diff --git a/chia/server/outbound_message.py b/chia/server/outbound_message.py
index 1892f76b2d35..94314d7aa19e 100644
--- a/chia/server/outbound_message.py
+++ b/chia/server/outbound_message.py
@@ -1,22 +1,14 @@
 from __future__ import annotations
 
 from dataclasses import dataclass
-from enum import IntEnum
 from typing import Optional, SupportsBytes, Union
 
 from chia.protocols.protocol_message_types import ProtocolMessageTypes
+from chia.types.node_type import NodeType  # TODO: remove this and change a lot of `import` statements
 from chia.util.ints import uint8, uint16
 from chia.util.streamable import Streamable, streamable
 
-
-class NodeType(IntEnum):
-    FULL_NODE = 1
-    HARVESTER = 2
-    FARMER = 3
-    TIMELORD = 4
-    INTRODUCER = 5
-    WALLET = 6
-    DATA_LAYER = 7
+__all__ = ["Message", "NodeType", "make_msg"]
 
 
 @streamable
diff --git a/chia/types/node_type.py b/chia/types/node_type.py
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..f7add83e54e6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/chia/types/node_type.py
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+from __future__ import annotations
+
+from enum import IntEnum
+
+
+class NodeType(IntEnum):
+    FULL_NODE = 1
+    HARVESTER = 2
+    FARMER = 3
+    TIMELORD = 4
+    INTRODUCER = 5
+    WALLET = 6
+    DATA_LAYER = 7
diff --git a/chia/util/config.py b/chia/util/config.py
index 2859d4b6655e..631bbfd122ed 100644
--- a/chia/util/config.py
+++ b/chia/util/config.py
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@
 import yaml
 from typing_extensions import Literal
 
-from chia.server.outbound_message import NodeType
+from chia.types.node_type import NodeType
 from chia.types.peer_info import UnresolvedPeerInfo
 from chia.util.lock import Lockfile