diff --git a/dvc/analytics.py b/dvc/analytics.py
index af4823ea9..3aa467bf0 100644
--- a/dvc/analytics.py
+++ b/dvc/analytics.py
@@ -102,6 +102,8 @@ def _runtime_info():
     """
     Gather information from the environment where DVC runs to fill a report.
     """
+    from iterative_telemetry import find_or_create_user_id
+
     from dvc import __version__
     from dvc.utils import is_binary
 
@@ -110,7 +112,7 @@ def _runtime_info():
         "is_binary": is_binary(),
         "scm_class": _scm_in_use(),
         "system_info": _system_info(),
-        "user_id": _find_or_create_user_id(),
+        "user_id": find_or_create_user_id(),
     }
 
 
@@ -146,45 +148,3 @@ def _system_info():
 
     # We don't collect data for any other system.
     raise NotImplementedError
-
-
-def _find_or_create_user_id():
-    """
-    The user's ID is stored on a file under the global config directory.
-
-    The file should contain a JSON with a "user_id" key:
-
-        {"user_id": "16fd2706-8baf-433b-82eb-8c7fada847da"}
-
-    IDs are generated randomly with UUID.
-    """
-    import uuid
-
-    from dvc.config import Config
-    from dvc.lock import Lock, LockError
-    from dvc.utils.fs import makedirs
-
-    config_dir = Config.get_dir("global")
-    fname = os.path.join(config_dir, "user_id")
-    lockfile = os.path.join(config_dir, "user_id.lock")
-
-    # Since the `fname` and `lockfile` are under the global config,
-    # we need to make sure such directory exist already.
-    makedirs(config_dir, exist_ok=True)
-
-    try:
-        with Lock(lockfile):
-            try:
-                with open(fname, encoding="utf-8") as fobj:
-                    user_id = json.load(fobj)["user_id"]
-
-            except (FileNotFoundError, ValueError, KeyError):
-                user_id = str(uuid.uuid4())
-
-                with open(fname, "w", encoding="utf-8") as fobj:
-                    json.dump({"user_id": user_id}, fobj)
-
-            return user_id
-
-    except LockError:
-        logger.debug("Failed to acquire '%s'", lockfile)
diff --git a/setup.cfg b/setup.cfg
index 6be6b5b11..234ffcd05 100644
--- a/setup.cfg
+++ b/setup.cfg
@@ -69,6 +69,7 @@ install_requires =
     dvc-data==0.10.0
     dvc-http==2.19.1
     hydra-core>=1.1.0
+    iterative-telemetry==0.0.5
 
 [options.extras_require]
 all =
diff --git a/tests/unit/test_analytics.py b/tests/unit/test_analytics.py
index f676e6fa5..eaa86eec7 100644
--- a/tests/unit/test_analytics.py
+++ b/tests/unit/test_analytics.py
@@ -14,7 +14,11 @@ def tmp_global_dir(mocker, tmp_path):
     """
     Fixture to prevent modifying the actual global config
     """
-    mocker.patch("dvc.config.Config.get_dir", return_value=str(tmp_path))
+
+    def _user_config_dir(appname, *_args, **_kwargs):
+        return str(tmp_path / appname)
+
+    mocker.patch("iterative_telemetry.user_config_dir", _user_config_dir)
 
 
 def test_collect_and_send_report(mocker, tmp_global_dir):
@@ -155,10 +159,3 @@ def test_system_info():
         )
 
     assert schema(analytics._system_info())
-
-
-def test_find_or_create_user_id(tmp_global_dir):
-    created = analytics._find_or_create_user_id()
-    found = analytics._find_or_create_user_id()
-
-    assert created == found