diff --git a/src/ezmsg/sigproc/adaptive_lattice_notch.py b/src/ezmsg/sigproc/adaptive_lattice_notch.py
index 1fe37db..6a3484b 100644
--- a/src/ezmsg/sigproc/adaptive_lattice_notch.py
+++ b/src/ezmsg/sigproc/adaptive_lattice_notch.py
@@ -4,12 +4,11 @@
 import numpy as np
 import numpy.typing as npt
 import scipy.signal
-from ezmsg.baseproc import BaseStatefulTransformer, processor_state
+from ezmsg.baseproc import BaseStatefulTransformer, processor_state, resolve_configured_chunk_dim
 from ezmsg.util.messages.axisarray import AxisArray, CoordinateAxis
 from ezmsg.util.messages.util import replace
 
 from .util.deprecation import warn_axis_deprecated
-from .util.message import resolve_configured_chunk_dim
 
 
 class AdaptiveLatticeNotchFilterSettings(ez.Settings):
diff --git a/src/ezmsg/sigproc/adaptive_lnc.py b/src/ezmsg/sigproc/adaptive_lnc.py
index 8628ccf..d6096c4 100644
--- a/src/ezmsg/sigproc/adaptive_lnc.py
+++ b/src/ezmsg/sigproc/adaptive_lnc.py
@@ -69,12 +69,12 @@
     BaseStatefulTransformer,
     BaseTransformerUnit,
     processor_state,
+    resolve_configured_chunk_dim,
 )
 from ezmsg.util.messages.axisarray import AxisArray
 from ezmsg.util.messages.util import replace
 
 from .util.deprecation import warn_axis_deprecated
-from .util.message import resolve_configured_chunk_dim
 
 # Optional Apple-Silicon GPU backend. The canceller is an LTI SOS notch
 # cascade (see `design_lnc_sos`), so on MLX arrays we dispatch to the Metal
diff --git a/src/ezmsg/sigproc/affinetransform.py b/src/ezmsg/sigproc/affinetransform.py
index 5f4638b..9a3b50d 100644
--- a/src/ezmsg/sigproc/affinetransform.py
+++ b/src/ezmsg/sigproc/affinetransform.py
@@ -29,6 +29,7 @@
     BaseStatefulTransformer,
     BaseTransformerUnit,
     processor_state,
+    resolve_feature_dim,
 )
 from ezmsg.util.messages.axisarray import AxisArray, AxisBase
 from ezmsg.util.messages.util import replace
@@ -36,9 +37,10 @@
 from ezmsg.sigproc.util.array import array_device, is_float_dtype, xp_asarray, xp_copy, xp_create, xp_empty
 from ezmsg.sigproc.util.blockdiag import plan_block_matmul
 from ezmsg.sigproc.util.channels import ChannelGroupSpec, resolve_channel_groups
-from ezmsg.sigproc.util.message import resolve_feature_dim, with_fingerprint
 from ezmsg.sigproc.util.rereference import RereferenceKind, rereference_matrix
 
+from .util.message import with_fingerprint
+
 KERNELS = ("auto", "dense", "blocks")
 """Valid values for :attr:`AffineTransformSettings.kernel`."""
 
diff --git a/src/ezmsg/sigproc/aggregate.py b/src/ezmsg/sigproc/aggregate.py
index e4f4556..ab4e2fd 100644
--- a/src/ezmsg/sigproc/aggregate.py
+++ b/src/ezmsg/sigproc/aggregate.py
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@
     BaseTransformer,
     BaseTransformerUnit,
     processor_state,
+    resolve_feature_dim,
 )
 from ezmsg.util.messages.axisarray import (
     AxisArray,
@@ -29,7 +30,7 @@
 )
 
 from .spectral import OptionsEnum
-from .util.message import resolve_feature_dim, with_fingerprint
+from .util.message import with_fingerprint
 
 
 class AggregationFunction(OptionsEnum):
diff --git a/src/ezmsg/sigproc/align.py b/src/ezmsg/sigproc/align.py
index 559c4fc..554d521 100644
--- a/src/ezmsg/sigproc/align.py
+++ b/src/ezmsg/sigproc/align.py
@@ -7,13 +7,13 @@
 
