diff --git a/invokeai/app/invocations/controlnet_image_processors.py b/invokeai/app/invocations/controlnet_image_processors.py
index a49c910eeb..354a736a74 100644
--- a/invokeai/app/invocations/controlnet_image_processors.py
+++ b/invokeai/app/invocations/controlnet_image_processors.py
@@ -35,6 +35,7 @@ from invokeai.app.invocations.model import ModelIdentifierField
 from invokeai.app.invocations.primitives import ImageOutput
 from invokeai.app.invocations.util import validate_begin_end_step, validate_weights
 from invokeai.app.services.shared.invocation_context import InvocationContext
+from invokeai.app.util.controlnet_utils import CONTROLNET_MODE_VALUES, CONTROLNET_RESIZE_VALUES
 from invokeai.backend.image_util.canny import get_canny_edges
 from invokeai.backend.image_util.depth_anything import DepthAnythingDetector
 from invokeai.backend.image_util.dw_openpose import DWOpenposeDetector
@@ -44,14 +45,6 @@ from invokeai.backend.image_util.lineart_anime import LineartAnimeProcessor
 
 from .baseinvocation import BaseInvocation, BaseInvocationOutput, invocation, invocation_output
 
-CONTROLNET_MODE_VALUES = Literal["balanced", "more_prompt", "more_control", "unbalanced"]
-CONTROLNET_RESIZE_VALUES = Literal[
-    "just_resize",
-    "crop_resize",
-    "fill_resize",
-    "just_resize_simple",
-]
-
 
 class ControlField(BaseModel):
     image: ImageField = Field(description="The control image")
diff --git a/invokeai/app/invocations/metadata.py b/invokeai/app/invocations/metadata.py
index a02d0a57ef..9c7264a9bb 100644
--- a/invokeai/app/invocations/metadata.py
+++ b/invokeai/app/invocations/metadata.py
@@ -3,7 +3,6 @@ from typing import Any, Literal, Optional, Union
 from pydantic import BaseModel, ConfigDict, Field
 
 from invokeai.app.invocations.baseinvocation import BaseInvocation, BaseInvocationOutput, invocation, invocation_output
-from invokeai.app.invocations.controlnet_image_processors import CONTROLNET_MODE_VALUES, CONTROLNET_RESIZE_VALUES
 from invokeai.app.invocations.fields import (
     FieldDescriptions,
     ImageField,
@@ -14,6 +13,7 @@ from invokeai.app.invocations.fields import (
 )
 from invokeai.app.invocations.model import ModelIdentifierField
 from invokeai.app.services.shared.invocation_context import InvocationContext
+from invokeai.app.util.controlnet_utils import CONTROLNET_MODE_VALUES, CONTROLNET_RESIZE_VALUES
 
 from ...version import __version__
 
diff --git a/invokeai/app/invocations/t2i_adapter.py b/invokeai/app/invocations/t2i_adapter.py
index e550a7b313..b22a089d3f 100644
--- a/invokeai/app/invocations/t2i_adapter.py
+++ b/invokeai/app/invocations/t2i_adapter.py
@@ -8,11 +8,11 @@ from invokeai.app.invocations.baseinvocation import (
     invocation,
     invocation_output,
 )
-from invokeai.app.invocations.controlnet_image_processors import CONTROLNET_RESIZE_VALUES
 from invokeai.app.invocations.fields import FieldDescriptions, ImageField, Input, InputField, OutputField, UIType
 from invokeai.app.invocations.model import ModelIdentifierField
 from invokeai.app.invocations.util import validate_begin_end_step, validate_weights
 from invokeai.app.services.shared.invocation_context import InvocationContext
+from invokeai.app.util.controlnet_utils import CONTROLNET_RESIZE_VALUES
 
 
 class T2IAdapterField(BaseModel):
diff --git a/invokeai/app/util/controlnet_utils.py b/invokeai/app/util/controlnet_utils.py
index b3e2560211..e9baab010d 100644
--- a/invokeai/app/util/controlnet_utils.py
+++ b/invokeai/app/util/controlnet_utils.py
@@ -7,6 +7,13 @@ from controlnet_aux.util import HWC3
 from diffusers.utils import PIL_INTERPOLATION
 from einops import rearrange
 from PIL import Image
+CONTROLNET_RESIZE_VALUES = Literal[
+    "just_resize",
+    "crop_resize",
+    "fill_resize",
+    "just_resize_simple",
+]
+CONTROLNET_MODE_VALUES = Literal["balanced", "more_prompt", "more_control", "unbalanced"]
 
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 # Copy of scripts/lvminthin.py from Mikubill/sd-webui-controlnet