diff --git a/dvc/analytics.py b/dvc/analytics.py
index 18aea6428..7c0a69310 100644
--- a/dvc/analytics.py
+++ b/dvc/analytics.py
@@ -16,7 +16,8 @@ from dvc.exceptions import NotDvcRepoError
 from dvc.lock import Lock, LockError
 from dvc.repo import Repo
 from dvc.scm import SCM
-from dvc.utils import env2bool, is_binary, makedirs
+from dvc.utils import env2bool, is_binary
+from dvc.utils.fs import makedirs
 
 
 logger = logging.getLogger(__name__)
diff --git a/dvc/remote/base.py b/dvc/remote/base.py
index 1c316416b..36409645e 100644
--- a/dvc/remote/base.py
+++ b/dvc/remote/base.py
@@ -24,8 +24,8 @@ from dvc.path_info import PathInfo, URLInfo
 from dvc.progress import Tqdm
 from dvc.remote.slow_link_detection import slow_link_guard
 from dvc.state import StateNoop
-from dvc.utils import makedirs, relpath, tmp_fname
-from dvc.utils.fs import move
+from dvc.utils import relpath, tmp_fname
+from dvc.utils.fs import move, makedirs
 from dvc.utils.http import open_url
 
 logger = logging.getLogger(__name__)
diff --git a/dvc/remote/local.py b/dvc/remote/local.py
index 1117ca993..4cfe48d57 100644
--- a/dvc/remote/local.py
+++ b/dvc/remote/local.py
@@ -23,13 +23,11 @@ from dvc.scm.tree import is_working_tree
 from dvc.system import System
 from dvc.utils import copyfile
 from dvc.utils import file_md5
-from dvc.utils import makedirs
 from dvc.utils import relpath
 from dvc.utils import tmp_fname
 from dvc.utils import walk_files
 from dvc.compat import fspath_py35
-from dvc.utils.fs import move
-from dvc.utils.fs import remove
+from dvc.utils.fs import move, makedirs, remove
 
 logger = logging.getLogger(__name__)
 
diff --git a/dvc/repo/__init__.py b/dvc/repo/__init__.py
index af68180aa..9cef82e11 100644
--- a/dvc/repo/__init__.py
+++ b/dvc/repo/__init__.py
@@ -72,7 +72,7 @@ class Repo(object):
         from dvc.repo.metrics import Metrics
         from dvc.scm.tree import WorkingTree
         from dvc.repo.tag import Tag
-        from dvc.utils import makedirs
+        from dvc.utils.fs import makedirs
 
         root_dir = self.find_root(root_dir)
 
diff --git a/dvc/utils/__init__.py b/dvc/utils/__init__.py
index cca9ebebe..63d51387a 100644
--- a/dvc/utils/__init__.py
+++ b/dvc/utils/__init__.py
@@ -135,23 +135,6 @@ def copyfile(src, dest, no_progress_bar=False, name=None):
                     pbar.update(len(buf))
 
 
-def makedirs(path, exist_ok=False, mode=None):
-    path = fspath_py35(path)
-
-    if mode is None:
-        os.makedirs(path, exist_ok=exist_ok)
-        return
-
-    # utilize umask to set proper permissions since Python 3.7 the `mode`
-    # `makedirs` argument no longer affects the file permission bits of
-    # newly-created intermediate-level directories.
-    umask = os.umask(0o777 - mode)
-    try:
-        os.makedirs(path, exist_ok=exist_ok)
-    finally:
-        os.umask(umask)
-
-
 def _split(list_to_split, chunk_size):
     return [
         list_to_split[i : i + chunk_size]
diff --git a/dvc/utils/fs.py b/dvc/utils/fs.py
index 21e0118ef..426baa410 100644
--- a/dvc/utils/fs.py
+++ b/dvc/utils/fs.py
@@ -152,3 +152,20 @@ def path_isin(child, parent):
     parent = os.path.join(normalize_path(parent), "")
     child = normalize_path(child)
     return child != parent and child.startswith(parent)
+
+
+def makedirs(path, exist_ok=False, mode=None):
+    path = fspath_py35(path)
+
+    if mode is None:
+        os.makedirs(path, exist_ok=exist_ok)
+        return
+
+    # utilize umask to set proper permissions since Python 3.7 the `mode`
+    # `makedirs` argument no longer affects the file permission bits of
+    # newly-created intermediate-level directories.
+    umask = os.umask(0o777 - mode)
+    try:
+        os.makedirs(path, exist_ok=exist_ok)
+    finally:
+        os.umask(umask)
diff --git a/tests/dir_helpers.py b/tests/dir_helpers.py
index cd001c002..c531e4b8c 100644
--- a/tests/dir_helpers.py
+++ b/tests/dir_helpers.py
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ from contextlib import contextmanager
 import pytest
 from funcy.py3 import lmap, retry
 