 import ezmsg.core as ez
 import numpy as np
+from ezmsg.baseproc import resolve_configured_chunk_dim
 from ezmsg.baseproc.protocols import processor_state
 from ezmsg.baseproc.stateful import BaseStatefulTransformer
 from ezmsg.util.messages.axisarray import AxisArray
 
 from .util.axisarray_buffer import HybridAxisArrayBuffer
 from .util.deprecation import warn_axis_deprecated
-from .util.message import resolve_configured_chunk_dim
 
 
 class AlignAlongAxisSettings(ez.Settings):
diff --git a/src/ezmsg/sigproc/binned_aggregate.py b/src/ezmsg/sigproc/binned_aggregate.py
index d695925..a53c030 100644
--- a/src/ezmsg/sigproc/binned_aggregate.py
+++ b/src/ezmsg/sigproc/binned_aggregate.py
@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@
     BaseStatefulTransformer,
     BaseTransformerUnit,
     processor_state,
+    resolve_configured_chunk_dim,
 )
 from ezmsg.util.messages.axisarray import (
     AxisArray,
@@ -57,7 +58,7 @@
 from .util.array import xp_copy
 from .util.binning import BinSchedule, BinStep
 from .util.deprecation import warn_axis_deprecated
-from .util.message import is_empty_along, resolve_configured_chunk_dim, with_fingerprint
+from .util.message import is_empty_along, with_fingerprint
 
 
 class BinnedAggregateSettings(ez.Settings):
diff --git a/src/ezmsg/sigproc/butterworthzerophase.py b/src/ezmsg/sigproc/butterworthzerophase.py
index 687cc22..548eb10 100644
--- a/src/ezmsg/sigproc/butterworthzerophase.py
+++ b/src/ezmsg/sigproc/butterworthzerophase.py
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@
 import numpy as np
 import scipy.signal
 from array_api_compat import get_namespace, is_numpy_array
-from ezmsg.baseproc import BaseTransformerUnit
+from ezmsg.baseproc import BaseTransformerUnit, resolve_configured_chunk_dim
 from ezmsg.baseproc.composite import CompositeProcessor
 from ezmsg.util.messages.axisarray import AxisArray, slice_along_axis
 from ezmsg.util.messages.util import replace
@@ -32,7 +32,6 @@
     _sosfilt_mlx_metal_xp,
 )
 from .util.array import xp_asarray, xp_copy, xp_empty, xp_flip
-from .util.message import resolve_configured_chunk_dim
 
 if _HAS_MLX_METAL:
     import mlx.core as _mx
diff --git a/src/ezmsg/sigproc/concat.py b/src/ezmsg/sigproc/concat.py
index 44adf9c..9384632 100644
--- a/src/ezmsg/sigproc/concat.py
+++ b/src/ezmsg/sigproc/concat.py
@@ -15,7 +15,8 @@
 from ezmsg.util.messages.util import replace
 
 from ezmsg.sigproc.util.channels import AxisFingerprintMemo
-from ezmsg.sigproc.util.message import with_fingerprint
+
+from .util.message import with_fingerprint
 
 logger = logging.getLogger(__name__)
 
diff --git a/src/ezmsg/sigproc/coordinatespaces.py b/src/ezmsg/sigproc/coordinatespaces.py
index 303ef01..195da8e 100644
--- a/src/ezmsg/sigproc/coordinatespaces.py
+++ b/src/ezmsg/sigproc/coordinatespaces.py
@@ -19,10 +19,11 @@
 from ezmsg.baseproc import (
     BaseTransformer,
     BaseTransformerUnit,
+    resolve_feature_dim,
 )
 from ezmsg.util.messages.axisarray import AxisArray, replace
 
-from .util.message import resolve_feature_dim, with_fingerprint
+from .util.message import with_fingerprint
 
