diff --git a/openpype/lib/__init__.py b/openpype/lib/__init__.py
index e96f1cc99f..0ead28289b 100644
--- a/openpype/lib/__init__.py
+++ b/openpype/lib/__init__.py
@@ -59,6 +59,11 @@ from .python_module_tools import (
     import_module_from_dirpath
 )
 
+from .profiles_filtering import (
+    compile_list_of_regexes,
+    filter_profiles
+)
+
 from .avalon_context import (
     CURRENT_DOC_SCHEMAS,
     PROJECT_NAME_ALLOWED_SYMBOLS,
@@ -118,13 +123,9 @@ from .applications import (
     prepare_host_environments,
     prepare_context_environments,
     get_app_environments_for_context,
-    apply_project_environments_value,
-
-    compile_list_of_regexes
+    apply_project_environments_value
 )
 
-from .profiles_filtering import filter_profiles
-
 from .plugin_tools import (
     TaskNotSetError,
     get_subset_name,
diff --git a/openpype/lib/applications.py b/openpype/lib/applications.py
index 45b8e6468d..0206f80fed 100644
--- a/openpype/lib/applications.py
+++ b/openpype/lib/applications.py
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@ from . import (
     PypeLogger,
     Anatomy
 )
+from .profiles_filtering import compile_list_of_regexes
 from .local_settings import get_openpype_username
 from .avalon_context import (
     get_workdir_data,
@@ -1495,22 +1496,3 @@ def should_workfile_tool_start(
 
     return get_option_from_settings(
         startup_presets, host_name, task_name, default_output)
-
-
-def compile_list_of_regexes(in_list):
-    """Convert strings in entered list to compiled regex objects."""
-    regexes = list()
-    if not in_list:
-        return regexes
-
-    for item in in_list:
-        if not item:
-            continue
-        try:
-            regexes.append(re.compile(item))
-        except TypeError:
-            print((
-                "Invalid type \"{}\" value \"{}\"."
-                " Expected string based object. Skipping."
-            ).format(str(type(item)), str(item)))
-    return regexes
diff --git a/openpype/lib/profiles_filtering.py b/openpype/lib/profiles_filtering.py
index 992d757059..0bb901aff8 100644
--- a/openpype/lib/profiles_filtering.py
+++ b/openpype/lib/profiles_filtering.py
@@ -1,10 +1,28 @@
 import re
 import logging
-from .applications import compile_list_of_regexes
 
 log = logging.getLogger(__name__)
 
 
+def compile_list_of_regexes(in_list):
+    """Convert strings in entered list to compiled regex objects."""
+    regexes = list()
+    if not in_list:
+        return regexes
+
+    for item in in_list:
+        if not item:
+            continue
+        try:
+            regexes.append(re.compile(item))
+        except TypeError:
+            print((
+                "Invalid type \"{}\" value \"{}\"."
+                " Expected string based object. Skipping."
+            ).format(str(type(item)), str(item)))
+    return regexes
+
+
 def _profile_exclusion(matching_profiles, logger):
     """Find out most matching profile byt host, task and family match.