-from dvc.utils import makedirs
+from dvc.utils.fs import makedirs
 from dvc.compat import fspath, fspath_py35
 
 
diff --git a/tests/func/test_fs.py b/tests/func/test_fs.py
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..be5dcb3ac
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/func/test_fs.py
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+import os
+import stat
+
+import pytest
+
+from dvc.utils.fs import makedirs
+
+
+@pytest.mark.skipif(os.name == "nt", reason="Not supported for Windows.")
+def test_makedirs_permissions(tmp_dir):
+    dir_mode = 0o755
+    intermediate_dir = "тестовая-директория"
+    test_dir = os.path.join(intermediate_dir, "data")
+
+    assert not os.path.exists(intermediate_dir)
+
+    makedirs(test_dir, mode=dir_mode)
+
+    assert stat.S_IMODE(os.stat(test_dir).st_mode) == dir_mode
+    assert stat.S_IMODE(os.stat(intermediate_dir).st_mode) == dir_mode
diff --git a/tests/func/test_get.py b/tests/func/test_get.py
index 99fd23840..cb2d05076 100644
--- a/tests/func/test_get.py
+++ b/tests/func/test_get.py
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ from dvc.exceptions import UrlNotDvcRepoError
 from dvc.repo.get import GetDVCFileError, PathMissingError
 from dvc.repo import Repo
 from dvc.system import System
-from dvc.utils import makedirs
+from dvc.utils.fs import makedirs
 from dvc.compat import fspath
 from tests.utils import trees_equal
 
diff --git a/tests/func/test_get_url.py b/tests/func/test_get_url.py
index 3657dd713..ae287f903 100644
--- a/tests/func/test_get_url.py
+++ b/tests/func/test_get_url.py
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ import os
 import pytest
 
 from dvc.repo import Repo
-from dvc.utils import makedirs
+from dvc.utils.fs import makedirs
 
 
 def test_get_file(repo_dir):
diff --git a/tests/func/test_import.py b/tests/func/test_import.py
index 551ae38a8..c3a2c7b00 100644
--- a/tests/func/test_import.py
+++ b/tests/func/test_import.py
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ from dvc.exceptions import PathMissingError
 from dvc.exceptions import NoOutputInExternalRepoError
 from dvc.stage import Stage
 from dvc.system import System
-from dvc.utils import makedirs
+from dvc.utils.fs import makedirs
 from dvc.compat import fspath
 from tests.utils import trees_equal
 
diff --git a/tests/func/test_import_url.py b/tests/func/test_import_url.py
index de212da73..7d73cff79 100644
--- a/tests/func/test_import_url.py
+++ b/tests/func/test_import_url.py
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ from mock import patch
 
 import dvc
 from dvc.main import main
-from dvc.utils import makedirs
+from dvc.utils.fs import makedirs
 from tests.basic_env import TestDvc
 from tests.utils import spy
 
diff --git a/tests/func/test_utils.py b/tests/func/test_utils.py
index 70ef3dee8..07747092c 100644
--- a/tests/func/test_utils.py
+++ b/tests/func/test_utils.py
@@ -1,8 +1,5 @@
 # encoding: utf-8
 import os
-import stat
-
-import pytest
 
 from dvc import utils
 
@@ -62,17 +59,3 @@ def test_boxify():
     )
 
     assert expected == utils.boxify("message")
-
-
-@pytest.mark.skipif(os.name == "nt", reason="Not supported for Windows.")
-def test_makedirs_permissions(tmp_dir):
-    dir_mode = 0o755
-    intermediate_dir = "тестовая-директория"
-    test_dir = os.path.join(intermediate_dir, "data")
-
-    assert not os.path.exists(intermediate_dir)
-
-    utils.makedirs(test_dir, mode=dir_mode)
-
-    assert stat.S_IMODE(os.stat(test_dir).st_mode) == dir_mode
-    assert stat.S_IMODE(os.stat(intermediate_dir).st_mode) == dir_mode
diff --git a/tests/unit/utils/test_fs.py b/tests/unit/utils/test_fs.py
index 2c11d287c..169482e51 100644
--- a/tests/unit/utils/test_fs.py
+++ b/tests/unit/utils/test_fs.py
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@ from dvc.utils.fs import get_inode
 from dvc.utils.fs import get_mtime_and_size
 from dvc.utils.fs import move
 from dvc.utils.fs import path_isin, remove
+from dvc.utils.fs import makedirs
 from tests.basic_env import TestDir
 from tests.utils import spy
 
@@ -202,3 +203,16 @@ def test_path_isin_with_absolute_path():
     child = os.path.join(parent, "to", "folder")
 
     assert path_isin(child, parent)
+
+
+def test_makedirs(repo_dir):
+    path = os.path.join(repo_dir.root_dir, "directory")
+    path_info = PathInfo(
+        os.path.join(repo_dir.root_dir, "another", "directory")
+    )
+
+    makedirs(path)
+    assert os.path.isdir(path)
+
+    makedirs(path_info)
+    assert os.path.isdir(path_info.fspath)
diff --git a/tests/unit/utils/test_utils.py b/tests/unit/utils/test_utils.py
index 15b2c541f..18f68fb02 100644
--- a/tests/unit/utils/test_utils.py
+++ b/tests/unit/utils/test_utils.py
@@ -8,7 +8,6 @@ from dvc.path_info import PathInfo
 from dvc.utils import copyfile
 from dvc.utils import file_md5
 from dvc.utils import fix_env
-from dvc.utils import makedirs
 from dvc.utils import relpath
 from dvc.utils import to_chunks
 from dvc.utils import tmp_fname
@@ -115,19 +114,6 @@ def test_copyfile(path, repo_dir):
         assert filecmp.cmp(src_info.fspath, dest_info.fspath, shallow=False)
 
 
-def test_makedirs(repo_dir):
-    path = os.path.join(repo_dir.root_dir, "directory")
-    path_info = PathInfo(
-        os.path.join(repo_dir.root_dir, "another", "directory")
-    )
-
-    makedirs(path)
-    assert os.path.isdir(path)
-
-    makedirs(path_info)
-    assert os.path.isdir(path_info.fspath)
-
-
 def test_tmp_fname():
     file_path = os.path.join("path", "to", "file")
     file_path_info = PathInfo(file_path)