 # -- Utility functions for coordinate transformations --
 
diff --git a/src/ezmsg/sigproc/decimate.py b/src/ezmsg/sigproc/decimate.py
index bc35d00..4623bbd 100644
--- a/src/ezmsg/sigproc/decimate.py
+++ b/src/ezmsg/sigproc/decimate.py
@@ -3,13 +3,13 @@
 import typing
 
 import ezmsg.core as ez
-from ezmsg.baseproc import BaseTransformerUnit
+from ezmsg.baseproc import BaseTransformerUnit, suppress_axis_deprecation
 from ezmsg.util.messages.axisarray import AxisArray
 
 from .cheby import ChebyshevFilterSettings, ChebyshevFilterTransformer
 from .downsample import Downsample, DownsampleSettings
 from .filter import BACoeffs, SOSCoeffs
-from .util.deprecation import suppress_axis_deprecation, warn_axis_deprecated
+from .util.deprecation import warn_axis_deprecated
 
 
 class ChebyForDecimateTransformer(ChebyshevFilterTransformer[BACoeffs | SOSCoeffs]):
diff --git a/src/ezmsg/sigproc/diff.py b/src/ezmsg/sigproc/diff.py
index d8f2da2..0b10a1d 100644
--- a/src/ezmsg/sigproc/diff.py
+++ b/src/ezmsg/sigproc/diff.py
@@ -14,13 +14,13 @@
     BaseStatefulTransformer,
     BaseTransformerUnit,
     processor_state,
+    resolve_configured_chunk_dim,
 )
 from ezmsg.util.messages.axisarray import AxisArray, slice_along_axis
 from ezmsg.util.messages.util import replace
 
 from .util.array import xp_copy
 from .util.deprecation import warn_axis_deprecated
-from .util.message import resolve_configured_chunk_dim
 
 
 class DiffSettings(ez.Settings):
diff --git a/src/ezmsg/sigproc/downsample.py b/src/ezmsg/sigproc/downsample.py
index 6148250..57a8c17 100644
--- a/src/ezmsg/sigproc/downsample.py
+++ b/src/ezmsg/sigproc/downsample.py
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@
     BaseStatefulTransformer,
     BaseTransformerUnit,
     processor_state,
+    resolve_chunk_dim,
 )
 from ezmsg.util.messages.axisarray import (
     AxisArray,
@@ -14,7 +15,7 @@
     slice_along_axis,
 )
 
-from .util.message import is_empty_along, resolve_chunk_dim
+from .util.message import is_empty_along
 
 
 class DownsampleSettings(ez.Settings):
diff --git a/src/ezmsg/sigproc/ewma.py b/src/ezmsg/sigproc/ewma.py
index 6302a91..9b336cd 100644
--- a/src/ezmsg/sigproc/ewma.py
+++ b/src/ezmsg/sigproc/ewma.py
@@ -9,14 +9,13 @@
 import numpy.typing as npt
 import scipy.signal as sps
 from array_api_compat import get_namespace, is_numpy_array
-from ezmsg.baseproc import BaseStatefulTransformer, BaseTransformerUnit, processor_state
+from ezmsg.baseproc import BaseStatefulTransformer, BaseTransformerUnit, processor_state, resolve_configured_chunk_dim
 from ezmsg.util.messages.axisarray import AxisArray, slice_along_axis
 from ezmsg.util.messages.util import replace
 
 from ezmsg.sigproc.util.array import np_finfo
 
 from .util.deprecation import warn_axis_deprecated
-from .util.message import resolve_configured_chunk_dim
 
 
 def _ewma_mlx_metal_xp(data, axis_idx: int, zi, alpha: float, chunk_sizes: tuple[int, ...]):
diff --git a/src/ezmsg/sigproc/ewmfilter.py b/src/ezmsg/sigproc/ewmfilter.py
index 72a59a9..ad7e1a4 100644
--- a/src/ezmsg/sigproc/ewmfilter.py
+++ b/src/ezmsg/sigproc/ewmfilter.py
@@ -5,11 +5,10 @@
 
 import ezmsg.core as ez
 import numpy as np
+from ezmsg.baseproc import resolve_chunk_dim, suppress_axis_deprecation
 from ezmsg.util.messages.axisarray import AxisArray
 from ezmsg.util.messages.util import replace
 
