.scheduling_utils import SchedulerMixin
 
 from ...domain.model import Scheduler
 from ...domain.repositories import SchedulerRepository
-from ...utils import get_cache_path
+from ._cache import get_cache_path
 
 
 class DiffusersSchedulerRepository(SchedulerRepository):
diff --git a/src/utils/__init__.py b/src/utils/__init__.py
deleted file mode 100644
index 8e67c85..0000000
--- a/src/utils/__init__.py
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,3 +0,0 @@
-from ._cache import ensure_cache_dir, get_cache_path
-
-__all__ = ["ensure_cache_dir", "get_cache_path"]
diff --git a/src/utils/_cache.py b/src/utils/_cache.py
deleted file mode 100644
index 08cda45..0000000
--- a/src/utils/_cache.py
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,23 +0,0 @@
-from pathlib import Path
-
-from ..config import get_cache_dir, get_project_root
-
-
-def ensure_cache_dir() -> Path:
-    env_cache_str = get_cache_dir()
-    env_cache_path = Path(env_cache_str)
-    if env_cache_path.is_absolute():
-        cache_dir = env_cache_path
-    else:
-        project_root = get_project_root()
-        cache_dir = (project_root / env_cache_path).resolve()
-    if not cache_dir.exists():
-        cache_dir.mkdir(parents=True, exist_ok=True)
-    return cache_dir
-
-
-def get_cache_path(filename: str | None = None) -> Path:
-    cache_dir = ensure_cache_dir()
-    if filename is None:
-        return cache_dir
-    return cache_dir / filename