-from .util.deprecation import suppress_axis_deprecation
-from .util.message import resolve_chunk_dim
 from .window import Window, WindowSettings
 
 
diff --git a/src/ezmsg/sigproc/fbcca.py b/src/ezmsg/sigproc/fbcca.py
index eb74279..37e32ef 100644
--- a/src/ezmsg/sigproc/fbcca.py
+++ b/src/ezmsg/sigproc/fbcca.py
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@
     BaseTransformer,
     BaseTransformerUnit,
     CompositeProcessor,
+    suppress_axis_deprecation,
 )
 from ezmsg.util.messages.axisarray import AxisArray
 from ezmsg.util.messages.util import replace
@@ -22,7 +23,6 @@
 )
 from .kaiser import KaiserFilterSettings
 from .sampler import SampleTriggerMessage
-from .util.deprecation import suppress_axis_deprecation
 from .util.message import with_fingerprint
 from .window import WindowSettings, WindowTransformer
 
diff --git a/src/ezmsg/sigproc/filter.py b/src/ezmsg/sigproc/filter.py
index 2e6188d..78e155c 100644
--- a/src/ezmsg/sigproc/filter.py
+++ b/src/ezmsg/sigproc/filter.py
@@ -17,6 +17,8 @@
     SettingsType,
     TransformerType,
     processor_state,
+    resolve_configured_chunk_dim,
+    suppress_axis_deprecation,
 )
 from ezmsg.util.messages.axisarray import AxisArray, slice_along_axis
 from ezmsg.util.messages.util import replace
@@ -24,8 +26,7 @@
 
 from .util import sosfilt_direct
 from .util.array import array_device, xp_asarray, xp_create
-from .util.deprecation import suppress_axis_deprecation, warn_axis_deprecated
-from .util.message import resolve_configured_chunk_dim
+from .util.deprecation import warn_axis_deprecated
 from .util.threaded_filt import DEFAULT_MIN_BYTES as _DEFAULT_THREAD_MIN_BYTES
 from .util.threaded_filt import filt_threaded, should_thread
 
diff --git a/src/ezmsg/sigproc/filterbank.py b/src/ezmsg/sigproc/filterbank.py
index c0aaf43..f095e9d 100644
--- a/src/ezmsg/sigproc/filterbank.py
+++ b/src/ezmsg/sigproc/filterbank.py
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@
     BaseStatefulTransformer,
     BaseTransformerUnit,
     processor_state,
+    resolve_configured_chunk_dim,
 )
 from ezmsg.util.messages.axisarray import AxisArray
 from ezmsg.util.messages.util import replace
@@ -21,7 +22,6 @@
 
 from .spectrum import OptionsEnum
 from .util.deprecation import warn_axis_deprecated
-from .util.message import resolve_configured_chunk_dim
 from .window import WindowTransformer
 
 
diff --git a/src/ezmsg/sigproc/filterbankdesign.py b/src/ezmsg/sigproc/filterbankdesign.py
index 5c7df21..d6bc804 100644
--- a/src/ezmsg/sigproc/filterbankdesign.py
+++ b/src/ezmsg/sigproc/filterbankdesign.py
@@ -8,6 +8,8 @@
 from ezmsg.baseproc import (
     BaseStatefulTransformer,
     processor_state,
+    resolve_configured_chunk_dim,
+    suppress_axis_deprecation,
 )
 from ezmsg.util.messages.axisarray import AxisArray
 from ezmsg.util.messages.util import replace
@@ -19,8 +21,7 @@
     MinPhaseMode,
 )
 from .kaiser import KaiserFilterSettings, kaiser_design_fun
-from .util.deprecation import suppress_axis_deprecation, warn_axis_deprecated
-from .util.message import resolve_configured_chunk_dim
+from .util.deprecation import warn_axis_deprecated
 
 
 class FilterbankDesignSettings(ez.Settings):
diff --git a/src/ezmsg/sigproc/fir_hilbert.py b/src/ezmsg/sigproc/fir_hilbert.py
index 3c67777..b9d7101 100644
--- a/src/ezmsg/sigproc/fir_hilbert.py
+++ b/src/ezmsg/sigproc/fir_hilbert.py
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
 import ezmsg.core as ez
 import numpy as np
 import scipy.signal as sps
-from ezmsg.baseproc import BaseStatefulTransformer, processor_state
+from ezmsg.baseproc import BaseStatefulTransformer, processor_state, resolve_configured_chunk_dim
 from ezmsg.util.messages.axisarray import AxisArray
 from ezmsg.util.messages.util import replace
 
@@ -18,8 +18,6 @@
     FilterByDesignTransformer,
 )
 
-from .util.message import resolve_configured_chunk_dim
-
 
 class FIRHilbertFilterSettings(FilterBaseSettings):
     """Settings for :obj:`FIRHilbertFilter`."""
diff --git a/src/ezmsg/sigproc/flatten.py b/src/ezmsg/sigproc/flatten.py
index 1d0c691..16f6af1 100644
--- a/src/ezmsg/sigproc/flatten.py
+++ b/src/ezmsg/sigproc/flatten.py
@@ -39,10 +39,11 @@
     BaseStatefulTransformer,
     BaseTransformerUnit,
     processor_state,
+    resolve_chunk_dim,
 )
 from ezmsg.util.messages.axisarray import AxisArray, CoordinateAxis, replace
 
-from .util.message import resolve_chunk_dim, with_fingerprint
+from .util.message import with_fingerprint
 
 
 def normalize_axis_label(label):
diff --git a/src/ezmsg/sigproc/merge.py b/src/ezmsg/sigproc/merge.py
index 518e666..ea08dbd 100644
--- a/src/ezmsg/sigproc/merge.py
+++ b/src/ezmsg/sigproc/merge.py
@@ -8,11 +8,11 @@
 from __future__ import annotations
 
 import ezmsg.core as ez
+from ezmsg.baseproc import suppress_axis_deprecation
 from ezmsg.util.messages.axisarray import AxisArray
 
 from .align import AlignAlongAxis, AlignAlongAxisProcessor, AlignAlongAxisSettings
 from .concat import Concat, ConcatProcessor, ConcatSettings
-from .util.deprecation import suppress_axis_deprecation
 
 
 class MergeSettings(ez.Settings):
diff --git a/src/ezmsg/sigproc/resample.py b/src/ezmsg/sigproc/resample.py
index 9669d01..d43888e 100644
--- a/src/ezmsg/sigproc/resample.py
+++ b/src/ezmsg/sigproc/resample.py
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@
     BaseConsumerUnit,
     BaseStatefulProcessor,
     processor_state,
+    resolve_configured_chunk_dim,
 )
 from ezmsg.util.messages.axisarray import AxisArray, LinearAxis, slice_along_axis
 from ezmsg.util.messages.util import replace
@@ -20,7 +21,7 @@
 from .util.axisarray_buffer import HybridAxisArrayBuffer, HybridAxisBuffer
 from .util.buffer import UpdateStrategy
 from .util.deprecation import warn_axis_deprecated
-from .util.message import has_samples_along, resolve_configured_chunk_dim
+from .util.message import has_samples_along
 
 
 def _as_limit(value: float | None) -> float | None:
diff --git a/src/ezmsg/sigproc/rollingscaler.py b/src/ezmsg/sigproc/rollingscaler.py
index 7e86f0a..7e9b252 100644
--- a/src/ezmsg/sigproc/rollingscaler.py
+++ b/src/ezmsg/sigproc/rollingscaler.py
@@ -10,12 +10,12 @@
     BaseAdaptiveTransformer,
     BaseAdaptiveTransformerUnit,
     processor_state,
+    resolve_configured_chunk_dim,
 )
 from ezmsg.util.messages.axisarray import AxisArray
 from ezmsg.util.messages.util import replace
 
 from .util.deprecation import warn_axis_deprecated
-from .util.message import resolve_configured_chunk_dim
 
 
 class RollingScalerSettings(ez.Settings):
diff --git a/src/ezmsg/sigproc/sampler.py b/src/ezmsg/sigproc/sampler.py
index 154af3a..9c2d621 100644
--- a/src/ezmsg/sigproc/sampler.py
+++ b/src/ezmsg/sigproc/sampler.py
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@
     BaseStatefulTransformer,
     BaseTransformerUnit,
     processor_state,
+    resolve_configured_chunk_dim,
 )
 from ezmsg.util.messages.axisarray import (
     AxisArray,
@@ -24,7 +25,7 @@
 from .util.axisarray_buffer import HybridAxisArrayBuffer
 from .util.buffer import UpdateStrategy
 from .util.deprecation import warn_axis_deprecated
-from .util.message import SampleTriggerMessage, resolve_configured_chunk_dim
+from .util.message import SampleTriggerMessage
 from .util.profile import profile_subpub
 
 
diff --git a/src/ezmsg/sigproc/scaler.py b/src/ezmsg/sigproc/scaler.py
index f223562..fc883c1 100644
--- a/src/ezmsg/sigproc/scaler.py
+++ b/src/ezmsg/sigproc/scaler.py
@@ -5,10 +5,14 @@
 import ezmsg.core as ez
 import numpy as np
 from array_api_compat import get_namespace
+
+# Imports for backwards compatibility with previous module location
 from ezmsg.baseproc import (
     BaseStatefulTransformer,
     BaseTransformerUnit,
     processor_state,
+    resolve_configured_chunk_dim,
+    suppress_axis_deprecation,
 )
 from ezmsg.util.messages.axisarray import AxisArray
 from ezmsg.util.messages.util import replace
@@ -17,10 +21,7 @@
 from .ewma import EWMASettings, EWMATransformer, _alpha_from_tau
 from .ewma import _tau_from_alpha as _tau_from_alpha
 from .ewma import ewma_step as ewma_step
-
-# Imports for backwards compatibility with previous module location
-from .util.deprecation import suppress_axis_deprecation, warn_axis_deprecated
-from .util.message import resolve_configured_chunk_dim
+from .util.deprecation import warn_axis_deprecated
 
 
 class RiverAdaptiveStandardScalerSettings(ez.Settings):
diff --git a/src/ezmsg/sigproc/slicer.py b/src/ezmsg/sigproc/slicer.py
index ccc2b74..ef21888 100644
--- a/src/ezmsg/sigproc/slicer.py
+++ b/src/ezmsg/sigproc/slicer.py
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@
     BaseStatefulTransformer,
     BaseTransformerUnit,
     processor_state,
+    resolve_feature_dim,
 )
 from ezmsg.util.messages.axisarray import (
     AxisArray,
@@ -17,7 +18,7 @@
     slice_along_axis,
 )
 
-from .util.message import resolve_feature_dim, with_fingerprint
+from .util.message import with_fingerprint
 
 """
 Slicer:Select a subset of data along a particular axis.
diff --git a/src/ezmsg/sigproc/spectrum.py b/src/ezmsg/sigproc/spectrum.py
index bae5f76..7efd9b6 100644
--- a/src/ezmsg/sigproc/spectrum.py
+++ b/src/ezmsg/sigproc/spectrum.py
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@
     BaseStatefulTransformer,
     BaseTransformerUnit,
     processor_state,
+    resolve_transform_dim,
 )
 from ezmsg.util.messages.axisarray import (
     AxisArray,
@@ -20,7 +21,6 @@
 )
 
 from .util.array import is_complex_dtype
-from .util.message import resolve_transform_dim
 
 
 class OptionsEnum(enum.Enum):
diff --git a/src/ezmsg/sigproc/util/channels.py b/src/ezmsg/sigproc/util/channels.py
index bc4c6de..c6f6fec 100644
--- a/src/ezmsg/sigproc/util/channels.py
+++ b/src/ezmsg/sigproc/util/channels.py
@@ -38,10 +38,9 @@
 from typing import Union
 
 import numpy as np
+from ezmsg.baseproc import resolve_feature_dim
 from ezmsg.util.messages.axisarray import AxisArray
 
-from .message import resolve_feature_dim
-
 # Whether AxisFingerprintMemo counts its hits and misses. Off unless the env var
 # is set, because the answer it gives -- do axis objects survive, or is every
 # message a fresh deserialization? -- is a property of a *deployed* graph's
diff --git a/src/ezmsg/sigproc/util/deprecation.py b/src/ezmsg/sigproc/util/deprecation.py
index 3d218a9..66410da 100644
--- a/src/ezmsg/sigproc/util/deprecation.py
+++ b/src/ezmsg/sigproc/util/deprecation.py
@@ -31,12 +31,10 @@
 
 import typing
 
-from ezmsg.baseproc import suppress_axis_deprecation as suppress_axis_deprecation
 from ezmsg.baseproc import warn_axis_deprecated as _warn_axis_deprecated
 
 __all__ = [
     "AXIS_REMOVAL_VERSION",
-    "suppress_axis_deprecation",
     "warn_axis_deprecated",
 ]
 
@@ -49,8 +47,10 @@
 def warn_axis_deprecated(settings: typing.Any, field: str = "axis") -> None:
     """Warn that *settings*' ``field`` is deprecated, if it was actually set.
 
-    Thin wrapper over :func:`ezmsg.baseproc.warn_axis_deprecated` that names this
-    distribution and its removal release, so the call sites stay a single line
-    and every message agrees about when the setting goes away.
+    Binds :func:`ezmsg.baseproc.warn_axis_deprecated` to this distribution and
+    its removal release, so the call sites stay a single line and every message
+    agrees about when the setting goes away. Not a re-export: suppression and
+    the resolution rules come from :mod:`ezmsg.baseproc` directly, so there is
+    exactly one of each in play.
     """
     _warn_axis_deprecated(settings, field, package=_PACKAGE, removal=AXIS_REMOVAL_VERSION)
diff --git a/src/ezmsg/sigproc/util/message.py b/src/ezmsg/sigproc/util/message.py
index 2ad4b72..5011b63 100644
--- a/src/ezmsg/sigproc/util/message.py
+++ b/src/ezmsg/sigproc/util/message.py
@@ -7,13 +7,6 @@
 
 import typing
 
-from ezmsg.baseproc import (
-    STREAMING_DIMS,
-    resolve_chunk_dim,
-    resolve_configured_chunk_dim,
-    resolve_feature_dim,
-    resolve_transform_dim,
-)
 from ezmsg.baseproc.util.message import (
     SampleMessage,
     SampleTriggerMessage,
@@ -22,26 +15,14 @@
 from ezmsg.util.messages.axisarray import AxisArray
 
 __all__ = [
-    "STREAMING_DIMS",
     "SampleMessage",
     "SampleTriggerMessage",
     "has_samples_along",
     "is_empty_along",
     "is_sample_message",
-    "resolve_chunk_dim",
-    "resolve_configured_chunk_dim",
-    "resolve_feature_dim",
-    "resolve_transform_dim",
     "with_fingerprint",
 ]
 
-# The rules themselves live in ezmsg-baseproc, which every ezmsg package depends
-# on and whose `_message_hash` resolves the same thing: a processor whose
-# arithmetic disagreed with its state-reset logic about which dimension is which
-# would reset on the wrong changes and cache state along the wrong axis. Re-
-# exported here so existing `from ezmsg.sigproc.util.message import ...` keeps
-# working; new code should import from ezmsg.baseproc directly.
-
 
 def with_fingerprint(axis: AxisArray.CoordinateAxis) -> AxisArray.CoordinateAxis:
     """Compute *axis*'s fingerprint now, and return the axis.
diff --git a/src/ezmsg/sigproc/wavelets.py b/src/ezmsg/sigproc/wavelets.py
index 9300660..da3cd03 100644
--- a/src/ezmsg/sigproc/wavelets.py
+++ b/src/ezmsg/sigproc/wavelets.py
@@ -11,13 +11,15 @@
     BaseStatefulTransformer,
     BaseTransformerUnit,
     processor_state,
+    resolve_configured_chunk_dim,
+    suppress_axis_deprecation,
 )
 from ezmsg.util.messages.axisarray import AxisArray
 from ezmsg.util.messages.util import replace
 
 from .filterbank import FilterbankMode, MinPhaseMode, filterbank
-from .util.deprecation import suppress_axis_deprecation, warn_axis_deprecated
-from .util.message import resolve_configured_chunk_dim, with_fingerprint
+from .util.deprecation import warn_axis_deprecated
+from .util.message import with_fingerprint
 
 
 class CWTSettings(ez.Settings):
diff --git a/src/ezmsg/sigproc/window.py b/src/ezmsg/sigproc/window.py
index d42c1da..dfd4e82 100644
--- a/src/ezmsg/sigproc/window.py
+++ b/src/ezmsg/sigproc/window.py
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@
     BaseStatefulTransformer,
     BaseTransformerUnit,
     processor_state,
+    resolve_configured_chunk_dim,
 )
 from ezmsg.util.messages.axisarray import (
     AxisArray,
@@ -23,7 +24,7 @@
 from .util.array import xp_empty
 from .util.buffer import HybridBuffer, UpdateStrategy
 from .util.deprecation import warn_axis_deprecated
-from .util.message import is_empty_along, resolve_configured_chunk_dim
+from .util.message import is_empty_along
 from .util.profile import profile_subpub
 from .util.sparse import sliding_win_oneaxis as sparse_sliding_win_oneaxis
 
diff --git a/tests/unit/test_axis_deprecation.py b/tests/unit/test_axis_deprecation.py
index 5d62c32..3746e7b 100644
--- a/tests/unit/test_axis_deprecation.py
+++ b/tests/unit/test_axis_deprecation.py
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@
 import ezmsg.core as ez
 import numpy as np
 import pytest
+from ezmsg.baseproc import suppress_axis_deprecation
 from ezmsg.util.messages.axisarray import AxisArray
 
 from ezmsg.sigproc.butterworthfilter import (
@@ -39,10 +40,7 @@
     AdaptiveStandardScalerSettings,
     AdaptiveStandardScalerTransformer,
 )
-from ezmsg.sigproc.util.deprecation import (
-    AXIS_REMOVAL_VERSION,
-    suppress_axis_deprecation,
-)
+from ezmsg.sigproc.util.deprecation import AXIS_REMOVAL_VERSION
 from ezmsg.sigproc.window import WindowSettings, WindowTransformer
 
 FS = 100.0
@@ -351,7 +349,7 @@ def _windowed():
         )
 
     def test_it_warns_when_the_resolved_dim_is_not_the_old_default(self, caplog):
-        from ezmsg.sigproc.util.message import resolve_configured_chunk_dim
+        from ezmsg.baseproc import resolve_configured_chunk_dim
 
         class Proc:
             STREAMING_DIMS = ("time",)
@@ -363,7 +361,7 @@ class Proc:
         assert any("used to operate on axis='time'" in r.message for r in caplog.records)
 
     def test_it_warns_only_once(self, caplog):
-        from ezmsg.sigproc.util.message import resolve_configured_chunk_dim
+        from ezmsg.baseproc import resolve_configured_chunk_dim
 
         class Proc:
             STREAMING_DIMS = ("time",)
@@ -377,7 +375,7 @@ class Proc:
     def test_a_raw_stream_is_silent(self, caplog):
         """The overwhelmingly common case: chunk_dim is already "time", so
         nothing changed and there is nothing to say."""
-        from ezmsg.sigproc.util.message import resolve_configured_chunk_dim
+        from ezmsg.baseproc import resolve_configured_chunk_dim
 
         class Proc:
             STREAMING_DIMS = ("time",)
@@ -390,7 +388,7 @@ class Proc:
     def test_a_stream_without_the_old_default_dim_is_silent(self, caplog):
         """If ``time`` is not even present, the old default could not have been
         operating on it, so there is no behaviour change to report."""
-        from ezmsg.sigproc.util.message import resolve_configured_chunk_dim
+        from ezmsg.baseproc import resolve_configured_chunk_dim
 
         class Proc:
             STREAMING_DIMS = ("time",)
diff --git a/tests/unit/test_chunk_dim_resolution.py b/tests/unit/test_chunk_dim_resolution.py
index 06897db..9823f59 100644
--- a/tests/unit/test_chunk_dim_resolution.py
+++ b/tests/unit/test_chunk_dim_resolution.py
@@ -13,14 +13,13 @@
 
 import numpy as np
 import pytest
-from ezmsg.util.messages.axisarray import AxisArray, CoordinateAxis
-
-from ezmsg.sigproc.util.message import (
+from ezmsg.baseproc import (
     resolve_chunk_dim,
     resolve_configured_chunk_dim,
     resolve_feature_dim,
     resolve_transform_dim,
 )
+from ezmsg.util.messages.axisarray import AxisArray, CoordinateAxis
 
 FS = 100.0